People awarded honorary citizenship of Seoul, South Korea are:
Listed by date of award:
| Date | Name | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1999 | Jackie Chan (7 April 1954–) | Hong Kong movie star[1] | |
| 2002 | Guus Hiddink (8 November 1946–) | Dutch football manager | |
| 2005 | Christopher R. Hill (10 August 1952–) | United States Ambassador to South Korea (2004–2005)[2] | |
| 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[3] [4] | |
| 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[5] | |
| 18 July 2019 | Reuven Rivlin (9 September 1939–) | President of Israel [6] | |
| 10 August 2019 | Rev. Dr. Bernice King (28 March 1963–) | Youngest Child of Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. [7] | |
| 30 September 2019 | Mayor of Tallinn, Estonia.[8] | ||
| 13 November 2019 | composer, musician and artist[9] |