List of Batak people
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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
Authors
- Armijn Pane
- Mochtar Lubis
- Merari Siregar, the author of the first novel written in Indonesian.[1]
- Sitor Situmorang
Businesspeople
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
- 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, 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
- Feisal Tanjung, 5th Coordinating Minister for Political, Legal and Security Affairs, and 9th Commander of the Armed Forces of Indonesia
- Luhut Binsar Pandjaitan, Coordinating Political, Legal and Security Affairs Minister
- John Willem Damanik, former Colonel of Indonesian army forces
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
References
- ^ "Laman Badan Bahasa - Merari Siregar" (in Indonesian). Retrieved 2011-07-15.[permanent dead link]