Moon, Sun Myung

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Name (Hebrew)
מון, סאן מיאנג, 1920-2012
Name (Latin)
Moon, Sun Myung
Other forms of name
Mun I︠A︡n Me
San Men Mun
Sun Myung Moon
Bun, Senmei
Mun, I︠A︡n Me
Mun, S. M
Mun, San Men
Mun, San Myung
Mūn, San Mīang
Wen, Hsien-ming
Mun, Sŏn-myŏng
Mun, Sŏn-myŏng, 1920-2012
Bun, Senmei, 1920-2012
Wen, Hsien-ming, 1920-2012
문선명, 1920-2012
文鮮明, 1920-2012
Mun, Yong-myŏng, 1920-2012
Mun, Yong-myeong, 1920-2012
문용명, 1920-2012
文龍明, 1920-2012
מון, סאן מיאנג, 1920-
מון, סן מינג, 1920-
Date of birth
1920-02-25
Date of death
2012-09-03
Place of birth
Chŏngju-ŭp (P'yŏngan-bukto, Korea)
Place of death
Kap'yŏng-gun (Korea)
Associate group
Unification Church
Occupation
Religious leaders
Gender
male
Biographical or Historical Data
Founder of Unification Church
MARC
MARC

Other Identifiers

VIAF: 92215193
Wikidata: Q296734
Library of congress: n 79006991
Sources of Information
  • Kōsum Tālasōphon. ʻĒkkasān rāingān rư̄ang "Latthi Mūnisưm," 1991:p. 11, 1st group (Nāi San Mīang Mūn; North Korean; b. 6 January 1920; into Presbyterian family; close associate of South Korean president Pak Čhung Hī; emigrated to America in 1973)
  • New York Times, via WWW, September 1, 2023(September 2, 2012 edition; Rev. Sun Myung Moon; founder of the Unification movement; founded the Kwang-Ya Church in 1946, a predecessor of the Unification Church in Pyongyang, where he was imprisoned by Communist authorities; moved to Seoul, where he founded the Unification Church in 1954; the church became prominent in the United States in the 1970s; Moon expanded business interests in several countries)
  • OCLC, June 26, 2020(access point: 文 鮮明 = 문 선명 = Moon, Sun Myung; usage: 文 鮮明 = Moon Sun Myung)
  • LCN; note: b. 1920
  • שערי שמיים
  • His New hope, 1973.
  • Moritzen, N.-P. S.M. Muns Vereinigungskirche, 1981:t.p. (S.M. Mun) p. 2 (San Myung Mun)
  • "Mnogie pridut pod imenem moim..." 2001:t.p. (San Men Mun) p. 9 (San Men Mun b. 25 Feb. (or 6 Jan. according to lunar calendar) 1920 in a village in Northern Korea named Sansa Togon-Myon. His real name is Mun I︠A︡n Me and can be translated as Sveti︠a︡shchai︠a︡si︠a︡ Luna Drakona)
  • New York times WWW site, Sept. 4, 2012(in obituary published Sept. 2: the Rev. Sun Myung Moon; b. Jan. 6, 1920, in a small rural town in what is now North Korea; d. Monday [Sept. 3, 2012], Gapyeong, South Korea, aged 92; Korean evangelist, businessman, and self-proclaimed messiah who built a religious movement notable for its mass weddings, fresh-faced proselytizers, and links to vast commercial interests)
  • Wikipedia, Dec. 2, 2013(Sun Myung Moon, b. 25 Feb. 1920 in Jeong-ju, now in North Pyongan, North Korea; born Mun Yong-myeong; Korean religious leader, business magnate and media mogul)