List of Famous people born in East Java, Indonesia

Bejo Sugiantoro is an Indonesian footballer, he normally plays as defender, either as a libero or central defender He is currently coach Serpong City. Together with Kurniawan Dwi Yulianto, Anang Ma'ruf, Bima Sakti and the others he joined at PSSI Primavera Program at Italy in middle 1990s.

Mohammad Nuh is the former Minister of Education and Culture of Indonesia in the Second United Indonesia Cabinet of Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono.

Zuhairi Misrawi is an Indonesian writer. Misrawi first gained public notice as a young intellectual at Nahdlatul Ulama (NU), and a traditionalist member of the Sunni Islam group in Indonesia. Misrawi completed his undergraduate education with the Creed-Philosophy Department, Faculty of Usul al-Din, Al-Azhar University, Cairo, Egypt (1995–2000). Returning from Cairo, Misrawi was an active participant in the Institute for Study and Human Resource of Nahdlatul Ulama and was the Coordinator of Study and Research in 2000–2002. Misrawi is close to the world of contemporary Islamic thought and has served as director of the "Moderate Muslim Society".