List of Famous people born in Indonesia
Indra Sjafri
Indra Sjafri is a former Indonesian football player and Technical director of the Indonesia national team. Before getting into coaching, he was a branch manager at Pos Indonesia. He holds a Bachelor of Economics degree from Andalas University.
Rahmat Effendi
Rahmat Effendi, sometimes nicknamed Pepen, is an Indonesian politician of the Golkar party and the official mayor of Bekasi since 3 May 2012. Previously, he had served as the acting Mayor since 2011 in place of his predecessor who was arrested on corruption charges.
Astrid Yunadi
Astrid Ellena Indriana Yunadi, better known simply as Astrid Ellena, is an Indonesian model and beauty pageant titleholder who won Miss Indonesia 2011. She was raised in Surabaya, Indonesia and Gaithersburg, Maryland, United States.
Eng Hian
Eng Hian is a retired Indonesian badminton player. A men's doubles specialist, he won major international tournaments, most of them in partnership with Flandy Limpele, between 1999 and 2006. They earned a bronze medal in men's doubles at the 2004 Olympics in Athens. Their victories included the Korea (1999), Denmark (2000), Singapore (2002), and Japan Opens, and the Copenhagen Masters in 2000 and 2004. Hian and Limpele briefly represented England from 2001 until 2003 before returning to PBSI just in time for 2004 Summer Olympics. They were runners-up at the prestigious All-England Championships in 2002. Hian won the Dutch Open with Rian Sukmawan in 2006. He is currently the Indonesia national team women's doubles head coach.
Chappy Hakim
Air Chief Marshal Chappy Hakim was the Chief of Staff of the Indonesian Air Force from 2002 to 2005. He was succeeded by Djoko Suyanto.
Muhammad Toha
Muhammad Toha was an Indonesian revolutionary and war hero, celebrated as a martyr in Indonesia for his act of self-sacrifice in Bandung during the Indonesian National Revolution.
Mahyeldi
Mahyeldi Ansharullah is an Indonesian politician from the Prosperous Justice Party who is the current governor of West Sumatra. He was made mayor of Padang in 2014, following a five-year tenure as deputy and victory in the elections of 2013 and 2018.
Ulil Abshar Abdalla
Ulil Abshar-Abdalla is an Indonesian scholar affiliated to Jaringan Islam Liberal. He comes from a family of Nahdlatul Ulama background: His father Abdullah Rifa'i is from pesantren Mansajul Ulum in Pati, Central Java, and he is married to the daughter of Mustofa Bisri, an Islamic cleric from Pesantren Raudlatut Talibin, Rembang, Central Java.
Adryan Fitra Azyus
Adryan Fitra Azyus is an Indonesian web entrepreneur, founder of pitoong.com and cloud media biz, frequent speaker for Internet business, Search engine Marketing, search engine optimisation, and Internet Marketing seminars in Indonesia, such as Tangan Di Atas (TDA) Community, and Pesta Wirausaha. He also assists nurbaya.com and sitti.co.id with Andy Sjarif. Adryan has worked as Barack Obama digital campaign, and Indonesian president Jokowi.
Dewi Rezer
Dewi Rezer is an Indonesian actress, presenter and model.