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Seung-Hui Cho

South Korean mass murderer; perpetrator of the Virginia Tech massacre (1984-2007)
Person human Q494431

Facts

21 properties
Instance of
human
Sex or gender
male[16]
Date of birth
January 18, 1984
Date of death
April 16, 2007
Place of birth
Asan
Place of death
Blacksburg
Country of citizenship
South Korea[9]
Ethnic group
Korean Americans[11]
Occupation
spree killer, mass murderer, student
Educated at
Virginia Tech, Poplar Tree Elementary School, Ormond Stone Middle School, Westfield High School[12][13][14][15]
Cause of death
shot to the head[17]
Languages spoken, written or signed
Korean[26]
Different from
Jo Seung-hee, Cho Seung-hui[28][29]
Family name
Cho[22]
Given name
Seung-hui[23]
Manner of death
suicide[25]
Name in native language
조승희[27]
Native language
Korean[10]
Place of burial
Virginia[8]
Residence
Seoul, Detroit, Washington, Centreville[18][19][20][21]
Significant event
Virginia Tech shooting[24]
🏷️ Also known as
en Cho Sung-hui en Cho Seung-Hui en Cho Sunghui en Cho Seung-hee en Seung-Hui Cho en Jo Seung-hui en Cho Seung-Hee ar سينغ هو شو cs Sung-hü Čo cs Čo Sung-hü da Seung Hui-Cho da Cho Seung Hui da Seung-hui Cho es Ismail Ax es Cho Seung Hui es Seung-Hui Cho es Seung Hui Cho es Richard McBeef fa چو سئونگ هوی fa سئونگ هوی چو
🔖 Identifiers · 17
ISNI
0000000039929416
VIAF cluster ID
9298132
Library of Congress authority ID
n2007045210
FAST ID
1678622
Find a Grave memorial ID
199455215, 18986322
Freebase ID
/m/02qnlkc
IMDb ID
nm2631926
Kinobox person ID
960327
Namuwiki ID
조승희(범죄자)
National Library of Israel J9U ID
987009347862605171
Nationale Thesaurus voor Auteursnamen ID
316118567
New York Times topic ID
person/seunghui-cho
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Notable Names Database ID
307/000131911
SNAC ARK ID
w6t18f01
WikiTree person ID
조-5
WorldCat Entities ID
E39PBJjhBBkQcygPv7d6vxBtrq
Yale LUX ID
person/6c600a76-7106-43a6-9ecf-5300a26be4ce

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🔗 Connections
Residence 4
Seoul, Washington, Detroit, Centreville
← Killed by 3
Liviu Librescu, G. V. Loganathan, Kevin Granata
Occupation 2
student, spree killer
Country of citizenship 1
South Korea
Different from 1
Jo Seung-hee
Educated at 1
Virginia Tech
Ethnic group 1
Korean Americans
Family name 1
Cho
Instance of 1
human
Languages spoken, written or signed 1
Korean
Manner of death 1
suicide
Native language 1
Korean
Participated in 1
Virginia Tech shooting
Place of birth 1
Asan
Place of burial 1
Virginia
Place of death 1
Blacksburg
Sex or gender 1
male
Significant event 1
Virginia Tech shooting
← Different from 1
Jo Seung-hee
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Seung-Hui Cho was born on January 18, 1984, in Asan.[1][2] He was a spree killer, mass murderer, and student.

He was educated at Virginia Tech, Poplar Tree Elementary School, Ormond Stone Middle School, and Westfield High School. He died on April 16, 2007, in Blacksburg.[3][1][2]

He was buried in Virginia..

FAQs

Where was Seung-Hui Cho born?

Seung-Hui Cho's place of birth was Asan[2].

Where did Seung-Hui Cho die?

Seung-Hui Cho passed away in Blacksburg[4].

What did Seung-Hui Cho do for work?

Seung-Hui Cho worked as a spree killer[5], mass murderer[6], and student[7].

Where did Seung-Hui Cho go to school?

Seung-Hui Cho was educated at Virginia Tech[12], Poplar Tree Elementary School[13], Ormond Stone Middle School[14], and Westfield High School[15].

Related Entities

Liviu Librescu Seoul South Korea Virginia Virginia Tech Washington

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  20. [1] ↑ . SNAC. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  21. [3] ↑ . SNAC. Retrieved . nytimes.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
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  1. 20w ago · QwertyZ34 · 2026-06-17 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Place of death → Blacksburg
    Occupation → —
    Family name → Cho
    Signature → Seung-Hui Cho's Signature at Westfield High School.jpg
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