BirthMay 21991

Jeong Jin-woon

Jeong Jinwoon, South Korean actor and singer

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When
Thursday, May 2 199135 years ago
Category
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Era
20th century · 1990s
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Jeong Jin-woon

At a glance

Born 1991-05-02.

Known as: singer, television actor, and actor. Citizenship: South Korea.

Listed as: human.

Who they were

Biography Jinwoon was born on May 2, 1991 [ 1 ] in Seoul, South Korea. He graduated high school from BaekAhm High School. He, along with Shinee 's Onew and Girls' Generation 's Seohyun , had the highest national score for their high school SATs exam. He studied at Daejin University , Dept. of Theatre and Visual Arts, the same class as fellow group member, Seulong. Jinwoon is known to be close to 91-liners, such as Nicole Jung of Kara , [ 2 ] Son Dong-woon of Beast , [ 3 ] Mir of MBLAQ ,

Jeong Jinwoon, South Korean actor and singer

Early life

Educated at: Daejin University.

Path and career

Career 2AM He was originally eliminated from 2AM in the Hot Blood documentary, but Jinwoon eventually returned after one of the chosen members Daehun had to return to the States for personal reasons. [ 1 ] Prior to debut, he was in a band called No Comment. He plays guitar, drums, bass guitar, bongo, and piano. [ citation needed ] Main article: 2AM (band) Solo promotions Jinwoon debuted as a solo artist on July 31, 2011, at the Jisan Valley Rock Festival, [ 2 ] [ 3 ]

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Jeong Jin-woon appears on our May 2 calendar for 1991 as a birth entry.

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  • September 17LinuxThe first version of the Linux kernel (0.01) is released to the Internet.
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