Yeom, also spelled as Yum or Youm, is a
Korean surname
This is a list of Korean surnames, in Hangul alphabetical order.
The most common Korean surname (particularly in South Korea) is Kim (Korean name), Kim (), followed by Lee (Korean name), Lee () and Park (Korean surname), Park (). These three sur ...
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Notable people
Notable people of the past
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Yŏm Chang
Yŏm Chang (, ? - ?), also mentioned as Yŏm Mun, was a Silla general who is best known for assassinating Jang Bogo. Yŏm had been a subordinate of Jang Bogo, but their relationship apparently deteriorated as he was once punished by Jang Bogo f ...
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Silla
Silla (; Old Korean: wikt:徐羅伐#Old Korean, 徐羅伐, Yale romanization of Korean, Yale: Syerapel, Revised Romanization of Korean, RR: ''Seorabeol''; International Phonetic Alphabet, IPA: ) was a Korean kingdom that existed between ...
general who is best known for assassinating Jang Bogo
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Yeom Shin-bi (1350–after 1387), King Gongmin's wife and royal consort
Notable people of recent times
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Yeom Dong-gyun (born 1983), South Korean football goalkeeper
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Yum Dong-kyun (born 1950), South Korean boxer
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Yeom Dong-yeol (born 1961), South Korean politician
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Yeom Han-woong (born 1966), South Korean physicist
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Yeom Hye-ran
Yeom Hye-ran (; born October 30, 1976) is a South Korean film, television, and theater actress. She is known for her roles in Korean drama, dramas ''When the Camellia Blooms'' (2019), ''The Uncanny Counter'' (2020–2023), ''The Glory (TV series ...
(born 1976), South Korean actress
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Yeom Hyo-seob, South Korean taekwondo practitioner
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Yum Jung-ah
Yum Jung-ah (; born July 28, 1972) is a South Korean actress and beauty pageant titleholder. Her notable films include '' A Tale of Two Sisters'' (2003), '' The Big Swindle'' (2004), '' The Old Garden'' (2007), and ''Cart'' (2014), as well as t ...
(born 1972), South Korean actress
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Yeom Ki-hun
Yeom Ki-hun (; born 30 March 1983) is a South Korean association football, football manager and former player.
Early life
Yeom was a Modern pentathlon, modern pentathlete while attending elementary school, but started playing football at Nons ...
(born 1983), South Korean football player
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Youm Kyoung-youb (born 1968), South Korean former baseball player
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Yeom Sang-seop (1897–1963), South Korean novelist and freedom fighter
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Yeom Seung-suk (born 1982), South Korean novelist
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Andrew Yeom Soo-jung (born 1943), South Korean prelate
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Yeom Yoon-jung, South Korean curler
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Yeom Hye-seon, South Korean volleyball player
See also
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Yan (surname)
Yan is a surname in several languages and the pinyin romanization for several Chinese surnames, including " ()", " ()", " ()", " ()", " ()", " ()", " ()", " ()", " ()" in simplified (traditional) form.
These characters are romanised as ''Yen'' in ...
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Yum (disambiguation)
Yum may refer to:
People
*Ren (surname), romanized as Yum or Yam in Cantonese
* Yum Dong-kyun (born in 1950), South Korean boxer
*Yum Jung-ah (born in 1972), South Korean actress
Other uses
* Quechan language, (ISO 639 language code "yum")
* Yug ...
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Korean-language surnames