Person in history
Jonghyun
Kim Jong-hyun, South Korean singer (died 2017)
Life at a glance
- Born
- 1990 · April 8
- Died
- 2017 · December 18Aged about 27
- Born
- 36th anniversary of their birth this year
Their story
Who they were
Kim Jong-hyun, South Korean singer (died 2017)
Why this date
Jonghyun appears on our April 8 calendar for 1990 as a birth entry.
The world when they were born
Other entries we record for 1990.
- September 12Allied Control Council
- September 91990 Batticaloa massacre
- September 11Faucett Perú
- November 17Mount Unzen
- July 22Greg LeMond
Born the same day
Lavinia Valbonesi
Lavinia Valbonesi, Ecuadorian nutritionist, businesswoman and First Lady of Ecuador
Read their story →Cedi Osman
Cedi Osman, Turkish professional basketball player
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Jeff McNeil, American baseball player
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Jamie Drysdale, Canadian ice hockey player
Read their story →Contemporaries — born the same year
- 1990Matt ShivelySeptember 15
- 1990Lelisa DesisaJanuary 14
- 1990Robert Griffin IIIFebruary 12
- 1990Petar FilipovićSeptember 14
- 1990Lachlan CooteApril 6
- 1990Shaun JohnsonSeptember 9
- 1990Godfrey OboabonaAugust 16
- 1990Megan StalterSeptember 15
Sources
Cite this page
“Jonghyun”, What's On This Date, https://whatsonthisdate.com/app/people/jonghyun, accessed October 25, 2026.
Cite the underlying source as well — the source links above go to the record this entry is adapted from.
Questions about Jonghyun
When was Jonghyun born?
April 8 1990.
When did Jonghyun die?
December 18 2017, aged about 27.
How is age at death calculated?
From the birth and death years we hold. Where only years are known the figure can be a year out, so it is given as “about”.
Who else was born on April 8?
Lavinia Valbonesi, Cedi Osman, Jeff McNeil and others — the list is on this page and on the date page.
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