Person in history
Daesung
Kang Daesung, South Korean singer
Life at a glance
- Born
- 1989 · April 26
- Age this year
- 37No death recorded in our data
- Known as
- singer, actor, and composer. Citizenship: South Korea
- Born
- 37th anniversary of their birth this year
Their story
Who they were
Personal life Daesung enrolled at Kyung Hee University to study post-modern music in 2008. [ 1 ] [ unreliable source? ] [ 2 ] He is a devout Christian and he has said that his faith was a big influence in re-evaluating his life after he ran a red light in 2011. [ 3 ] [ 4 ] Military service Daesung began his two-year mandatory military service by entering the 27th Infantry Division's boot camp in Hwacheon , Gangwon Province as an active duty soldier on March 13, 2018. [
Kang Dae-sung, better known mononymously as Daesung and his Japanese stage name D-Lite, is a South Korean singer who made his musical debut in 2006 as a member of the South Korean boy band Big Bang. He debuted as a solo artist in South Korea with the number one trot song "Look at Me, Gwisoon" in 2008. Since the inception of the Gaon Digital Chart in 2010, Daesung achieved two Top 10 songs, the digital single "Cotton Candy" and "Wings" from the BigBang album Alive (2012).
Early life
Educated at: Kyung Hee University.
Why this date
Daesung appears on our April 26 calendar for 1989 as a birth entry.
The world when they were born
Other entries we record for 1989.
- January 4Grumman F-14 Tomcat
- November 17Walt Disney Pictures
- October 22TAN-SAHSA Flight 414
- May 12San Bernardino train disaster
- December 17Fernando Collor de Mello
Born the same day
Contemporaries — born the same year
- 1989Andrew LuckSeptember 12
- 1989Elysée (footballer)September 13
- 1989Nastia LiukinOctober 30
- 1989Ryan McGowanAugust 15
- 1989Kelsey AdrianOctober 5
- 1989Agnes KnochenhauerMay 5
- 1989Matthew Lewis (actor)June 27
- 1989Jesús MonteroNovember 28
Sources
Cite this page
“Daesung”, What's On This Date, https://whatsonthisdate.com/app/people/daesung, accessed October 27, 2026.
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Questions about Daesung
When was Daesung born?
April 26 1989.
How old would Daesung be today?
37 this year, based on the birth year we hold. We have no death record for them in our data, which is not proof either way.
Who else was born on April 26?
Nevin Spence, Coke (footballer), Delon Wright and others — the list is on this page and on the date page.
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