63 Notable alumni of Ewha Womans University
Updated: June 09, 2026 EliteDegrees
Ewha Womans University is ranked #790 in the world and #12 in South Korea by aggregated alumni prominence. Below is the list of 63 notable alumni from Ewha Womans University sorted by their wiki pages popularity. The directory includes famous graduates and former students along with research and academic staff. Many individuals affiliated with Ewha Womans University won Nobel Prizes for Peace, in Physics, Chemistry, Physiology or Medicine, and Economics.
1. Kyunghwa Lee
artist
KyungHwa Lee is a visual art and new media artist, architect, director, and writer exploring the experimental nature of contemporary art from the perspectives of architecture, fashion, and philosophy.
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2. Chung Il-mi
1972-. (aged 54)
golfer
Chung Il-mi, or Il-Mi Chung is a South Korean professional golfer. She was born in Busan and attended Ewha Womans University. She turned professional in 1995 and joined the LPGA of Korea Tour where she has eight wins. She qualified for the LPGA Tour via the 2003 LPGA Final Qualifying Tournament.
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3. Kim Hyeon-jung
1992-. (aged 34)
figure skater
Kim Hyeon-jung, also transliterated Hyun-jung or Hyeon-jeong, is a South Korean figure skater. She is the 2008 & 2009 South Korean silver medalist. She was born in Seoul.
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4. Mina Cheon
1973-. (aged 53)
artist
Mina Cheon is a Korean American new media artist and scholar, producer and curator of cultural projects. Since 1997, she has lived between Baltimore, New York, and Seoul. MJ Standup Korean is the comedic stage name of Mina Cheon, a prominent Korean-American "Polipop" (Political Pop) artist, professor, and scholar based in New York.
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5. Ji-Seon Kim
physicist
Ji-Seon Kim is a South Korean physicist. She is a Professor in the Department of Physics and Centre for Plastic Electronics at Imperial College London.
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6. Kim Hei-sook
academic
philosopher
Kim Hei-sook is a South Korean academic and university administrator. She has been a professor of philosophy at Ewha Womans University since 1987, and was elected president of the university in 2017.
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7. Meehyun Chung
1963-. (aged 63)
professor
Meehyun Chung is a professor of the United Graduate School of Theology in Yonsei University and serving as the first female chaplain of Yonsei University. She was the editor of Korean Journal of Systematic Theology (ISSN 1226-3656).
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8. Siren Eun Young Jung
1974-. (aged 52)
multimedia artist
siren eun young jung is a South Korean contemporary artist working in video, performance, installation, and photography. The Seoul-based artist explores issues around gender and sexuality in relation to Korean history, politics, and culture through long-term research projects. Her work is often centered on figures or artistic practices effaced or excluded from conventional archives.
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9. YoungJu Choie
1959-. (aged 67)
mathematician
YoungJu Choie is a South Korean mathematician who works as a professor of mathematics at the Pohang University of Science and Technology (POSTECH). Her research interests include number theory and modular forms.
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10. Choi Bo-in
1986-. (aged 40)
beauty pageant contestant
Choi Bo-in is a South Korean model and beauty pageant titleholder who represented her country at Miss World 2008 in South Africa. She studied international studies at the Ewha Womans University.
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11. Kang Shin-jae
1924-2001 (aged 77)
writer
novelist
Kang Shin-Jae was a female novelist, essayist and playwright of Korea. She graduated from Kyunggi Girls' High School. She entered Ewha Womans University, but dropped out of college after her second year.
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12. Whang Youn Dai
1938-. (aged 88)
physician
community leader
Dr Whang Youn Dai is a Korean physician known for her work on the welfare of people with disabilities and her advocacy of sports for those with disabilities. The Whang Youn Dai Achievement Award is named in recognition of her contributions to Paralympic sport.
