List of Batak people

Last updated February 25, 2025

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

Authors

Armijn Pane
Dewi Lestari
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]
Norman Erikson Pasaribu, poet and short story writer
Soeman Hasiboean, author of first detective novel in Indonesian.^[3]
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

References

↑ "Laman Badan Bahasa - Merari Siregar" (in Indonesian). Retrieved 2011-07-15.
↑ 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.

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[lbb-1] "Laman Badan Bahasa - Merari Siregar" (in Indonesian). Retrieved 2011-07-15.

[2] Rampan, Korrie Layun (2001). Leksikon Susastra Indonesia (in Indonesian). Jakarta: Balai Pustaka. p. 309. ISBN 979-666-358-9.

[FOOTNOTEKasiri199389-3] Kasiri 1993, p. 89.

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