# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/gil-won-ok
# Generated: 2026-09-07T19:36:31.289Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/gil-won-ok"
name: "Gil Won-ok"
slug: "gil-won-ok"
description: "Gil Won-ok, also known as Grandma Gil, was a Korean activist who was forced into becoming a comfort woman during World War II. She dedicated her life to demanding redress and an official apology from Japan for the military sexual violence that affected over 200,000 women in the war."
tagline: "South Korean activist (1928–2025)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Gil_Won-ok%2C_2011_(cropped).jpg?width=1200"
gender: "female"
country:
  name: "South Korea"
  isoCode: "KR"
category:
  name: "Activists"
  slug: "activists"
profileType:
  name: "Activist"
  slug: "activist"
birthDate: "1928-11-30"
deathDate: "2025-02-16"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           44.75
  momentum:             0
  historical:           6.180421333333334
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     44.99999999999999
  profileCompleteness:  75
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm10295946/"
    handle:    "nm10295946"
sources:
  - url: "https://sw.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gil_Won-ok"
    title: "Gil Won-ok"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://bn.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A6%97%E0%A6%BF%E0%A6%B2_%E0%A6%93%E0%A6%AF%E0%A6%BC%E0%A6%BE%E0%A6%A8-%E0%A6%93%E0%A6%95"
    title: "গিল ওয়ান-ওক"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ca.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gil_Won-ok"
    title: "Gil Won-ok"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gil_Won-ok"
    title: "Gil Won-ok"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gil_Won-ok"
    title: "Gil Won-ok"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E5%90%89%E5%85%83%E7%8E%89"
    title: "吉元玉"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ko.wikipedia.org/wiki/%EA%B8%B8%EC%9B%90%EC%98%A5"
    title: "길원옥"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q22125562"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump