List of Famous people born in North Maluku, Indonesia

Fadel Muhammad Alhaddar is an Indonesian politician and businessman of Arab-Indonesian descent. He was appointed as the governor of the then-newest Indonesian province, Gorontalo, for the period 2001–2006. In 2006, he won the first Gorontalo gubernatorial election, making him governor until 2011. On October 22, 2009, he was chosen and inaugurated as the Minister of Maritime Affairs and Fisheries by President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono and terminated on October 19, 2011, replaced by Sharif Cicip Sutardjo, His Colleague in Golkar Party.

Zulham Malik Zamrun is an Indonesian professional footballer who plays as a winger for Liga 1 club Persib Bandung and the Indonesia national team.

Rexy Ronald Mainaky is a former men's doubles badminton world champion from Indonesia who is often simply known as Rexy. He won the men's doubles Olympic gold medal in 1996 with Ricky Subagja. As of January 2017, he was selected as the new head coach of the Thailand national badminton team.

Rizky Rizaldi Pora is an Indonesian professional footballer who plays as a winger or left-back for and captains Liga 1 club Barito Putera, and the Indonesia national team.

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.

Zulvin Malik Zamrun is an Indonesian professional footballer who plays as a winger for Liga 2 club PSGC Ciamis.

Burhan Abdurahman was an Indonesian politician.