List of Famous people born in East Java, Indonesia

Abdullah Azwar Anas is an Indonesian politician who is the current regent of Banyuwangi, East Java. Prior to becoming a regent, he had served as both an elected member of the People's Representative Council and an appointment to the People's Consultative Assembly, for one term each.

Very Idham Henyansyah, also known as Ryan, is an Indonesian convicted serial killer. Henyansyah confessed to killing 11 people and was sentenced to death by the Indonesia criminal court after being arrested in 2008. He is awaiting execution at Kesambi Penitentiary in Cirebon.

Andik Vermansah is an Indonesian professional footballer who plays as a winger for Liga 1 club Bhayangkara and the Indonesia national team. He is one of ten Asian players to watch in 2012 by ESPN Soccernet.

Rizky Dwi Febrianto is an Indonesian professional footballer who plays for Liga 1 club Arema and the Indonesia national team, Mainly a defensive midfielder, he can also operate as a full-back and central midfielder.

Timo Scheunemann is an Indonesian born German youth football coach and manager. He is also a former professional football forward. He used to play professionally in Indonesia's Liga Indonesia and Singapore's S-League. He also used to manage both Indonesia women's national football team and Persema Malang. He manage Indonesian U-12 team in Danone Nations Cup 2012 and 2013. He lastly managed Persiba Balikpapan.

Johan Budi Sapto Pribowo or better known as Johan Budi is an Indonesian spokesman and journalist. Johan Budi is the Special Assistant to President Joko Widodo on Communication and Media, a.k.a. the Presidential Spokesman. In 2015, he was the Acting Chief of the Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) to fill in for Abraham Samad and Bambang Widjojanto who were being suspended by President Joko Widodo.

Edwin is an Indonesian film director, producer, and screenwriter. He has won two Citra Awards: Best Short Film in 2005 for Kara, Anak Sebatang Pohon and Best Director in 2017 for Posesif. His feature film debut Blind Pig Who Wants to Fly (2008) earned critical acclaim and won several international festival awards. In 2012, Edwin received the Edward Yang New Talent Award at the 6th Asian Film Awards.

Zannuba Ariffah Chafsoh, or more popularly known as Yenny Wahid is an Indonesian Islamic activist and politician. She is currently the director of The Wahid Institute, an Islamic research center founded by her father, Abdurrahman Wahid.

Samsul Arif Munip is an Indonesian professional footballer who plays as a forward for Liga 1 club Persita Tangerang. He made his debut for Indonesia national football team in 2014 FIFA World Cup qualification against Iran on November 15, 2011 and gave one assist on the match.

Dahlan Iskan is the former CEO of Indonesian newspaper publisher, Jawa Pos Group. He was the CEO of Indonesia's State Electricity Company, (PLN) from December 23, 2009 to October, 2011. He was Indonesia's minister for State-owned enterprises in the period October 2011 to October 2014.