List of Famous people born in West Kalimantan, Indonesia

Daud "Cino" Yordan is an Indonesian professional boxer and former IBO Featherweight and Lightweight Champion.

Hamzah Haz is an Indonesian politician who served as the ninth vice president of Indonesia from 2001 to 2004. He also chaired the United Development Party from 1998 to 2007.

Djoko Soegiarto Tjandra alias Joe Chan is an Chinese Indonesian businessman and corruption felon. His family founded the Mulia Group of companies. In 2009, he fled to Papua New Guinea one day before he was sentenced to jail for his role in the embezzlement of banking funds. After 11 years on the run, he was arrested in Malaysia in July 2020 and sent to Indonesia, where he now faces charges of bribing police and a public prosecutor.

Handi Morgan Winata or better known as Morgan Oey is an Indonesian actor, model and singer of mixed Dayak and Chinese descent. He was a member of the pop group SM*SH from 2010 to 2013.

Karolin Margret Natasa is an Indonesian politician who is currently serving as regent of Landak. Previously, she had served as a member of the People's Representative Council.

Cornelis is a West Kalimantan Governor from 2008 to 2018. He got his master degree in law from a university in Pontianak in 2004. He is the second Dayak governor in the province after Oevaang Oeray.

Akil Mochtar is a convicted former-Chief Justice of the Constitutional Court of Indonesia that was indicted for his acceptance of bribery for an election dispute case, prompting President of Indonesia Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono, who'd appointed him, to sign legislation creating a permanent ethics body to supervise the Constitutional Court of Indonesia.

Vania Larissa Tan is an Indonesian Chinese spiritual singer and former beauty queen. She won the title of Miss Indonesia 2013, and represented Indonesia at Miss World 2013, finishing as a Top 10 finalist.

Sutarmidji is an Indonesian politician and academician who is the 9th governor of West Kalimantan and formerly the mayor of its capital, Pontianak.

Prajogo Pangestu, born Phang Djun Phen in 1944, is an Indonesian business magnate, investor, and philanthropist of Hakka Chinese descent. He owns and founded Barito Pacific Group which engages in forestry, petrochemicals, property, plantation, oil and gas, coal and gold mining, as well as geothermal. In 2019, he was ranked as the 3rd richest person in Indonesia by Forbes.