List of Batak people

This is a list of notable Batak people.

Academician and Educator

• Bakri Siregar, teacher, lecturer, and writer
• Likas Tarigan, teacher and politician
• Melanchton Siregar, teacher and politician
• Pantur Silaban, lecturer and physicist
• Willem Iskander or Sati Nasution, teacher, founded Kweekschool Voor inlandsche onderwijzer in 1862 in Tano Bato, Mandailing Natal Regency.

Athletes

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

Attorneys

• Hotman Paris Hutapea
• Tommy Sihotang
• Todung Mulya Lubis

Authors

• Armijn Pane
• Iwan Simatupang
• Mochtar Lubis
• Merari Siregar, author of the first novel written in Indonesian.
• Muhammad Kasim Dalimunte, author of the first short story collection in the Indonesian literary canon.
• Soeman Hasiboean, author of first detective novel in Indonesian.
• Sitor Situmorang

Businesspeople

• Martua Sitorus
• Chairul Tanjung, owner of CT Corp
• Luhut Binsar Pandjaitan
• Manampin Girsang

Economists

• Arifin Siregar, governor of Indonesian central bank, Bank of Indonesia
• Darmin Nasution, governor of Indonesian central bank, 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
• Lyodra Ginting, singer
• Nadya Hutagalung, actress
• Novita Dewi, singer
• Putri Ayu Silaen, singer
• Sari Simorangkir, singer
• Sharena, model and actress
• Zivanna Letisha Siregar, model

Historical figures

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

Military

• Abdul Haris Nasution, five-star general, leader of Indonesian army forces
• Feisal Tanjung, leader of Indonesian army forces
• Maraden Panggabean, leader of Indonesian army forces
• T.B. Simatupang, leader of Indonesian army forces
• Djamin Ginting, National Independence Hero
• Donald Izacus Panjaitan, Indonesian revolutionary hero
• Luhut Binsar Pandjaitan

Politicians

• Adam Malik, former Indonesian vice president and 26th President of the United Nations General Assembly
• 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
• Sabam Sirait, member of the People's Representative Council. Popular for serving in the parliament for more than 30 years.
• Saifuddin Nasution Ismail, a member of the Malaysian Parliament and People's Justice Party
• Zainul Arifin, former Deputy Prime Minister of Indonesia

Religious figures

• Alfred Gonti Pius Datubara, Roman Catholic Archbishop of Medan
• Anicetus Bongsu Antonius Sinaga, Roman Catholic Archbishop of Medan
• Martinus Dogma Situmorang, Roman Catholic Bishop of Padang
• Ludovikus Simanullang, Roman Catholic Bishop of Sibolga
• Darwin Lumbantobing, 16th Ephorus of the Batak Christian Protestant Church
• Ramlan Hutahaean, 9th General Secretary of the Batak Christian Protestant Church
• 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 Chinese Indonesians
• List of Javanese
• List of Minangkabau people
• List of Moluccan people
• List of Sundanese people