List of Batak people
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This is a list of notable Batak people.
Academicians and Educators
- 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.
- Erikson Sianturi, teacher
Architects
- Friedrich Silaban, designed the Istiqlal Mosque and Gelora Bung Karno Stadium among others.
Athletes
- Akbar
- Radja Nainggolan, Belgian footballer
- Jesse Hutagalung, Dutch tennis player
- Anthony Sinisuka Ginting, badminton player
- Saktiawan Sinaga, football player
- Mahyadi Panggabean, football player
- Ferdinand Sinaga, football player
- Riko Simanjuntak, football player
Attorneys
Authors
- Armijn Pane
- Iwan Simatupang
- Mochtar Lubis
- Merari Siregar, author of the first novel written in Indonesian.[1]
- Muhammad Kasim Dalimunte, author of the first short story collection in the Indonesian literary canon.[2]
- Soeman Hasiboean, author of first detective novel in Indonesian.[3]
- Sitor Situmorang
Businesspeople
Economists
- Arifin Siregar, governor of Indonesian central bank, Bank of Indonesia
- Darmin Nasution, governor of Indonesian central bank, Bank of Indonesia
Entertainers
- Amir Pasaribu, pianist, composer and critic
- 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
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
- 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
- Oloan Hutapea, briefly head of the Communist Party (PKI)
- 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.
- Lintong Mulia Sitorus, writer and general secretary of Socialist Party of Indonesia
- 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
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
- ^ "Laman Badan Bahasa - Merari Siregar" (in Indonesian). Retrieved 2011-07-15.[permanent dead link]
- ^ Rampan, Korrie Layun (2001). Leksikon Susastra Indonesia (in Indonesian). Jakarta: Balai Pustaka. p. 309. ISBN 979-666-358-9.
- ^ Kasiri 1993, p. 89.
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.