Won Gyun

General Won Gyun (; 6 January 1540 - 19 June 1597) was a general and politician of the Joseon dynasty.

Won Gyun was born in Pyungtaek, in Gyeonggi, Joseon dynasty on January 6, 1540. He became a warrior at the late age of 29. When he arrived in  Kyungsang-do province as the navy commander of western part of Jeolla-do province in 1592, he predicted the war with Japan. He disciplined the navy tightly and made the turtle ship, which had at least five different types of cannon and had a fully covered deck with iron spikes to shield from cannon fire and attempts to board the ship, for preparation of the war.

In the early days of the war he was successful. At the Battle of Chilchonryang, in 1597 most of Joseon Navy's ships were destroyed and he was killed. 

 References 
 http://enc.daum.net/dic100/contents.do?query1=b17a0061a 
 http://people.aks.ac.kr/front/tabCon/ppl/pplView.aks?pplId=PPL_6JOb_A1540_1_0007770 
 http://100.naver.com/100.nhn?docid=120173 

Category:Korean people
Category:1540 births
Category:1597 deaths