List of Korean independence activists
The following is a list of known people 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
- 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 Jung-geun
- Baek Jung Gi
- Cho Man-sik
- Choe Chang-ik
- Choe Deok-sin
- Choe Hyon
- Choe Nam-seon
- Choe Sang-rim
- Chŏng Sangjin
- Chu Ki-chol
- Chu Yo-han
- Chung Chil-sung
- Gil Seon-ju
- Gong Deok-gwi
- Ham Tae-young
- Han Kyu-seol
- Han Yong-un
- Heo Jeong
- Ho Hon
- Ho Jong-suk
- Ho Ka-i
- Ho Song-taek
- Hong Beom-do
- Hong Jin
- Hong Myong-hui
- Jang In-hwan
- Jeon Myeong-un
- Jeong Jong-myeong
- Ji Cheong-cheon
- Jo So-ang
- Joo Sang-ok
- Jung Nosik
- Kang Kon
- Kang Kyŏng-ae
- Kang Woo-kyu
- Alexandra Kim
- Kim Chaek
- Kim Chun-yon
- Kim Chwajin
- Kim Hong-il
- Kim Hyun-chul
- Kim Il
- Kim Il Sung
- Kim Iryeop
- Kim Jong-suk
- Kim Jun-yop
- Kim Ku
- Kim Kwang-hyop
- Kim Kyu-sik
- Kim Maria
- Kim Myeong-sun
- Kim Pen Hwa
- Kim Ransa
- Kim San
- Kim Sang-ok
- Kim Seong-su
- Kim Tu-bong
- Kim Ung
- Kim Won-bong
- Kim Yong-bom
- Lee Beom-seok
- Lee Bong-chang
- Lee Hee-seung (writer and linguist)
- Lee Hoe-yeong
- Lee Yong-dam
- Mirok Li
- Lim Chi-jung
- Lyuh Woon-hyung
- Mangong
- Mu Chong
- Mun Il-pyeong
- Na Hye-sok
- Na Seok-ju
- Nam Ja-hyun
- No Baek-rin
- Ok Kwan-bin
- Paek Nam-Un
- Pak Hon-yong
- Pak Kum-chol
- Park Eunsik
- Park In-deok
- Park Yeol
- Park Yong-man
- Syngman Rhee
- Ri Yong
- Seo Il
- Seo Sang-han
- Shin Chae-ho
- Sim Hun
- Sin Ik-hui
- Soh Jaipil
- Son Byong-hi
- Sung Jusik
- Yang Kit'ak
- Yeom Dong-jin
- Yi Dong-hwi
- Yi Dong-nyung
- Yi Kang-guk
- Yi Kuk-no
- Yi Sang-hwa
- Yi Sangnyong
- Yi Yuksa
- Yongseong
- Yu Gwansun
- Yun Bong-gil
- Yun Chi-young
- Yun Dong-ju
Non-Korean activists
- Chiang Kai-shek
- Ernest Bethell
- Frank Schofield
- Kaneko Fumiko
- 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
- Fred A. Dolph