List of Batak people

This is a list of notable Batak people.

Academicians

• Pantur Silaban, physicist

Athletes

• Radja Nainggolan, Belgian footballer and Belgium international player
• Saktiawan Sinaga, football player
• Mahyadi Panggabean, football player
• Ferdinand Sinaga, football player
• Jesse Hutagalung, Dutch tennis player

Attorneys

• Hotman Paris Hutapea
• Tommy Sihotang
• Todung Mulya Lubis

Authors

• Armijn Pane
• Sitor Situmorang

Businesspeople

• TD Pardede
• Chairul Tanjung, owner of CT Corp
• Manampin Girsang

Economists

• Darmin Nasution, former Governor of Bank of Indonesia

Entertainers

• Atiqah Hasiholan, model and actress
• Bill Saragih, jazz musician
• Cas Alfonso, singer-songwriter
• Diana Nasution, singer
• Fatin Shidqia, singer
• Gloria Jessica, singer
• Joy Destiny Tobing, singer
• Nadya Hutagalung, actress
• Novita Dewi, singer
• Putri Ayu Silaen, singer
• Sari Simorangkir, singer
• Sharena, model and actress
• Zivanna Letisha Siregar, model
• Judika, singer

Historical figures

• Sisingamangaraja XII, the last Batak priest-king and a National Hero of Indonesia

Military

• Abdul Haris Nasution, former commander of Indonesian army forces
• Djamin Ginting, National Independence Hero, Author, and former Indonesian Ambassador for Canada.
• Donald Izacus Panjaitan, Indonesian revolutionary hero
• Maraden Panggabean, former Indonesian government minister
• Luhut Binsar Pandjaitan, Coordinating Political, Legal and Security Affairs Minister

Politicians

• Adam Malik, former Indonesian vice president
• Akbar Tanjung, former head of Golkar party
• Amir Sjarifuddin, former Indonesian prime minister
• Burhanuddin Harahap, former Indonesian prime minister
• Ferdinand Lumbantobing, former Indonesian minister of Manpower and Transmigration
• Malam Sambat Kaban, Indonesian government minister
• Raja Inal Siregar, former North Sumatera Province Governor
• Saifuddin Nasution Ismail, a member of the Malaysian Parliament and People's Justice Party
• Zainul Arifin, former Deputy Prime Minister of Indonesia

Religious figures

• Sholeh Mahmoed Nasution, Islamic televangelist

Reporters

• Mochtar Lubis, founder of Horizon magazine
• Sanusi Pane, Indonesian writer, journalist, and historian

See also

• Batak
• North Sumatera
• List of Acehnese people
• List of Javanese
• List of Minangkabau people
• List of Moluccan people
• List of Sundanese people

References