List of Famous people born in South Sumatra, Indonesia

Johannes "Joe" Taslim is an Indonesian actor and martial artist of mixed Palembang and Chinese descent. He was also member of the Indonesia judo national team from 1997 to 2009.

Police-General (Ret.) Muhammad Tito Karnavian is an Indonesian politician and retired police general who is the currently-appointed Minister of Home Affairs of the Republic of Indonesia. He was Chief of the Indonesian National Police since 13 July 2016 till 23 October 2019. He is the replacement of the previous chief, Badrodin Haiti that served from 17 April 2015 to 13 July 2016. On 15 June 2016, Tito was proposed by Indonesian President Joko Widodo to be the Chief of Indonesian National Police replacing Badrodin Haiti who now officially retired from the service. On 23 June 2016, he was confirmed unanimously by Indonesian House of Representatives and inaugurated by President Joko Widodo on 13 July 2016.

General Ryamizard Ryacudu pronounced [] (listen) was the Minister of Defense of Indonesia from 2014 until 2019. He previously served as Chief of Staff of the Indonesian Army from 2002 to 2005, and was Commander of Army Strategic Command from 2000 to 2002.

Mohammad Ahsan is an Indonesian professional badminton player who specializes in the men's doubles. He competes for PB. Djarum, a badminton club in Kudus, Central Java and joined the club in 2007. He is currently ranked 2nd in the world with Hendra Setiawan. Ahsan and his former doubles partner Bona Septano were ranked as high as sixth in the BWF World Rankings. He was paired with former Olympic gold medalist Hendra Setiawan. They won their first title in 2013 Malaysia Open Superseries after beating Korean pair Lee Yong-dae and Ko Sung-hyun 21–15, 21–13 in the final. The duo split after the 2016 Korea Open Super Series, ending their four years partnership. Ahsan was then partnered with Berry Angriawan. His partnership with Angriawan was short-lived and he was then paired with Rian Agung Saputro. Ahsan and Saputro's first international title was in 2017 China International. They later won silver at the 2017 BWF World Championships. Ahsan and Hendra Setiawan paired back again in early 2018 and won several competition since then. Their nickname is "The Daddies" because both of them has started family and often shows affection towards their children.

Alex Noerdin was the Governor of South Sumatra between 2008 and 2018.

Maria Selena Nurcahya, known as Maria Selena, is an Indonesian actress and beauty pageant titleholder who was crowned Puteri Indonesia 2011 and was represented her country in Miss Universe 2012 pageant. She was represented Central Java in the Pemilihan Puteri Indonesia 2011. She made a Top 10 in the Miss Universe for Best National Costume.

Felix Yanwar Siauw is a Chinese-Indonesian Islamic cleric (ustad), preacher, author and da'i, known for his affiliation with the Islamist group Hizbut Tahrir Indonesia (HTI), and his hard-line puritanical position on Islamic interpretations.

Budi Karya Sumadi is an Indonesian architect who currently serves as the Minister of Transportation in Joko Widodo's Working Cabinet.

Debby Susanto is a former Indonesian badminton player who specializes in doubles, especially mixed doubles. She joined PB Djarum, a badminton club in Kudus, Central Java from 2006 until her retirement. Susanto known as Muhammad Rijal's longtime partner in the mixed doubles. The partnership ended in the end of the 2013 shortly after they won gold medal in 2013 Southeast Asian Games in Myanmar due to Rijal's resignation from national team.

Tantowi Yahya is an Indonesian artist, presenter and politician who is currently the Ambassador of Indonesia to New Zealand, Samoa and Tonga. He is most famous for hosting the Indonesian version of Who Wants to Be a Millionaire?. In 2009, Tantowi became member of Indonesian parliament from Golkar Party, representing South Sumatra province. In 2014 he was reelected and this time he represented the capital city, Jakarta.