List of Famous people born in Indonesia
Ahmad Albar
Ahmad Syech Albar or better known as Ahmad Albar is an Indonesian rock musician and vocalist of mixed ethnic Arabic and Javanese descent. He is the founding member of God Bless.
Ahmad Sahroni
Ahmad Sahroni is an Indonesian politician from Nasdem Party who is a member of the People's Representative Council.
Asmirandah
Asmirandah Zantman, also known as Asmirandah, is an Indonesian actress and singer. She began her career in the world of entertainment through the soap opera, Kawin Gantung.
Chelsea Olivia
Chelsea Olivia Wijaya, better known by her stage name Chelsea Olivia, is an Indonesian actress and pop singer. Olivia is the youngest of three brothers. She is also a former grader of acceleration in one of the leading high schools in South Jakarta. Olivia graduated from high school at the age of 15 years.
Giring Ganesha
Giring Ganesha Djumaryo is an Indonesian vocalist and political activist. He is a former lead singer of the Indonesian rock band, Nidji. On 31st December 2017, he announced his resignation as Nidji's lead vocalist in order to focus on his political journey. Giring is the Chairman of Indonesian Solidarity Party (PSI). He was presviously Acting Chairman to cover for Grace Natalie while she pursued her master's degree.
Hamzah Haz
Hamzah Haz is an Indonesian politician who served as the ninth vice president of Indonesia from 2001 to 2004. He also chaired the United Development Party from 1998 to 2007.
Yayan Ruhian
Yayan Ruhian is an Indonesian martial artist and actor. He is known for co-starring in Gareth Evans' films The Raid (2011) as Mad Dog, The Raid 2 (2014) as Prakoso, Star Wars: The Force Awakens (2015) as Tasu Leech, and Beyond Skyline (2017) as the police chief.
Lukas Enembe
Lukas Enembe is an Indonesian politician and the current governor of Papua. He had previously been regent of Puncak Jaya Regency between 2007 and 2012.
Djarot Saiful Hidayat
Djarot Saiful Hidayat is an Indonesian politician who is currently a member of the People's Representative Council. He was the governor of Jakarta, in office between 15 June and 15 October 2017 after being acting governor since 9 May. He replaced his predecessor Basuki Tjahaja Purnama when the latter was found guilty of blasphemy against Islam. He was appointed by Basuki as Deputy Governor in 2014 to fill the gap left by the election of Joko Widodo as president.
Gloria Emanuelle Widjaja
Gloria Emanuelle Widjaja is an Indonesian badminton player from PB Djarum, a badminton club in Kudus, Central Java; she joined the club in 2007. She was the 2011 Indonesia National and World Junior Champions in the mixed doubles event. For her achievements, Widjaja was awarded as the best Djarum player of the year. She won her first senior international title in 2014 Macau Open Grand Prix Gold.