List of Javanese
Encyclopedia

Academics

  • Ki Hajar Dewantara
    Ki Hajar Dewantara
    Ki Hajar Dewantara , born Raden Mas Soewardi Soerjaningrat into a noble Javanese family of Yogyakarta, was a pioneer in the field of education in Indonesia...

    , pioneer of education in Indonesia
  • Poerbatjaraka
    Poerbatjaraka
    Raden Mas Ngabehi Poerbatjaraka was a humanist, professor and noted specialist of Javanese literature.-References:*Th. Pigeaud, 'In Memoriam Professor Poerbatjaraka', BKI, 122: 1966, pp. 404-412...

    , specialist Javanese literature
  • Selo Soemardjan
    Selo Soemardjan
    Selo Soemardjan , also spelled as Selo Sumarjan or Selo Sumardjan. He was well known as a senior academic in sociology at Universitas Indonesia, and is known as the Pioneer of Indonesian Social Sciences...

    , sociologist
  • Siti Fadilah, Indonesian cardiology research specialist and former Minister of Health of Indonesia
  • Soedarsono Hadisapoetro
    Soedarsono Hadisapoetro
    Prof.Ir. Soedarsono Hadisapoetro served as Agriculture Minister in the Suharto government of Indonesia from 1978 to 1983.Soedarsono was born in 1921 in Surakarta, Central Java. He was appointed Agriculture Minister by President Suharto in 1978 and served until 1983...

    , agriculture scientist

Activist

  • Kartini, Indonesian hero, pioneer of Javanese women rights
  • Munir, human right activist, (partly Javanese)

Art

  • Affandi
    Affandi
    Affandi was born in Cirebon, West Java, as the son of R. Koesoema, who was a surveyor at a local sugar factory. Affandi finished his upper secondary school in Jakarta, but he forsook his study for the desire to become an artist. Affandi taught himself how to paint since 1934...

    , expressionistic painter
  • Basuki Abdullah
    Basuki Abdullah
    Basuki Abdullah was an Indonesian painter. His work is characterized as realism and has been exhibited in the Indonesian National Gallery. He received formal training in The Hague. During the Japanese occupation of Indonesia he was an art teacher...

    , Indonesian realist
    Realism (arts)
    Realism in the visual arts and literature refers to the general attempt to depict subjects "in accordance with secular, empirical rules", as they are considered to exist in third person objective reality, without embellishment or interpretation...

     and naturalist
    Naturalist
    Naturalist may refer to:* Practitioner of natural history* Conservationist* Advocate of naturalism * Naturalist , autobiography-See also:* The American Naturalist, periodical* Naturalism...

     painter
  • Guruh Sukarnoputra
    Guruh Sukarnoputra
    Muhammad Guruh Irianto Sukarnoputra is a member of Indonesia's People's Representative Council and an artist. He is the youngest son of Indonesia's first president, Sukarno with his third wife, Fatmawati....

    , choreographer
  • Iwan Tirta
    Iwan Tirta
    Iwan Tirta was an Indonesian batik fashion designer. Tirta trained as a lawyer, but became an internationally known designer. He is credited with beginning the early revival of batik design during the 1970s and 1980s...

    , Indonesian Batik designer
  • Marina Joesoef
    Marina Joesoef
    Marina Joesoef — born Marina Sastrowardoyo March 24, 1959 in Jakarta, Indonesia — is an Indonesian artist. She is a painter having recent exhibitions in Jakarta and Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia...

    , Indonesian painter and photographer (Javanese father)
  • Raden Saleh
    Raden Saleh
    Raden Saleh Sjarif Boestaman is one of the best known painters from Indonesia and a pioneer of modern Indonesian art....

    , an aristocratic painter in the 19th century
  • Paulus Augusteyn, a painter

Author

  • Ayu Utami
    Ayu Utami
    Ayu Utami is a female Indonesian writer. She has written novels, short-stories, and articles. Saman is widely considered her masterpiece...

    , author, famous novel : Saman
  • George Junus Aditjondro
    George Junus Aditjondro
    George Junus Aditjondro is a sociologist from Indonesia.In 1994 and 1995 Aditjondro became widely known as a critic of the Suharto government, especially around cases of political corruption and East Timor...

    , Indonesian sociologist
  • Koentjaraningrat
    Koentjaraningrat
    Kanjeng Pangeran Haryo Prof. Dr. Koentjaraningrat was an Indonesian anthropologist. He is sometimes referred to as "the father of Indonesian anthropology".-Biography:...

    , Indonesian anthropologist
  • Mpu Prapanca
    Mpu Prapanca
    Mpu Prapanca was the author of the epic poem Nagarakertagama, written in Old Javanese. It tells the story of the Majapahit Kingdom and other stories of ancient Hindu-Javanese kingdoms. The Buddhist monk Prapanca wrote the chronicle in 1365 as a eulogy to Hayam Wuruk, who brought Majapahit to...

    , poet, author of Nagarakretagama
    Nagarakretagama
    The Nagarakretagama or Nagarakrtagama, also known as Desawarnana, is an Old Javanese eulogy to Hayam Wuruk, a Javanese king and the monarch of the Majapahit Empire. It was written as a kakawin by Mpu Prapanca in 1365 . The Nagarakretagama contains detailed descriptions of the Majapahit Empire...

  • Pramoedya Ananta Toer
    Pramoedya Ananta Toer
    Pramoedya Ananta Toer was an Indonesian author of novels, short stories, essays, polemic and histories of his homeland and its people...

    , author, famous novel : Bumi Manusia
    This Earth of Mankind
    This Earth of Mankind is the first book in Pramoedya Ananta Toer's epic quartet called Buru Quartet, first published by Hasta Mitra in 1980. The story is set at the end of the Dutch colonial rule and was written while Pramoedya was imprisoned on the political island prison of Buru in eastern...

  • Sapardi Djoko Damono
    Sapardi Djoko Damono
    Sapardi Djoko Damono is an Indonesian poet known for lyrical poems, and who is widely regarded as the pioneer of lyrical poetry in Indonesia.Sapardi began writing poetry while still in high school in Surakarta...

    , poet
  • Subagio Sastrowardoyo
    Subagio Sastrowardoyo
    Subagio Sastrowardoyo was an Indonesian poet, short-story writer, essayist and literary critic. Born in Madiun, East Java, the Dutch East Indies , he was educated at Gadjah Mada University, Cornell University and Yale University...

    , poet, essayist and literary critic.
  • Willibrordus S. Rendra
    Willibrordus S. Rendra
    Willibrordus Surendra Broto Rendra , widely known as Rendra or W. S. Rendra, was an Indonesian dramatist, poet, activist, performer, actor and director.-Early life:...

    , dramatist and poet

Business

  • Dahlan Iskan
    Dahlan Iskan
    Dahlan Iskan is the CEO of Indonesia newspaper publisher, Jawa Pos Group.He is also the executive director of Indonesia Power Factory, PLN, since December 23, 2009.- External links :...

