# List of Korean independence activists

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.

## Early activists

People whose main independence activities were conducted before 1910, during Joseon and the Korean Empire.
* Yi Han-eung
* Choe Ik-hyeon
* Min Yeong-hwan
* Shin Dol-seok
* Yi Tjoune
* Yi Wi-jong
* Choe Sihyeong

## Korean activists

Ethnic Koreans whose main independence activities were after 1910.
* Ahn Chang Ho
* Ahn Bong-soon
* Hong Jin
* Jo So-ang
* Kim Ku
* 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 [ko]
* Yi Sang-seol
* An Jung-geun
* An Myeong-geun [ko]
* An Gong-geun [ko]
* Choi Jae-hyung
* Choi Jin-dong
* Jo Do-seon [ko]
* Yoo Dong-ha [ko]
* Kang Woo-kyu
* Jang In-hwan
* Jeon Myeong-un
* Cho Myung-ha [ko]
* Kim Ik-sang [ko]
* Kim Ji-seop [ko]
* Kim Sang-ok
* Lee Bong-chang
* Lee Hoe-yeong
* Na Seok-ju
* Park Jae-hyeok [ko]
* Park Yeol
* Pyeon Gang-ryeol [ko]
* Yun Bong-gil
* Gu Young-pil [ko]
* Kim Sang-yoon [ko]
* Park Byeong-gil [ko]
* Park Jang-ho [ko]
* Baek Nam-sik [ko]
* Baek Jung Gi
* Yeom Dong-jin
* Woo Deok-soon [ko]
* Lee Seong-rim [ko]
* In Han-soo [ko]
* Chaechan [ko]
* Kim Si-hyun [ko]
* Lee Gu-yeon [ko]
* Lee Jung-gu [ko]
* Lim Chi-jung
* Kim Doo-hwa [ko]
* Won Tae-woo [ko]
* Jeongshin [ko]
* Chae Eung-eon [ko]
* Han Sang-ryeol [ko]
* Han Hoon [ko]
* Hwang Byeong-gil [ko]
* Ma Man-bong [ko]
* Jang Gi-cho [ko]
* Choe Ja-nam [ko]
* Hyun Ik-cheol [ko]
* Cho Maeng-seon [ko]
* Lee Joon-yong [ko]
* Im Deuk-san [ko]
* Jang Chang-heon [ko]
* Lee Jin-ryong [ko]
* Kim Rip [ko]
* Ok Kwan-bin
* Oh Seong-ryun [ko]
* Lee Jong-am [ko]
* Lee Kwang-su [ko]
* Lee Hye-su [ko]
* Hyun Joon-hyuk [ko]
* Ahn Doo-hee
* Kim Jong-suk
* Hong Beom-do
* Jeong Jin-ryong [ko]
* Na Cheol [ko]
* Kang Won-sang [ko]
* Lee Kang [ko]
* Lee Gyu-pung [ko]
* Lee Beom-yoon [ko]
* Won Tae-geun [ko]
* Bae Gyeong-jin [ko]
* Kim Seong-hwa [ko]
* Tak Gong-gyu [ko]
* Yoo Seung-ryeol [ko]
* Kim Hong-il
* Lee Gyeong-hee [ko]
* Yang Geun-hwan [ko]
* Yoo Seok-hyun [ko]
* An Gyeong-shin [ko]
* Lee Cheol [ko]
* Hong Pil-ju [ko]
* Oh Gi-ho [ko]
* Kim Dong-pil [ko]
* Lee Hong-rae [ko]
* Kim Kwang-chu [ko]
* Park Hee-kwang [ko]
* Kim Byeong-hyun [ko]
* Lee Jae-myeong [ko]
* Seo Sang-han
* Na Chang-heon [ko]
* Lee Jun-yong [ko]
* Lee Yong-dam
* Joo Sang-ok
* Lee Gi [ko]
* Noh Eung-gyu [ko]
* Han Bong-su [ko]
* Kim Seong-beom [ko]
* Kim Si-jung [ko]
* Lee Kang-nyeon [ko]
* Hwang Byung-hak [ko]
* Lee Tak [ko]
* Song Hak-seon [ko]
* Lee Seong-gu [ko]
* Tae Yang-uk [ko]
* Cho Seong-hwan [ko]
* Chae Sang-deok [ko]
* Jeong Jae-gwan [ko]
* Seo Il
* Kim Chwa-chin
* An Jung-geun
* Hong Beom-do
* Hwang Byeong-gil [ko]
* Ji Cheong-cheon
* Kim Dubong
* Kim Jwa-jin
* Kim Wonbong
* Lee Beom-seok
* Nam Ja-hyun
* Park Yong-man
* Seo Yun-je [ko]
* Yang Sebong [ko]
* Yun Se-ju [ko]
* Bang Kyung-han [ko]
* Kim Il Sung
* Choi Jin Dong
* Han Yong-un
* Kim Maria
* Son Byong Hi
* Lee Seung-hun [ko]
* Yu Gwansun
* Choe Sang-rim
* Lee Yong-do [ko]
* Gye Ji-pung [ko]
