List of former comfort women

This is a list of people who were compelled into becoming prostitutes for the Japanese Imperial Army as "comfort women" during World War II.

Several decades after the end of the war, a number of former comfort women demanded formal apologies and a compensation from the Government of Japan, with varying levels of success.

Dutch East Indies

 * Jan Ruff O'Herne (1923–2019)
 * Ellen van der Ploeg (1923–2013)

Korea

 * Kim Hak-sun (1924–1997)
 * Song Sin-do (1922–2017)
 * Gil Won-ok (1928–)
 * Kim Bok-dong (1924–2019)
 * Lee Yong-soo (1928–)
 * Yoo Hee-nam (1927–)
 * Kim Kyung-soon (1926–2016)
 * Kim Soon-duk (1921–2004)

Taiwan

 * Liu Huang A-tao (1923–2011)

The Philippines

 * Rosa Henson (1927–1997)
 * Walterina Markova (1924–2005)