    , owner of Jawa Pos Group
    Jawa Pos
    Jawa Pos is one of Indonesia's major newspapers. Jawa Pos was launched by Suseno Tedjo or Tek Chung Sen in Surabaya in 1 July 1949. The "Jawa Pos Group" is owned by Indonesian media tycoon, Dahlan Iskan .-Award:...

     and President Director of PLN
    Perusahaan Listrik Negara
    PLN is an Indonesian government-owned corporation which has a monopoly on electricity distribution in Indonesia.- History :...

     Indonesia
  • Setiawan Djody
    Setiawan Djody
    Setiawan Djody is an Indonesian businessman and guitarist.He is the Chairman of Setdco group in Indonesia; Setdco being named after his own name...

    , owner of Setdco group
  • Tommy Suharto
    Tommy Suharto
    Tommy Suharto is the youngest son of Suharto, the former President of Indonesia. In 2002 he was found guilty and jailed for giving the order for the assassination/killing of a Supreme Court Judge of the Republic of Indonesia, Syafiuddin Kartasasmita, SH.-Bali Land Scandals:Tommy in the 80s used...

    , founder of Humpuss group

Classical Figures

  • Airlangga
    Airlangga
    Airlangga was the only raja of the Kingdom of Kahuripan, which was built out of the rubble of the Kingdom of Medang after the Srivijaya invasion...

    , founder of Kahuripan Kingdom
  • Hayam Wuruk
    Hayam Wuruk
    Hayam Wuruk, also called Rajasanagara, , was a Javanese King and the fourth monarch of Majapahit empire. Together with his prime minister Gajah Mada, he reigned the empire at the time of its greatest power. He was preceded by Tribhuwana Wijayatunggadewi and succeeded by his son in law...

    , king from Rajasa Dynasty
    Rajasa Dynasty
    House of Rajasa was the ruling family of Singhasari kingdom and later Majapahit empire in 13th to 15th century eastern Java. The rulers of Singhasari and Majapahit trace their origins back to the mysterious figure of Ken Arok or Sri Ranggah Rajasa, who founded the Rajasa dynasty early in the 13th...

     and the fourth monarch of Majapahit during the empire's golden age
  • Joko Tingkir
    Joko Tingkir
    Joko Tingkir, or sometimes written as Jaka Tingkir, is the founder and the first king of the Sultanate of Pajang. He ruled from 1549 to 1582. He is also known by the title of Sultan Hadiwijaya.- Ancestry :...

    , founder and first king of the Sultanate of Pajang
  • Jayabaya
    Joyoboyo
    Sri Mapanji Jayabaya or Jayabhaya, was Javanese King of the Kediri in East Java from AD1135 to 1157....

    , king and prophet in ancient Kediri kingdom
  • Ken Arok
    Ken Arok
    Ken Arok was the founder and first ruler of the Singhasari Kingdom, an ancient Hindu-Budhist kingdom in the East Java area of Indonesia. He was considered as the founder of Rajasa dynasty of both the Singhasari and Majapahit line of monarchs. He came from humble origins but subsequently rose to...

    , founder of Rajasa Dynasty
    Rajasa Dynasty
    House of Rajasa was the ruling family of Singhasari kingdom and later Majapahit empire in 13th to 15th century eastern Java. The rulers of Singhasari and Majapahit trace their origins back to the mysterious figure of Ken Arok or Sri Ranggah Rajasa, who founded the Rajasa dynasty early in the 13th...

     whose descendants became the ruling house of Singhasari
    Singhasari
    Singhasari was a kingdom located in east Java between 1222 and 1292. The kingdom succeeded Kingdom of Kediri as the dominant kingdom in eastern Java.-Foundation:...

     Kingdom and Majapahit empire
  • Ken Dedes
    Ken Dedes
    Ken Dedes, first queen of Singhasari, was the consort of Ken Arok, the first ruler of Singhasari, Java, Indonesia. She was later considered as the origin of the lineage of kings that rule Java, the great mother of the Rajasa dynasty, the royal family that ruled Java from the Singhasari to the...

    , wife of Ken Arok
  • Raden Wijaya
    Raden Wijaya
    Raden Wijaya was a Javanese King, the founder and the first monarch of Majapahit empire. The history of his founding of Majapahit was written in several records, including Pararaton and Negarakertagama...

    , king from Rajasa Dynasty
    Rajasa Dynasty
    House of Rajasa was the ruling family of Singhasari kingdom and later Majapahit empire in 13th to 15th century eastern Java. The rulers of Singhasari and Majapahit trace their origins back to the mysterious figure of Ken Arok or Sri Ranggah Rajasa, who founded the Rajasa dynasty early in the 13th...

     and the first monarch of Majapahit
  • Rakai Pikatan
    Rakai Pikatan
    Rakai Pikatan was a king of the Sanjaya dynasty Medang Kingdom in Central Java who built the Prambanan temple, dedicated to Shiva, which was completed in 856 AD....

    , king of Sanjaya Dynasty in the 9th century AD, builder of Prambanan
    Prambanan
    Prambanan is a ninth century Hindu temple compound in Central Java, Indonesia, dedicated to the Trimurti, the expression of God as the Creator , the Sustainer and the Destroyer...

     Hindu temple in Central Java
    Central Java
    Central Java is a province of Indonesia. The administrative capital is Semarang. It is one of six provinces on the island of Java.This province is the province of high Human Development in Indonesia and its Points Development Index countries is equivalent to Lebanon. The province of Central Java...


Economics

  • Boediono
    Boediono
    Boediono is the Vice President of Indonesia, after winning the 2009 presidential election together with incumbent President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono.-Education:Boediono received his early education in primary school in Blitar, East Java...

    , former governor Bank of Indonesia and 11th Vice President of Indonesia
  • Radius Prawiro
    Radius Prawiro
    Dr. Radius Prawiro, Drs.ec.,AK was an Indonesian economist and politician.-Education:The son of a teacher called Suradi Prawiro, Radius attended school in Yogyakarta. In 1942, while still at Middle School he became a cigarette vendor...

    , former governor Bank of Indonesia
  • Subroto
    Subroto
    Subroto is an Indonesian administrator. He served as the Secretary-General of OPEC between 1988 and 1994; and as the Minister of Energy and Natural Resources between 1978 and 1987.-External links:*...

    , economist and part of the Berkeley Mafia
    Berkeley Mafia
    The Berkeley Mafia was term given to a group of U.S.-educated Indonesian economists whose efforts brought Indonesia back from dire economic conditions and the brink of famine in the mid-1960s. They were appointed in the early stages of the 'New Order' administration. Almost three decades of...

  • Sri Mulyani Indrawati
    Sri Mulyani Indrawati
    In this Indonesian name, the name "Indrawati" is a given name, not a family name, and the person should be referred to by the given name "Sri" or "Sri Mulyani".Sri Mulyani Indrawati is an Indonesian economist...

