List of Famous people born in Indonesia
Joe Taslim
Johannes "Joe" Taslim is an Indonesian actor and martial artist of mixed Palembang and Chinese descent. He was also member of the Indonesia judo national team from 1997 to 2009.
Prabowo Subianto
Prabowo Subianto Djojohadikusumo is an Indonesian politician, businessman and former Army lieutenant General who is the currently-appointed Minister of Defense of the Republic of Indonesia. He is the son of Sumitro Djojohadikusumo, an Indonesian economist, and Dora Sigar. He is the former husband of Titiek Suharto, the late President Suharto's second daughter. They were married in 1983 and divorced in 1998 during the Indonesian political crisis.
Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono
Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono, commonly referred to by his initials SBY, is an Indonesian politician and retired Army general who served as the sixth president of Indonesia from 2004 to 2014. He is a member of the Democratic Party and President of the Assembly and Chair of the Council of the Global Green Growth Institute. Yudhoyono was also the former Chairman of ASEAN due to Indonesia hosting the 18th and 19th ASEAN Summits.
The Sacred Riana
Marie Antoinette Riana Graharani, commonly known as The Sacred Riana, is an Indonesian magician and illusionist best known for her performance as a bizarre illusionist.
Megawati Sukarnoputri
Diah Permata Megawati Setiawati Sukarnoputri is an Indonesian politician who served as the fifth president of Indonesia from 2001 to 2004. She previously served as the eighth vice president from 1999 to 2001.
Erick Thohir
Erick Thohir is an Indonesian politician and businessman. He is the founder and chairman of Mahaka Group, a holding company which focuses on media and entertainment. He was also the owner of Inter Milan and D.C. United, Director of Oxford United and President Director of antv and President of the Indonesian Olympic Committee. As of 23 October 2019 he is Minister of State Owned Enterprises in Indonesia. H
Kevin Sanjaya Sukamuljo
Kevin Sanjaya Sukamuljo is an Indonesian professional badminton player currently ranked world number 1 in the men's doubles by the Badminton World Federation. He is from PB Djarum, a badminton club in Kudus, Central Java and has been a member of the club since 2007. He won the 2017 All England Open Super Series Premier with his current partner, Marcus Fernaldi Gideon. He and Gideon were awarded the BWF Best Male Players of the Year for two years in a row after collecting seven Super Series titles in 2017 and eight World Tour titles in 2018.
Maya Soetoro-Ng
Maya Kasandra Soetoro-Ng is the Indonesian-American maternal half-sister of the 44th United States president, Barack Obama. Formerly a high school history teacher, she is currently a consultant for the Obama Foundation, working to develop the Asia-Pacific Leaders Program, and a faculty specialist at the Spark M. Matsunaga Institute for Peace & Conflict Resolution, which is based in the College of Social Sciences at the University of Hawaii at Manoa.
Sandiaga Uno
Sandiaga Salahuddin Uno is an Indonesian businessman, investor and politician who is the Minister of Tourism and Creative Economy, and was the Deputy Governor of Jakarta. He was elected along with Anies Baswedan in the 2017 Jakarta gubernatorial election after defeating incumbent pair Basuki Tjahaja Purnama and Djarot Saiful Hidayat. He resigned the office to run as Prabowo Subianto's running mate for the 2019 Indonesian presidential election.
Gatot Nurmantyo
General (Ret.) Gatot Nurmantyo is an Indonesian Army general who was commander (Panglima) of the Indonesian National Armed Forces (TNI) from 8 July 2015 until 8 December 2017. Previously, he was the 30th Army Chief of Staff from 25 July 2014 after being appointed by President Yudhoyono to replace General Budiman. From 2013 to 2014, he was Commander of Army Strategic Command (Kostrad), replacing Lieutenant General Muhammad Munir.