List of Batak people

This is a list of notable Batak people.

This is a dynamic list and may never be able to satisfy particular standards for completeness. You can help by adding missing items with reliable sources.

Academicians and Educators

• Amany Lubis, rector Syarif Hidayatullah State Islamic University
• Bakri Siregar, teacher, lecturer, and writer
• Harun Nasution, Islamic thought
• Lafran Pane, academician and Indonesian national hero
• 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.

Architects

• Friedrich Silaban, designed the Istiqlal Mosque and Gelora Bung Karno Stadium among others.

Athletes

• Akbar, football player
• Alamsyah Nasution, football player
• Alvin Abdul Halim, football player
• Ansyari Lubis, football player
• Anthony Sinisuka Ginting, badminton player
• Elsa Manora Nasution, swimmer
• Ferdinand Sinaga, football player
• Habib Nasution, swimmer
• Jesse Hutagalung, Dutch tennis player
• Mahyadi Panggabean, football player
• Muhammad Akbar Nasution, swimmer
• Radja Nainggolan, Belgian footballer
• Riko Simanjuntak, football player
• Rizky Yusuf Nasution, football player
• Saktiawan Sinaga, football player
• Samuel Christianson Simanjuntak, football player
• Sorie Enda Nasution, weightlifter
• Zakaria Nasution, swimmer

Attorneys

• Adnan Buyung Nasution
• Hotman Paris Hutapea
• Ruhut Sitompul
• Tommy Sihotang
• Todung Mulya Lubis

Authors

• Armijn Pane
• Dewi Lestari
• 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.
• Norman Erikson Pasaribu, poet and short story writer
• Soeman Hasiboean, author of first detective novel in Indonesian.
• Sitor Situmorang

Businesspeople

• Manampin Girsang

Economists

• Arifin Siregar, governor of Indonesian central bank, Bank of Indonesia
• Darmin Nasution, governor of Indonesian central bank, Bank of Indonesia

Entertainers

• Ahmad Zulkifli Lubis, actor
• Amir Pasaribu, pianist, composer and critic
• Anneth Delliecia, singer-songwriter
• Atiqah Hasiholan, model and actress
• Bill Saragih, jazz musician
• Cas Alfonso, singer-songwriter
• Charles Bonar Sirait, television presenter
• Diana Nasution, singer
• Fatin Shidqia, singer
• Gloria Jessica, singer
• Joy Destiny Tobing, singer
• Judika, singer
• Lyodra Ginting, singer
• Nadya Hutagalung, actress
• Naura Ayu, singer and actress
• Novita Dewi, singer
• Prisia Nasution, martial artist
• Putri Ayu Silaen, singer
• Sari Simorangkir, singer
• Sharena, model and actress
• Umar Lubis, actor
• Wafda Saifan, singer
• Zivanna Letisha Siregar, model

Historical figures

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

Journalists

• Mochtar Lubis, journalist, writer
• Putra Nababan, journalist, news presenter, politician
• Rosianna Silalahi, journalist, news presenter
• Sanusi Pane, journalist, writer

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
• Donald Izacus Panjaitan, Indonesian revolutionary hero
• Zulkifli Lubis, first chairman of Intelligence Agency in Indonesia

Politicians

• Abdul Rasjid, Volksraad member and physician
• Adam Malik, former Indonesian vice president and 26th President of the United Nations General Assembly
• Akhyar Nasution, former mayor of Medan
• Amir Sjarifuddin, former Indonesian prime minister
• Bobby Nasution, mayor of Medan
• Burhanuddin Harahap, former Indonesian prime minister
• Oloan Hutapea, briefly head of the Communist Party (PKI)
• Ferdinand Lumbantobing, former Indonesian minister of Manpower and Transmigration
• Kaharuddin Nasution, governor of Riau
• Malam Sambat Kaban, Indonesian government minister
• Mangaradja Soeangkoepon, Volksraad member
• Raja Inal Siregar, former North Sumatera Province Governor
• Sabam Sirait, member of the People's Representative Council
• Sutan Mohammad Amin Nasution, governor of North Sumatra and Riau
• Lintong Mulia Sitorus, writer and general secretary of Socialist Party of Indonesia
• Luhut Binsar Pandjaitan, Indonesian minister
• Peris Pardede, Communist politician and political prisoner
• Urbanus Pardede, Communist politician and newspaper editor
• Saifuddin Nasution Ismail, a member of the Malaysian Parliament and People's Justice Party
• Zainul Arifin, former Deputy Prime Minister of Indonesia

Religious leaders

• 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
• S.A.E. Nababan, Lutheran theologian, Ephorus of the Batak Christian Protestant Church
• Sholeh Mahmoed Nasution, Islamic preacher

Visual artists

• Dolorosa Sinaga, sculptor

See also

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

References

Sources

• Kasiri, Julizar (1993). "Soeman Hs: Guru yang Berjiwa Guru" [Soeman Hs: A Teacher with the Soul of a Teacher]. Memoar: Senarasi Kiprah Sejarah [Memoir: A Narration of History] (in Indonesian). Vol. 3. Jakarta: Grafiti Press. pp. 89–118. ISBN 978-979-444-274-6.