List of Famous people born in Central Java, Indonesia

Rosaria Yusfin Pungkasari is an Indonesian badminton player from the Djarum club. She was part of the Indonesian junior team that played at the 2005 Asian Junior Championships, clinched the girls' team bronze medal after defeated by the Chinese team in the semifinal. Pungkasari has collected four Sircuit National titles from 2007-2012, and at the National Championships, she once a semifinalist in 2011. Pungkasari was the runner-up in Grand Prix tournament at the 2008 Bulgaria Open defeated by Petya Nedelcheva in the final. She won her first international title at the 2010 Indonesia International Challenge tournament.

Kurniawan Dwi Yulianto is a former Indonesian professional footballer, who is Head coach of Malaysian team Sabah. He normally played as a striker and is the player with the most caps and goals for the Indonesian national team after Bambang Pamungkas with 31 goals in 60 appearances.

Luluk Hadiyanto is a badminton player from Indonesia, specialized in men's doubles and former world number one with doubles partner Alvent Yulianto.