Bang Jeong-hwan (Korean: 방정환; November 9, 1899 – July 23, 1931) was a pioneer of Korean juvenile literature and a children's rights activist, who led the establishment of Children's Day (Korean: 어린이날) in Korea.

[1] Bang Jeong-hwan was born November 9, 1899, in Seoul, Korea.

Bang graduated from Posung school and studied Child Psychology and Children's Literature at Tokyo College in Japan.

Bang died from kidney failure on July 23, 1931.

[2] The Literature Translation Institute of Korea sums Bang's career up: On November 9, 2016, Google celebrated his 117th birthday with a Google Doodle.