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13. Sharon Har
lawyer
politician
Sharon E. Har is an American politician. She served as a member of the Hawaii House of Representatives for District 42 from January 16, 2013 to November 8, 2022 for the Democratic Party. She was succeeded by Diamond Garcia. Har served consecutively from January 2007 to January 2013 in the District 40 seat.
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14. Cho Hae-jin
1976-. (aged 50)
writer
Cho Hae-jin is a South Korean writer.
15. Park Jeong-ja
1942-. (aged 84)
film actor
actor
stage actor
Park Jeong-ja is a South Korean actress. She made her debut as a theater actor in 1962. She became the first actress to receive the Lee Hae-rang Theatre Award in 1997, a prominent Korean theater award. She is also the only actress to have won the Dong-A Theatre Award for Best Actress three times: for her lead role as Ondal's...
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16. Pak Un-jong
1952-. (aged 74)
academic
Pak Un-jong or Park Un-jong is a South Korean bioethics expert previously served as President Moon Jae-in's first chairperson of Anti-Corruption and Civil Rights Commission. She is the sixth person and second woman to lead the Commission ever since it was created in 2008.
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17. Jin Eun-young
1970-. (aged 56)
poet
philosopher
writer
Jin Eun-young is a South Korean poet and philosopher. She has been praised by the poet Choi Seung-ja, who said "I've finally found a poet whom I can call my true successor."
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18. Suki Seokyeong Kang
1977-2025 (aged 48)
painter
multimedia artist
Suki Seokyeong Kang was a Korean visual artist. Kang's practice traversed painting, sculpture, performance, video, and installation. Inspired by cultural traditions of Korea as well as contemporary artistic and literary discourses. Kang decoded rules and values that govern these disciplines, turning to artistic languages of the past to construct a contextual lens through which she explored the notion of individuality...
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19. Moh Yoon-sook
1910-1990 (aged 80)
writer
poet
journalist
politician
Moh Youn-sook was a Korean female poet.
20. Lee Mi-kyung
1950-. (aged 76)
politician
Lee Mi-kyung is a South Korean politician and women's right activist who previously served as the head of KOICA, Korea International Cooperation Agency under President Moon Jae-in from 2017 to 2020. She is the first woman to lead the Agency as well as one of four women who served five or more terms in the National Assembly.
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21. Kim Myung-sun
1896-1951 (aged 55)
autobiographer
writer
journalist
film actor
poet
Kim Myeong-sun was a female Korean novelist and poet of the early 20th century. She wrote under the art names Tansil (탄실; 彈實) and Mangyangcho (망양초; 望洋草).
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22. Lee Ae-ran
1964-. (aged 62)
social activist
Lee Ae-ran is an activist. After her grandparents defected to South Korea, she and her family were sent to a North Korean labor camp. She was imprisoned for eight years. In 1997, she ran away to South Korea after an American relative published a memoir stating that Lee's father was involved in anti-regime efforts.
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23. Chung Hyun Kyung
1956-. (aged 70)
academic
Chung Hyun Kyung is a South Korean Christian theologian. She is a lay theologian of the Presbyterian Church of Korea, and is also an Associate Professor of Ecumenical Theology at Union Theological Seminary in the United States.
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24. Kim Il-yeop
1896-1971 (aged 75)
autobiographer
poet
writer
nun
activist
Kim Iryeop, also spelled Kim Iryŏp, was a South Korean writer, journalist, feminist activist, and Buddhist nun. Her given name was Kim Wonju (김원주; 金元周). Her courtesy and dharma name was Iryeop.
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25. Kim Sang-hee
1954-. (aged 72)
politician
Kim Sang-hee is a South Korean four-term parliamentarian currently serving as one of Deputy Speakers of National Assembly. Kim is the first woman to join the leadership of the South Korean parliament and become its deputy speaker.
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26. Bae Suah
1965-. (aged 61)
translator
writer
Bae Suah is a South Korean author and translator.
