# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/won-gyun
# Generated: 2026-08-13T06:31:35.960Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/won-gyun"
name: "Won Gyun"
slug: "won-gyun"
description: "Wŏn Kyun was a military commander during the Imjin War. At the time of the Japanese invasion, he was the Naval Commander of Gyeongsang Right Province and led the navy, defeating the Japanese fleet together with Yi Sun-sin (李舜臣), the Naval Commander of Jeolla Left Province, and Yi Eok-gi (李億祺), the Naval Commander of Jeolla Right Province. He later served as Commander of Chungcheong Province, Naval Commander of Jeolla Left Province, and during the second invasion, replaced Yi Sun-sin as Commander-in-Chief of the Three Provinces Navy. However, he suffered a disastrous defeat and was killed in the Battle of Chilcheollyang."
tagline: "Korean general and admiral during the Joseon Dynasty (1540 -1597)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Won_Gyun.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
profileType:
  name: "Other"
  slug: "other"
birthDate: "1540-02-12"
deathDate: "1597-08-28"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           52.62
  momentum:             3.411214953271029
  historical:           18.23370133333334
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     60
  profileCompleteness:  50
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Won_Gyun"
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/W%C5%8Fn_Kyun"
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  - url: "https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%88%D9%88%D9%86_%DA%A9%DB%8C%D9%88%D9%86"
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  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Won_Gyun"
    title: "Won Gyun"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://gan.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E5%85%83%E5%9D%87"
    title: "元均"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://id.wikipedia.org/wiki/Won_Gyun"
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  - url: "https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E5%85%83%E5%9D%87"
    title: "元均"
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  - url: "https://ko.wikipedia.org/wiki/%EC%9B%90%EA%B7%A0"
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  - url: "https://ms.wikipedia.org/wiki/Won_Gyun"
    title: "Won Gyun"
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  - url: "https://no.wikipedia.org/wiki/Won_Gyun"
    title: "Won Gyun"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Won_Kyun"
    title: "Won Kyun"
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    title: "Вон Гюн"
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  - url: "https://tl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Won_Gyun"
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  - url: "https://wuu.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E5%85%83%E5%9D%87"
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  - url: "https://zh_yue.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E5%85%83%E5%9D%87"
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  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q379659"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump