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Byung chul

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Hangul
  
병철

Revised Romanization
  
Byeong-cheol

Hanja
  
秉哲, 秉喆, and others

McCune–Reischauer
  
Pyŏngch'ŏl

Byung-chul is a Korean masculine given name. Its meaning differs based on the hanja used to write each syllable of the name. There are 17 hanja with the reading "byung" and 11 hanja with the reading "chul" on the South Korean government's official list of hanja which may be used in given names. It was the eighth-most popular name for baby boys born in South Korea in 1950.

People with this name include:

  • Lee Byung-chul (1910–1987), South Korean businessman, founder of the Samsung Group
  • Kim Byoung-chul (born 1949), South Korean engineer, 18th president of Korea University
  • Park Byung-chul (born 1954), South Korean former football manager
  • Byung-Chul Han (born 1959), South Korean-born German philosophy professor
  • Byung Chul Kim (born 1971), South Korean artist
  • Chang Byung-chul (born 1976) South Korean volleyball player
  • Choi Byung-chul (born 1981), South Korean foil fencer
  • Kim Byong-cheol, South Korean taekwondo practitioner, gold medalist at the 1992 Olympics
  • Ri Pyong Chol, North Korean general, member of the Central Military Commission

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