Jo Young-nam

Jo Young-nam
Jo in 2008
Background information
Also known asCho Youngnam
Born (1945-04-02) April 2, 1945
Heizan, Kōkai-dō, Korea, Empire of Japan
OccupationsSinger-songwriter, painter, writer
Years active1968–present

Jo Young-nam (Korean: 조영남; Hanja: 趙英男; born April 2, 1945), also known as Cho Youngnam, is a South Korean singer-songwriter, painter, writer, and television personality. He started his singing career in 1968.

More recently, he was known for his art fraud case, where he used an assistant to help with his paintings. He was found not guilty of fraud in the South Korean Supreme Court.

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