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Javanese
The Javanese are an ethnic group native to the Indonesian island of Java. They are predominantly located in the central to eastern parts of the island. At approximately 85 million people (as of 2004), it is the largest ethnic group on the island, and also in Indonesia.
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Mata Hari
Mata Hari was the stage name of Margaretha Geertruida "Grietje" Zelle (7 August 1876, Leeuwarden – 15 October 1917, Vincennes), a Frisian (Dutch) exotic dancer and courtesan who was executed by firing squad for espionage during World War I....
Date of birth:
- Aug 7, 1876
Date of death:
- 1917 (age 40 years)
Alex Van Halen
Alexander Arthur "Alex" Van Halen (born May 8, 1953) is a Dutch born- American drummer and co-founder of the hard rock band Van Halen.
Originally, his brother Eddie had taken lessons for drums, while Alex practiced guitar. After spending time...
Date of birth:
- May 8, 1953 (age 56 years)
Eddie Van Halen
Edward Lodewijk "Eddie" Van Halen (born January 26, 1955) is a Dutch-American guitarist, keyboardist, songwriter and producer, best known as the lead guitarist and co-founder of the hard rock band Van Halen. Van Halen is widely known for his rapid...
Date of birth:
- Jan 26, 1955 (age 54 years)
Sukarno
Sukarno, born Kusno Sosrodihardjo (6 June 1901 – 21 June 1970) was the first President of Indonesia. He helped the country win its independence from the Netherlands and was President from 1945 to 1967, presiding with mixed success over the country's...
Date of birth:
- Jun 6, 1901
Date of death:
- Jun 21, 1970 (age 69 years)
Suharto
Suharto (help·info) (8 June 1921 – 27 January 2008) was the second President of Indonesia, holding the office from 1967 to 1998.
Suharto was born in a small village near Yogyakarta, during the era of Dutch colonial control. His Javanese peasant...
Date of birth:
- Jun 8, 1921
Date of death:
- Jan 27, 2008 (age 86 years)
Megawati Sukarnoputri
Diah Permata Megawati Setiawati Sukarnoputri (help·info) (born 23 January 1947), also known simply as Megawati, is an Indonesian politician, and leader of opposition party PDI-P. She served as the President of Indonesia from 23 July 2001 to 20...
Date of birth:
- Jan 23, 1947 (age 62 years)
Jusuf Habibie
Bacharuddin Jusuf Habibie (help·info) (born 25 June 1936), also known B. J. Habibie, was the third President of Indonesia, holding office from 1998 to 1999.
Bacharuddin Jusuf Habibie was born in Pare-Pare, South Sulawesi, to Alwi Abdul Jalil Habibie...
Date of birth:
- Jun 25, 1936 (age 73 years)
Abdurrahman Wahid
Abdurrahman ad-Dakhil Wahid (born 7 September 1940), colloquially known as Gus Dur (help·info), is an Indonesian Muslim religious and political leader who served as the President of Indonesia from 1999 to 2001. The long-time president of the...
Date of birth:
- Sep 7, 1940 (age 69 years)
Michelle Branch
Michelle Branch (born July 2, 1983) is an American singer-songwriter and guitarist. During the early 2000s, she released two top-selling albums, The Spirit Room and Hotel Paper, as well as singles such as "Everywhere," "All You Wanted," "Goodbye To...
Date of birth:
- Jul 2, 1983 (age 26 years)
Mark-Paul Gosselaar
Mark-Paul Harry Gosselaar (born March 1, 1974) is an American actor. He is best known for his roles as Zack Morris on NBC's Saved by the Bell, detective John Clark on NYPD Blue, and more recently as Jerry Kellerman on TNT's Raising the Bar....
Date of birth:
- Mar 1, 1974 (age 35 years)
Wiranto
Wiranto (born 4 April 1947) is a retired Indonesian army General. He was Commander of the military of Indonesia from February 1998 to October 1999, and ran unsuccessfully for President of Indonesia in 2004 and the vice-presidency in 2009.
Wiranto...
Date of birth:
- Apr 4, 1947 (age 62 years)
Gajah Mada
Gajah Mada (translated as Elephant General) (d. circa 1364) was, according to Javanese old manuscripts, poems and mythology, a powerful military leader and prime minister (mahapatih) of the Majapahit Empire, credited with bringing the empire to its...
