List of Famous people born in Indonesia
Yapto Soerjosoemarno
Yapto Soerjosoemarno, full name KRT. Yapto Soelistyo Soerjosoemarno, S.H, is an Indonesian politician who is known as the leader of Pemuda Pancasila, an organization of quasi-official political gangsters that supported the New Order military dictatorship of Soeharto, while also engaging in other lucrative but non-official criminal acts. Pemuda Pancasila played an important role in supporting Soeharto's military coup in 1965: they ran death squads for the Indonesian army, murdering thousands of alleged communists across the province of North Sumatra.
Try Sutrisno
Try Sutrisno is an Indonesian politician and retired army general who served as the country's sixth vice president. He held the office from 11 March 1993 to 11 March 1998. Previously, he served as the Commander of the Republic of Indonesia Armed Forces for five years.
Idham Azis
Idham Azis is an Indonesian police general. He was the Chief of the Indonesian National Police, having served from November 2019 till January 2021. Originating from Kendari, he began his career in the police force in 1988, and participated in several counter-terrorism operations before holding several high-ranking posts such as the Chief of the Greater Jakarta Metropolitan Regional Police and the Criminal Investigation Agency.
Baim Wong
Muhammad Ibrahim or better known as Baim Wong is an Indonesian actor, entrepreneur and philanthropist of mixed ethnic Chinese and Sundanese descent.
Diaz Hendropriyono
Diaz Faisal Malik Hendropriyono is an Indonesian politician who currently serves as Special Staff to the President of Indonesia and chair of the Indonesian Justice and Unity Party since 2018. He is the third child of former national intelligence body head A. M. Hendropriyono.
Agnez Mo
Agnes Monica Muljoto, known professionally as Agnez Mo, is an Indonesian singer-songwriter, actress, performer, and dancer. She was professionally known as Agnes Monica before amending her name.
Wiranto
Wiranto is an Indonesian politician and former army general. He was the Commander of the Indonesian National Armed Forces from February 1998 to October 1999 during Indonesia's transition from authoritarian rule to democracy. He ran unsuccessfully for President of Indonesia in 2004 and for the vice-presidency in 2009. On 27 July 2016 Wiranto was appointed Coordinating Minister for Political, Legal, and Security Affairs, replacing Luhut Binsar Panjaitan. Since December 2019, he has served as chairman of the Presidential Advisory Council.
Joey Alexander
Josiah Alexander Sila, known professionally as Joey Alexander, is an Indonesian jazz pianist. He became the first Indonesian musician to chart on Billboard 200 when his album My Favorite Things debuted at number 174 and then peaked at 59.
Hendra Setiawan
Hendra Setiawan is an Indonesian professional badminton player. He is an Olympic Games gold medalist, four time World Champion, two time Asian Games gold medalist, and two time All England champion. With these, Setiawan has collected all major individual titles in badminton. He is considered to be one of the greatest men's doubles players in badminton history.
Susi Pudjiastuti
Susi Pudjiastuti is an Indonesian entrepreneur who served as the Minister of Maritime Affairs and Fisheries of Indonesia under President Joko Widodo's 2014-2019 Working Cabinet. She is also the owner of PT ASI Pudjiastuti Marine Product, a seafood export company, and PT ASI Pudjiastuti Aviation, which operates Susi Air charter airline.