Na Hye-sŏk

Na Hye-sŏk (Korean: 나혜석, April 28, 1896 – December 10, 1948) was a Korean feminist, poet, writer, painter, educator, and journalist. Her art name was Jeongwol. She was a pioneering Korean feminist writer and painter. She was the first female professional painter and the first feminist writer in Korea. She created some of the earliest Western-style paintings in Korea, and published feminist novels and short stories. She became well known as a feminist because of her criticism of the marital institution in the early 20th century.

28 April 1896

Born on the same birth date (28 April 1896): Tristan Tzara

Born on the same birth day (28 April): Arthur Shaw (hurdler) • Barry Larkin • Charles de Valois, Duke of Angoulême • Ferruccio Lamborghini • H. B. Stallard • Jakob Butturff • Jean-Paul van Gastel • John Madejski • Jorge Garcia • Jón Páll Sigmarsson • Madge Sinclair • Paul Guilfoyle • Rowland Evans • Tim Congdon • Vernon Kay

Born in the same month (April 1896): Einar Lundborg • Ernst Udet • Fred Barnett (English footballer) • Fred Haney • Frits Peutz • Hans List • Johnny Golden • Léo-Paul Desrosiers • Robert E. Sherwood • Robert Henry Best • Ruut Tarmo • Señor Wences • William Hudson (engineer) • Wop May • Yip Harburg • Árpád Weisz