List of Famous people born in Central Java, Indonesia

Soepomo was Indonesia's first Minister of Justice, serving in the Presidential Cabinet from 19 August to 14 November 1945 and from 20 December 1949 to 6 September 1950.

Pollycarpus Budihari Priyanto was an Indonesian pilot for Garuda Indonesia airline and an alleged agent of Indonesia's State Intelligence Agency (BIN). He was involved in the murder of human rights activist Munir Said Thalib with arsenic on 7 September 2004.

Achmad Zaky (Born) is a technology entrepreneur and investor. He is the founder and CEO of Bukalapak, one of the largest ecommerce platforms in Indonesia. He has a net worth of $105 million and is listed by Globe Asia as the 149th-richest person in Indonesia.

Christian Hadinata is a former Chinese Indonesian badminton player.

Ali Murtopo was a prominent Indonesian general and political figure during the first half of General Suharto's New Order regime.

Major Muhammad Husein Mutahar was the founder of Paskibraka, a youth organization in Indonesia which has the main task for raising and lowering the heirloom national flag of Indonesia in ceremonies commemorating the independence day of Indonesia. Mutahar was also an Indonesian music composer, especially for national anthems and children's songs. As a composer, he was better known as H. Mutahar as his abbreviation name. In addition, as a diplomat Mutahar was once believed to be the Indonesian ambassador to the Vatican in 1969 to 1973.

Kaesang Pangarep is an Indonesian entrepreneur and YouTuber. He is the third and youngest son of 7th Indonesian president Joko Widodo.

Fitrul Dwi Rustapa is an Indonesian professional footballer who plays as a goalkeeper for Liga 1 club Persipura Jayapura.

Hari Sabarno was an Indonesian army officer and former Minister of Home Affairs.

Syahrian Abimanyu is an Indonesian professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for Malaysian club Johor Darul Ta'zim, and the Indonesia national team.