    , Indonesian minister and Managing Director of the World Bank Group
    World Bank Group
    The World Bank Group is a family of five international organizations that makes leveraged loans, generally to poor countries.The Bank came into formal existence on 27 December 1945 following international ratification of the Bretton Woods agreements, which emerged from the United Nations Monetary...

  • Widjojo Nitisastro
    Widjojo Nitisastro
    Widjojo Nitisastro is an Indonesian economist, born in Malang in East Java on 23 January 1927. He is one of Indonesia's most well-known and respected economic policy-makers, both within Indonesia and overseas.-Early career:...

    , Indonesian minister

Entertainment

  • Adjie Massaid
    Adjie Massaid
    Raden Pandji Chandra Pratomo Samiadji Massaid , also known as Adjie Massaid, was an Indonesian actor, model, and politician...

    , Indonesian actor, model, and politician
  • Aziz Sattar
    Aziz Sattar
    Datuk Aziz Sattar is a Malaysian actor, comedian, singer and director who is mostly known for his roles in the black and white Malayan films of the 1950s and 1960s.- Early life :...

    , Singaporean and Malaysian actor, comedian, singer, and director
  • Basuki
    Basuki
    Basuki was an Indonesian actor and comedian. He was born in Surakarta, Central Java. He was a member of the Indonesian comedy troupe, Srimulat. However, he became famous after appearing in the program, Si Doel Anak Sekolahan in 1996...

    , Indonesian comedian
  • Dian Sastrowardoyo
    Dian Sastrowardoyo
    Diandra Paramita Sastrowardoyo , more popularly known as Dian Sastro or Dian Sastrowardoyo, is an Indonesian model and actress....

    , Indonesian model and actress (three-quarter Javanese)
  • Didi Petet
    Didi Petet
    Didi Petet is an Indonesian actor and TV and film director best known for starring as Emon in the Catatan si Boy series of films in the late 1980s and early 1990s.-Filmography:*Catatan si boy .... Emon...

    , Indonesian actor
  • Kasma Booty
    Kasma Booty
    Kasma Booty was a Malaysian actress and film star. She was dubbed the "Elizabeth Taylor of Malaysia."-Personal life:She was born Kasmah Abdullah in Kiasaran, near the city of Medan on the Indonesian island of Sumatra. She was of Dutch and Javanese descent. She began her acting and film career at...

    , Malaysian actress and film star
  • Mark-Paul Gosselaar
    Mark-Paul Gosselaar
    Mark-Paul Harry Gosselaar is an American actor. He is perhaps best known for his roles as Zack Morris in NBC's Saved by the Bell, Good Morning, Miss Bliss, and Saved by the Bell: The College Years, Detective John Clark in NYPD Blue, Jerry Kellerman in TNT's Raising the Bar, and more recently Peter...

    , actor (Javanese mother)
  • Nicholas Saputra
    Nicholas Saputra
    Nicholas Schubring Saputra is an Indonesian actor, model and VJ. Saputra is primarily known for his role in the break-out teen movie Ada Apa dengan Cinta?, as well as his role as the activist Soe Hok Gie in the film Gie. Saputra holds a degree in architecture from the University of Indonesia...

    , Indonesian actor (half Javanese)
  • S. Shamsuddin
    S. Shamsuddin
    Shamsuddin bin Dali or better known as S. Shamsuddin is a Singaporean well-known actor & comedian in the Malayan films during the 1950s & 1960s.- Early life :...

    , Singaporean actor
  • Sheila Majid
    Sheila Majid
    Shaheila binti Abdul Majid or commonly known as Sheila Majid is a popular singer from Malaysia. She is of Mandailing-Javanese descent. - Biography :...

    , Malaysian singer
  • Tora Sudiro
    Tora Sudiro
    Tora Sudiro is an Indonesian actor. His popular TV comedy show, Extravaganza, is broadcast by Trans TV. He has also appeared in Indonesian TV dramas such as 2006's Dunia Tanpa Koma...

    , Indonesian actor
  • Tukul Arwana
    Tukul Arwana
    Tukul Riyanto is an Indonesian comedian who presents the Bukan Empat Mata chatshow on Trans 7.-Early life:Tukul was born in Semarang, Central Java. When he was young, he often appeared on stage during celebrations of Indonesia's Independence Day. He also worked as driver...

    , Indonesian comedian and late night talk show host
  • Widyawati
    Widyawati
    Widyawati is an Indonesian actress, active since 1967. She is the widow of actor Sophan Sophiaan. Widyawati and Sophiaan appeared opposite one another in the 2008 Indonesian film, Love, which marked Sophiaan's last role before his death.Widyawati and Sophiaan had first co-starred together in...

    , Indonesian actress

Journalism

  • Bambang Harymurti
    Bambang Harymurti
    Bambang Harymurti , commonly referred to by his initials BHM, is a journalist and editor-in-chief of Tempo. In 2004, he was imprisoned following a high-profile defamation case brought by Tomy Winata, an entrepreneur and one of Indonesia's richest people...

    , editor-in-chief of Tempo
  • Goenawan Mohamad
    Goenawan Mohamad
    Goenawan Mohamad is a renowned Indonesian poet and man of letters.Goenawan Mohamad was born in Batang, Central Java. His early writings include Potret Seorang Penyair Muda Sebagai Si Malin Kundang and Seks, Sastra, Kita ,'"Kesusastraan dan Kekuasaan' Goenawan Mohamad (born 29 July 1941) is a...

    , founder of Tempo (magazine)
    Tempo (magazine)
    Tempo was a Serbia-based magazine devoted to sports, published weekly.-Beginnings:Tempo was founded in Belgrade in 1966, as a weekly sports magazine under Politika's umbrella. Most of its coverage centered around football, with basketball, handball, volleyball, and water polo also featuring...


Military

  • Ahmad Yani
    Ahmad Yani
    General Ahmad Yani was the commander of the Indonesian Army, and was killed by members of the 30 September Movement during an attempt to kidnap him from his house.-Early life:...

    , Indonesian revolutionary hero
  • Bambang Darmono
    Bambang Darmono
    Major General Bambang Darmono was the commander of the Indonesian military presence in Aceh from 2002 to 2005. Accusations of human rights violations have been leveled at his command during this time.-References:...

    , Indonesian major general
  • Bambang Hendarso Danuri
    Bambang Hendarso Danuri
    General Police Bambang Hendarso Danuri is Chief of the Indonesian National Police since 1 October 2008. Bambang Hendarso replaced Chief of Police General Sutanto who was relieved of duty. He was nominated by Indonesian President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono.-Reference:...

    , chief of the Indonesian National Police
    Indonesian National Police
    The Indonesian National Police is the official police force for Indonesia. It had formerly been a part of the Tentara Nasional Indonesia. The police were formally separated from the military in April 1999, a process which was formally completed in July 2000. With 150,000 personnel, the police form...