27. Esther Park
1877-1910 (aged 33)
physician
Esther Pak, born Kim Jeom-dong (Korean: 김점동; Hanja: 金點童; March 16, 1876 or 1877 – April 13, 1910), was a Korean physician; she was the first Korean woman to practice Western medicine in the country.
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28. Choi Hye-seon
1998-. (aged 28)
model
television personality
Choi Hye-seon is a South Korean model. She gained attention through her appearance in the series Single's Inferno Season 3 (2023–2024), including for the way she tearfully shared her joy and emotions, her high self-esteem and honest confidence, and being the most prominent name of her season, due to her social and likeable personality and skillful and intelligent behavior. Later...
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29. Kwak Min-jeong
1994-. (aged 32)
figure skater
Kwak Min-jeong is a South Korean former competitive figure skater. She is the 2011 South Korean bronze medalist, the 2010 South Korean silver medalist and the 2009 Junior national champion. Kwak was also a member of the South Korean Olympic Team at the 2010 Winter Olympics, where she placed 13th in the ladies' event.
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30. Baek Hee-na
1971-. (aged 55)
illustrator
children's writer
Baek Hee-na is a South Korean author of picture books, an illustrator and animator. She writes picture books with characters that have distinct personalities and with charming storytelling based on various illustration production experiences. Her representative work, Magic Candies, was selected as a recommended work and included on the IBBY Honour List in 2018 and produced as a musical in...
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31. Grace Park
1974-. (aged 52)
model
television actor
actor
film actor
Grace Park, born Park Ji-eun (Korean: 박지은), is a South Korean retired professional golfer on the LPGA Tour. She was a member of the LPGA Tour from 2000 until her retirement in 2012 and won six LPGA Tour events, including one major championship, during her career.
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32. In Jae-keun
1953-. (aged 73)
politician
In Jae-keun is a South Korean politician and democracy activist. In 1985, her husband Kim Geun-tae was arrested and tortured by the government of Chun Doo-hwan for his pro-democracy activism. In 1987, In was awarded the Robert F. Kennedy Human Rights Award along with her husband for her role in publicly exposing his detention and torture. After Kim's death, she...
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33. Lee Sun-young
1982-. (aged 44)
journalist
announcer
Lee Sun Young is a Korean announcer for the Korean Broadcasting System. She is widely known for announcing sports in the program 'KBS Today Sports'. She specializes in sports and was a sportscaster for the 2006 Asian Games held in Doha but also appears in the hit program 'Vitamin'.
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34. Lilka
1990-. (aged 36)
online streamer
YouTuber
interpreter
Lilka is a South Korean YouTuber and live streamer.
35. Son Myung-soon
1929-2024 (aged 95)
politician
Son Myung-soon, also transliterated as Sohn Myung Soon, was the First Lady of South Korea from 1993 to 1998.
36. Jang Da-ah
2001-. (aged 25)
television actor
Jang Jin-young, known professionally as Jang Da-ah (Korean: 장다아; born May 5, 2001), is a South Korean actress and model under King Kong by Starship. She is best known for acting as Baek Ha-rin in Pyramid Game.
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37. Hwangbo Seung-hee
1976-. (aged 50)
politician
Hwangbo Seung-hee is a South Korean politician who served as the Youth Chief of the People Power Party (PPP) between 2020 and 2024. She is also the Member of the National Assembly for Central-Yeongdo since 2020. Prior to these, she was a member of the Yeongdo District Council and the Busan Metropolitan Council.
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38. Mirani
1996-. (aged 30)
rapper
Kim Yoon-jin, known professionally as Mirani (Korean: 미란이), is a South Korean rapper and songwriter. She first garnered attention when she appeared on the rap competition TV show Show Me the Money 9 in 2020. She released the single "VVS" with rappers Munchman, Khundi Panda, and Mushvenom on the show which peaked at number 1 on the Gaon Digital Chart...
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39. Kim Yoon-ok
1947-. (aged 79)
politician
Kim Yoon-ok is a South Korean academic administrator who served as the First Lady of the South Korea from 2008 to 2013 as the wife of president Lee Myung-bak.
