Updated at November 5, 2025 by BirthdayDBs Team

| Full Name | Yang Yong-eun |
|---|---|
| Birthdate | January 15, 1972 |
| Birth Place | South Korea |
| Age (in 2025) | 53 Years Old |
| Zodiac | Capricorn |
| Occupation | Golfer |
Yang Yong-eun is best known as Golfer who has born on January 15, 1972 in South Korea. Currently, Yang Yong-eun is 53 years, 9 months and 21 days old. Yang Yong-eun will celebrate 54th birthday on Thursday, 15th of January 2026. Below the countdown to Yang Yong-eun upcoming birthday.
He won the 2009 PGA Championship and finished third at the 2011 U.S. Open.
He turned professional in 1996.
He was the second Korean to win a PGA Tour event.
He married Young-Joo Park during his career, and his three children with her.
He is best known for coming from behind to defeat Tiger Woods at the 2009 PGA Championship.
Yang Yong-eun is 53 years old today.
Yang Yong-eun was born on January 15, 1972 in South Korea.
Yang Yong-eun zodiac sign is Capricorn.
Yang Yong-eun was best known as Golfer.
Here's quick list of some fun facts about Yang Yong-eun's birthday you must know including detailed age calculation, western astrology, roman numeral, birthstone and birth flower.
Below are historical events that coincided with Yang Yong-eun's birthday including important historical events as well as births and deaths of historical figures.
| Year | Event |
|---|---|
| 1991 | The United Nations deadline for the withdrawal of Iraqi forces from occupied Kuwait expires, preparing the way for the start of Operation Desert Storm. |
| 1991 | Elizabeth II, in her capacity as Queen of Australia, signs letters patent allowing Australia to become the first Commonwealth realm to institute its own Victoria Cross in its honours system. |
| 2001 | Wikipedia, a free wiki content encyclopedia, goes online. |
| 2005 | ESA's SMART-1 lunar orbiter discovers elements such as calcium, aluminum, silicon, iron, and other surface elements on the Moon. |
| 2009 | US Airways Flight 1549 ditches safely in the Hudson River after the plane collides with birds less than two minutes after take-off. This becomes known as "The Miracle on the Hudson" as all 155 people on board were rescued. |
| 2013 | A train carrying Egyptian Army recruits derails near Giza, Greater Cairo, killing 19 and injuring 120 others. |
| 2015 | The Swiss National Bank abandons the cap on the Swiss franc's value relative to the euro, causing turmoil in international financial markets. |
| 2016 | The Kenyan Army suffers its worst defeat ever in a battle with Al-Shabaab Islamic insurgents in El-Adde, Somalia. An estimated 150 Kenyan soldiers are killed in the battle. |
| 2018 | British multinational construction and facilities management services company Carillion went into liquidation – officially, "the largest ever trading liquidation in the UK" |
| 2019 | Somali militants attack the DusitD2 hotel in Nairobi, Kenya killing at least 21 people and injuring 19. |
| 2019 | Theresa May's UK government suffers the biggest government defeat in modern times, when 432 MPs voting against the proposed European Union withdrawal agreement, giving her opponents a majority of 230. |
| 2020 | The Japanese Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare confirms the first case of COVID-19 in Japan. |
| 2021 | A 6.2-magnitude earthquake strikes Indonesia's Sulawesi island killing at least 105 and injuring 3,369 people. |
| 2022 | The Hunga Tonga-Hunga Haʻapai volcano erupts, cutting off communications with Tonga and causing a tsunami across the Pacific. |
| 2023 | Yeti Airlines Flight 691 crashes near Pokhara International Airport, of the 72 persons on board, no one is believed to have survived. |
| 1988 | The birth of Daniel Caligiuri, German footballer |
| 1988 | The birth of Skrillex, American DJ and producer |
| 1989 | The birth of Alexei Cherepanov, Russian ice hockey player (d. 2008) |
| 1989 | The birth of Nicole Ross, American Olympic foil fencer |
| 1990 | The birth of Robert Trznadel, Polish footballer |
| 1991 | The birth of Marc Bartra, Spanish footballer |
| 1991 | The birth of Nicolai Jørgensen, Danish footballer |
| 1991 | The birth of Darya Klishina, Russian long jumper |
| 1991 | The birth of James Mitchell, Australian basketball player |
| 1992 | The birth of Joël Veltman, Dutch footballer |
| 1993 | The birth of Kadeem Allen, American basketball player |
| 1996 | The birth of Dove Cameron, American actress and singer |
| 1996 | The birth of Deebo Samuel, American football player |
| 1998 | The birth of Alexandra Eade, Australian artistic gymnast |
| 2004 | The birth of Grace VanderWaal, American singer-songwriter |
| 2014 | The death of John Dobson, Chinese-American astronomer and author (b. 1915) |
| 2014 | The death of Roger Lloyd-Pack, English actor (b. 1944) |
| 2015 | The death of Ervin Drake, American songwriter and composer (b. 1919) |
| 2015 | The death of Kim Fowley, American singer-songwriter, producer, and manager (b. 1939) |
| 2015 | The death of Ray Nagel, American football player and coach (b. 1927) |
| 2016 | The death of Francisco X. Alarcón, American poet and educator (b. 1954) |
| 2016 | The death of Ken Judge, Australian footballer and coach (b. 1958) |
| 2016 | The death of Manuel Velázquez, Spanish footballer (b. 1943) |
| 2017 | The death of Jimmy Snuka, Fijian professional wrestler (b. 1943) |
| 2018 | The death of Dolores O'Riordan, Irish pop singer (b. 1971) |
| 2019 | The death of Carol Channing, American actress (b. 1921) |
| 2019 | The death of Ida Kleijnen, Dutch chef (b. 1936) |
| 2020 | The death of Rocky Johnson, Canadian professional wrestler (b. 1944) |
| 2020 | The death of Lloyd Cowan, British athlete and coach (b. 1962) |
| 2022 | The death of Alexa McDonough, first female politician to lead a major provincial political party in Canada, former leader of the federal New Democratic Party. (b. 1944) |
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