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.
- Choe Ik-hyeon
- Choe Sihyeong
- Hwang Hyeon
- Min Yeong-hwan
- Shin Dol-seok
- Yi Han-eung
- Yi Sang-seol
- Yi Tjoune
- Yi Wijong
Korean activists
Ethnic Koreans whose main independence activities were after 1910.
- Ahn Bong-soon
- Ahn Chai-hong
- Ahn Chang Ho
- Ahn Doo-hee
- An Gong-geun
- An Gyeong-shin
- An Jung-geun
- An Myeong-geun
- An Sang-deok
- Bae Gyeong-jin
- Baek Gwan-su
- Baek Jung Gi
- Baek Nam-sik
- Baek Seong-uk
- Bang Ho-san
- Bang Joon-pyo
- Bang Kyung-han
- Byeon Hee-yong
- Cha Geum-bong
- Cha Mirisa
- Cha Sang-myeong
- Chae Eung-eon
- Chae Sang-deok
- Chaechan
- Cho Gi-shin
- Cho Maeng-seon
- Cho Man-sik
- Cho Myeong-seon
- Cho Myung-ha
- Cho Seong-hwan
- Choe Chang-ik
- Choe Deok-sin
- Choe Du-seon
- Choe Hyon
- Choe Ja-nam
- Choe Nam-seon
- Choe Sang-rim
- Choe Yong-dal
- Choe Yong-shin
- Choein
- Choerin
- Choi Jae-hyung
- Choi Jin-dong
- Chŏng Sangjin
- Chu Ki-chol
- Chu Yo-han
- Chung Chil-sung
- Gil Seon-ju
- Gong Deok-gwi
- Gu Young-pil
- Gwak Sang-hoon
- Gye Bong-woo
- Gye Ji-pung
- Ham Tae-young
- Han Bong-su
- Han Hoon
- Han Kyu-seol
- Han Sang-ryeol
- Han Yong-un
- Heo Jeong
- Ho Hon
- Ho Jong-suk
- Ho Ka-i
- Ho Song-taek
- Hong Beom-do
- Hong Jin
- Hong Myong-hui
- Hong Pil-ju
- Hong Seung-ro
- Hwang Ae-deok
- Hwang Byeong-gil
- Hwang Byung-hak
- Hwang Tae-seong
- Hyun Ik-cheol
- Hyun Jeong-gyeong
- Hyun Joon-hyuk
- Im Deuk-san
- Im Won-geun
- In Han-soo
- Jang Chang-heon
- Jang Do-bin
- Jang Gi-cho
- Jang Hyeong
- Jang In-hwan
- Jeon Deok-gi
- Jeon Myeong-un
- Jeong Inbo
- Jeong Jae-gwan
- Jeong Jin-ryong
- Jeong Jong-myeong
- Jeongshin
- Ji Cheong-cheon
- Jo Do-seon
- Jo So-ang
- Joo Sang-ok
- Ju Se-juk
- Jung Nosik
- Kang Dal-young
- Kang Hae-seok
- Kang Kon
- Kang Kyŏng-ae
- Kang Woo-kyu
- Kang Won-sang
- Kang Young-seok
- Alexandra Kim
- Kim Beop-rin
- Kim Byeong-cho
- Kim Byeong-hyun
- Kim Chaek
- Kim Chang-man
- Kim Chun-yon
- Kim Chwajin
- Kim Dan-ya
- Kim Dong-pil
- Kim Dong-sam
- Kim Dong-seok
- Kim Doo-hwa
- Kim Gyo-heon
- Kim Gyo-shin
- Kim Hong-il
- Kim Hyun-chul
- Kim Ik-sang
- Kim Il
- Kim Il Sung
- Kim Iryeop
- Kim Jae-bong
- Kim Ji-seop
- Kim Jong-suk
- Kim Jun-yop
- Kim Ku[1]
- Kim Kwang-chu
- Kim Kwang-hyop
- Kim Kwang-seop
- Kim Kyu-sik
- Kim Maria
- Kim Myeong-sun
- Kim Pen Hwa
- Kim Ransa
- Kim Rip
- Kim San
- Kim Sang-ok
- Kim Sang-yoon
- Kim Seong-beom
- Kim Seong-hwa
- Kim Seong-su
- Kim Seong-suk
- Kim Si-hyun
- Kim Si-jung
- Kim Tu-bong
- Kim Ung
- Kim Won-bong
- Kim Yak-su
- Kim Yak-yeon
- Kim Yong-bom
- Lee Beom-seok
- Lee Beom-yoon
- Lee Bong-chang
- Lee Cheol
- Lee Chu-hyeong
- Lee Gi
- Lee Gu-yeon
- Lee Gyeong-hee
- Lee Gyu-pung
- Lee Hee-seung (writer and linguist)
- Lee Hoe-yeong
- Lee Hong-rae
- Lee Hye-su
- Lee Hyo-sun
- Lee Hyun-sang
- Lee Jin-ryong
- Lee Jong-am
- Lee Jong-hak
- Lee Jong-il
- Lee Jong-uk
- Lee Jun-yong
- Lee Jung-gu
- Lee Kang
- Lee Kang-nyeon
- Lee Kwang-su
- Lee Seong-gu
- Lee Seong-rim
- Lee Seung-hun
- Lee Su-heung
- Lee Tak
- Lee Un-hyeong
- Lee Yong-dam
- Lee Yong-do
- Mirok Li
- Lim Chi-jung