  • Benny Murdani, Indonesian general
  • Djoko Suyanto
    Djoko Suyanto
    Air Chief Marshal Djoko Suyanto was the Commander-in-Chief of the National Armed Forces of Indonesia from 2006 to 2007. He is currently the Coordinating Minister for Legal, Political and Security Affairs....

    , former commander of Indonesian army
  • Endriartono Sutarto, former commander of Indonesian army
  • Gatot Soebroto
    Gatot Soebroto
    Gatot Subroto was an Indonesian general who began his military career with the Royal Dutch East Indies Army and rose to be deputy Army chief-of-staff.-Early life:Gatot Subroto was born in Purwokerto, Central Java...

    , Indonesian independence hero
  • Katamso
    Katamso
    Brig. Gen. Katamso was the commander of Military District 072 in the Diponegoro Area Military command of the Indonesian Army in Central Java. He was kidnapped and killed by members of the 30 September Movement....

    , Indonesian revolutionary hero
  • L. B Moerdani, former commander of Indonesian army
  • M. T. Haryono
    M. T. Haryono
    Mas Tirtodarmo Haryono was a soldier in the Indonesian Army who was killed during an attempt to kidnap him from his home by members of the 30 September Movement in the early hours of October 1, 1965.-Early life:...

    , Indonesian revolutionary hero
  • Omar Dhani
    Omar Dhani
    Air Marshal Omar Dani, , was commander of the Indonesian Air Force from 1962 until 1965. He was a leading leftist figure in Indonesia during the Sukarno era....

    , former Indonesian chief of the Air Staff
  • Sarwo Edhie Wibowo
    Sarwo Edhie Wibowo
    Sarwo Edhie Wibowo was one of Indonesia's most famous Generals.-Early life:Sarwo Edhie was born in Purworejo, Central Java to a family of civil servants working for the Dutch Colonial Government. As a child, he learned silat as a form of self-defense...

    , Indonesian general
  • S. Parman
    Siswondo Parman
    Lieutenant General Siswondo Parman was a soldier in the Indonesian Army, and was kidnapped from his home in Jakarta by members of the 30 September Movement in the early hours of October 1. He was later killed at Lubang Buaya.-Early life:Parman was born in Wonosobo, Central Java...

    , Indonesian revolutionary hero
  • Soeprapto
    Soeprapto
    Lieutenant General R. Soeprapto was the second deputy commander of the Indonesian Army, and was kidnapped from his home in Jakarta by members of the 30 September Movement in the early hours of October 1. He was later killed at Lubang Buaya.-Early life:Soeprapto was born in Purwokerto, Central Java...

    , Indonesian revolutionary hero
  • Sudirman
    Sudirman
    General Sudirman was the first military commander of Indonesian forces during the country's fight for independence from the Dutch in the 1940s.-Life:...

    , Indonesian general during war of independence
  • Sutanto, former chief of Indonesian Police and the third head of Indonesian intelligence
  • Sutomo, Indonesian military leader during the Indonesian National Revolution
    Indonesian National Revolution
    The Indonesian National Revolution or Indonesian War of Independence was an armed conflict and diplomatic struggle between Indonesia and the Dutch Empire, and an internal social revolution...

     against the Netherlands
    Netherlands
    The Netherlands is a constituent country of the Kingdom of the Netherlands, located mainly in North-West Europe and with several islands in the Caribbean. Mainland Netherlands borders the North Sea to the north and west, Belgium to the south, and Germany to the east, and shares maritime borders...

  • Sutoyo Siswomiharjo
    Sutoyo Siswomiharjo
    Sutoyo Siswomiharjo was an Indonesian general who was kidnapped and later murdered during the attempted coup by the 30 September Movement.-Early life:...

    , Indonesian revolutionary hero
  • Untung Syamsuri
    Untung Syamsuri
    Lieutenant Colonel Untung bin Syamsuri was one of the leaders of the 1965 coup attempt in Indonesia known as the 30 September Movement....

    , the leaders of 30 September Movement
    30 September Movement
    The Thirtieth of September Movement ) was a self-proclaimed organization of Indonesian National Armed Forces members who, in the early hours of 1 October 1965, assassinated six Indonesian Army generals in an abortive coup d'état. Later that morning, the organization declared that it was in control...

  • Widodo Adi Sutjipto
    Widodo Adi Sutjipto
    Admiral Widodo Adi Sutjipto is a former Commander-in-Chief of the National Armed Forces of Indonesia....

    , former commander of Indonesian army
  • Wiranto
    Wiranto
    Wiranto is a retired Indonesian army General. He was Commander of the military of Indonesia from February 1998 to October 1999, and ran unsuccessfully for President of Indonesia in 2004 and the vice-presidency in 2009....

    , former commander of the Indonesian military

Music

  • Ahmad Dhani
    Ahmad Dhani
    Dhani Ahmad Prasetyo , better known as Ahmad Dhani or Dhani Manaf, is an Indonesian rock musician, songwriter, arranger, and producer. Described as a "rock star", Dhani is the frontman of Dewa 19 and Ahmad Band, and also a member of inter-continental band The Rock...

    , Indonesian rock singer and songwriter
    Songwriter
    A songwriter is an individual who writes both the lyrics and music to a song. Someone who solely writes lyrics may be called a lyricist, and someone who only writes music may be called a composer...

  • Anggun Cipta Sasmi
    Anggun
    Anggun Cipta Sasmi is an Indonesian singer-songwriter. She has released 12 studio albums and one soundtrack album , and her songs have also been included on various compilation albums. Her musical career began in childhood, and she achieved commercial success in Indonesia when she was 12 years old...

    , French
    France
    The French Republic , The French Republic , The French Republic , (commonly known as France , is a unitary semi-presidential republic in Western Europe with several overseas territories and islands located on other continents and in the Indian, Pacific, and Atlantic oceans. Metropolitan France...

     singer
  • Azmyl Yunor
    Azmyl Yunor
    Azmyl Yunor is an independent English and Malay language singer-songwriter, multi-instrumentalist, academic and writer from Malaysia...

    , Malaysian singer-songwriter
  • Ebiet G. Ade
    Ebiet G. Ade
    Ebiet G. Ade is an Indonesian singer and songwriter. His musical styles are pop, ballad and country. He has released 21 studio albums and 25 compilation albums.-Early life:...

    , Indonesian singer and songwriter
  • Eddie Van Halen
    Eddie Van Halen
    Edward Lodewijk "Eddie" Van Halen is a Dutch-American guitarist, keyboardist, songwriter and producer, best known as the lead guitarist and co-founder of the hard rock band Van Halen, inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame...

     and Alex Van Halen
    Alex Van Halen
    Alexander Arthur "Alex" Van Halen is a Dutch-born American musician, best known as the drummer and co-founder of the hard rock band Van Halen. Originally, his brother Eddie had taken lessons for drums, while Alex practiced guitar...

