List of Famous people born in Indonesia
Karen Agustiawan
Karen Galaila Agustiawan is an Indonesian who served as the president director and CEO of Indonesia's state oil and gas company Pertamina between 2009 and 2014. In 2011, Forbes named her first on its list of "Asia's 50 Power Businesswomen".
Timo Scheunemann
Timo Scheunemann is an Indonesian born German youth football coach and manager. He is also a former professional football forward. He used to play professionally in Indonesia's Liga Indonesia and Singapore's S-League. He also used to manage both Indonesia women's national football team and Persema Malang. He manage Indonesian U-12 team in Danone Nations Cup 2012 and 2013. He lastly managed Persiba Balikpapan.
Bima Arya Sugiarto
Bima Arya Sugiarto is an Indonesian politician of the National Mandate Party and the official mayor of Bogor since 7 April 2014.
Vicky Shu
Vicky Veranita Yudhasoka Shu better known by her stage name Vicky Shu is an Indonesian singer who released her debut album, Drink Me, in 2011. Mari Bercinta 2 is a sequel to the same title song by Aura Kasih. The single was number 3 on Dahsyat and number 5 on Klik!. Shu is also designing high heels shoes product under her own brand, named Syu Syu. Before becoming a singer, she was a finalist for Miss Indonesia in 2007.
Johan Budi
Johan Budi Sapto Pribowo or better known as Johan Budi is an Indonesian spokesman and journalist. Johan Budi is the Special Assistant to President Joko Widodo on Communication and Media, a.k.a. the Presidential Spokesman. In 2015, he was the Acting Chief of the Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) to fill in for Abraham Samad and Bambang Widjojanto who were being suspended by President Joko Widodo.
Faisal Basri
Faisal Basri is an Indonesian economist and politician. He is a faculty member at University of Indonesia, specializing in political economics, and a member of KPPU, Indonesian competition regulator. Basri is the grandnephew of Indonesia's third Vice President, Adam Malik.
Dahlan Iskan
Dahlan Iskan is the former CEO of Indonesian newspaper publisher, Jawa Pos Group. He was the CEO of Indonesia's State Electricity Company, (PLN) from December 23, 2009 to October, 2011. He was Indonesia's minister for State-owned enterprises in the period October 2011 to October 2014.
Tri Mumpuni
Tri Mumpuni is a social entrepreneur and philanthropist who was involved in the project for the development of hydro power electricity for more than half a million people of Indonesia. For her work she was awarded the prestigious Ramon Magsaysay Award in 2011.
Yenny Wahid
Zannuba Ariffah Chafsoh, or more popularly known as Yenny Wahid is an Indonesian Islamic activist and politician. She is currently the director of The Wahid Institute, an Islamic research center founded by her father, Abdurrahman Wahid.
Veve Zulfikar
Veryal Eisha Aqila Zulfikar Basyaiban or better known as Veve Zulfikar is an Indonesian religious singer, actress, and brand ambassador. In addition, she is also an Indonesian young qāriʾah who is often invited to various provinces in Indonesia to recite verses of the Quran at various religious events. Since 8 October 2016, Veve Zulfikar joined YouTube and began uploading content as she recited the verses of the Quran, sang the salawat and qasida, also shared his daily activities. On 26 July 2017, Veve released his first single, entitled Sepercik Do'a Cinta, which was created by his father, Zulfikar Mohammad Basyaiban.