Date of death:
- 1364
Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono
Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono (pronounced [/suːsiːlɵ bɑːmbɑːŋ juːdɒjɵnɵ/] (help·info), born 9 September 1949) is a retired Indonesian Army general officer, and the current President of Indonesia. Yudhoyono won the 2004 Indonesian presidential election...
Date of birth:
- Sep 9, 1949 (age 60 years)
Wage Rudolf Supratman
Wage Rudolf Supratman (Wage Roedolf Soepratman in the old orthography or commonly known as W.R. Supratman) was born on March 9 , 1903 in Jakarta and died on August 17, 1938 in Surabaya, East Java. He was an Indonesian songwriter. He wrote and...
Date of birth:
- 1903
Date of death:
- 1938 (age 35 years)
Joyoboyo
Ratu Joyoboyo, also Sri Mapanji Jayabaya or Jayabhaya, was King also known as Ratu (although strictly speakingRatu is defined as a Queen and Raja a Hindu King) of the Indianized kingdom Hindu Kediri in East Java from AD1135 to 1157.
Ratu Jayabaya is...
Diponegoro
Prince Diponegoro, born Bendoro Raden Mas Ontowiryo (November 11, 1785 – January 8, 1855) was a Javanese prince who opposed the Dutch colonial rule. He played an important role in the Java War (1825-1830). In 1830, the Dutch exiled him to Makassar....
Date of birth:
- 1785
Date of death:
- 1855 (age 70 years)
Pramoedya Ananta Toer
Pramoedya Ananta Toer (6 February 1925 – 30 April 2006) was an Indonesian author of novels, short stories, essays, polemic and histories of his homeland and its people. His works span the colonial period, Indonesia's struggle for independence, the...
Date of birth:
- Feb 6, 1925
Date of death:
- Apr 30, 2006 (age 81 years)
Amien Rais
Amien Rais (born 26 April 1944) is a prominent Indonesian politician who led and inspired the reform movement that forced the resignation of President Suharto in 1998. Amien Rais was the leader of Muhammadiyah, one of the two biggest Muslim...
Date of birth:
- Apr 26, 1944 (age 65 years)
Inul Daratista
Inul Daratista (born Ainur Rokhimah, 21 January 1979) is a dangdut singer and performance artist from Pasuruan, East Java, Indonesia. Her husband name is Adam Susilo. She became nationally famous in 2003, and is known for her suggestive style of...
Date of birth:
- Jan 21, 1979 (age 30 years)
Pratiwi Sudarmono
Pratiwi Pujilestari Sudarmono (born July 31, 1952 in Bandung) is an Indonesian scientist. She is currently professor of microbiology at the University of Indonesia, Jakarta.
Pratiwi Sudarmono received a Master's degree from the University of...
Date of birth:
- Jul 31, 1952 (age 57 years)
Sudharmono
Sudharmono (12 March 1927 – 25 January 2006) was Indonesia's fifth vice president, and was in office during the period 1988 - 1993.
Sudharmono was born on 12 March 1927 in Gresik, East Java. He lost both his parents in the space of six months when...
Date of birth:
- Mar 12, 1927
Date of death:
- Jan 25, 2006 (age 78 years)
Try Sutrisno
Try Sutrisno (born Surabaya, East Java 15 November 1935) was Indonesia's sixth vice president from 1993 to 1998.
Try Sutrisno was born on 15 November 1935 in Surabaya, East Java. His father Subandi was an ambulance driver, and his mother Mardiyah...
Date of birth:
- Nov 15, 1935 (age 74 years)
Munir Said Thalib
Munir Said Thalib (December 8, 1965 Malang, East Java – September 7, 2004), affectionately known simply as 'Munir', was one of Indonesia's most famous human rights and anti-corruption activist. The founder of the Kontras human rights organisation...
Date of birth:
- Dec 8, 1965
Date of death:
- Sep 7, 2004 (age 38 years)
Julius Riyadi Cardinal Darmaatmadja
Julius Darmaatmadja (born December 20, 1934 in Jagang, Muntilan) in Central Java is the Roman Catholic Cardinal Archbishop of Jakarta and Primate of Indonesia.
He was ordained as a priest on December 18, 1969 by Justinus Darmojuwono and was placed...
