List of Indonesian Americans
Encyclopedia
The following is a list of notable Indonesian American
s, including both original immigrants who obtained American citizenship and their American descendants.
To be included in this list, the person must have a Wikipedia article showing they are Indonesian American or must have references showing they are Indonesian American and are notable.
Indonesian American
Indonesian Americans comprise immigrants from the multiethnic country of Indonesia to the United States, and their U.S.-born descendants. As of the 2000 United States Census, they were the 15th largest group of Asian Americans...
s, including both original immigrants who obtained American citizenship and their American descendants.
To be included in this list, the person must have a Wikipedia article showing they are Indonesian American or must have references showing they are Indonesian American and are notable.
Arts & Entertainment
- Carmit BacharCarmit BacharCarmit Bachar is an American singer, dancer, model, actress and showgirl. She was a member of the successful pop/R&B group, The Pussycat Dolls and one of the main vocalists of the group, along with Nicole Scherzinger and Melody Thornton. Bachar left the group in February 2008. She is currently...
, dancer, singer and actress - Michelle BranchMichelle BranchMichelle Jacquet DeSevren Branch is an American singer-songwriter, guitarist and actress. During the early 2000s, she released two top-selling albums, The Spirit Room and Hotel Paper, and was subsequently nominated for the Grammy Award for Best New Artist in 2003...
, singer and songwriter - Tania GunadiTania GunadiTania Gunadi is an Indonesian-born American actress. She is best known for her role as Emma Lau on the Disney XD series Aaron Stone and appearing the Disney Channel original films Pixel Perfect and Go Figure .-Biography:...
, actress - Jodi Ann PatersonJodi Ann PatersonJodi Ann Paterson is an American model, actress and former beauty queen. She competed in the Miss Teen USA competition as Miss Oregon Teen USA in 1994; she was a Playboy Playmate in 1999, and was named Playmate of the Year in 2000...
, model - Irma PaneIrma PaneIrma Pane is an Indonesian American pop singer.-Biography:Irma Pane was born to Maj.Gen.TNI Timoer Pane and Nurlina Lubis in Bandung, Indonesia. She graduated from SMA 3 Bandung and studied classic voice/technique at Radio Republic Indonesia. She has resided in Potomac, Maryland since 1996...
, pop singer - Armand Van HeldenArmand Van HeldenArmand Van Helden is a record producer, DJ and remixer whose biggest commercial successes came from his remixes of the 1996 Tori Amos song "Professional Widow" , which reached number 1 in the UK Singles Chart in January 1997, and his own track "U Don't Know Me ", which went to number 1...
, record producer and remixer - Hendry WijayaHendry WijayaHendry Wijaya is an Indonesian born pianist and piano teacher.He was born in Medan, Indonesia, on the island of Sumatra. At age 2, he began his studies with his mother, Elly Lim. In 1991, he received a full scholarship to study at Boston Conservatory...
, pianist - Karenina Sunny Halim, model
- Mark-Paul GosselaarMark-Paul GosselaarMark-Paul Harry Gosselaar is an American actor. He is perhaps best known for his roles as Zack Morris in NBC's Saved by the Bell, Good Morning, Miss Bliss, and Saved by the Bell: The College Years, Detective John Clark in NYPD Blue, Jerry Kellerman in TNT's Raising the Bar, and more recently Peter...
, actor - Eddie Van HalenEddie Van HalenEdward Lodewijk "Eddie" Van Halen 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, inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame...
, singer and songwriter
Literature & Media
- Hartriono B. SastrowardoyoHartriono B. SastrowardoyoHartriono Benjamin Sastrowardoyo is a voiceover actor and American journalist reporting for the Metro section of The Asbury Park Press, as one of its staff writers, specifically Berkeley Township, but also with a specialty in writing about the U.S...
, journalist - Rahadyan SastrowardoyoRahadyan SastrowardoyoRahadyan Timoteo Sastrowardoyo — born 1963 in New York City — is a writer, editor and photographer. He is an American of Indonesian and Filipino ancestry.Sastrowardoyo was raised on the Upper West Side of Manhattan, and attended P.S...
, writer, editor and photographer - Xu XiXu XiXu Xi, Xu Xi, Xu Xi, (originally named Xu Su Xi(许素细) (born 1954) is an English language novelist from Hong Kong.She is also the Hong Kong regional editor of Routledge's Encyclopedia of Post-colonial Literature (second edition, 2005) and the editor or co-editor of the following anthologies of Hong...
, author
Sports
- Tony GunawanTony GunawanTony Gunawan is an Indonesian born badminton player of Chinese descent.-Career:Gunawan is a former Olympic gold medalist and world champion for Indonesia, and now represents the United States. He is regarded by many, including his peers, as one of the greatest doubles players badminton's history...
, badminton player - Halim HaryantoHalim HaryantoHalim Haryanto is a former international doubles badminton player for Indonesia, now representing the United States.-Career:...
, badminton player - Rudy GunawanRudy GunawanRudy Gunawan is a former Chinese Indonesian badminton player who specialized in doubles. Tall, and powerfully built, he won numerous major international titles, mainly in men's doubles but also in mixed doubles, from the late 1980s through the mid 1990s.-Career:Rudy Gunawan...
, badminton player - Tom MastnyTom MastnyThomas Raymond Mastny is a Major League Baseball right-handed relief pitcher who plays in the Florida Marlins organization. He is pitching with Class AAA New Orleans Zephyrs. He stands 6 feet, 6 inches in height and weighs 220 pounds...
, baseball player - Rory LeidelmeyerRory LeidelmeyerRory Leidelmeyer is an American bodybuilder who competed in the 1970s and 1980s. He is a former Mr. America and trained former football player Tony Mandarich. He also appeared in the Shaquille O'Neal film Kazaam.-External links:**...
, bodybuilder
Other
- Reverend IkeReverend IkeReverend Ike was an American minister and electronic evangelist based in New York City. He was best known for the slogan "You can't lose with the stuff I use!"-Background:...
, reverend - John JuandaJohn JuandaJohnson "John" Juanda is a Chinese Indonesian professional poker player based in Marina del Rey, California. Juanda lives in Los Angeles.-Personal life:...
, professional poker player (Chinese Indonesian) - Maya Soetoro-NgMaya Soetoro-NgMaya Kassandra Soetoro-Ng is the maternal half-sister of Barack Obama, the 44th and current President of the United States. She was previously a high school history teacher and university instructor in Hawaii.-Early life:...
, half-sister of Barack ObamaBarack ObamaBarack Hussein Obama II is the 44th and current President of the United States. He is the first African American to hold the office. Obama previously served as a United States Senator from Illinois, from January 2005 until he resigned following his victory in the 2008 presidential election.Born in...
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