Gwangsan Kim clan
{{Short description|Korean clan from Gwangju}}
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The Gwangsan Kim clan ({{Korean|hangul=광산 김씨|hanja=光山 金氏}}) is a Korean clan with its bon-gwan located in Gwangsan, present-day Gwangju.{{cite web |title=광산김씨(光山金氏) - 한국향토문화전자대전 |url=http://www.grandculture.net/ko/Contents?dataType=01&contents_id=GC00500142 |website=Encyclopedia of Korean Local Culture}}
The members of the Gwangsan Kim clan are the descendants of Kim Hŭng-gwang ({{korean|hangul=김흥광|hanja=金興光}}), the third son of King Sinmu of Silla, the 45th monarch of the Silla.
The family has produced eminent Neo-Confucian scholars during the Joseon Dynasty, including Kim Jang-saeng, Kim Jip, and Kim Man-jung.
Joseon Dynasty
- Kim Jang-saeng (1548–1631), Joseon Neo-Confucian scholar, politician, and writer
- Kim Jip (1574–1656), Joseon Neo-Confucian scholar, politician, and writer
- Kim Man-jung (1637–1692), Korean novelist and politician
Royalty
- Princess Consort Suseong of the Gwangsan, deposed crown princess of joseon, wife of Grand Prince Yangnyeong
- Queen Ingyeong (1661–1680), Joseon queen consort
- Kim Gi-seong, Prince Consort Gwangeun (1752 –1811), consort of Royal Princess Cheongyeon
- Royal Noble Consort Gyeong, consort of Heonjong of Joseon
- Court Lady Kim of Jeonghwadang Hall, concubine of Emperor Gojong
Known descendants
- Maria Kim (1891–1944), Korean independence activist{{cite web |title="임시의정원 첫 女의원 김마리아 동상을 국회에 세우자" |url=https://www.chosun.com/culture-life/relion-academia/2023/02/27/75YLCBRW25CKNOI4JKUUTGJLWQ/ |website=The Chosun Ilbo |access-date=28 February 2023 |language=ko |date=27 February 2023}}
- Stephen Kim Sou-hwan (1922–2009), South Korean cardinal{{cite news |title=광산김씨 |url=https://news.joins.com/article/1642563 |accessdate=15 October 2020 |work=JoongAng Ilbo |date=3 July 1982 |language=ko}}
- Kim Yong-san (1922–2011), South Korean businessman
- Kim Chunsu (1922–2004), South Korean poet{{cite web |title=[김성회의 뿌리를 찾아서] 광산김씨 |url=https://www.segye.com/newsView/20110621004055 |website=Segye Ilbo |access-date=24 May 2021 |language=ko |date=2011-06-21}}{{cite web |title=대한민국헌정회 |url=https://rokps.or.kr/profile/profile_view.asp?idx=439 |website=rokps.or.kr |access-date=9 June 2021}}
- Kim Yong Sop (1936–2020), South Korean historian{{cite journal |last1=Kim |first1=Nuri |title=Between Family, Nation, and Scholarship: Negotiating Ancestral Origins in Post-1945 South Korea |journal=Journal of Family History |date=January 2024 |volume=49 |issue=1 |pages=60–74 |doi=10.1177/03631990231183666 |url=https://www.repository.cam.ac.uk/bitstreams/02fa037a-11da-4f92-baad-98386a4e6bcf/download |access-date=10 April 2024 |language=en |issn=0363-1990|doi-access=free }}
- Kim Woo-choong (1936–2019), South Korean businessman
- Kim Yong-gun (born 1946), South Korean actor
- Hyginus Kim Hee-jong (born 1947), South Korean Roman Catholic prelate{{cite web |last1=이 |first1=경엽 |title=스카이데일리, 김수환 추기경 가문, 왕건의 개국공신 명문가 |url=https://skyedaily.com/news/news_view.html?ID=50325&SKYEDAILY_MOBILE=1 |website=Sky eDaily |access-date=10 April 2024 |language=ko}}
