List of Famous people born in West Java, Indonesia
Lala Karmela
Karmela Mudayatri Herradura Kartodirdjo or better known as Lala Karmela is an Indonesian actress, singer and songwriter of mixed Filipino and Javanese descent.
Azka Fauzi
Ikhwan Azka Fauzi Wibowo, commonly known as Azka Fauzi, is an Indonesian professional footballer. Mainly a forward, he can also play as a winger on both flanks.
Amir Machmud
Amir Machmud was an Indonesian Military General who was an eyewitness to the signing of the Supersemar document transferring power from President Sukarno to General Suharto.
Ade Supandi
Ade Supandi is a retired admiral in the Indonesian Navy who formerly served as its chief of staff. Previously, he had been the General Chief of Staff of the Indonesian National Armed Forces and the commander of the navy's eastern fleet.
Dira Sugandi
Dira Yulianti Sugandi is an Indonesian singer and actress. She was born in Bandung, West Java on July 29, 1979 into a family with a strong singing tradition. She began her singing career as a vocal performance major in the Music Department at Pelita Harapan, earning her bachelor's degree in 2006. She has performed with many Indonesian groups and musicians, such as SOULMATE, Maestro Big Band, Rieka Roslan, SOVA, Imam Praz Quartet, ARAB Jazz, and the Pelita Harapan University Big Band and with foreign musicians such as Incognito in Bandung, Surabaya, Makassar, Medan (2002) and in Bali, Singapore, Jakarta (2006) and with Keith Martin in Bandung (2005), and with the Yellowjackets in Jakarta and Bandung (2006). In 2009, she was awarded the Indonesian Young Jazz Talent Award at the Jakarta International Java Jazz Festival where she sang a song called Lucky in a duet with American singer, Jason Mraz.
Wikana
Wikana was an Indonesian minister and independence leader. He was one of the youths who forced Sukarno and Hatta to declare independence immediately after the surrender of the Japanese. He was the first Indonesian Minister of Youth and Sport. He was a member of the Indonesian Communist Party. Sometime after the coup d'état attempt, he was arrested and went missing.
Ruth Sahanaya
Ruth Sahanaya, affectionately nicknamed Uthe, is an Indonesian pop singer. She rose to fame in the late 1980s and is perhaps best known for her hit song "Kaulah Segalanya". She has toured internationally, been the Indonesian representative at many music festivals, and has received multiple awards. Having previously recorded under the Indonesian label PT Aquarius Musikindo, she signed with Sony Music in the early 2000s (decade). She is currently one of the three members of a vocal group along with Titi DJ and Krisdayanti called 3 Diva. She is one of the many Christian Indonesian singers that are a part of Christian Gospel band True Worshippers.
Betti Alisjahbana
Betti Alisjahbana is an Indonesian business executive who has held senior positions with companies such as IBM and Garuda Indonesia, and has advised the government on business technology.
Asyifa Latief
Asyifa Syafiningdyah Putrambami Latief, better known as Asyifa Latief, is an Indonesian model who was Miss Indonesia 2010. She was the first Arab-Indonesian to be crowned as Miss Indonesia.
Yura Yunita
Yunita Rachman or better known as Yura Yunita is an Indonesian singer and songwriter of Sundanese descent.