List of Famous people born in East Java, Indonesia

Dendy Sulistyawan is an Indonesian professional footballer who plays as a forward for Liga 1 club Bhayangkara. He is also a Second Police Brigadier in the Indonesian National Police.

Wisnu Yuli Prasetyo is an Indonesian badminton player. He joined the PB Djarum in 2015, and previously plays for the Surya Baja Surabaya in East Java. He won his first senior international title at the 2012 Malaysia International tournament, and in 2013, he won the men's singles bronze at the Southeast Asian Games. In 2017, he emerged as the men's singles champion at the National Championships in Pangkal Pinang.

Ali Masykur Musa is an Indonesian politician who serves as current chairman of Central Board of NU's Scholars Association. He is also current member of the Supreme Audit Agency of the Republic of Indonesia and appointed as official candidate for chairman of The Working Group on Environmental Auditing, under the International Organization of Supreme Audit Institutions (INTOSAI). Ali had close relationship with former president and co-founder of National Awakening Party (PKB), Abdurrahman “Gus Dur” Wahid, and was twice elected as chairman of the party's faction in the House of Representatives in 2002 and 2006.

Edi Subaktiar is an Indonesian badminton player. He is a doubles specialist. He was the 2012 World Junior mixed doubles champion partnered with Melati Daeva Oktaviani. Now he is paired with Gloria Emanuelle Widjaja in mixed doubles and with Ronald Alexander in men's doubles. Since 2008, he joined PB. Djarum, a badminton club in Kudus, Central Java where his pair in mixed doubles Gloria Emanuelle Widjaja also joined. He retired in 2019 after a long injury which had prevented him to play again since it occurred at the 2017 Southeast Asian Games.

Sri Fatmawati is an Indonesian badminton player from Jaya Raya Jakarta badminton club. She started her career as a badminton player when she was in the grade eight junior high school, and joined Pelatcab Abadi Probolinggo. Fatmawati who came from Tamansari village in Dringu, Probolinggo, represented East Java competed at the 2014 National Youth Games and won the gold medal in the singles event. She won her first senior international title at the 2016 Bahrain International tournament.

Aprilsasi Putri Lejarsar Variella is an Indonesian badminton player. She won the 2013 Australia Open in the women's doubles event with her partner Vita Marissa.