List of Famous people born in Central Java, Indonesia

Lenny Permana is a female badminton player from Australia.

Retno Kustijah is a former badminton player from Indonesia who competed internationally from the early 1960s to the early 1970s.

Haidar Bagir is an Indonesian entrepreneur, philanthropist, author, lecturer, and the president director of the Mizan Group. His latest book is Islam: The Faith of Love and Happiness published by Kube Publishing.

Ellen Angelinawaty is a former Indonesian badminton player and now is a badminton coach in PB Djarum. Born in Salatiga, Central Java, Angelina who play in the singles category, had won the Malaysia and Indonesia International tournaments in 1997. She reach the final at the 2000 Asian Championships, and clinched the silver medal after lose to Xie Xingfang of China. At the same year, she competed at the Summer Olympics in Sydney, Australia. At the peak of her career, she won the 2001 Indonesia Open, beating the Chinese player Wang Chen in the final.

Anggun Nugroho is a badminton player from Indonesia. Nugroho competed in badminton at the 2004 Summer Olympics in mixed doubles with partner Eny Widiowati. He now works as Indonesian national badminton coach.

Akbar Bintang Cahyono is an Indonesian badminton player from Djarum badminton club. He started his career in badminton when he was in the elementary school in 2005, and later joined the Ganesha badminton club in Serang. He entered Djarum club after success to compete in scholarship audition in 2015, and was selected to join the national team in January 2017. Cahyono competed the 2017 National Championships held in Pangkal Pinang as a unseeded player in the mixed doubles senior event with Winny Oktavina Kandow, and the duo seize the national mixed doubles title.