- Lyuh Woon-hyung
- Ma Man-bong
- Mangong
- Mu Chong
- Mun Il-pyeong
- Mun Si-hwan
- Na Chang-heon
- Na Cheol
- Na Geum-ju
- Na Hye-sok
- Na Kyung-seok
- Na Seok-ju
- Nam Ja-hyun
- No Baek-rin
- Noh Eung-gyu
- Oh Gi-ho
- Oh Hwa-young
- Oh Se-chang
- Oh Seong-ryun
- Ok Kwan-bin
- Paek Nam-Un
- Pak Hon-yong
- Pak Kum-chol
- Park Byeong-gil
- Park Eunsik
- Park Hee-do (independence activist)
- Park Hee-kwang
- Park Hyeong-mu
- Park In-deok
- Park Jae-hyeok
- Park Jang-ho
- Park Sun-cheon
- Park Yeol
- Park Yong-man
- Park Young-hee
- Pyeon Gang-ryeol
- Syngman Rhee
- Ri Yong
- Ryu Gyeong-su
- Seo Il
- Seo Sang-han
- Seo Yun-je
- Shin Chae-ho
- Shin Seok-gu
- Sim Hun
- Sin Ik-hui
- Soh Jaipil
- Son Byong-hi
- Song Du-yong
- Song Hak-seon
- Song Nam-heon
- Sung Jusik
- Tak Gong-gyu
- Tae Yang-uk
- Won Tae-geun
- Won Tae-woo
- Woo Deok-soon
- Yang Geun-hwan
- Yang Kit'ak
- Yang Sebong
- Yeom Dong-jin
- Yi Chaemyŏng
- Yi Dong-hwi
- Yi Dong-nyung
- Yi Kang-guk
- Yi Kuk-no
- Yi Sang-baek
- Yi Sang-hwa
- Yi Sang-jae
- Yi Sangnyong
- Yi Yuksa
- Yongseong
- Yoo Dong-ha
- Yoo Jin-hee
- Yoo Seok-hyun
- Yoo Seung-ryeol
- Yoon Se-bok
- Yu Gwansun
- Yun Bong-gil
- Yun Chi-young
- Yun Dong-ju
- Yun Gong-heum
- Yun Ja-young
- Yun Se-ju
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]
- Fred A. Dolph[13]
References
- ^ Kraus, Charles (June 2015). "Kim Gu on Reunification and War, 1948". www.wilsoncenter.org. Retrieved 2023-07-11.
- ^ a b c d Yi, Whan-woo (2019-03-04). "5 Canadians honored for March 1 Independence Movement". The Korea Times. Retrieved 2024-06-21.
- ^ a b c Palmer 2020, pp. 205–206.
- ^ "조지 애쉬모어 피치" [George Ashmore Fitch], e-gonghun.mpva.go.kr, Ministry of Patriots and Veterans Affairs (South Korea), retrieved 2023-06-16
- ^ Kim, Robert S. (2017), Project Eagle: The American Christians of North Korea in World War II, U of Nebraska Press, pp. 60–64, ISBN 978-1-61234-930-5
- ^ 성, 동기 (2019-08-31). "구례선 목사 사택서 시작된 '독립열망'… 日帝 도끼-총으로 탄압". The Dong-a Ilbo (in Korean). Retrieved 2022-01-01.
- ^ First Korean congress, held in the Little theatre, and Delancey streets, April 14, 15, 16. The Library of Congress. Philadelphia. 1919.
{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: others (link) - ^ "노르베르트 베버 필름 컬렉션". Korean Film Archive (in Korean). Retrieved 2023-09-15.
- ^ "Why Korea loves Rabindranath Tagore". www.dailyo.in. Retrieved 2024-04-30.
- ^ Tharanga, Ranasinghe (July 12, 2016). "Let's Meet Tagore in the ACC : International Exchange Exhibition on "Rabindranath Tagore"". Asia Culture Center. Retrieved 2024-04-30.
- ^ Palmer 2020, pp. 199–201.
- ^ Chung, Henry (1921). The case of Korea; a collection of evidence on the Japanese domination of Korea, and on the development of the Korean inependence movement. New York, Chicago [etc.] Fleming H. Revell Co. p. 7 – via Internet Archive.
- ^ "Fred A. DOLPH". Ministry of Patriots and Veterans Affairs. Retrieved 2025-08-27.
Sources
- Palmer, Brandon (December 2020). "The March First Movement in America: The Campaign to Win American Support". Korea Journal. 60 (4): 194–216. ISSN 0023-3900 – via DBpia.