Date of birth:
- Dec 20, 1934 (age 75 years)
Kurniawan Dwi Yulianto
Kurniawan Dwi Yulianto (born 13 July 1976 in Magelang, Central Java) is an active Indonesian footballer. He normally plays as a striker and is currently the player with the most caps and goals for the Indonesian national team with 33 goals in 60...
Date of birth:
- Jul 13, 1976 (age 33 years)
Ning Baizura
Ning Baizura binti Sheikh Hamzah (born on 28 June 1975), popularly known as Ning, is a Malaysian pop and R&B; singer, who records and sings in languages, including Bahasa Malaysia , English, Japanese, Italian, French, Mandarin and Cantonese. She was...
Date of birth:
- Jun 28, 1975 (age 34 years)
Sudirman
General Sudirman (January 24, 1916 - January 29, 1950; also spelled Soedirman) was the military commander of Indonesian forces during the country's fight for independence from the Dutch in the 1940s.
Sudirman was born in Bodas Karangjati village,...
Date of birth:
- Jan 24, 1916
Date of death:
- Jan 29, 1950 (age 34 years)
Sri Sultan Hamengkubuwono X
Sri Sultan Hamengkubuwana X (also seen as Hamengkubuwono) (born BRM Herjuno Darpito, 2 April 1946 in Yogyakarta) is the current monarch of the historic Yogyakarta Sultanate in Indonesia, and is currently also the elected governor of the modern...
Date of birth:
- Apr 2, 1946 (age 63 years)
Sri Sultan Hamengkubuwono IX
Hamengkubuwono IX or HB IX (12 April 1912 - 2 October 1988) was the first Governor of the Yogyakarta Special Region, the ninth Sultan of Sultanate of Yogyakarta and the second vice president of Indonesia during the Suharto's reign.
Born as Raden Mas...
Date of birth:
- Apr 12, 1912
Date of death:
- Oct 1988 (age 76 years)
Raden Ayu Kartini
Raden Ayu (Ajoe in the Dutch spelling) Kartini, (April 21, 1879–September 17, 1904), or sometimes known as Raden Ajeng Kartini, was a prominent Javanese and an Indonesian national heroine. Kartini is known as a pioneer in the area of women's rights...
Date of birth:
- Apr 21, 1879
Date of death:
- Sep 17, 1904 (age 25 years)
Raden Saleh
Raden Saleh Sjarif Boestaman (1807 - April 23, 1880) is one of the best known painters from Indonesia.
Raden Saleh, was born into a noble Javanese family in 1807, was a pioneer of modern Indonesian art.
He was considered to be the first modern...
Date of birth:
- 1807
Date of death:
- Apr 23, 1880 (age 73 years)
Nurcholish Madjid
Dr. Nurcholish Madjid (March 17, 1939 - August 29, 2005), in his homeland affectionately known as Cak Nur, was a prominent Indonesian Muslim intellectual. Early in his academic career, Nurcholish was a leader in various student organizations. He...
Date of birth:
- Mar 17, 1939
Date of death:
- Aug 29, 2005 (age 66 years)
Yayuk Basuki
Yayuk Basuki (born November 30 1970, in Yogyakarta, Indonesia) is a professional tennis player from Indonesia. She is the highest-ever ranked tennis player from Indonesia, having reached #19 in the Women's Tennis Association rankings in October 1997...
Date of birth:
- Nov 30, 1970 (age 39 years)
Prabowo Subianto
Prabowo Subianto was an Indonesian career soldier and currently a businessman and a politician. Married to former President Suharto's daughter, 'Titiek', he was influential under the New Order administration.
The 1998 Revolution cut short his career...
Date of birth:
- Oct 17, 1951 (age 58 years)
Tommy Suharto
Tommy Suharto born Hutomo Mandala Putra (July 15, 1962) is the son of Suharto, the former President of Indonesia. In 2002 he was found guilty and jailed for killing a Supreme Court judge.
He was convicted and sentenced in 2002 to fifteen years jail...
Date of birth:
- 1962 (age 48 years)
Moerdani
Leonardus Benjamin Moerdani (also publicly known as LB Moerdani or Benny Moerdani) (2 October 1932 - 29 August 2004) was the ABRI Commander from 1983-1988 and also served as Indonesia's Minister of Defense and Security. He is famous due to his...
