List of Famous people born in North Sumatra, Indonesia

Legimin Raharjo is an Indonesian professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for and captains Liga 2 club PSMS Medan. People often called him by his nickname Gimin. He took part in the Indonesian national team during the 2007 Asian Cup, with most of his time being spent on the bench. His parents name are Harjo Sunarto (father) and Suharsini (mother). His footballing influence is Paul Scholes and his favourite club is Manchester United.

Yulfira Barkah is an Indonesian badminton player from Medan, North Sumatera, who trained at the Mutiara Cardinal Bandung club. She was part of the national junior team that won the bronze medal at the 2015 Asian Junior Championships, later won the girls' doubles bronze at the 2016 World Junior Championships. Barkah claimed her first international title at the 2016 Smiling Fish International in the women's doubles event partnered with Suci Rizky Andini.

Eugenia Tanaka is an Indonesian-born Australian badminton player. At the age of fourteen, Tanaka moved to Melbourne, Australia, where she started playing badminton, and obtained a dual citizenship. Tanaka is also a member of Badminton Academy of Victoria, and is coached and trained by Ricky Yu.

Sofyan Tan is an Chinese Indonesian doctor and politician from Medan. He was elected as member of the People's Representative Council in 2019 from the North Sumatran first electoral district.

Ansyari Lubis is an Indonesian footballer. He normally plays as an attacking midfielder. He is currently the head coach of Karo United.

Samuel David Alexander Brodie is an Indonesian television presenter and actor who has appeared in 97 Indonesian movies and soap operas. He was born in Medan to Emmy Liana and Robin Barclay Brodie. He is publicly known for changing his gender into a woman and participating in the Big Brother reality show as Samantha Brodie. However, a few years later Brodie decided to return to his identity as a man. He married his wife Indry in 2010 and they have two daughters, Kimmy Caitlin Malika and Emmily Claire Luloah. Brodie was raised as a Christian but has since converted to Islam.