List of Famous people born in Indonesia

Marleve Mario Mainaky is a former Indonesian badminton player who play in the singles event. He was part of the Indonesia men's team that won the Thomas Cup in 1998, 2000, and 2002. Mainaky had collected a silver and three bronzes at the Asian Championships. He competed at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney, Australia, reaching into the quarterfinals. He was the men's singles bronze medalist at the 2001 Southeast Asian Games, also helped the men's team won the silver medal at that event, and 2002 Asian Games. After retired from the international tournament, he started his career as a badminton coach. Marleve Mainaky was the fifth of seven siblings of Jantje Rudolf Mainaky and Venna Hauvelman. Five of the siblings were also professional badminton player.

Fauzi Bowo in Jakarta, Indonesia is an Indonesian politician and diplomat who was the Indonesian Ambassador to Germany from 2013 to 2018. He was the governor of Jakarta between 2007 and 2012 and previously served as the deputy governor from 2002 to 2007.

Nur Indah Cintra Sukma Munsyi, commonly known as Emilia Contessa is a former Indonesian pop singer and actress. She was a member of the Regional Representative Council, representing East Java, for the 2014-2019 period.

Nastiti Karja Dewi, better known by her stage name Nicky Astria, is an Indonesian musician.

Anang Hermansyah is an Indonesian singer, musician, producer and politician, who served as a member of the People's Representative Council from the East Java IV constituency as from 2014 until 2019. Since 2007, anang has been one of the judges for the singing talent contest, namely Indonesian Idol. Anang is the ex-husband of famous pop singer turned politician Krisdayanti.

Dede Oetomo was born in Pasuruan, East Java, Indonesia in 1953. He is a campaigner for LGBT rights in Indonesia and an expert on gender issues in East Java. He pursued postgraduate studies at Cornell University in Ithaca, New York. Whilst there, he founded Lambda Indonesia, a gay support group and later set up Gaya Nusantara.