List of people from North Sumatra
This is a listing of notable people born in, or notable for their association with, North Sumatra, Indonesia.
A
- Taufik Akbar, engineer and former astronaut candidate (Medan)
B
- Cosmas Batubara, politician, chairman and the co-founder of KAMI (Simalungun Regency)
D
- H.S. Dillon, assistant to the Minister of Agriculture, Commissioner of the National Commission on Human Rights (Medan)
H
- Burhanuddin Harahap, 9th Prime Minister of Indonesia (Medan)
- Sunaryati Hartono, attorney, professor of law and government official (Medan)
I
- Nazril Irham, rock star, lead singer vocalist of multiplatinum band Peterpan (Langkat Regency)
K
- Malam Sambat Kaban, forestry minister of Indonesia since 2001 (Binjai)
- Jan van Breda Kolff, (Medan)
- Rudy Kousbroek, Dutch poet, translator, writer and first of all essayist (Pematangsiantar)
- D. Kumaraswamy, Hindu reformer and Tamil community leader (Medan)
L
- Bernard Lievegoed, Dutch medical doctor, psychiatrist and author (Medan)
M
- Adam Malik, Indonesia's third vice president,diplomat,journalist (Pematangsiantar)
- Markus Haris Maulana, footballer (Langkat Regency)
- Anton Medan, former robber and gambling tycoon who converted to Islam and became a preacher in 1992 (Tebing Tinggi)
N
- Abdul Haris Nasution, Indonesian general who was twice appointed Army Chief of Staff and who escaped an assassination attempt during the 1965 coup attempt by 30 September Movement (Mandailing Natal Regency)
- Diana Nasution, pop singer (Medan)
- Walle Nauta, leading neuroscientist (Medan)
- Rizal Nurdin, 14th and 15th Governor of North Sumatra (Medan)
P
- Maraden Panggabean, prominent Indonesian General during the early years of General Suharto's New Order regime (North Tapanuli Regency)
- Donald Izacus Panjaitan, Indonesian general who was killed during a kidnap attempt by members of the 30 September Movement (Toba Samosir Regency)
- Sisworo Gautama Putra, film director and screenwriter (Asahan)
R
- Legimin Raharjo, footballer (Medan)
- Erika Remberg, Australian film actress (Medan)
S
- Dita Indah Sari, trade union and socialist activist (Medan)
- Linton Sirait, District Court judge in Bali (Medan)
- Merari Siregar, writer, author of the first novel written in Indonesian (South Tapanuli Regency)
- Raja Inal Siregar, governor of North Sumatra from 1988 to 1998 (Medan)
- Amir Sjarifuddin, socialist politician and one of the Indonesian Republic's first leaders (Medan)
T
- Akbar Tanjung, politician who is a former chairman of Golkar party (Sibolga)
V
- Ben Verweij, Dutch football (soccer) player (Medan)
W
- Rini Wulandari, Indonesian Idol winner 2007 (Medan)
Y
- Teddy Yip, Dutch national who was a Formula One team owner in the 1970s (Medan)
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