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Sun-woo (Korean: 선우), also spelled Seon-u, Sŏn-u, or Seon-woo, is a Korean surname and a given name. It may also be written without the hyphen after the 'n', particularly when used as a surname.[1]
Surname
As a surname, Sun-woo is written with the hanja 鮮于. Taewon Sunwoo clan is one of the Korean clans. The bongwan of the surname is Taiyuan, Shanxi, China.[2] The 2000 South Korean census estimated that there were 3,560 people with this surname in South Korea, making it the second-most common two-syllable surname in the country.[3]
People with this surname include:
- Brenda Paik Sunoo, Korean-American journalist
- Sunwoo Eun-sook (born 1959), South Korean actress
- Seonu Hwi (1922–1986), South Korean author and novelist
- Sonu Hyang-hui, North Korean violinist, member of girl group Moranbong Band
- Sunwoo Jae-duk (born 1962), South Korean actor
- Sunwoo Jin (1922–2009), South Korean independence activist and politician
- Sunwoo Jung-a (born 1985), South Korean musician
- Sonu Kyong-sun (born 1983), North Korean football player
- Sunwoo Sun (born Jung Yoo-jin, 1975), South Korean actress
- Yekwon Sunwoo (born 1989), South Korean pianist
- Sunwoo Yong-nyeo (born Jung Yong-rye, 1945), South Korean actress
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Given name
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People with this given name include:
Entertainers
- Jang Sun-woo (born 1952), South Korean film director
- Kim Seon-wu (born 1970), South Korean poet
- Baro (born Cha Sun-woo, 1992), South Korean singer
- Kim Sunwoo (born 2000), South Korean singer (idol), member of the boy group THE BOYZ
- Kim Sun-oo (born 2003), South Korean singer (Idol)
Sportspeople
- Sun-woo Kim (born 1977), South Korean male baseball pitcher (Korea Baseball Organization)
- Kim Sun-woo (footballer born 1983), South Korean male football forward (K-League Classic)
- Infiltration (gamer) (born Lee Seon-woo, 1985), South Korean professional electronic games player
- Kim Sun-woo (footballer, born 1993), South Korean male football midfielder (K-League Classic)
- Kim Sun-woo (pentathlete) (born 1996), South Korean female modern pentathlete
- Kwon Sun-oo (born 1999), South Korean female snowboarder
Other
- Do Sunwoo, South Korean writer
- Sun Woo Lee, South Korean businessman, former Samsung COO
Fictional characters
- Kim Sun-woo, in 2005 South Korean film A Bittersweet Life
- Kim Sun-woo, in 2011 South Korean television series Poseidon
- Kim Sun-woo, in 2012 South Korean television series Man from the Equator
- Park Sun-woo, in 2013 South Korean television series Nine: Nine Time Travels
- Jung Sun-woo, in 2013 South Korean television series Monstar
- Ha Sun-woo, in 2014 South Korean television series Cheo Yong
- Sung Sun-woo, in 2015 South Korean television series Reply 1988
- Park Sun-woo, in 2016 South Korean television series Signal
- Lee Sun-woo, in 2020 South Korean television series Nobody Knows
- Ji Sun-woo, in 2020 South Korean television series The World of the Married
- Sunwoo Han, a.k.a. Jett, in 2020 video game Valorant
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