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40. Seo Young-kyo
1964-. (aged 62)
politician
Seo Young-kyo is a South Korean academic and politician in the liberal Minjoo Party of Korea. She has been a member of the National Assembly for Jungnang, Seoul, since 2012.
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41. Kim Kyung-ran
1977-. (aged 49)
television presenter
announcer
Kim Kyung-ran is a South Korean television personality and former announcer. She was a cast member in the reality show The Genius: Rules of the Game, and is a cast member in the reality show The Genius: Grand Final.
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42. Ryu Ho-jeong
1992-. (aged 34)
politician
Ryu Ho-jeong is a former South Korean politician. She was a member of the National Assembly representing the Justice Party. She was elected for the first time in the 2020 election via proportional representation in first position on her party's list, and was the youngest member of the National Assembly in the 2020–2024 term.
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43. Park Hae-mi
1964-. (aged 62)
actor
film actor
Park Hae-mi is a South Korean actress. She is best known as a musical theatre actress, starring in stage productions of Mamma Mia!, 42nd Street, and Really Really Like You. Park rose to mainstream popularity with her roles in the television drama Dear Heaven and the sitcom High Kick!.
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44. Ahn Gwi-ryeong
1989-. (aged 37)
announcer
Ahn Gwi-ryeong is a South Korean politician and former news anchor for the Korean broadcasting company YTN. She transitioned into politics and ran in the 2024 South Korean legislative election as the candidate for the Korean Democratic Party in the Dobong A constituency but was defeated. She is currently serving as the Deputy Spokesperson of the Democratic Party.
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45. Jun Hee-kyung
1975-. (aged 51)
politician
Jun Hee-kyung is a South Korean conservative politician who is a member of the National Assembly from right-wing Liberty Korea Party (LKP) since 2016. Before joining the politics, she was the secretary-general of Centre for Free Economics.
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46. Kim Eun-hye
1971-. (aged 55)
politician
Kim Eun-hye is a South Korean journalist, broadcaster and politician. A member of the People Power Party (PPP), she served as the Member of the National Assembly for Bundang A constituency from 2020 to 2022.
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47. Yoon Mee-hyang
1964-. (aged 62)
human rights defender
essayist
politician
Yoon Mee-hyang is a South Korean human rights activist, politician, and author. She was the former head of the Korean Council for Justice and Remembrance for the Issues of Military Sexual Slavery by Japan, an organization dedicated to advocacy for former comfort women, who were forced into sexual slavery during World War II. She is the author of 25 Years...
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48. JaeJae
1990-. (aged 36)
YouTuber
Lee Eun-jae, known professionally as Jaejae, is a South Korean television producer, host, and television personality. She is best known as the host for MMTG.
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49. Lee Myung-hee
1943-. (aged 83)
businessperson
Lee Myung-hee is a South Korean business magnate and the chairwoman of the Shinsegae Group. She is the youngest daughter of Lee Byung-chul, founder of the Samsung Group and the sister of the former late chairman Lee Kun-Hee. Lee became the company's chairwoman in 1997 following its separation from Samsung and is credited with growing it into the country's second-largest...
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50. Park So-hyun
1971-. (aged 55)
film actor
actor
disc jockey
Park So-hyun is a South Korean actress. She has a syndicated talk radio show Love Game, aired via the SBS Power FM since 1999. She also participated in variety show We Got Married.
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51. Yoo Eun-hae
1962-. (aged 64)
politician
Yoo Eun-hae is a South Korean politician who served as the Minister of Education and ex officio Deputy Prime Minister of South Korea, along with Hong Nam-ki under President Moon Jae-in from October 2018 to 9 May 2022. She is the first woman to serve as a Deputy Prime Minister in South Korea.
