List of Famous people born in Central Java, Indonesia

Carl Lucas Norden, born Carel Lucas van Norden, was the Dutch American engineer who invented the Norden bombsight.

Kurnia Sandy is a retired Indonesian footballer who played as a goalkeeper. He played at Sampdoria's primavera (youth) team with Kurniawan Dwi Yulianto and Bima Sakti but not like his other former teammates, Kurnia succeeded to break into the first team and become the fourth choice goalkeeper for one season during the Sven-Göran Eriksson's era. At one time when Sampdoria's first choice goalkeeper Fabrizio Ferron is red carded, Sampdoria attempted to promote Sandy into the first team as a back up for Matteo Sereni, but apparently his management have yet to process Sandy's permit related papers. Thus Sampdoria entry was denied by the FIGC.

Simon Santoso is an Indonesian former badminton player. He was two time Southeast Asian Games men's singles champion winning in 2009 and 2011, also featured in Indonesia team that won the men's team title in 2003, 2007, 2009, and 2011. Santoso won the Indonesia Open a Superseries Premier tournament in 2012. He reached a career high as world number 3 in August 2010.

Julius Darmaatmadja is an Indonesian Cardinal of the Roman Catholic Church. He was created a cardinal in 1994, becoming the second Indonesian to be a cardinal. He served as the Archbishop of Semarang from 1983 to 1996 and Archbishop of Jakarta from 1996 to 2010.

Christianto Wibisono, also known as Oey Kian Kok was a prominent Chinese Indonesian business analyst in Indonesia. His father was Oey Koan Gwee and his mother was Lo Tjoan Nio.

Dawam Rahardjo was an Indonesian Muslim scholar and human rights activist. An economist by profession, Dawam was widely known for his uncompromising defence of minority groups and his advocacy for religious pluralism in Indonesian society. He was awarded the Yap Thiam Hien Award in 2013.

Johannes Theodorus 'Jan' Toorop was a Dutch-Indonesian painter, who worked in various styles, including Symbolism, Art Nouveau, and Pointillism. His early work was influenced by the Amsterdam Impressionism movement.

Joko Suprianto is an Indonesian former badminton player who was one of the world's leading men's singles players in the early and mid-1990s, a period during which Indonesia was especially deep in top tier singles players, winning many of the world's major events.