- Kim Jang-soo (born 1948), South Korean general and politician
- Do-ol (born Kim Yong-ok, 1948), South Korean academic
- Kim Hwang-sik (born 1948), South Korean politician
- Kim Kap-soo (born 1957), South Korean actor
- Kim Eung-soo (born 1961), South Korean actor{{cite web |title=김응수 "하정우, 같은 ‘광산 김가’→족보상 손자뻘" 영화 ‘피랍’ 적극 홍보까지 (‘라스’) |url=https://www.chosun.com/entertainments/broadcast/2023/05/03/OGXSZST5FX4YZX2B6ETK6WVP4E/ |website=The Chosun Ilbo |access-date=23 June 2023 |language=ko |date=3 May 2023}}
- Kim Seon-dong (politician, born 1963), South Korean politician{{cite web |title=Republic of Korea Parliamentarian Society |url=https://rokps.or.kr/profile/profile_view.asp?idx=2478 |website=rokps.or.kr |access-date=4 July 2023}}
- Kim Sang-joong (born 1965), South Korean actor{{cite news |author1=김지민 |title='개과천선' 김상중 "김명민에게 연기 지적, 기억 안 나" |url=https://www.metroseoul.co.kr/article/2014042900208 |access-date=18 December 2022 |work=www.metroseoul.co.kr |language=ko}}
- Kim Soo-ro (born 1970), South Korean actor{{cite news |author1=조윤선 |title='1대 100' 마마무 솔라 "김수로와 먼 친척, 조카뻘이다" |url=https://www.chosun.com/site/data/html_dir/2018/03/13/2018031303096.html |accessdate=15 October 2020 |work=The Chosun Ilbo |language=ko}}
- Kim Taek-soo (born 1970), South Korean table tennis player
- Suki Kim (born 1970), Korean-American journalist and writer{{cite book |last1=Kim |first1=Suki |title=Without You, There Is No Us: Undercover Among The Sons Of North Korea's Elite |date=2014 |publisher=Crown |location=New York |isbn=9780307720658 |pages=47–50 |edition=First}}
- Kim Myung-min (born 1972), South Korean actor
- Kim Tae-ho (television director) (born 1975), South Korean television director
- Eugene (actress) (born Kim Yoo-jin, 1981), South Korean actress and singer
- Hyun Bin (born Kim Tae-pyung, 1982), South Korean actor
- Kim Ah-joong (born 1982), South Korean actress
- Paul Kim (musician, born 1988), South Korean singer-songwriter{{cite web |title=폴킴, 사석에서 만난 방탄소년단 "뷔와 본명 같아" |url=http://news.kmib.co.kr/article/view.asp?arcid=0013035174&code=61181611&sid1=cul |website=Kukmin Ilbo |access-date=10 June 2021 |language=ko |date=2019-01-31}}
- Uee (born Kim Yu-jin, 1988), South Korean actress{{Cite web|last=차 |first=윤주|date=2019-03-18|title=‘하나뿐인 내편’ 김승현 부자 깜짝 출연, 인증샷 "유이도 광산 김씨"|url=http://www.mbn.co.kr/news/entertain/3783365|access-date=2021-04-10|website=Maeil Broadcasting Network|language=ko}}
- Solar (singer) (born Kim Yong-sun, 1991), South Korean singer, member of girl group Mamamoo
- Jin (singer) (born Kim Seok-jin, 1992), South Korean singer, member of boy band BTS{{cite web |last1=Cho |first1=Yong-gun |title=[WHY] Are all Kims related? |url=https://koreajoongangdaily.joins.com/news/2024-03-23/why/WHY-Are-all-Kims-related/2008764 |website=Korea JoongAng Daily |access-date=17 March 2025 |language=en |date=23 March 2024}}
- V (singer) (born Kim Tae-hyung, 1995), South Korean singer, member of boy band BTS