An Jung-geun

An Jung-geun
An c. 1910
Born	(1879-09-02)2 September 1879 Haeju, Hwanghae Province, Joseon
Died	26 March 1910(1910-03-26) (aged 30) Ryojun, Kwantung Leased Territory, Empire of Japan (now Lüshunkou, China)
Cause of death	Execution by hanging
Known for	Assassination of Itō Hirobumi in 1909
Parents	An Taehun [ko] (father) Jo Maria [ko] (mother)
Awards	Order of Merit for National Foundation (Posthumously)
Korean name
Hangul	안중근
Hanja	安重根
Revised Romanization	An Junggeun
McCune–Reischauer	An Chunggŭn
IPA	ɐndʑuŋɡɯn

An Jung-geun (Korean: 안중근; 2 September 1879 – 26 March 1910) was a Korean independence activist.^[1] He is remembered as a martyr in both South and North Korea for his 1909 assassination of the Japanese politician Itō Hirobumi, who had previously served as the first prime minister of Japan and Japanese Resident-General of Korea. An was imprisoned and later executed by Japanese authorities on 26 March 1910.

He was posthumously awarded the Order of Merit for National Foundation in 1962 by the South Korean government, the most prestigious civil decoration in the Republic of Korea, for his efforts for Korean independence.^[2]