List of Famous people born in Indonesia
Rusli Habibie
Rusli Habibie is an Indonesian politician and the current governor of the province of Gorontalo. Since taking office, his social agenda has been active. Habibie requested that if schoolteachers smoke on school grounds, then people should send him photos of the offender via WhatsApp so he can reassign them to schools in more remote areas of the province as punishment.
Rianti Cartwright
Rianti Rhiannon Cartwright is an Indonesian actress, model, presenter and VJ. She's best known for her leading role as 'Aisha' in a romantic religious Indonesian hit movie Ayat-Ayat Cinta in 2008 and become a VJ for MTV Indonesia since 2005.
Anjasmara
Anjasmara Prasetya is an Indonesian actor. Anjasmara began his career as a model and then starred in the soap opera Romi and July with his then-wife Dian Nitami.
Lydia Kandou
Lydia Ruth Elizabeth Kandou or better known as Lydia Kandou is an Indonesian actress and model of mixed Dutch, Filipino and Minahasan descent.
Ricky Kambuaya
Ricky Richardo Kambuaya, is an Indonesian professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for Liga 1 club Persebaya Surabaya and the Indonesia national team.
Dato Sri Tahir
Ang Tjoen Ming, commonly known as Tahir, is an Indonesian billionaire, and a banking and property magnate. He is the founder of the Mayapada Group. On 13 December 2019, President Joko Widodo appointed Tahir to the Presidential Advisory Council.
Bambang Widjojanto
Bambang Widjojanto is an Indonesian human rights activist. He is the co-founder of the Indonesian Legal Aid Foundation and a "leading advocate for the rights of the indigenous peoples of West Papua". According to The New York Times, his work for indigenous peoples made him "the target of repeated threats and detentions by the Indonesian government".
Liem Swie King
Liem Swie King is an Indonesian former badminton player who excelled from the late 1970s through the mid-1980s. He won the All England in 1978, 1979 and 1981. Along with Morten Frost (Denmark), Han Jian and Luan Jin (China), and Prakash Padukone (India), he was one of the world's leading singles players of that era. A world level player in men's doubles as well as men's singles, he was known for the ferocity of his jumping smash.
Edhie Baskoro Yudhoyono
Edhie Baskoro Yudhoyono is a politician and member of House of Representatives, Indonesia. Edhie is the second son of the 6th President of the Republic of Indonesia, Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono and the younger brother of Agus Harimurti Yudhoyono.
Lindswell Kwok
Lindswell, also known as Lindswell Kwok is a former Indonesian taijiquan athlete. She is one of the most renowned wushu taolu athletes of all time. In 2013, she was named Best Athlete by the Indonesian Olympic Committee, and received the Dharma Sports Medal, the highest sports award in Indonesia. For her achievements, Indonesian media dubbed her as the "queen of wushu".