    , American
    United States
    The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...

     rock band Van Halen
    Van Halen
    Van Halen is an American hard rock band formed in Pasadena, California, in 1972. The band has enjoyed success since the release of its debut album, Van Halen, . As of 2007 Van Halen has sold 80 million albums worldwide and has had the most #1 hits on the Billboard Mainstream Rock chart...

    , Javanese mother
  • Gesang Martohartono
    Gesang Martohartono
    Gesang Martohartono was a renowned Indonesian singer-songwriter from central Java, and he is the composer of the song Bengawan Solo, a tune which has become famous throughout Indonesia, Japan, much of Asia, and some other countries in the world. The song is almost synonymous with the kroncong...

    , Indonesian composer of the song "Bengawan Solo
    Bengawan Solo
    Bengawan Solo may refer to:*Bengawan Solo River, the longest river on the Indonesian island of Java and site of paleoanthropology early hominid remains*"Bengawan Solo" , a 1940 Indonesian song about the Javanese river by Gesang Martohartono...

    "
  • Ian Antono
    Ian Antono
    Jusuf Antono Djojo or Ian Antono is an Indonesian guitarist and songwriter. He has collaborated with many other musicians, including Anggun, Iwan Fals, Nicky Astria, Doel Sumbang, Gito Rollies, Ebiet G Ade and Ikang Fawzi, he is best-known as God Bless's lead guitarist since 1974...

    , Indonesian guitarist and songwriter.
  • Inul Daratista
    Inul Daratista
    Inul Daratista is a dangdut singer and performance artist from Pasuruan, East Java, Indonesia. Her husband's name is Adam Susilo. She became nationally famous in 2003, and is known for her suggestive style of dancing that has caused major controversy in Indonesia. Inul is a corrupted version of...

    , Indonesian dangdut
    Dangdut
    Dangdut is a genre of Indonesian popular music that is partly derived from Malay, Arabic, and Hindustani music. It developed in the 1970s among working-class Muslim youth, but beginning in the late 1990s reached a broader following in lower class Indonesians, Malaysia, and the southern...

     singer
  • Iwan Fals
    Iwan Fals
    Iwan Fals is an Indonesian singer–songwriter. In 2002, Time magazine named him as a Great Asian Hero.-Early life:...

    , Indonesian folk singer-songwriter
  • Krisdayanti
    Krisdayanti
    -External links:*...

    , Indonesian popular singer
  • Mawi
    Mawi
    Asmawi Atan, better known as Mawi, is a Malaysian singer and winner of the Third Season of Malaysia's popular reality show, Akademi Fantasia...

    , Malaysian singer
  • Michelle Branch
    Michelle Branch
    Michelle Jacquet DeSevren Branch is an American singer-songwriter, guitarist and actress. During the early 2000s, she released two top-selling albums, The Spirit Room and Hotel Paper, and was subsequently nominated for the Grammy Award for Best New Artist in 2003...

    , American singer (one Javanese grandparent)
  • Ning Baizura
    Ning Baizura
    Ning Baizura binti Sheikh Hamzah , popularly known as Ning, is a Malaysian pop and R&B singer, who records and sings in languages, including Bahasa Malaysia, English, Japanese, Italian, French, Mandarin and Cantonese...

    , Malaysian pop singer
  • K.P.H Notoprojo, Indonesian composer
  • Slamet Abdul Sjukur
    Slamet Abdul Sjukur
    Slamet A. Sjukur , is the founding father of contemporary Indonesian music. He studied and worked in Paris under Olivier Messiaen and Henri Dutilleux. He was a lecturer at IKJ but because of his unconventional ideas, he finally had to leave. He has been living in Jakarta and Surabaya as a...

    , Indonesian composer
  • Sudirman Arshad
    Sudirman Arshad
    Dato' Sudirman Haji Arshad DIMP, JMN, AMN, AMP was a Malaysian singer and songwriter. He was known as the 'Singing Lawyer', the 'People's Singer' and the 'Elvis of Malaysia'.-Early life:...

    , a popular Malaysian singer in the 1980s
  • Urip Achmad Ariyanto
    Mbah Surip
    Mbah Surip was an Indonesian singer. Mbah Surip grew up and lived most of his life in poverty. From working as a street performer, he became famous in 2009 for his single "Tak Gendong" . He died from heart failure on 4 August 2009. His other popular song is "Bangun tidur tidur lagi"...

    , Indonesian singer
  • W.R Supratman
    Wage Rudolf Supratman
    Wage Rudolf Supratman was born on March 9, 1903 in Jakarta and died on August 17, 1938 due to sickness in Surabaya, East Java. He was an Indonesian songwriter...

    , composer Indonesia Raya
    Indonesia Raya
    "Indonesia Raya" is the national anthem of the Republic of Indonesia. The song was introduced by its composer, Wage Rudolf Supratman, on 28 October 1928 during the Second Indonesian Youth Congress in Batavia...

    , national anthem of Indonesia
  • Yuni Shara
    Yuni Shara
    Yuni Shara is an Indonesian singer, she is the elder sister of singer Krisdayanti. She was born as Wahyu Setyaning Budi in Batu, Malang, East Java on June 3, 1972, . Her first debut was in a music festival called Festival Bintang Radio & Televisi in 1987 when she was 15 years old, she won 2nd place...

    , Indonesian pop singer

Politics

  • Abdurrahman Wahid
    Abdurrahman Wahid
    Abdurrahman Wahid, born Abdurrahman Addakhil , colloquially known as , was an Indonesian Muslim religious and political leader who served as the President of Indonesia from 1999 to 2001...

    , Muslim
    Muslim
    A Muslim, also spelled Moslem, is an adherent of Islam, a monotheistic, Abrahamic religion based on the Quran, which Muslims consider the verbatim word of God as revealed to prophet Muhammad. "Muslim" is the Arabic term for "submitter" .Muslims believe that God is one and incomparable...

     intellectual and former Indonesian president
  • Agung Laksono
    Agung Laksono
    Agung Laksono is the coordinating minister for people's welfare in the Second United Indonesia Cabinet and a member of the Golkar Party. Previously, he was the Speaker of Indonesia People's Representative Council from 2004 to 2009...

    , head of Indonesia's People's Representative Council (DPR)
  • Ahmad Zahid Hamidi
    Ahmad Zahid Hamidi
    Dato' Seri Dr. Ahmad Zahid Hamidi is a Malaysian politician and is currently the Minister for Defence in the Barisan Nasional coalition government of Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Tun Razak and the Member of the Parliament of Malaysia for the Bagan Datoh constituency in Perak...

    , current Malaysian Minister of Defence
  • Ali Sastroamidjojo
    Ali Sastroamidjojo
    Ali Sastroamidjojo, was the 8th and 10th Prime Minister of Indonesia. He was born in Grabag, Central Java on May 21, 1903 and died in Jakarta, March 13, 1976.-References:...

    , former Prime Minister of Indonesia
  • Amien Rais
    Amien Rais
    Amien Rais is a prominent Indonesian politician who led and inspired the reform movement that forced the resignation of President Suharto in 1998. Amien Rais was the leader of Muhammadiyah, one of the two biggest Muslim organizations in Indonesia, from 1995 to 2000...

