List of Famous people born in Indonesia

Samuel David Alexander Brodie is an Indonesian television presenter and actor who has appeared in 97 Indonesian movies and soap operas. He was born in Medan to Emmy Liana and Robin Barclay Brodie. He is publicly known for changing his gender into a woman and participating in the Big Brother reality show as Samantha Brodie. However, a few years later Brodie decided to return to his identity as a man. He married his wife Indry in 2010 and they have two daughters, Kimmy Caitlin Malika and Emmily Claire Luloah. Brodie was raised as a Christian but has since converted to Islam.

Muhammad Rudi is the mayor of Batam, the largest city in the Riau Islands province after being elected in 2015 where he won 185,845 votes (60.40%) in the 2-candidate race. Previously, he had served as deputy mayor for 5 years. During his tenures in the city governance, he had been member of three political parties: National Awakening Party until 2013, Democratic Party until 2016, and currently he is a member of the Nasdem Party.