List of Famous people born in Indonesia
Hamengkubuwono X
Sri Sultan Hamengkubuwono X is the Sultan of the historic Yogyakarta Sultanate in Indonesia, and is currently also the Governor of the modern Yogyakarta Special Region.
Zulkifli Hasan
Zulkifli Hasan is an Indonesian politician and has led the Islam-oriented National Mandate Party since 1 March 2015. He was speaker of the People's Consultative Assembly (MPR) from 2014 to 2019. He was Forestry Minister from 22 October 2009 to 1 October 2014.
Rosiana Tendean
Rosiana Tendean is a retired badminton player from Indonesia.
Shae
Sheryl Gething, better known by her stage name Shae is an Indonesian singer and actress. She was born to an Australian father and Indonesian mother from Riau.
Yuni Shara
Yuni Shara is an Indonesian singer, she is the elder sister of singer Krisdayanti. She was born as Wahyu Setyaning Budi in Batu, East Java on 3 June 1972. Her debut was in a music festival called Festival Bintang Radio & Televisi in 1987 when she was 15 years old, she won 2nd place. In 1989, she participated in the same festival and she won first place. This is where she was offered a record deal by Billboard. She released her first record in 1990 titled Jatuh Cinta Lagi. In 1991 she released another record titled Hilang Permataku, in 1992 she released Salah Tingkah. Her career peaked with the release of the record Mengapa Tiada Maaf in 1995. The record sold 1.5 million copies and BASF awarded her with 4 Platinum Records. She also received 3 more Platinum Record for the Indonesian version of the soundtrack to the martial arts TV series Return of the Condor Heroes.
Rachmat Irianto
Rachmat Irianto is an Indonesian professional footballer who plays as a defender for and captains Liga 1 club Persebaya Surabaya, and the Indonesia national team. Mainly a central defender, he can also play as a full-back or a defensive midfielder. He is the son of Bejo Sugiantoro, a former player of Persebaya Surabaya.
Wafda Saifan
Wafda Saifan Lubis, or known as Wafda Saifan, is an Indonesian actor and singer.
Irman Gusman
Irman Gusman is an Indonesian politician and businessman. He is a former speaker of the Regional Representative Council (DPD) of Indonesia, who became the first Indonesian parliamentary leader to be elected for two consecutive terms. This earned him the nickname Pejuang daerah.
Johny Asadoma
Johny Asadoma is a former Indonesian amateur boxer. After his retirement from boxing, Asadoma joined the Indonesia's academy of police, and became a police officer of Indonesia.
Chairul Saleh
Chairul Saleh Dt Paduko Rajo was born in Sawahlunto, West Sumatra. He was an Indonesian government minister and vice prime minister during the Sukarno presidency. He was a close confidant of Sukarno, whom he had helped persuade to declare Indonesian independence in 1945. He lived in the Netherlands from 1952–1953, but returned to Indonesia after being expelled. He joined Sukarno’s circle of advisers in 1955.