    , leader of Indonesia's Constitutional Assembly (MPR) in 1999-2004
  • Anas Urbaningrum
    Anas Urbaningrum
    Anas Urbaningrum , is chairman of the Democratic Party , the party who won Indonesia's general election in 2009. Elected at the age of 40, he is one of the youngest party leaders in Indonesia...

    , the chairman of the Democratic Party
    Democratic Party (Indonesia)
    The Democratic Party is a political party in Indonesia, was founded on 9 September 2001. Its ideology is based on the Indonesian concept of Pancasila.-Origins:...

  • Anton Apriantono
    Anton Apriantono
    Anton Apriantono has been Indonesia's Minister of Agriculture since October 2004. He studied at the University of Reading and currently is a faculty in Department of Food Science and Technology at Bogor Agricultural University.-External links:*...

    , Indonesian minister
  • Bacharuddin Jusuf Habibie, Indonesian president and scientist (his mother is Javanese)
  • Ernest Douwes Dekker
    Ernest Douwes Dekker
    Ernest François Eugène Douwes Dekker was an Indonesian freedom fighter and politician of Indo descent. He was related to the famous Dutch writer, Multatuli, whose real name was Eduard Douwes Dekker. In his youth, he took part in the Second Boer War in South Africa on the Boer side...

    , Indonesian freedom fighter, one of the founder of Indische Partij
  • Hidayat Nur Wahid
    Hidayat Nur Wahid
    Hidayat Nur Wahid was the Speaker of Indonesia People's Consultative Assembly for the 2004–2009 period. He resigned as the leader of Prosperous Justice Party on 11 October 2004...

    , leader of Indonesia's Constitutional Assembly (MPR)
  • Megawati Soekarnoputri, former Indonesian president
  • Mohamed Khir bin Toyo, ex-Chief Minister of Selangor, Malaysia
  • Mohamed Rahmat
    Mohamed Rahmat
    Mohamed Rahmat was a Malaysian politician, and former Information Minister of Malaysia .-References:...

    , former Information Minister
    Information minister
    An information minister is a position in the governments of some countries responsible for dealing with information matters, and is often linked with censorship and propaganda...

     of Malaysia
  • Musso
    Musso
    Musso was an Indonesian communist politician who was leader of the Indonesian Communist Party in the 1920s and again during the Madiun rebellion of 1948....

    , leader of the Communist Party of Indonesia
    Communist Party of Indonesia
    The Communist Party of Indonesia was the largest non-ruling communist party in the world prior to being crushed in 1965 and banned the following year.-Forerunners:...

  • Nur Jazlan Mohamed
    Nur Jazlan Mohamed
    Datuk Nur Jazlan Mohamed is a Malaysian politician and is currently the Member of the Parliament of Malaysia for the Pulai constituency in the State of Johor...

    , Malaysian politician and member of the Parliament of Malaysia
    Parliament of Malaysia
    The Parliament of Malaysia is the national legislature of Malaysia, based on the Westminster system. The bicameral parliament consists of the House of Representatives and the Senate. The King as the Head of State is the third component of Parliament....

  • Sjam Kamaruzaman
    Kamaruzaman Sjam
    Kamaruzaman Sjam, , also known as Kamarusaman bin Achmad Mubaidah and Sjam, was a key member of the Communist Party of Indonesia who was executed for his part in the 1965 coup attempt known as the 30 September Movement....

    , key member of the Communist Party of Indonesia
  • Paul Somohardjo
    Paul Somohardjo
    Paul Slamet Somohardjo is a Surinamese politician of Javanese descent.In 30 June 2005, Somohardjo was appointed as the speaker of the National Assembly. He is also chairman of the Pertjajah Luhur party.-References:...

    , Surinamese politician
  • Prabowo
    Prabowo
    Prabowo Subianto was an Indonesian career soldier and currently a businessman and a politician. Married to former President Suharto's daughter, Siti Hediati Hariyadi , he was influential under the New Order administration.The 1998 Revolution cut short his career, and he was accused of involvement...

    , Chief of Gerindra party
  • Ruslan Abdulgani
    Ruslan Abdulgani
    Ruslan Abdulgani was an Indonesian government official and diplomat known for his role as a leader during the Indonesian National Revolution in the late 1940s, and as a key minister and United Nations ambassador in the Sukarno government during the 1950s and 1960s.Ruslan was born...

    , former Indonesian vice prime minister
  • Soenario, former Indonesian foreign minister and ambassador
  • Sri Sultan Hamengkubuwono IX
    Sri Sultan Hamengkubuwono IX
    Hamengkubuwono IX or HB IX was the first Governor of the Yogyakarta Special Region, the ninth Sultan of Sultanate of Yogyakarta and the second vice president of Indonesia during the Suharto's reign.-Early life:...

    , former Indonesian vice-president
  • Sudharmono
    Sudharmono
    Sudharmono was Indonesia's fifth vice president, and was in office during the period 1988 - 1993.-Early life:...

    , former Indonesian vice-president
  • Suharto, former Indonesian president
  • Sukarno
    Sukarno
    Sukarno, born Kusno Sosrodihardjo was the first President of Indonesia.Sukarno was the leader of his country's struggle for independence from the Netherlands and was Indonesia's first President from 1945 to 1967...

    , one of Indonesia's founding fathers and former president
  • Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono
    Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono
    Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono AC , is an Indonesian politician and retired Army general officer who has been President of Indonesia since 2004....

    , current Indonesian president
  • Tjipto Mangoenkoesoemo
    Tjipto Mangoenkoesoemo
    Dr. Tjipto Mangoenkoesoemo or Cipto Mangunkusumo was a prominent Indonesian independence leader and Sukarno's political mentor...

    , Indonesian independence hero, one of the founder of Indische Partij
  • Tjokroaminoto
    Tjokroaminoto
    Hadji Oemar Said Tjokroaminoto was a nationalist, the first leader of Sarekat Dagang Islam in Indonesia.-Early life:...

    , the first leader of Sarekat Dagang Islam
  • Try Sutrisno
    Try Sutrisno
    Try Sutrisno was Indonesia's sixth vice president from 1993 to 1998.-Early life:Try Sutrisno was born on 15 November 1935 in Surabaya, East Java. His father Subandi was an ambulance driver, and his mother Mardiyah was a housewife. After the Indonesian Proclamation of Independence, the Dutch...

    , former Indonesian vice-president
  • Paul Somohardjo
    Paul Somohardjo
    Paul Slamet Somohardjo is a Surinamese politician of Javanese descent.In 30 June 2005, Somohardjo was appointed as the speaker of the National Assembly. He is also chairman of the Pertjajah Luhur party.-References:...