* Kim Gyo-shin [ko]
* Kim Dong-seok [ko]
* Kim Beop-rin [ko]
* Kim Seong-su
* Na Geum-ju [ko]
* Mangong
* Park Sun-cheon [ko]
* Park Young-hee [ko]
* Park Hyeong-mu [ko]
* Seo Yun-je [ko]
* An Sang-deok [ko]
* Yun Chi-young
* Lee Un-hyeong [ko]
* Lee Jong-uk [ko]
* Lee Chu-hyeong [ko]
* Jeon Deok-gi [ko]
* Cho Gi-shin [ko]
* Chu Ki-chol
* Cha Mirisa [ko]
* Cha Sang-myeong [ko]
* Choe Yong-shin [ko]
* Hwang Ae-deok [ko]
* Lee Su-heung [ko]
* Ham Tae-young
* Kim Iryeop
* Baek Seong-uk [ko]
* Gil Seon-ju
* Kim Byeong-cho [ko]
* Park Hee-do (independence activist) [ko]
* Yongseong
* Son Byong-hi
* Shin Seok-gu [ko]
* Oh Se-chang [ko]
* Han Yong-un
* Kim Gyo-heon [ko]
* Kim Kyu-sik
* Jang Hyeong [ko]
* Yoon Se-bok [ko]
* Jo So-ang
* An Jae-hong
* Choe Nam-seon
* Jeong Inbo [ko]
* Mun Il-pyeong
* Park Eunsik
* Shin Chae-ho
* Song Nam-heon [ko]
* Song Du-yong [ko]
* Sim Hun
* Yi Yuksa
* Yun Dong-ju
* Soh Jaipil
* Kang Kyeong-ae
* Gong Deok-gwi
* Gwak Sang-hoon [ko]
* Kim Kwang-seop [ko]
* Kim Gyo-shin [ko]
* Kim Seong-suk [ko]
* Kim Jun-yop
* Kim Hyun-chul
* Baek Gwan-su [ko]
* Mirok Li
* Yi Sang-baek [ko]
* Lee Jong-hak [ko]
* Lee Hee-seung (writer and linguist)
* Jang Do-bin [ko]
* Chu Yo-han
* Choe Du-seon [ko]
* Heo Jeong
* Hong Seung-ro [ko]
* Jung Nosik
* Kim Myeong-sun
* Na Hye-sok
* Park In-deok
* Chung Chil-sung
* Lee Jong-il [ko]
* Han Yong-un
* Kim Dong-sam [ko]
* Kim Yak-yeon [ko]
* Kim Chwa-chin
* Sin Ik-hui
* Lee Beom-seok
* An Jae-hong
* Kim Il Sung
* Pak Hon-yong
* Lyuh Woon-hyung
* Gye Bong-woo [ko]
* Kim Dan-ya [ko]
* Kim San
* Kim Yak-su [ko]
* Kim Jae-bong [ko]
* Kim Chun-yon
* Na Kyung-seok [ko]
* Yoo Jin-hee [ko]
* Yun Gong-heum [ko]
* Yun Ja-young [ko]
* Im Won-geun [ko]
* Ju Se-juk [ko]
* Cha Geum-bong [ko]
* Choe Chang-ik
* Ho Ka-i
* Ho Jong-suk
* Ho Hon
* Hyun Jeong-gyeong [ko]
* Kang Kon
* Kim Kwang-hyop
* Kim Tu-bong
* Mu Chong
* Kim Yong-bom
* Kim Ung
* Kim Won-bong
* Kim Il
* Kim Chang-man [ko]
* Kim Chaek
* Ryu Gyeong-su [ko]
* Yi Kang-guk
* Lee Hyo-sun [ko]
* Pak Kum-chol
* Bang Ho-san [ko]
* Paek Nam-Un
* Sung Jusik
* Oh Hwa-young [ko]
* Yi Kuk-no
* Lee Hyun-sang [ko]
* Cho Myeong-seon [ko]
* Choe Deok-sin
* Choe Yong-dal [ko]
* Choein [ko]
* Choe Hyon
* Ho Song-taek
* Hong Myong-hui
* Hwang Tae-seong [ko]
* Kim Jong-suk
* Choerin [ko]
* Mun Si-hwan [ko]
* Ri Yong
* Yi Dong-hwi
* Hong Beom-do
* Kang Hae-seok [ko]
* Kang Young-seok
* Byeon Hee-yong [ko]
* Bang Joon-pyo [ko]
* Kang Dal-young [ko]
* Jeong Jin-ryong [ko]
* Yi Ouitjyong
* Chŏng Sangjin
* Alexandra Kim
* Kim Pen Hwa

## Non-Korean activists

* Chiang Kai-shek
* Ernest Bethell
* Frank Schofield
* Kaneko Fumiko
* George L. Shaw [ko]
* Homer Hulbert
* Sun Yat-sen
* Zhou Enlai
* Tatsuji Fuse
* George Ashmore Fitch
* Clarence N. Weems Jr.
* Robert Grierson
* Henry Berkowitz
* Franziska Donner
* Norbert Weber
* Soong Mei-ling
* Rabindranath Tagore
* George W. Norris
* Floyd W. Tomkins
* Selden P. Spencer
* Archibald Barker
* Stanley Martin
* Frederick Arthur MacKenzie