Kwang-seon, also spelled Kwang-sun, is a Korean masculine given name. The meaning differs based on the

hanja Hanja (; ), alternatively spelled Hancha, are Chinese characters used to write the Korean language. After characters were introduced to Korea to write Literary Chinese, they were adapted to write Korean as early as the Gojoseon period. () ...

used to write each syllable of the name. There are 13 hanja with the reading " kwang" and 41 hanja with the reading " seon" on the South Korean government's official list of hanja which may be used in given names. People with this name include: * Kim Gwang-seon (born 1946), South Korean cyclist *

Kim Kwang-sun Kim Kwang-sun (, born June 8, 1964) is a retired South Korean boxer. Amateur career Kim won the gold medal in the Men's Flyweight (51 kg) category at the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul. He was a two-time Boxing World Cup champion as well. ...

(born 1964), South Korean boxer * Go Gwang-seon (born 1969), South Korean rower * Song Gwang-seon (born 1970), South Korean swimmer * Kwak Kwang-seon (born 1986), South Korean footballer *

Pyon Kwang-sun Pyon Kwang-sun (born 18 November 1986) is a North Korean former artistic gymnast. She competed at the 2004 Summer Olympics and finished fourth in the uneven bars final. She is the 2002 Asian Games balance beam bronze medalist and team silver me ...

(born 1986), North Korean female artistic gymnast * Lee Kwang-seon (born 1989), South Korean footballer *

David Kwang-sun Suh David Kwang-sun Suh an ordained minister of the Presbyterian Church of Korea and was the dean of the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences at Ewha Womans University of Seoul, Korea until he was arrested in 1980. He is perhaps best known as a major ...

, 20th-century South Korean theologian

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