This is a partial list of people who lived during the Joseon period of Korea, 1392–1910.
See: List of Korean monarchs Scholar-officials, or munsin, held much of the power in the Joseon Dynasty bureaucracy.
Many members of the intellectual elite, also remembered for their work as poets or philosophers, served as scholar-officials.
Military service was technically open to people outside the yangban class, but in practice most high posts were held by the aristocracy.
Prominent women of the Joseon period were usually either of the high aristocratic class or kisaeng female entertainers.