    , Suriname
    Suriname
    Suriname , officially the Republic of Suriname , is a country in northern South America. It borders French Guiana to the east, Guyana to the west, Brazil to the south, and on the north by the Atlantic Ocean. Suriname was a former colony of the British and of the Dutch, and was previously known as...

    se politician
  • Wahid Hasyim
    Wahid Hasyim
    Abdul Wahid Hasyim was the first Minister of Religious Affairs in the government of President Sukarno of Indonesia, a post he held in 1945, and from 1949 to 1952....

    , first Indonesian Minister of Religious Affairs
  • Wilopo
    Wilopo
    Wilopo was an Indonesian politician and member of the Indonesian National Party. He served as prime minister of Indonesia from April 1952 to June 1953.-References:...

    , former Prime Minister of Indonesia
  • Yenny Wahid
    Yenny Wahid
    Zannuba Ariffah Chafsoh Rahman Wahid, or more popularly known as Yenny Wahid is an Indonesian Islamic activist and politician.-Background:...

    , Indonesian Islamic activist and politician, daughter of Abdurrahman Wahid
    Abdurrahman Wahid
    Abdurrahman Wahid, born Abdurrahman Addakhil , colloquially known as , was an Indonesian Muslim religious and political leader who served as the President of Indonesia from 1999 to 2001...


Religion

  • Ahmad Dahlan
    Ahmad Dahlan
    Kyai Haji Ahmad Dahlan , born Muhammad Darwis, was an Indonesian Islamic revivalist who established Muhammadiyah in 1912.-Education:...

    , Indonesian Islamic revivalist who established Muhammadiyah
    Muhammadiyah
    Muhammadiyah is an Islamic organization in Indonesia. Muhammadiyah, literally means "followers of Muhammad"...

     in 1912
  • Albertus Soegijapranata
    Albertus Soegijapranata
    Mgr. Albertus Soegijapranata, SJ was the Apostolic Vicar of Semarang, and later on the Archbishop of Semarang. He was also the first Indonesian native bishop...

    , first Indonesian native bishop
  • Hasyim Asy'ari
    Hasyim Asy'ari
    Hasyim Asy'ari was an Indonesian ulama and founder of Nahdatul Ulama.-Biography:Hasyim Asy'ari was born Muhammad Hasyim in Gedang, Jombang Regency on February 14, 1871. His parents were Asy'ari and Halimah. His grandfather, Kiai Usman was the founder of Pesantren Gedang and his great grandfather...

    , founder of Nahdlatul Ulama
  • Hasyim Muzadi
    Hasyim Muzadi
    Achmad Hasyim Muzadi is currently the Chairman of Nahdlatul Ulama, the largest Islamic organization in Indonesia.-Political career:...

    , the chairman of Nahdlatul Ulama
  • Julius Darmaatmadja, Indonesian Cardinal of the Roman Catholic church
  • Nurcholish Madjid
    Nurcholish Madjid
    Dr. Nurcholish Madjid , in his homeland affectionately known as Cak Nur, was a prominent Indonesian Muslim intellectual. Early in his academic career, Nurcholish was a leader in various student organizations. He soon became well known as a proponent for modernization within Islam...

    , prominent Indonesian Muslim intellectual
  • Wahid Hasyim
    Wahid Hasyim
    Abdul Wahid Hasyim was the first Minister of Religious Affairs in the government of President Sukarno of Indonesia, a post he held in 1945, and from 1949 to 1952....

    , the chairman of Nahdlatul Ulama and Indonesian minister

Science

  • Pratiwi Sudarmono
    Pratiwi Sudarmono
    Pratiwi Pujilestari Sudarmono is an Indonesian scientist. She is currently professor of microbiology at the University of Indonesia, Jakarta....

    , scientist and former astronaut candidate
  • Samaun Samadikun
    Samaun Samadikun
    Born on April 15, 1931 in Magetan, Indonesia, Samaun Samadikun was an accomplished Indonesian scientist, professor, engineer and educator.-Career:He had diplomas in Electrical Engineering and Nuclear Engineering....

    , engineer and educator
  • Y. B. Mangunwijaya, Indonesian architect, writer, and Catholic religious leader

Sports

  • Ananda Mikola
    Ananda Mikola
    Ananda Mikola is an Indonesian racecar driver.Mikola competed in the Italian and International Formula 3000 series from 1999 through 2001 and was champion of Asian F3 in the 2005 season. He was out of racing for a couple of seasons before driving for A1 Team Indonesia in A1GP. As of the April 2...

    , Indonesian race car driver
  • Bambang Pamungkas
    Bambang Pamungkas
    Bambang Pamungkas is an Indonesian footballer who currently plays for Persija Jakarta in the Indonesian Super League and the Indonesia national football team. His natural position is striker...

    , Indonesian soccer player
  • Bima Sakti, Indonesian soccer player
  • Budi Sudarsono
    Budi Sudarsono
    Budi Sudarsono is an active Indonesian footballer. He normally plays either as an attacking midfielder or a forward...

    , Indonesian soccer player
  • Bambang Suprianto
    Bambang Suprianto
    Bambang Suprianto is a retired male badminton player from Indonesia.-Career:A durable all around player who won singles at the Singapore Open in 1991, Suprianto's greatest success came in doubles events. In the mid 1990s he and fellow countryman Rudy Gunawan formed one of the world's leading men's...

    , Indonesian badminton player
  • Hendro Kartiko
    Hendro Kartiko
    Hendro Kartiko is an Indonesian footballer. He normally plays as a goalkeeper and is 178 cm in height. He currently plays for the Indonesia national football team. His first appearance in the senior national team was in the Asian Cup 1996 for Indonesia against Kuwait, Indonesia draw 2-2, his...

    , Indonesian soccer player
  • Icuk Sugiarto
    Icuk Sugiarto
    Icuk Sugiarto is a former Indonesian badminton player who rated among the world's best singles players during the 1980s....

    , former Indonesian badminton player, rated among the world's best in the 1980s
  • Joko Riyadi
    Joko Riyadi
    Joko Riyadi is a male badminton player from Indonesia.-Career:Riyadi plays men's doubles with Hendra Gunawan. They were bronze medalists at the 2005 Asian Badminton Championships, runners-up at the 2006 Dutch Open, and bronze medalists at the 2007 Southeast Asian Games...

    , Indonesian badminton player
  • Joko Suprianto
    Joko Suprianto
    Joko Suprianto is a former badminton player from Indonesia who was one of the world's leading men's singles players in the early and mid 1990s, a period during which Indonesia was especially deep in top tier singles players, winning many of the world's major events.Suprianto became world champion...

    , former Indonesian badminton player, rated among the world's best in the 1990s
  • Kurniawan Dwi Yulianto
    Kurniawan Dwi Yulianto
    Kurniawan Dwi Yulianto is an active Indonesian footballer. He normally plays as a striker and is the player with the most caps and goals for the Indonesian national team after Bambang Pamungkas with 31 goals in 60 appearances.Kurniawan is known by his nickname kurus because he cuts a slender figure...

