List of Famous people with last name Kwak

Chung Hwan Kwak, is a prominent leader of the international Unification movement, having been appointed to many leadership positions in Unification Church related organizations by church founder Sun Myung Moon. Since 2002 he has been the Chairman and President of News World Communications, which owns United Press International, and numerous other publications, including the Middle East Times, and Tiempos del Mundo, a Spanish-language newspaper published in 16 countries throughout the Americas. He is also the president of the Family Party for the Universal Peace and Unity, a South Korean political party founded by Unification members, one of whose main goals is the reunification of Korea. He was formerly the President of the Family Federation for World Peace and Unification and has been described as Sun Myung Moon's assistant and advisor. His daughter, Jun Sook Kwak, is married to Moon's son, Hyun Jin Moon. He is also the Chairman of the Social Responsibility Committee for the Asian Football Confederation.

Geesje Kwak was a model of the painter and photographer George Breitner. She became known for the series of seven paintings that Breitner made of her in 1893 and 1894 as the girl in a red and white kimono lying on a sofa and standing in front of a mirror in an oriental interior.