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["List of some of the more notable honorary citizens"]
["No.","Date of Citizenship Granted","Name","Gender","Occupation","Note"]
[1,"1979.5.22","Wilbur Nelson","M","Priest"," Entrusted money to build a hall at Isabelle High School\n Promoted Korea through US media"]
[2,"1979.6.22","Charles Wiggs","M","Missionary & Doctor"," Expanded medical facilities and provided medical   service free of charge as President of Baptist Hospital"]
[3,"1979.8.31","Yves Le Corre","M","President of Universite Paris 7"," Promoted friendship between Korea and France"]
[4,"1979.12.31","Kurt Schmidtke","M","President of Educational & Social Welfare Institute"," Contributed 2 bn. KRW to vocational education, etc."]
[5,"1980.9.9","William Chandler","M","President of Lions Club International"," Contributed to world peace and revitalizing Lions Club in Busan area"]
[6,"1982.5.21","Iren Theimar Branun","F","Nurse at Baptist Hospital"," Provided medical services free of charge at homes for the aged, orphanages, etc. "]
[7,"1984.4.19","Hosoda Nasae","M","Chief Director at Sejeon Academy","Contributed fund for local tree planting project "]
[8,"1991.5.15","Yildirim Akbulut","M","Former Prime Minister of Turkey"," Promoted friendship between Korea and Turkey"]
[9,"1991.9.14","Rebekah Lambert","F","Head of Clinical Laboratory at Baptist Hospital"," Contributed to enhancing citizens' health while working for 33 years at Baptist Hospital "]
[10,"1992.11.12","KIM, Dong-seob","M","Artist","Donated materials to Natural History Museum"]
[11,"1993.12.24","Barbara\nH.Martin","F","Doctor at Ilsin Christian Hospital"," Contributed to enhancing citizens' health while working for 30 years at Ilsin Christian Hospital, etc. "]
[12,"1997. 1.21","Charles Townes","M","Honorary Professor at University of California"," As 1964 Nobel laureate in physics, contributed to promoting educational exchanges between University of California and Pusan National University, etc."]
[13,"1997. 8. 1","KANG, Dong-seok","M","History Dept. Junior at California State University"," Promoted Korea by sailing around the world"]
[14,"1997.11.17","Nishio Akira","M","Professor"," Contributed to promoting the image of Busan by writing many papers related to Busan's standing in the international arena in the 21st Century"]
[15,"1999. 5.17","Antoni Negre Villavcchia","M","Chairman of EU Chamber of Commerce in Korea"," Contributed to establishing sisterhood between Chambers of Commerce of Busan and Barcelona"]
[16,"2000.10.28","YUN, Gang-ro","M","President of International Sports Diplomacy Institute"," Contributed to Busan's playing host to Busan East Asian Games and its success"]
[17,"2000.12.18","SHIN, Gyeok-ho","M","Chairman of Lotte Group"," Promoted revitalization of the local economy of Busan"]
[18,"2003. 5.31","JEONG, Mong-jun","M","President of Korea Football Association"," Contributed to successful Final Draw for the 2002 FIFA World Cup "]
[19,"2003. 5.31","Guus Hiddink","M","Head Coach of the South Korea National Football Team"," Contributed to Korean national football team's first victory in Busan during the 2002 FIFA World Cup"]
[20,"2004. 1.30","LEE, Yun-gu","M","President of Korean Red Cross (President of World Headquarters for the Zero Tuberculosis Movement)"," Contributed to raising Busan citizens' awareness and conducted many social volunteer works"]
[21,"2004. 8. 6","DHO, Yeong-sim","F","Chairperson of Korea Choral Institute"," Contributed to successfully hosting the Choral Competition and enhanced the cultural standing of Busan"]
[22,"2004.10. 7","KIM, Dong-ho","M","Director of PIFF ","Contributed to successfully hosting the Pusan Int'l Film Festival and enhanced the cultural standing of Busan"]
[23,"2005. 8.26","YU, Jae-geon","M","Chairman of the Organizing Committee for Far East and South Pacific Games for the Disabled"," Contributed to successfully hosting the Far East and South Pacific Games for the Disabled and raised Busan's standing in and out of Korea"]
[24,"2005. 6. 4","JO, Yong-pil","M","Singer"," Extended support for Busan's hosting of the 2005 APEC Economic Leaders Summit"]
[25,"2005. 6.20","LEE, Hong-gu","M","Former Korean Prime Minister & Chairman of APEC City Selection Committee"," Supported Busan's hosting of the 2005 APEC Economic Leaders Summit"]
