# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/kim-hyong-jik
# Generated: 2026-09-07T19:19:50.154Z

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url: "https://fame.am/person/kim-hyong-jik"
name: "Kim Hyong-jik"
slug: "kim-hyong-jik"
description: "The father of Kim Il Sung and patriarch of North Korea's ruling dynasty resisted Japanese occupation a generation before his son built a state around his name."
tagline: "Father of Kim Il-sung"
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gender: "male"
birthDate: "1894-07-10"
deathDate: "1926-06-05"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
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  profileCompleteness:  40
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
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  country:  null
  category: null
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  - name: "20th Century"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Kim Hyong-jik was born on 10 July 1894 and became an independence activist during the Japanese occupation of Korea. He died on 5 June 1926, more than two decades before his son Kim Il Sung would found North Korea. His legacy passed through three generations: Kim Il Sung became the country's first leader, his grandson Kim Jong Il succeeded him, and his great-grandson Kim Jong Un rules today. The activist's life ended in colonial Korea, but his bloodline became the basis of the world's only communist hereditary state.