List of Famous people born in Central Java, Indonesia

Robert Lansdorp is an Indonesian-American tennis coach known for working with top-ranked players including Tracy Austin, Pete Sampras, Lindsay Davenport, and Maria Sharapova. Lansdorp is regarded as an expert on groundstrokes, advocating a consistently powerful and flat hitting technique commonly referred to in the tennis world as the "Lansdorp Forehand".

Fauzi Adnan is an Indonesian badminton player. Born in Klaten, Central Java, he trained at the Suryanaga Surabaya club. He was the bronze medalists at the 2005 Asian Junior Championships in the boys' singles and team event. Teamed-up with Trikusuma Wardhana in the men's doubles, they claimed the Grand Prix title at the 2009 India Open Grand Prix. In the singles event, he was the finalists at the 2009 Indonesia and Singapore International tournaments.

Alfeandra Dewangga Santosa is an Indonesian professional footballer who plays for Liga 1 club PSIS Semarang and the Indonesia national team. Primarily a centre-back, he has previously also been used as a defensive midfielder or a left-back.

Rian Swastedian is an Indonesian badminton player from the Jaya Raya badminton club. He was part of the Indonesia Junior team that won the bronze medal at the 2013 Asian Junior Championships. Swastedian was promoted to join the national team in 2014. He was the mixed doubles champion at the 2015 Vietnam International Series tournament partnered with Masita Mahmudin.

Meirisa Cindy Sahputri is an Indonesian female badminton player.

Heri Setiawan Dwi Cahyono is a Bahraini male badminton player