- Choi Hong Hi
Choi Hong Hi was a South Korean army general and is credited with spreading Taekwondo throughout the world. As a retired Majorliujg43dsc-General, he was his country's first ambassador to Malaysia. While he did make several visits to North Korea, he never lived there, returning there for the last time only when he was about to pass away.
- Jean Carlos Gamarra
Jean Carlos Gamarra began his Taekwondo training at the age of six at the Joung Hye Chorrillos Taekwondo School in Chorrillos - Lima, Peru. in 1989 he continued his training under the direction of Sabumnim Joung Hye Seo (<small>Present day Vice President of the</small> Federación Deportiva Peruana de Taekwondo) and under the direction of Sabumnnim Jeon Young Gi (<small>Present day President of the</small>Federación Deportiva Peruana de Taekwondo) in 1993.
- Chuck Norris
Carlos Ray "Chuck" Norris (born 10 March 1940) is an American martial artist, action star, and Hollywood actor who is known for playing Cordell Walker on "Walker, Texas Ranger". In 2006, he became the subject of an internet phenomenon known as Chuck Norris Facts.
- Scott Shaw
Scott Shaw (b. 23 September 1958, Hollywood, California) is a prolific author, journalist, actor, film director, film producer, musician, and a well-known martial artist.
- Hwang Jang Lee
Hwang Jang Lee (born December 13, 1944) is a Korean martial artist and film actor. His name is often written as Wong Cheng Lee or Wong Cheng Li, in their Cantonese-Chinese equivalents. He is also nicknamed Silver fox (the name of his most popular movie character), as well as "Thunderleg" or "Thunderfoot" (from his role in Drunken Master) Born in Osaka, Japan, …
- Billy Blanks
Billy Blanks (b. September 1, 1955) is a fitness guru, martial artist, actor, and the inventor of Tae Bo. Blanks was born in Erie, Pennsylvania, the fourth of fifteen children. As a child he suffered from undiagnosed dyslexia. Blanks began his study of the martial arts at the age of fourteen. He quickly excelled, winning several local, state, and national championships. He emerged as a seven-time world Karate champion, and holds a seventh-degree black belt in tae kwon do.
- Tony Jaa
Panom Yeerum born on February 5, 1976 in Surin Province, Thailand, better known in the West as Tony Jaa and in Thailand as Jaa Panom, is a Thai martial art film actor, choreographer and director. His films include "Ong-Bak: Muay Thai Warrior" and "Tom-Yum-Goong" (also called "Warrior King" or "The Protector").
- Paul Walker
Paul William Walker IV (born September 12, 1973) is an American actor and former fashion model. He became known during the early 2000s, after starring in several major Hollywood films, including "The Fast and the Furious" (2001).
- Ryan Phillippe
Ryan Phillippe (born Matthew Ryan Phillippe on September 10, 1974) is an American actor. After appearing on the soap opera "One Life to Live", he came to fame in the late 1990s, after starring in a string of teen-oriented films, including "I Know What You Did Last Summer", "Cruel Intentions", and "54".
- Cynthia Rothrock
Cynthia Rothrock (born 8 March 1957) is an American actress specializing in Martial arts films. She was born in Wilmington, Delaware, and was brought up in Scranton, Pennsylvania.
- Ernie Reyes Jr.
Ernest E. Reyes, Jr. (born January 15 1972) is an American actor.
- Sasha Mitchell
Sasha Mitchell (born July 27, 1967 in Los Angeles, California) is an American actor, best known for his role as "Cody" on the television series "Step by Step". Sasha had a starring role in the 1988 film "Spike of Bensonhurst". From 1989-1991, Mitchell appeared on the hit CBS prime time soap opera "Dallas", playing James, the illegitimate son of J.R. Ewing (played by series star Larry Hagman).
- Will Yun Lee
Will Yun Lee is an American actor born March 22, 1975 in Arlington, Virginia. The son of a Taekwondo Grandmaster named Soo Wong Lee, he attended UC Berkeley on an athletic scholarship for the Cal Taekwondo team. Initially, he was best known for his role on "Witchblade" as Danny Woo. However, in 2002 he was named by People Magazine as one of their "50 Most Beautiful People" which quickly lead to high profile roles in "Die Another Day", …
- Steven Lopez
Steven Lopez (born November 9 1978) is a 2000 and 2004 Olympic gold medalist in Taekwondo at the Olympics.
