# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/kilnam-chon
# Generated: 2026-08-14T04:04:40.613Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/kilnam-chon"
name: "Kilnam Chon"
slug: "kilnam-chon"
description: "Kilnam Chon is a South Korean computer scientist widely recognized for his pioneering contributions to the development of the internet in South Korea. His work led to South Korea becoming the second country in the world, after the United States, to establish an IPv4 network connection. Often referred to as the father of the Korean Internet, Chon played a key role in connecting Seoul National University and the Korea Institute of Electronics Technology in May 1982, marking a significant milestone in the country's technological advancement."
tagline: "South Korean computer scientist"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Jeon-gil_nam%2C_Korean_computer_scientist.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "South Korea"
  isoCode: "KR"
birthDate: "1943-01-03"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           41.34
  momentum:             0
  historical:           5.018864
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     30
  profileCompleteness:  50
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kilnam_Chon"
    title: "Kilnam Chon"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kilnam_Chon"
    title: "Kilnam Chon"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kilnam_Chon"
    title: "Kilnam Chon"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://id.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kilnam_Chon"
    title: "Kilnam Chon"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ko.wikipedia.org/wiki/%EC%A0%84%EA%B8%B8%EB%82%A8"
    title: "전길남"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q12615050"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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