[26,"2005. 8.13","JO, Sumi","F","Soprano"," Promoted Busan and supported Busan's hosting of the 2005 APEC Economic Leaders Summit"]
[27,"2005. 9.13","Vladimir Zranovich Kurilov","M","Co-Chairman of Korea-Russia Far East Cooperation Center"," Contributed to promoting cooperation between Busan and the far eastern region of Russia "]
[28,"2005. 9.13","\nValery Petrovich Dikarev","M","Member of Korea-Russia Far East Cooperation Center"," Contributed to promoting cooperation between Busan and the far eastern region of Russia "]
[29,"2005. 9.13","Vladmir Vasilyevich Verkholyak","M","Manager of Joint Committee for Korea-Russia Far East Cooperation Center "," Contributed to promoting cooperation between Busan and the far eastern region of Russia "]
[30,"2005.10. 5","MUN, Seong-jae","M","Singer"," Contributed to inspiring Busan citizens' love for their city and promoted Busan in and out of Korea"]
[31,"2005.11.22","Helmut Korte","M","Entrepreneur"," Contributed to attracting foreign investment to Busan during City Sales Trip to LA"]
[32,"2005.11.22","Petra Helmut Korte","F","Entrepreneur"," Contributed to attracting foreign investment to Busan during City Sales Trip to LA"]
[33,"2006. 2.20","Jerome Stoll","M","CEO of Renault Samsung Motors"," Contributed to revitalizing local economy and attracting foreign investment to Busan"]
[34,"2006. 6.23","Heinz Wagner","M","Germanischer Lloyd Area Manager in South Korea"," Contributed to the development of Busan's shipbuilding  and shipbuilding machinery and equipment industry"]
[35,"2007. 5.23","Toby.S.C Dawson","M","Bronze Medalist of Torino Winter Olympic Games"," Won a bronze medal at 2006 Torino Winter Olympic Games and promoted Korea and the City of Busan, where he was born"]
[36,"2007. 9.20","LEE, Su-ja","F","Director of Yun I-sang Music Institute"," Contributed to bringing a reconciliatory atmosphere between the two Koreas by promoting people-to-people music exchanges "]
[37,"2007.10.28","LEE, Seung-heon","M","President of University of Brain Education"," Contributed to enhancing citizens' health through boosting Sports for All movement "]
[38,"2008. 3.31","LEE, Yeong-tak","M","CEO of Korea Exchange"," Contributed to revitalizing the local economy and turning Busan into an international financial city by bringing the KRX to Busan"]
[39,"2008. 9.28","Jeron Kennis Royster ","M","Manager of Lotte Giants"," Contributed to Busan's Lotte Giants team's advance to the post season games for the first time in 8 years, thereby making the citizens of Busan more proud of their city"]
[40,"2009.2.11","Ha, Jeong-ung","M","Korean businessman residing in Japan","Contributed to boosting donation and expanding art collection of the Busan Museum of Art by donating 228 modern artworks to the Busan Museum of Art."]
[41,"2009.5.19","井上浩行\n(Inoue Hiroyuki)","M","Entrepreneur","The founder of YK Steel Corporation\nContributed to revitalizing local economy, and to a variety of corporate philanthropic activities and improving labor-management cooperation"]
[42,"2009.07.02","Tian Bao Zhen(田寶珍)","M","Former Consul General of the people's republic of China in Busan","Promoted friendship between Busan and China "]
[43,"2010. 6.16","2010. 6.16 \nAbdullah Gül","M","President of Turkey","Established and promoted a sisterhood relationship between Busan and Turkey"]
[44,"2011.4.26","Valery N. Yermolov","M","Former Consul General of Russia in Busan","Established and promoted a sisterhood relationship between Busan and St. Petersburg\nBuilt Russian School in Busan"]
[45,"2011.5.23","TAMITSUJI, Shuitsu(民辻秀逸)","M","Former Consul General of Japan in Busan","Contributed to vitalizing international exchange between Busan and Japan, and to establishing a sisterhood relationship between Busan and Fukuoka  "]
[46,"2011.6.24","Trauner Anton Joseph","M","Catholic Priest / Director for Korea World Apostolate of Fatima/Blue Army","Working in welfare, education and medicine to help the poor.                                                                                    Founded the Handok girl's vocational high school, which is now the Busan culture girl's high school "]
[47,"2011.9.29","Wolf D. Prix","M","Architect / co-founder of COOP HIMMELB(L)AU ","Designed Busan Cinema Center, the main venue of the Busan International Film Festival (BIFF).             Contributed to improving city's image with Busan Cinema Center, a new landmark of Busan."]
