# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/kim-won-gyun
# Generated: 2026-08-14T08:30:21.016Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/kim-won-gyun"
name: "Kim Won-gyun"
slug: "kim-won-gyun"
description: "Kim Won-gyun was a North Korean composer and politician. He is considered one of the most prominent, if not the most celebrated, composer of North Korea. He composed \"Aegukka\" — the national anthem of the country — and \"Song of General Kim Il Sung\", in addition to revolutionary operas."
tagline: "North Korean composer of the national anthem (1917–2002)"
image: "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/1/1e/Portrait_of_composer_Kim_Won_Gyun.jpg"
gender: "male"
category:
  name: "Musicians"
  slug: "musicians"
profileType:
  name: "Singer / Musician"
  slug: "singer"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q177220"
birthDate: "1917-01-02"
deathDate: "2002-04-05"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           46.59
  momentum:             1.067251461988304
  historical:           11.627252
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     60
  profileCompleteness:  60
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
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    title: "Discogs"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%83%D9%8A%D9%85_%D9%88%D9%86_%D8%AC%D9%8A%D9%88%D9%86"
    title: "كيم ون جيون"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kim_Won-gyun"
    title: "Kim Won-gyun"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://el.wikipedia.org/wiki/%CE%9A%CE%B9%CE%BC_%CE%93%CE%BF%CF%85%CF%8C%CE%BD-%CE%B3%CE%BA%CE%B9%CE%BF%CF%8D%CE%BD"
    title: "Κιμ Γουόν-γκιούν"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kim_Won-gyun"
    title: "Kim Won-gyun"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kim_Won-gyun"
    title: "Kim Won-gyun"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kim_Won-gyun"
    title: "Kim Won-gyun"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kim_Won-gyun"
    title: "Kim Won-gyun"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E9%87%91%E5%85%83%E5%9D%87"
    title: "金元均"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ko.wikipedia.org/wiki/%EA%B9%80%EC%9B%90%EA%B7%A0"
    title: "김원균"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9A%D0%B8%D0%BC_%D0%92%D0%BE%D0%BD_%D0%93%D1%8E%D0%BD"
    title: "Ким Вон Гюн"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://tl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kim_Won-gyun"
    title: "Kim Won-gyun"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://zh.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E9%87%91%E5%85%83%E5%9D%87"
    title: "金元均"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://musicbrainz.org/artist/3758d9b4-dbdf-4354-89bb-1ab89c7a4600"
    title: "MusicBrainz"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3196825"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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