Date of birth:
- Oct 2, 1932
Date of death:
- Aug 29, 2004 (age 71 years)
Mawi
Asmawi bin Ani (born August 25, 1981), better known as Mawi, is a Malaysian singer and winner of the Third Season of Malaysia's popular reality show, Akademi Fantasia. . He was a protege of Sean Ray Anthony throughout his childhood, and frequently...
Date of birth:
- Aug 25, 1981 (age 28 years)
Gesang Martohartono
Gesang Martohartono (born 1 October 1917) is a renowned Indonesian singer-songwriter from central Java, and composer of the song Bengawan Solo, a tune which has become famous throughout Indonesia, Japan and much of Asia, and which is almost...
Date of birth:
- Oct 1, 1917 (age 92 years)
Ananda Mikola
Ananda Mikola (born April 27, 1980 in Jakarta) is an Indonesian racecar driver.
He competed in the Italian and International Formula 3000 series from 1999 through 2001 and was champion of Asian F3 in the 2005 season. He was out of racing for a...
Date of birth:
- Apr 27, 1980 (age 29 years)
Soedarsono Hadisapoetro
Prof.Ir. Soedarsono Hadisapoetro (1921–1989) served as Agriculture Minister in the Suharto government of Indonesia from 1978 to 1983.
Soedarsono was born in 1921 in Surakarta, Central Java. He was appointed Agriculture Minister by President Suharto...
Date of birth:
- 1921
Date of death:
- 1989 (age 68 years)
Musso
Musso (1897, Kediri, East Java - October 31, 1948) was an Indonesian communist politician who was leader of the Indonesian Communist Party in the 1920s and again during the Madiun rebellion of 1948.
Musso became one of the main leaders of the...
Date of birth:
- 1897
Date of death:
- Oct 31, 1948 (age 51 years)
Goenawan Mohamad
Goenawan Mohamad (born 29 July 1941) is a renowned Indonesian poet and man of letters.
Goenawan Mohamad was born in Batang, Central Java. His early writings include Potret Seorang Penyair Muda Sebagai Si Malin Kundang (The Portrait of A Young Poet...
Date of birth:
- Jul 29, 1941 (age 68 years)
Radius Prawiro
Dr. Radius Prawiro, Drs.ec.,AK (Yogyakarta, 29 June 1928– Germany, 26 May 2005) was an Indonesian economist and politician.
The son of a teacher called Suradi Prawiro, Radius attended school in Yogyakarta. In 1942, while still at Middle School he...
Date of birth:
- Jun 29, 1928
Date of death:
- May 26, 2005 (age 76 years)
Sudirman Arshad
Dato' Sudirman Haji Arshad DIMP, JMN, AMN (25 May 1954 – 22 February 1992) was a Malaysian singer and songwriter. He was known as the 'Singing Lawyer', the 'People's Singer' and the 'Elvis of Malaysia'.
Sudirman was born on 25 May 1954 in Temerloh,...
Date of birth:
- May 25, 1954
Date of death:
- Feb 22, 1992 (age 37 years)
Selo Soemardjan
Selo Soemardjan (May 23, 1915 Yogyakarta - June 11, 2003 Jakarta), also spelled as Selo Sumarjan or Selo Sumardjan. He was well known as a senior academic in sociology at Universitas Indonesia, and is known as the Pioneer of Indonesian Social...
Date of birth:
- May 23, 1915
Date of death:
- Jun 11, 2003 (age 88 years)
Tora Sudiro
Tora Sudiro (born May 10, 1973 in Jakarta) is an Indonesian actor. His popular TV comedy show, Extravaganza, is broadcast by Trans TV. He has also appeared in Indonesian TV dramas such as 2006's Dunia Tanpa Koma. Arisan!, a film in which Sudiro...
Date of birth:
- May 10, 1973 (age 36 years)
Chris John
Yohannes Christian John (born September 14, 1979 in Banjarnegara, Central Java, Indonesia) is the current WBA featherweight boxing super champion.
John started boxing in his early childhood and was trained by his father Johan Tjahjadi (aka Thjia...
Date of birth:
- Sep 14, 1979 (age 30 years)
Moreno Suprapto
Moreno Suprapto or Moreno Soeprapto (born November 14, 1982 in Jakarta) is an Indonesian driver. He is the younger brother of another Indonesian driver Ananda Mikola.
Moreno survived an enormous crash during race 14 of the 2006 Asian Formula 3...