[48,"2013.1.10","Thomas Cruise","M","Film Actor and Producer","Enhanced the city's image as an important center for the film and visual culture industries in Asia and promoted the Busan Cinema Center worldwide"]
[49,"2013.10.22","Hamadoun TOURE","M","ITU Secretary-General","Supported to promote the 19th Plenipotentiary Conference which is being held from October 20 until November 7, 2014,  at the Busan Exhibition and Convention Center (BEXCO) "]
[50,"2014.11.4","Zhao Houlin","M","Secretary-General of ITU","Contributed to Busan becoming host of 2014 ITU Plenipotentiary Conference"]
[51,"2014.12.18","Venu Srinivasan  ","M","Chairman of TVS Motor Company / Honorary Consul General of South Korea in Chennai, India","Supported efforts to attract investment funds to Busan"]
[52,"2015.7.21","Juan Orlando Hernández  ","M","President of the Republic of Honduras","Contributed to promoting international exchange between Busan and Honduras"]
[53,"2017.9.12","Jeong Jin- Seop","M","commander of Republic of Korea Fleet (CRF)","Promoted closer ties between the Republic of Korea Navy and Busan citizens, and enhanced the status of Busan"]
[54,"2017.9.12","Brad-Cooper","M","commander, U.S. Naval Forces Korea (CNFK)","Enhanced the status of Korean naval power through naval military exchanges between ROK and U.S. Promoted the marine city of Busan "]
[55,"2017.10.24","Leo Gabriel Demay","M","Former Chief of International Cooperation at the United Nations Memorial Cemetery ","Many years of his dedicated work at the UN Memorial Cemetery has helped to raise awareness overseas. Introduced the U.N. Memorial Cemetery to Korean War veterans and bereaved family members, and promoted Busan. Contributed to social activities - volunteering with multicultural families while he was staying in Busan"]
[56,"2019.6.28","KON MASAYUKI","M","President of the non-profit organization “Busan Saran” ","Promoted Busan through his YouTube channel “Waboiso Busan”, which provides over 300 videos about tourist attractions, food and restaurants in Busan and hosted Korea-Japan Exchange meetings"]
[57,"2019.6.28","岡本寛司","M","Director of M Vision Strategy Department, MBS Mainichi Broadcasting System Inc. ","Broadcasted the 1st Busan One Asia Festival (BOF) and Busan promotional program \nWorked as ticket sales agent of opening and closing events of the 3rd BOF in Japan in 2018\n"]
[58,"2019.6.28","Carlos Carranco","M","Marketing Agent","Played a pivotal role as a marketing agent at the Busan Trade Office Los Angeles since its opening 20 years ago by supporting Busan-based small and medium-sized businesses expand into America, South America and Canada among other regions."]
[59,"2019.6.28","Mark Geoffrey Yeandle","M","Director of Z/Yen Partners Limited","Z/Yen Group published the 17th Global Financial Centres Index (GFCI 17) in Busan in 2015. \nBusan was ranked 24th among the world’s 82 cities listed on the GFCI 17, moving up four places from the previous ranking of 28th in September 2014. Its research indicated that Busan has the potential to grow in importance and reinforced its position as a hub for financial services in Northeast Asia. \n"]
[60,"2019.6.28","Tri Rismaharini","F","Mayor of Surabaya, Indonesia","Provided various cultural experience opportunities for youth of the two sister cities (Busan and Surabaya) through the Busan-Surabaya youth exchange program over the past 10 years. "]
[61,"2019.6.28","Danielle Grace Kang","F","American professional golfer","Playing on the LPGA Tour since 2012. Her achievements include winning the 2018 Buick LPGA Shanghai.  "]
[62,"2019.6.28","Lee Jae-yong","M","movie and TV drama actor","President of the Busan-based pop culture network “갈매기의 꿈” (Dream of Seagull) \nContributed to the development of pop culture in Busan, among other related projects, and has been instrumental in discovering cultural content of Busan. \n"]
[63,"2019.10.25","Vincent courtenay","M","Canadian veteran of the Korean War","Volunteered at the UN memorial cemetery for Korean War veterans and author \nInitiated the “Turn Toward Busan” commemoration ceremony and designed the Monument to Canadian Fallen (Korean War Monument) at the UN memorial cemetery  \n"]
[64,"2019.10.25","Sébastien, Guillaume, SIMON","M","programmer of Busan International Short Film Festival","Worked as foreign programmer of Busan International Short Film Festival for 8 years.\nEnhanced status of the film festival by playing a pivotal role to promote Korean films to the world and conducted cooperative exchanges with prestigious film festivals around the world.\n"]
[65,"2019.11.18","YEO UNTAE","M","53rd Infantry Division Commander ","Led efforts to put out the forest fire on Unbong mountain in April 2019\nSuccessfully mobilized available manpower in the army and equipment to extinguish the forest fire \n"]
[66,"2020.4.20","Darcy W. Paquet","M","Professor of Busan Asian Film Academy and translator","Translator of the English subtitles for Director Bong Joon-ho’s critically acclaimed movie, “Parasite” \nContributed to promoting Busan as a mecca of film education in Asia "]
[67,"2022.1.17","Dawood Abdul Rahman Al-Hajri","M","Director General of Dubai Municipality","As the Director General of Dubai Municipality, one of the sister cities of Busan, the recipient has promoted continuous friendly and cooperative relations with Busan in various fields, including the economy, culture, technology and more."]