# List of Batak people

This is a list of notable Batak people.

## Academicians and Educators

* Amany Lubis, rector Syarif Hidayatullah State Islamic University
* Bakri Siregar, teacher, lecturer, and writer
* Harun Nasution, Islamic thought
* Lafran Pane, academician and Indonesian national hero
* 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.

## Architects

* Friedrich Silaban, designed the Istiqlal Mosque and Gelora Bung Karno Stadium among others.

## Athletes

* Akbar, football player
* Alamsyah Nasution, football player
* Alvin Abdul Halim, football player
* Ansyari Lubis, football player
* Anthony Sinisuka Ginting, badminton player
* Elsa Manora Nasution, swimmer
* Ferdinand Sinaga, football player
* Habib Nasution, swimmer
* Jesse Hutagalung, Dutch tennis player
* Mahyadi Panggabean, football player
* Muhammad Akbar Nasution, swimmer
* Radja Nainggolan, Belgian footballer
* Riko Simanjuntak, football player
* Rizky Yusuf Nasution, football player
* Saktiawan Sinaga, football player
* Samuel Christianson Simanjuntak, football player
* Sorie Enda Nasution, weightlifter
* Zakaria Nasution, swimmer

## Attorneys

* Adnan Buyung Nasution
* Hotman Paris Hutapea
* Ruhut Sitompul
* Tommy Sihotang
* Todung Mulya Lubis

## Authors

* Armijn Pane
* Dewi Lestari
* Iwan Simatupang
* Mochtar Lubis
* Merari Siregar, author of the first novel written in Indonesian.
* Muhammad Kasim Dalimunte, author of the first short story collection in the Indonesian literary canon.
* Norman Erikson Pasaribu, poet and short story writer
* Soeman Hasiboean, author of first detective novel in Indonesian.
* Sitor Situmorang

## Businesspeople

* Manampin Girsang

## Economists

* Arifin Siregar, governor of Indonesian central bank, Bank of Indonesia
* Darmin Nasution, governor of Indonesian central bank, Bank of Indonesia

## Entertainers

* Ahmad Zulkifli Lubis, actor
* Amir Pasaribu, pianist, composer and critic
* Anneth Delliecia, singer-songwriter
* Atiqah Hasiholan, model and actress
* Bill Saragih, jazz musician
* Cas Alfonso, singer-songwriter
* Charles Bonar Sirait, television presenter
* Diana Nasution, singer
* Fatin Shidqia, singer
* Gloria Jessica, singer
* Joy Destiny Tobing, singer
* Judika, singer
* Lyodra Ginting, singer
* Melaney Ricardo, presenter, actress, radio announcer
* Nadin Amizah, singer-songwriter
* Nadya Hutagalung, actress
* Naura Ayu, singer and actress
* Novita Dewi, singer
* Prisia Nasution, martial artist
* Putri Ayu Silaen, singer
* Rinto Harahap, musician and ballad singer
* Sari Simorangkir, singer
* Sharena, model and actress
* Titi DJ, singer-songwriter
* Tumpal Tampubolon, film director, screenwriter, actor
* Umar Lubis, actor
* Wafda Saifan, singer
* 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
* Donald Izacus Panjaitan, Indonesian revolutionary hero
* Zulkifli Lubis, first chairman of Intelligence Agency in Indonesia

## Politicians

* Abdul Rasjid, Volksraad member and physician
* Adam Malik, former Indonesian vice president and 26th President of the United Nations General Assembly
* Akhyar Nasution, former mayor of Medan
* Amir Sjarifuddin, former Indonesian prime minister
* Bobby Nasution, mayor of Medan
* Burhanuddin Harahap, former Indonesian prime minister
* Ferdinand Lumbantobing, former Indonesian minister of Manpower and Transmigration
* Kaharuddin Nasution, former governor of Riau and North Sumatra
* Lintong Mulia Sitorus, writer and general secretary of Socialist Party of Indonesia
* Luhut Binsar Pandjaitan, Indonesian minister
* Malam Sambat Kaban, Indonesian government minister
* Mangaradja Soeangkoepon, Volksraad member
* Oloan Hutapea, briefly head of the Communist Party (PKI)
* Peris Pardede, Communist politician and political prisoner
* Raja Inal Siregar, former governor of North Sumatera
* Sabam Sirait, member of the People's Representative Council
* Saifuddin Nasution Ismail, a member of the Malaysian Parliament and People's Justice Party
* Sondang Tiar Debora Tampubolon, politician, member of the House of Representatives
* Sutan Mohammad Amin Nasution, former governor of North Sumatra and Riau
* Urbanus Pardede, Communist politician and newspaper editor
* 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
* Assim al-Hakeem, Islamic cleric
* 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
* Sholeh Mahmoed Nasution, Islamic preacher

## Visual artists

* Dolorosa Sinaga, sculptor