List of Famous people born in Aceh, Indonesia

Edy Rahmayadi is an Indonesian politician and former general who is the governor of North Sumatra. He is a former Lieutenant General in the Indonesian Army, commanding Kostrad between 2015 and 2018. Additionally, he was also chairman of PSSI between 2016 and 2019.

Jessica Mila Agnesia or better known as Jessica Mila is a model and actress of mixed Dutch, Minahasan and Javanese descent.

Martunis Sarbini, simply known as Martunis, is a former Indonesian footballer who played as a striker. He rose to fame in 2005 after surviving the 2004 Boxing Day Tsunami and being found wandering along a beach by a group of journalists.

Fachrul Razi is an Indonesian politician and retired army officer who serves as Indonesian Minister of Religious Affairs since 23 October 2019. He is only the third person of military background to occupy the office, the first since Navy retiree Tarmizi Taher (1993–1998), and the first Army general to do so since Alamsyah Ratu Perwiranegara (1978–1983). As Tarmizi was a 2-star admiral and Alamsyah was a 3-star general, Fachrul – a 4-star general – is the highest-ranked military officer to have ever held this ministerial office.

Major General (Ret.) Kivlan Zen is an Indonesian former military officer who was the chief of staff of KOSTRAD. He led the XVII Garuda Contingent on 1990 in Philippines. He served as an aide to Prabowo Subianto, the former commander of Kopassus.

Surya Dharma Paloh is an Indonesian politician and media baron who owns Media Group, the Media Indonesia daily newspaper and MetroTV, a 24-hour news television channel. Surya Paloh is active in politics and he was the chairman of the advisory board of the Golkar Party, the third biggest political party in Indonesia. He is also the founder of National Democrat mass organization, which later gave birth to the Nasdem Party on 26 July 2011.

Ernst Willem de Jonge was a lawyer and Olympic rower who volunteered to serve in the Dutch resistance during the Second World War. He was captured in May 1942, interrogated and moved through several concentration camps. He died in a concentration camp in Poland in September 1944.

Abdul Latief is the founder Indonesian retailers Pasaraya department store and of television channel Lativi. He is the former Indonesian minister of labor in the Soeharto era.

Sofyan A. Djalil is the current Minister of Agrarian and Spatial Planning.

Adryan Fitra Azyus is an Indonesian web entrepreneur, founder of pitoong.com and cloud media biz, frequent speaker for Internet business, Search engine Marketing, search engine optimisation, and Internet Marketing seminars in Indonesia, such as Tangan Di Atas (TDA) Community, and Pesta Wirausaha. He also assists nurbaya.com and sitti.co.id with Andy Sjarif. Adryan has worked as Barack Obama digital campaign, and Indonesian president Jokowi.