- Serkan Yilmaz
Serkan Yilmaz (May 21, 1975 -), known as "The Turkish Samurai" and "The Turkish Wonder Kicker", is a Turkish taekwondo fighter who has participated in Numerous Taekwondo, Wushu, and Kickboxing tournaments in Turkey and mainland Europe, K-1 Japan and A-1 Japan MMA tournaments.
- Chen Shih-Hsin
Chen Shih-Hsin (born November 16, 1978) is the first Taiwanese athlete to win a gold medal at the Olympics. She won the gold medal in the women's 49-kilogram category in taekwondo at the 2004 Summer Olympics on August 26. Chen was recognized as one of the Taiwanese Ten Outstanding Young Persons in 2001. Currently, she is a associate professor in Taipei Physical Education College.
- Ernie Reyes Sr.
Ernie Reyes Sr. (born February 12, 1947 in Salinas, California) is a martial arts champion and Hall of Famer.
- Chu Mu-Yen
Chu Mu-Yen is a Taekwondo athlete from Taiwan. He is the second Taiwanese athlete and first male to win a gold medal at the Olympics, winning in men's under 58-kilogram class in Taekwondo at the Athens 2004 Games.
- Joe Rogan
Joe Rogan (born August 11 1967) is an American comedian and actor best known for his role as host on the TV game/reality program "Fear Factor" and as a cast member of the sitcom "NewsRadio". Rogan is also a color commentator for the Ultimate Fighting Championship. He holds a Brown Belt in Brazilian Jiu Jitsu under Eddie Bravo and Jean Jacques Machado.
- Bas Rutten
Sebastiaan "Bas" Rutten (born February 24, 1965) is a Dutch mixed martial arts fighter and color commentator. He was a three time King of Pancrase, former Ultimate Fighting Championship Heavyweight Champion, and is a certified MTBN Thai Boxing instructor, Pancrase instructor, a 5th Degree Black Belt in Kyokushin karate and a 2nd Degree Black Belt in Tae Kwon Do. He is also the founder of "The Bas Rutten System" and the author of various martial art books and videos.
- Flex Wheeler
Kenneth Wheeler (born August 23, 1965, Fresno, California, United States), better known as Flex Wheeler, is a former American IFBB professional bodybuilder.
- Nicholas Sparks
Nicholas Charles Sparks born December 12, 1965 is an internationally bestselling American author. He writes novels with themes that include Christianity, love, tragedy and fate. He is currently author of twelve published novels and lives in New Bern, North Carolina, with his wife Cathy and their five children.
- Huang Chih-Hsiung
Huang Chih-Hsiung is a Taiwanese athlete. Representing the Republic of China (as Chinese Taipei) in the 2004 Summer Olympics, he won the silver medal at the Men's 68 kg Taekwondo event. At the 2000 Summer Olympics he won a bronze medal at the Men's 68 kg Taekwondo event. Huang was placed third on the Kuomintang's legislators-at-large candidate list for the December 2004 legislative election, …
- Lorenzo Lamas
Lorenzo Lamas (born Lorenzo y de Santos Lamas on January 20, 1958 in Santa Monica, California) is an American television and film actor, television personality and martial artist, primarily on soap operas, movies and television, playing mostly bad guy roles. He is best-known for playing the roles of Jane Wyman's young irresponsible grandson, Lance Cumson, on the popular 1980s soap opera, "Falcon Crest", the falsely accused cop, Reno Raines, …
- Dong Keun Park
Grandmaster Dong Keun Park is a ninth degree black belt in Tae Kwon Do. During his early career as a Tae Kwon Do fighter, he competed in more than 200 championship competitions, winning them all. After retiring undefeated from competition, he was immediately inducted into the Korea Amateur Sports Association Hall of Fame. He then went to Thailand, at the personal request of the king, to train the royal family and stationed American military personnel.
- Nina Solheim
Nina Solheim is a Norwegian taekwondo athlete who competed in the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens. Participating in the women's 67kg division, she lost in the quarter final against Wei Lou of China after injuring her knee. Solheim has won many tournaments in taekwondo, and she has a bronze medal from the World Championship in Korea 2001. Solheim is a well known athlete in Norway, and was born in Namsos.
- Kyongwon Ahn
Kyongwon Ahn was born in Seoul, Korea. His training in the martial arts began when he was twelve years old and continued through his residence in Korea. He served an internship with his instructor, Chang Bok Lee, as the Master Instructor for the Korean and American armies from 1955 through 1967. In August of 1967 he emigrated ot the United States and began teaching Tang Soo Do at the University of Cincinnati in Ohio.
