People awarded honorary citizenship of Seoul, South Korea are:
Honorary citizens of Seoul
Listed by date of award:
| Date | Name | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| 1999 | Jackie Chan (7 April 1954–) | Hong Kong movie star |
| 2002 | Guus Hiddink (8 November 1946–) | Dutch football manager |
| 2005 | Christopher R. Hill (10 August 1952–) | United States Ambassador to South Korea (2004–2005) |
| 2006 | Hines Ward (8 March 1976–) | American football player for the Pittsburgh Steelers (1998-2011) |
| 6 May 2006 | hieromonk Theophanes (Kim) (January 19, 1976–) | Member of the clergy of the Russian Orthodox Church |
| 2014 | Michael J. Sandel | Author of JUSTICE and professor at Harvard University |
| 2017 | Sidra (Riaz) (November 4, 1990-) | Pakistani AI-Engineer (Ph.D. in Computer Science) |
| 2018 | Thomas Bach | President of the International Olympic Committee |
| 8 February 2018 | Andrzej Duda | President of Poland |
| 12 December 2018 | Rosy Senanayake (5 January 1958–) | Mayor of Colombo |
| 18 July 2019 | Reuven Rivlin (9 September 1939–) | President of Israel |
| 10 August 2019 | Rev. Dr. Bernice King (28 March 1963–) | Youngest Child of Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. |
| 30 September 2019 | Mihhail Kõlvart | Mayor of Tallinn, Estonia. |
| 13 November 2019 | Alfred Harth | composer, musician and artist |
As of 2019, there are a total of 823 honorary citizens.
References
- ^ "Honorary Citizens Day - Seoul honorary citizens |". 서울시 영문. Archived from the original on 16 May 2019. Retrieved 16 May 2019.
- "Honorary Citizens Day - Seoul honorary citizens | Seoul Metropolitan Government". english.seoul.go.kr. Archived from the original on 2016-09-05. Retrieved 2019-05-16.
- "SUMMARY: Archimandrite Feofan (Kim) will be the first Korean bishop of the ROC". orthodox.cn. 6 October 2011. Retrieved 2019-04-05.
- "Священник Русской Православной Церкви стал почетным гражданином Сеула". www.pravoslavie.ru. 6 March 2006. Retrieved 2019-04-06.
- "Honorary Seoul citizen". koreatimes. 2018-12-12. Retrieved 2019-04-05.
- "Israeli president awarded honorary citizenship of Seoul". 18 July 2019.
- "Bernice King Honored as Citizen of Seoul as King Center Hosts International Expo". 13 August 2019.
- "Seoul Bestows Honorary Citizenship of Seoul to Mayor of Tallinn, Estonia -". 4 October 2019.
- https://www.facebook.com/GermanEmbassySeoul/posts/2515359428578361?__xts__=68.ARDH-AfxZqH8hcOzN7p28q7IxEPXZRUCjA6br8wb-aKvo23eb1DB2K7tHgpOrVLXSugPxriT3Kwf0dNhqLlY9IrLdIyUo8HqeuwrKz0tjgxssHNY-9dth7pMtF8xbf8VzN5xcAf64nTF56IE1DSnOutBCM5J41UIKCX99vHH4CSwFTCP50HZbyDzpN6RlILI9BDIl_3IHGqyzCti-EZX9jGmxhgL-bfpY77k1cBek1Tj4bDV35-WVkyNk7ZD6T80RnEU9MSv_jn2MdleN7wmAkNZe6B8sM5EX0Kgn3xyqVOhQxIP3laFHjRkDkzfvtd8SVEgzV7WjrsMkbjqIYMBi5fIgw&__tn__=-R
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