People from Surabaya

Sukarno (born Koesno Sosrodihardjo; 6 June 1901 – 21 June 1970) was an Indonesian statesman, activist, and revolutionary who served as the first president of Indonesia from 1945 to 1967.

Dutch-based actress of Indonesian descent

Dutch prostitute

Sutomo (3 October 1920 – 7 October 1981), also known as Bung Tomo (meaning Comrade or Brother Tomo), was an Indonesian revolutionary and military leader best known for his role in the Indonesian National Revolution against Dutch colonial rule. He played a central role in the Battle of Surabaya, which was fought between British and Indonesian forces from October to November 1945.

6th Vice President of Indonesia

Chinese Australian historian, sinologist, and writer

Dutch Nazi (1894-1945)

Dutch Indologist (1824-1894)

Dutch writer (1899–1958)

Dutch actress and singer (1943–2024)

Indonesian model and beauty pageant titleholder

Indonesian journalist (1908–1986)

Indonesian-born Yemeni poet and dramatist (1910-1969)

Father of Wi-Fi

Indonesian bishop (1953–2023)

Indonesian People's Consultative Assembly Ambassador, model and beauty pageant titleholder

writer, academic, activist, and a composer of avant-garde music from Indonesia

Hugo Arndt Rodolf, Baron van Lawick was a Dutch wildlife filmmaker and photographer.

Indonesian actor-model

Indonesian general (1924–1965)

Dutch resistance fighter (1917-2007)

Catholic theologian (1935–2025)

Indonesian emergency medicine physician

Government official, diplomat (1914-2005)

Dutch politician (1930-2009)

Dutch aviator, first Dutch woman pilot (1883–1958)

Indonesian politician and businessman

Islamic scholar (1896-1946)

Indonesian academician

14th Governor of East Java and Indonesian politician

Miss Indonesia

Dutch painter (1864-1925)

Chinese Indonesian novelist, playwright, and director (1902-1962)

Dutch artist (1880-1972)

Indonesian journalist

Indonesian politician and philanthropist (1939-2016)

Indonesian model, Miss Indonesia 2020

Indonesian composer

Indonesian businessman

Dutch murderer

Indonesian Politician and Journalist (1909–1975)

Distinguished Professor of Cultural Studies at the Institute for Culture and Society at the Western Sydney University.

Indonesian diplomat (1927–2017)

Indonesian diplomat

Firmanzah (7 July 1976 – 6 February 2021) was an Indonesian academic.

Dutch military officer

Onghokham (; 1 May 1933 – 30 August 2007), formerly spelled as Ong Hok Ham, was an Indonesian historian and public intellectual of Chinese-Indonesian descent. He was an expert in Indonesian history who wrote and published extensively. He was also a hedonist known for his eccentric lifestyle. He was one of Indonesia’s most famous historians.

President of South Moluccas (1905–1966)

Australian businessman and political activist (1929–2005)

Indonesian politician and bureaucrat (born 1977)