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Marshal Choe Kwang was a prominent military leader in North Korea.

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Choe Yong-gon was the Supreme Commander of the Korean People's Army from 1948 to 1950, North Korean defence minister from 1948 to 1957, and the Chairman of the Presidium of the Supreme People's Assembly of North Korea from 1957 to 1972.

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Kang Kon was a Korean military leader active in Manchuria and the Korean peninsula as well as politician during the years leading up to the Korean War and during the first stages of the Korean War in 1950.

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Kim Chaek was a North Korean National resistance activist, general and politician. His real name was Kim Hong-gye.

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Kim Chol-man was a North Korean politician and military official. He was a member of several important committees and organizations, including the Central Military Commission, the Politburo, and the Second Economic Committee. He was at the forefront of the North Korean munitions industry, the country's economic base. In old age Kim was no longer considered a major player in North Korean politics, having retired from most of his important posts.

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Kim Kwang-hyop was a politician anti-Japanese activist and a military officer and politician of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea. He served as Chief of the General Staff of the Korean People's Army.

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Lee Sang-jo (1915–1996) was a politician and soldier from the Democratic People's Republic of Korea. He was also known under the name Taek-Myung Kim (金澤明).

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Nam Il was a Russian-born North Korean military officer and co-signer of the Korean Armistice Agreement.

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Kenneth H. Rowe is a Korean American engineer and aviator who served as a senior lieutenant in the Korean People's Army Air and Anti-Air Force during the Korean War. Approximately two months after the end of hostilities, he defected to South Korea in a MiG-15 aircraft, and was subsequently granted political asylum in the United States.

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Marshal O Jin-u was a general and politician of North Korea. He was the Minister of Armed Forces for many years until his death in February 1995. O was the third most powerful person in North Korea, after Kim Il-Sung and Kim Jong-Il. Very little is known about him except for the fact that he served with Kim Il-sung's partisan unit and eventually rose through the ranks of the North Korean Army. He distinguished himself during the Korean War and was a trusted adviser of the North Korean leader until his death, also being his chief guard in 1945.

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Marshal Ri Ul-sol was a North Korean politician and military official. He played an important role in the administrations of Kim Il-sung and Kim Jong-il, achieving the rank of Marshal of the Korean People's Army. He was responsible for the safety of top North Korean leaders and their families as Commander of the Guard.