    , Indonesian soccer player
  • Leroy Resodihardjo
    Leroy Resodihardjo
    Leroy Resodihardjo is a Dutch professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for Almere City, on loan from ADO Den Haag.-Career:...

    , Dutch professional footballer
  • Maarten Atmodikoro
    Maarten Atmodikoro
    Maarten Atmodikoro is a retired football defender from the Netherlands, who started his professional career in the 1989/1990 season for Schiedamse Voetbal Vereniging. He later played for Dordrecht '90 , NAC Breda, NEC Nijmegen, and ADO Den Haag. He retired in 2001.-References:...

    , Dutch/Surinamese footballer
  • Mahali Jasuli
    Mahali Jasuli
    Mahali Jasuli is a Malaysian footballer who is a defender for Harimau Muda A. He is a member of the Malaysia national under-23 football team and a member of the 2009 Laos Sea Games Football Gold medal winning squad...

    , Malaysian footballer
  • Maria Kristin Yulianti
    Maria Kristin Yulianti
    Maria Kristin Yulianti is a women's singles badminton player from Indonesia. She is one of the most successful female Indonesian badminton players, along with Susi Susanti and Mia Audina.- 2005 :...

    , Indonesian badminton player, olympic bronze medalist
    Bronze medal
    A bronze medal is a medal awarded to the third place finisher of contests such as the Olympic Games, Commonwealth Games, etc. The practice of awarding bronze third place medals began at the 1904 Olympic Games in St...

  • Mohd Safee Mohd Sali
    Mohd Safee Mohd Sali
    Mohd Safee Mohd Sali commonly known as Safee Sali is a professional Malaysian footballer who is a Striker for Pelita Jaya FC of Indonesia...

    , Malaysian footballer
  • Moreno Soeprapto, Indonesian race car driver
  • Nova Widianto
    Nova Widianto
    Nova Widianto is a male badminton player from Indonesia.- Career :Nova Widianto is one of the greatest doubles player in Indonesia National Team. Even though his best career come from the mixed doubles, but he also played well in men doubles. Widianto has specialized in mixed doubles...

    , Indonesian badminton player
  • Ranomi Kromowidjojo
    Ranomi Kromowidjojo
    Ranomi Kromowidjojo is a Dutch swimmer who mainly specializes in freestyle but also has potential in backstroke and butterfly events. As part of the Dutch team, she holds the world records in the 4×50 m and 4×200 m freestyle relays on short course , and 4×100 m freestyle relay on long course...

    , Dutch swimmer
  • Rina Dewi Puspitasari
    Rina Dewi Puspitasari
    Rina Dewi Puspitasari is an athlete from Indonesia. She competes in archery.Puspitasari represented Indonesia at the 2004 Summer Olympics. She placed 46th in the women's individual ranking round with a 72-arrow score of 616. In the first round of elimination, she faced 19th-ranked Jennifer Nichols...

    , Indonesian archer
  • Sigit Budiarto
    Sigit Budiarto
    Sigit Budiarto is a male badminton player from Indonesia noted for his reflexes and deft handling of the racket. A men's doubles specialist, he won numerous international titles between 1995 and 2005, most of them in partnership with Candra Wijaya. He was a member of Indonesia's world champion...

    , Indonesian badminton athlete
  • Sigourney Bandjar
    Sigourney Bandjar
    Sigourney Bandjar is a Surinamese-born Dutch footballer who currently plays as a defender for Dutch second division club RKC Waalwijk. He previously played five years for Excelsior.-References:...

    , Surinamese-born Dutch footballer
  • Sony Dwi Kuncoro, Indonesian badminton player
  • Sugiantoro
    Sugiantoro
    Sugiantoro is an Indonesian footballer, he normally plays as defender, his tall 173 cm. Together Charis Yulianto, Bima Sakti, Kurniawan Dwi Yulianto and the others he joined at PSSI Primavera Program at Italy in middle 1990s.Sometimes people called him Bejo or Pak Haji Sugiantoro...

    , Indonesian soccer player
  • Suryo Agung Wibowo
    Suryo Agung Wibowo
    Suryo Agung Wibowo is an Indonesian sprinter who specializes in the 100 metres. Dubbed as "the Fastest Man in Southeast Asia," his personal best time, also the current Southeast Asian Games record is 10.17 seconds achieved at the 2009 Southeast Asian Games in Laos.He competed at the 2003 World...

    , Indonesian sprinter
  • Utut Adianto
    Utut Adianto
    Utut Adianto Wahyuwidayat is an Indonesian chess Grandmaster. He is Indonesia's top-rated player of all-time with an Elo rating of 2548.-Biography:...

    , Indonesian chess Grandmaster
  • Widodo C Putro
    Widodo C Putro
    Widodo Cahyono Putro is a retired Indonesian football player, who gained fame for scoring a goal with a bicycle kick in match against Kuwait in the 1996 Asian Cup...

    , Indonesian soccer player
  • Yayuk Basuki
    Yayuk Basuki
    Yayuk Basuki is a professional tennis player from Indonesia. She is the highest-ever ranked tennis player from Indonesia, having reached #19 in the Women's Tennis Association singles rankings in October 1997...

    , Indonesian tennis athlete

Others

  • Kristiani Herawati, Indonesian President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono's wife
  • Maya Soetoro-Ng
    Maya Soetoro-Ng
    Maya Kassandra Soetoro-Ng is the maternal half-sister of Barack Obama, the 44th and current President of the United States. She was previously a high school history teacher and university instructor in Hawaii.-Early life:...

    , Barack Obama's half-sister (Javanese father)
  • Pangeran Diponegoro
    Diponegoro
    Diponegoro , also known as Dipanegara, was a Javanese prince who opposed the Dutch colonial rule. He played an important role in the Java War...

    , Javanese prince who opposed Dutch colonial rule
  • Putri Raemawasti
    Putri Raemawasti
    Gracia Putri Raemawasti, born December 5, 1986 in Blitar, East Java. She was the winner of Puteri Indonesia 2007 from East Java. She has attended the Institut Teknologi Sepuluh Nopember, majoring in industrial engineering....

    , Indonesia's representative at the Miss Universe 2008
    Miss Universe 2008
    Miss Universe 2008, the 57th Miss Universe pageant, was held at the Crown Convention Center in the Diamond Bay Resort, Nha Trang, Vietnam on July 14, 2008...

     pageant
  • Siti Hartinah
    Siti Hartinah
    Raden Ayu Siti Hartinah was the wife of the second Indonesian president, Suharto. She is usually known as Ibu Tien to Indonesians, but is also known as Siti Hartinah Soeharto .Mrs Suharto was also widely acknowledged to be a close confidant and political advisor to...

    , wife of former Indonesian President Suharto, first ladies of Indonesia
  • Siti Hardiyanti Rukmana
    Siti Hardiyanti Rukmana
    Siti Hardiyanti Rukmana is the eldest daughter of former Indonesian President Suharto...

    , eldest daughter of former Indonesian President Suharto

See also

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