The following is a list of known people (including non-Koreans) that participated in the Korean independence movement against the colonization of Korea by Japan.
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Early activists
People whose main independence activities were conducted before 1910, during Joseon and the Korean Empire.
Korean activists
Ethnic Koreans whose main independence activities were after 1910.
- Ahn Chang Ho
- Ahn Bong-soon
- Hong Jin
- Jo So-ang
- Kim Ku[1]
- Kim Kyu-sik
- Lee Beom-seok
- No Baek-rin
- Park Eunsik
- Syngman Rhee
- Yang Gi-tak
- Yi Dong-hwi
- Yi Dong-nyung
- Yi Sang-ryong
- Han Kyu-seol
- Jeong Jong-myeong
- Cho Man-sik
- Yi Sang-jae
- Yi Sang-seol
- An Jung-geun
- An Myeong-geun
- An Gong-geun
- Choi Jae-hyung
- Choi Jin-dong
- Jo Do-seon
- Yoo Dong-ha
- Kang Woo-kyu
- Jang In-hwan
- Jeon Myeong-un
- Cho Myung-ha
- Kim Ik-sang
- Kim Ji-seop
- Kim Sang-ok
- Lee Bong-chang
- Lee Hoe-yeong
- Na Seok-ju
- Park Jae-hyeok
- Park Yeol
- Pyeon Gang-ryeol
- Yun Bong-gil
- Gu Young-pil
- Kim Sang-yoon
- Park Byeong-gil
- Park Jang-ho
- Baek Nam-sik
- Baek Jung Gi
- Yeom Dong-jin
- Woo Deok-soon
- Lee Seong-rim
- In Han-soo
- Chaechan
- Kim Si-hyun
- Lee Gu-yeon
- Lee Jung-gu
- Lim Chi-jung
- Kim Doo-hwa
- Won Tae-woo
- Jeongshin
- Chae Eung-eon
- Han Sang-ryeol
- Han Hoon
- Hwang Byeong-gil
- Ma Man-bong
- Jang Gi-cho
- Choe Ja-nam
- Hyun Ik-cheol
- Cho Maeng-seon
- Lee Joon-yong
- Im Deuk-san
- Jang Chang-heon
- Lee Jin-ryong
- Kim Rip
- Ok Kwan-bin
- Oh Seong-ryun
- Lee Jong-am
- Lee Kwang-su
- Lee Hye-su
- Hyun Joon-hyuk
- Ahn Doo-hee
- Kim Jong-suk
- Hong Beom-do
- Jeong Jin-ryong
- Na Cheol
- Kang Won-sang
- Lee Kang
- Lee Gyu-pung
- Lee Beom-yoon
- Won Tae-geun
- Bae Gyeong-jin
- Kim Seong-hwa
- Tak Gong-gyu
- Yoo Seung-ryeol
- Kim Hong-il
- Lee Gyeong-hee
- Yang Geun-hwan
- Yoo Seok-hyun
- An Gyeong-shin
- Lee Cheol
- Hong Pil-ju
- Oh Gi-ho
- Kim Dong-pil
- Lee Hong-rae
- Kim Kwang-chu
- Park Hee-kwang
- Kim Byeong-hyun
- Lee Jae-myeong
- Seo Sang-han
- Na Chang-heon
- Lee Jun-yong
- Lee Yong-dam
- Joo Sang-ok
- Lee Gi
- Noh Eung-gyu
- Han Bong-su
- Kim Seong-beom
- Kim Si-jung
- Lee Kang-nyeon
- Hwang Byung-hak
- Lee Tak
- Song Hak-seon
- Lee Seong-gu
- Tae Yang-uk
- Cho Seong-hwan
- Chae Sang-deok
- Jeong Jae-gwan
- Seo Il
- Kim Chwa-chin
- An Jung-geun
- Hong Beom-do
- Hwang Byeong-gil
- Ji Cheong-cheon
- Kim Dubong
- Kim Jwa-jin
- Kim Wonbong
- Lee Beom-seok
- Nam Ja-hyun
- Park Yong-man
- Seo Yun-je
- Yang Sebong
- Yun Se-ju
- Bang Kyung-han
- Kim Il Sung
- Choi Jin Dong
- Han Yong-un
- Kim Maria
- Son Byong Hi
- Lee Seung-hun
- Yu Gwansun
- Choe Sang-rim
- Lee Yong-do
- Gye Ji-pung
- Kim Gyo-shin
- Kim Dong-seok
- Kim Beop-rin
