Yoon (Korean name)

Infobox Korean name
title=Yun
hangul=윤
hanja=
rr=Yun
mr=Yun

Yoon is the ninth most common family name in Korea. The name is sometimes also transliterated as Yun, Yune, or Youn. The character means the eldest and is only used to denote the surname in Korea.

List of notable Yoons

*Yoon Bong-Gil, Nationalist fighter
*Yoon Eun-Hye, actress, model, and singer Goong, The Vineyard Man, Coffee Prince, Escaping Charisma
*Yoon Gwan, military general during the Goryeo dynasty.
*Yun Isang, composer
*Yoon Je-kyoon, filmmaker ("Sex Is Zero")
*James Yun professional wrestler, better known under the stage name Jimmy Wang Yang.
*Johnny Yune, comedian/actor ("They Call Me Bruce?", "The Cannonball Run")
*Karl Yune, model and actor ("Memoirs of a Geisha", "")
*Kyung-Shin Yoon, Olympic athlete and international handball player
*Yun Mi-jin, South Korean archer and Olympic gold medalist
*Yun Po Sun, second president of South Korea
*Rick Yune, model and actor ("The Fast and the Furious", "Die Another Day")
*Yun Seondo, notable poet in the Joseon Dynasty
*Yun Son Ha, actress
*Tommy Yune, writer/artist ("Speed Racer") and director ("")
*Yun Tong-ju, poet active during the period of Japanese rule
*Yoon Yea-Ji, figure skater

Clans

The Papyeong (파평/坡平) Yoon clan, which has its seat in Papyeong-myeon, Paju City, is the most well-known Yun clan. Several Papyeong Yoon women became queens during the early Joseon Dynasty. The clan's founding ancestor is General Yun Sin-dal, who assisted Wanggeon in founding the Goryeo Dynasty. The 2000 South Korean census found 221,433 households claiming membership in the Papyeong clan, with a total population of 713,947.

Family feud

When the tomb of Yoon Gwan was rediscovered in the 18th century, it sparked a 300 year old family Feud between the Yoon and Shim Clan. The reason for the feud was because a member of the Shim clan was buried uphill from Yoon Gwan's tomb.

External links

[http://www.iht.com/articles/2006/07/19/news/feud.php Quest for perfect grave keeps Korean feud alive]

ee also

*List of Korean family names
*Korean name
*Korean culture