- Marcus Patrick
Marcus Patrick (born Marcus Patrick Osbourne, 5 June 1974, Bath, England) is a British actor who has been based in the United States for several years. His father was of English, Irish, & French descent, while his mother is of Jamaican, Cuban, & Cherokee descent. He has appeared in such American television series as "My Wife & Kids", "CSI:Miami", "Days of our Lives", and "Passions".
- Phillip Rhee
Phillip Rhee is a Korean-American actor and director, most famous for his role in the Best of the Best movie series. Rhee is also famous for holding ranks of 6th degree black belt in Tae Kwon Do, a 3rd degree black belt in Hap Ki Do and a 1st degree black belt in Kendo. He currently lives in the Los Angeles vicinity and is working on a screenplay
- Jacqueline Moore
Jacqueline DeLois Moore (born January 6 1964) known as Jacqueline and later Jackie Moore is an American professional wrestler and actress. She worked for both World Championship Wrestling and World Wrestling Entertainment, and made history in the latter promotion as the first African American woman to win the WWE Cruiserweight Championship, and as the first African American to win the WWF Women's Championship.
- Nia Abdallah
Nia Nicole Abdallah (born January 24 1984) is the 2004 Olympic silver medalist and the first U.S. woman to officially medal in Taekwondo at the Olympics. Born in Houston, Abdallah was introduced to Taekwondo by her step-father when she was nine years old. He and her mother recognized her athleticism even at this young age. She came back on February 16, 2006 to earn a spot on the 2006 U.S. Senior National Team in the lightweight division.
- Hadi Saei Bonehkohal
Hadi Saei Bonehkohal(born June 10, 1976 in Tehran, Iran) is an Iranian Taekwondo athlete who competed in the Men's 68 kg (featherweight) at the 2004 Summer Olympics and won the gold medal. In the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney, he won bronze. He has been practicing Tae Kwon Do since he was six years old. Having previously competed in Lightweight (67-72 kg), he is the 1999 World Champion and 2003 World Championship silver medallist.
- Kwang Jo Choi
Kwang Jo Choi was a Korean national champion in Taekwondo. Choi is the founder of Choi Kwang Do. He currently operates a martial arts school in Atlanta, Georgia. Kwang Jo Choi was born on March 2, 1942, in Tae Gu City, Korea, which was under Japanese control at the time. He started training in the martial arts at the age of 12 because his father was concerned as Kwang Jo was small and physically weak, …
- Donnie Yen
Donnie Yen Chi Dan (born July 27, 1963), is a martial artist and a Hong Kong film actor, director and producer.
- Monsour del Rosario
Monsour del Rosario is a Filipino Taekwondo practioner and actor. He was a member of the Philippine National Taekwondo Team from 1982 to 1989 and team captain from 1985 to 1989. He was an 8 time national lightweight champion and is a member of the Taekwondo Hall of Fame, Kukkiwon. Along with Stephen Fernandez, Monsour set up the "Olympians Tae Kwon Do Training Center" in the Philippines to promote and develop people in the martial art of Taekwondo.
- Moon Dae-Sung
Moon Dae-Sung (born September 3, 1976) is an approximately 6ft 200 lb Olympic Taekwondo athlete from South Korea. He won a gold medal at the 2004 Olympics held in Athens, Greece, in the heavyweight division after knocking out Greece's Alexandros Nikolaidis with a jump spinning hook kick.
- Herschel Walker
Herschel Walker (born March 3, 1962, in Wrightsville, Georgia) is a former professional American football player in the United States Football League and the National Football League.
- Dae Sung Lee
Dae Sung Lee is a grandmaster of Taekwondo and operates the US Taekwondo Center in Aina Haina shopping center in Honolulu, Hawaii.
- Greg Lloyd
Gregory Lenard Lloyd (born May 26, 1965 in Miami, Florida) is a former NFL linebacker for the Pittsburgh Steelers. He was named to five Pro Bowls and 3 NFL All-Pro teams during this time.
- Park Yong Soo
Park Yong Soo is a K-1 fighter who specialises in kicking techniques. He has been a member of the Kook-Ga-Dae-Pyo-Sang-Bi-Gun (국가대표상비군), a semi-national Korean Taekwondo team. He is of South Korean descent.