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52. Ha Young
1993-. (aged 33)
model
television actor
actor
film actor
Ahn Ha-young, known mononymously as Ha Young, is a South Korean actress and model. She is best known for her role in the series The Trauma Code: Heroes on Call (2025).
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53. Han Myeong-sook
1944-. (aged 82)
politician
Han Myeong-sook is a South Korean politician who served as the prime minister of South Korea from 2006 to 2007. A former member of the United New Democratic Party (UNDP), she was South Korea's first female prime minister (second female prime minister overall if the acting premiership of Chang Sang is included).
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54. Kim Hye-ja
1941-. (aged 85)
television actor
stage actor
actor
film actor
Kim Hye-ja is a South Korean actress and humanitarian. Best known to South Korean audiences as the archetypal mother figure in popular television series such as Country Diaries (1980–2002), What Is Love? (1991), My Mother's Sea (1993), and Roses and Beansprouts (1999). Kim drew international critical acclaim in the noir thriller Mother (2009), The Light in Your Eyes (2019), Our...
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55. Roh Yoon-seo
2000-. (aged 26)
film actor
actor
television actor
Roh Yoon-seo is a South Korean actress and model. She is best known for her roles in the television series Our Blues (2022) and Crash Course in Romance (2023), as well as the films 20th Century Girl (2022) and Hear Me: Our Summer (2024). Her roles in Crash Course in Romance and Hear Me: Our Summer earned her multiple Best...
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56. Yu Gwansun
1902-1920 (aged 18)
political activist
Yu Gwan-sun was a Korean independence activist. She was particularly notable for her role in South Chungcheong during the March 1st Movement protests against Japanese colonial rule. She has since become one of the most famous Korean independence activists and a symbol for the movement.
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57. Chung Yoo-ra
1996-. (aged 30)
dressage rider
Chung Yoo-ra, birth name Chung Yoo-yeon (정유연), is a South Korean equestrian. She competed in the 2014 Asian Games, where her team won a gold medal.
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58. Claudia Kim
1985-. (aged 41)
model
television actor
actor
film actor
Kim Soo-hyun, better known by the stage name Claudia Kim (클로디아 킴), is a South Korean actress and model. She has appeared in Western films such as Avengers: Age of Ultron (2015), The Dark Tower (2017), and Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes of Grindelwald (2018), as well as in Korean dramas such as Queen of the Game (2006–2007), Gyeongseong Creature (2023–2024),...
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59. Yūko Fueki
1979-. (aged 47)
singer
actor
film actor
Yuko Fueki is a Japanese actress. She is most popular in South Korea, where she is known as Yoo Min.
60. Lee Yu-bi
1990-. (aged 36)
model
television actor
actor
film actor
Lee So-yul, better known by the stage name Lee Yu-bi (이유비) is a South Korean actress.
61. Kim Yeo-jin
1972-. (aged 54)
film actor
actor
stage actor
Kim Yeo-jin is a South Korean actress. She made her acting debut in the stage play What Do Women Live For in 1995, and has since remained active in film and television, drawing praise for her supporting roles in Im Sang-soo's Girls' Night Out (1998), Lee Chang-dong's Peppermint Candy (2000), and Im Kwon-taek's Chi-hwa-seon (2002). In 2021, she played Choi...
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62. Jeon Yeo-ok
1959-. (aged 67)
writer
journalist
announcer
politician
Jeon Yeo-ok is a conservative female South Korean politician who came from a journalist background. Of a pro-Lee Myung-bak background, she was known for expressing discontent against Park Geun-hye who regained control of the Saenuri Party (formally the Grand National Party). She was not nominated during the party nomination process for the 2012 legislative election as one of the close...
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63. Park Ji-hyun
1996-. (aged 30)
activist
investigative journalist
politician
Park Ji-hyun is a South Korean actress and model. She is best known for her role in the television series Rookie Historian Goo Hae-ryung (2019) and Do You Like Brahms? (2020), as well as films such as Gonjiam: Haunted Asylum (2018) and The Divine Fury (2019).
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