List of Joseon people

This is a partial list of people who lived during the Joseon Dynasty of Korea, 1392–1910.

Rulers
See: List of Korean monarchs

Royals

 * Grand Prince Yangnyeong
 * Queen Munjeong
 * Queen Inhyeon
 * Prince Sado
 * Queen Jeongsun
 * Heungseon Daewongun
 * Lady Hyegyeong
 * Empress Myeongseong
 * Empress Sunjeong

Scholar-officials
Scholar-officials, or munsin, held much of the power in the Joseon Dynasty bureaucracy. Many members of the intellectual elite, also remembered for their work as poets or philosophers, served as scholar-officials. Such service, however, was restricted to members of the hereditary yangban class.


 * Jeong Dojeon
 * Ha Ryun
 * Kwon Geun
 * Jeong Inji
 * Hwang Hui
 * Hwangbo In
 * Kim Jong-seo
 * Yu Eung-bu
 * Yu Seong-won
 * Pak Paeng-nyeon
 * Seong Sammun
 * Ha Wi-ji
 * Yi Gae
 * Kim Jil
 * Shin Suk-ju
 * Han Myung-hoi
 * Choi Se-jin
 * Kim Jong-jik
 * Yi Eon-jeok
 * Jo Gwang-jo
 * Yun Im
 * Yun Won-hyeong
 * Yi Hwang
 * Jo Sik
 * Seong Hon


 * Ryu Seong-ryong
 * Yi San-hae
 * Yi I
 * Kim Jang-saeng
 * Kim Jip
 * Jeong Cheol
 * Jo Heon
 * Kim Yuk
 * Yi Su-gwang
 * Song Si-yeol
 * Chae Je-gong
 * Shin Gwang-su
 * Yu Hyeong-won
 * Yi Ik
 * Yun Hyu
 * Bak Jiwon
 * Song Jun-gil
 * Hong Dae-yong
 * Yu Deuk-gong
 * Jeong Yak-yong
 * Pak Je-ga
 * Kim Jeong-hui
 * Pak Gyu-su
 * Pak Yeong-hyo
 * Kim Okgyun
 * Yi Yu-won

Military officials
Military service was technically open to people outside the yangban class, but in practice most high posts were held by the aristocracy.


 * Yi Il
 * Shin Rip
 * Yi Sun-sin
 * Kwon Yul
 * Kim Si-min
 * Yi Eok-gi
 * Won Gyun
 * Gang Hong-rip
 * Shin Ryu

Others
The common classes of Joseon included the yangmin free farmers, the jungin technical class, and the cheonmin underclass. These constituted the bulk of Joseon society, but only a handful of them are known to us today.

Women
Prominent women of the Joseon period were usually either of the high aristocratic class or kisaeng female entertainers.


 * Hwang Jin-i
 * Non Gae
 * Jang Geum, royal physician
 * Yi Mae-chang
 * Seo Yeongsuhap, poet and mathematician

Popular leaders

 * Choe Je-u
 * Hong Gyeong-nae
 * Jeon sang ki

Painters

 * Danwon
 * Gyeomjae
 * Hyewon
 * Owon

Authors
Many of the best-known writers of the Joseon period were also scholar-officials; they are listed above.


 * Kim Jeong-ho

Inventors
Some scholar-officials, such as Jeong Yak-yong, also worked as inventors.


 * Jang Yeong-sil