- Kim Seong-su
- Na Geum-ju
- Mangong
- Park Sun-cheon
- Park Young-hee
- Park Hyeong-mu
- Seo Yun-je
- An Sang-deok
- Yun Chi-young
- Lee Un-hyeong
- Lee Jong-uk
- Lee Chu-hyeong
- Jeon Deok-gi
- Cho Gi-shin
- Chu Ki-chol
- Cha Mirisa
- Cha Sang-myeong
- Choe Yong-shin
- Hwang Ae-deok
- Lee Su-heung
- Ham Tae-young
- Kim Iryeop
- Baek Seong-uk
- Gil Seon-ju
- Kim Byeong-cho
- Park Hee-do (independence activist)
- Yongseong
- Son Byong-hi
- Shin Seok-gu
- Oh Se-chang
- Lee Seung-hoon
- Han Yong-un
- Kim Gyo-heon
- Kim Kyu-sik
- Jang Hyeong
- Yoon Se-bok
- Jo So-ang
- An Jae-hong
- Choe Nam-seon
- Jeong Inbo
- Mun Il-pyeong
- Park Eunsik
- Shin Chae-ho
- Song Nam-heon
- Song Du-yong
- Sim Hun
- Yi Yuksa
- Yun Dong-ju
- Soh Jaipil
- Kang Kyeong-ae
- Gong Deok-gwi
- Gwak Sang-hoon
- Kim Kwang-seop
- Kim Gyo-shin
- Kim Seong-suk
- Kim Jun-yop
- Kim Hyun-chul
- Baek Gwan-su
- Mirok Li
- Yi Sang-baek
- Lee Jong-hak
- Lee Hee-seung (writer and linguist)
- Jang Do-bin
- Chu Yo-han
- Choe Du-seon
- Heo Jeong
- Hong Seung-ro
- Jung Nosik
- Kim Myeong-sun
- Na Hye-sok
- Park In-deok
- Chung Chil-sung
- Lee Jong-il
- Han Yong-un
- Kim Dong-sam
- Kim Yak-yeon
- Kim Chwa-chin
- Sin Ik-hui
- Lee Beom-seok
- An Jae-hong
- Kim Il Sung
- Pak Hon-yong
- Lyuh Woon-hyung
- Gye Bong-woo
- Kim Dan-ya
- Kim San
- Kim Yak-su
- Kim Jae-bong
- Kim Jun-yeon
- Na Kyung-seok
- Yoo Jin-hee
- Yun Gong-heum
- Yun Ja-young
- Im Won-geun
- Ju Se-juk
- Cha Geum-bong
- Choe Chang-ik
- Ho Ka-i
- Ho Jong-suk
- Ho Hon
- Hyun Jeong-gyeong
- Kang Kon
- Kim Kwang-hyop
- Kim Tu-bong
- Mu Chong
- Kim Yong-bom
- Kim Ung
- Kim Won-bong
- Kim Il
- Kim Chang-man
- Kim Chaek
- Ryu Gyeong-su
- Yi Kang-guk
- Lee Hyo-sun
- Pak Kum-chol
- Bang Ho-san
- Paek Nam-Un
- Sung Jusik
- Oh Hwa-young
- Yi Kuk-no
- Lee Hyun-sang
- Cho Myeong-seon
- Choe Deok-sin
- Choe Yong-dal
- Choein
- Choe Hyon
- Ho Song-taek
- Hong Myong-hui
- Hwang Tae-seong
- Kim Jong-suk
- Choerin
- Mun Si-hwan
- Ri Yong
- Yi Dong-hwi
- Hong Beom-do
- Kang Hae-seok
- Kang Young-seok
- Byeon Hee-yong
- Bang Joon-pyo
- Kang Dal-young
- Jeong Jin-ryong
- Yi Ouitjyong
- Chŏng Sangjin
- Alexandra Kim
- Kim Pen Hwa
Non-Korean activists
- Chiang Kai-shek
- Ernest Bethell
- Frank Schofield[2]
- Kaneko Fumiko
- George L. Shaw
- Homer Hulbert[3]
- Sun Yat-sen
- Zhou Enlai
- Tatsuji Fuse
- George Ashmore Fitch[4]
- Clarence N. Weems Jr.[5]
- Robert Grierson[6]
- Henry Berkowitz[7]
- Franziska Donner
- Norbert Weber[8]
- Soong Mei-ling
- Rabindranath Tagore[9][10]
- George W. Norris[3]
- Floyd W. Tomkins[3]
- Selden P. Spencer[11][12]
- Archibald Barker[2]
- Stanley Martin[2]
- Frederick Arthur MacKenzie[2]
References
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