Date of birth:
- Nov 14, 1982 (age 27 years)
Ebiet G. Ade
Ebiet G. Ade (born 21 April 1954) is an Indonesian singer and songwriter. His musical style has influenced Indonesian pop music. He writes his own lyrics, which often allude to social issues and current events in Indonesia.
Born Abid Ghoffar Aboe...
Date of birth:
- Apr 21, 1954 (age 55 years)
K. P. H. Notoprojo
K.P.H. Notoprojo, also known as Tjokrowasito, Wasitodipuro, Wasitodiningrat, among other names, (March 17, 1909 – August 30, 2007) was one of the most highly respected performers of Javanese gamelan. He led the Paku Alaman palace gamelan as well as...
Date of birth:
- 1904 (age 106 years)
Mohd Khir bin Toyo
Dato' Seri Dr. Mohamed Khir Bin Toyo (born August 6, 1965) was the former Dato' Menteri Besar (Chief Minister) of the state of Selangor in Malaysia. He lost the post of Menteri Besar Selangor after Barisan Nasional, the political party he contested...
Date of birth:
- Aug 6, 1965 (age 44 years)
Bambang Pamungkas
Bambang Pamungkas is an Indonesian footballer. His natural position is central forward. Pamungkas made his name in South East Asian football when he scored the lone goal for Indonesia at the 2002 Tiger Cup against Malaysia.
Pamungkas spent most of...
Date of birth:
- Jun 10, 1980 (age 29 years)
Djoko Suyanto
Air Chief Marshal Djoko Suyanto (born December 21950 in Madiun, East Java) was the Commander-in-Chief of the National Armed Forces (TNI) of Indonesia from 2006 to 2007.
Suyanto graduated from the Indonesian Air Force Academy (Akademi Angkatan Udara,...
Date of birth:
- Dec 2, 1950 (age 59 years)
Dian Sastrowardoyo
Diandra Paramitha Sastrowardoyo (born March 16, 1982 in Jakarta, Indonesia) -- more popularly known as Dian Sastro or Dian Sastrowardoyo -- is an Indonesian model and actress.
In 1996, she was the cover girl of Gadis, a teen magazine in Indonesia....
Date of birth:
- Mar 16, 1982 (age 27 years)
Affandi
Affandi (1907 – May 23, 1990) was born in Cirebon, West Java, as the son of R. Koesoema, who was a surveyor at a local sugar factory. Affandi finished his upper secondary school in Jakarta, but he forsook his study for the desire to become an artist...
Date of birth:
- 1907
Date of death:
- May 23, 1990 (age 83 years)
Julie Sudiro
Dato' Radin Juariah binti Radin Sudiro or Julie Sudiro (born 26 February 1945 in Segamat, Johor), is a Malaysian singer of Javanese heritage.
Julie began her career in the music industry while still in school and become famous as a keroncong singer...
Date of birth:
- Feb 26, 1945 (age 64 years)
Rudy Soedjarwo
Rudianto Soedjarwo (born 9 November 1971) is an Indonesian film director. He became popular after directed a teens movie What's Up with Love? (2002).
Date of birth:
- Nov 9, 1971 (age 38 years)
Subagio Sastrowardoyo
Subagio Sastrowardoyo (1 February 1 1924 - 18 July 1995) was an Indonesian poet, short-story writer, essayist and literary critic. Born in Madiun, East Java, the Dutch East Indies (now Indonesia), he was educated at Gadjah Mada University, Cornell...
Date of birth:
- Feb 1, 1924
Date of death:
- Jul 18, 1995 (age 71 years)
Prof. Mr. Soenario, S.H.
Soenario (28 August 1902 - 18 May 1997), also spelled Sunario, was Indonesia's minister of foreign affairs from 1953 to 1955.
Born in Madiun, East Java, Soenario was educated at Leiden University in the Netherlands and was a founder of Perhimpunan...
Date of birth:
- Aug 28, 1902
Date of death:
- May 18, 1997 (age 94 years)
Paul Somohardjo
Paul Slamet Somohardjo (born 2 May 1943 in Paramaribo) is a Surinamese politician of Javanese descent.
In 30 June 2005, Somohardjo was appointed as the speaker of the National Assembly. He is also chairman of the Pertjajah Luhur party.
Date of birth:
- May 2, 1943 (age 66 years)
