Indonesian names and naming customs reflect the multicultural and multilingual nature of the over 17,000 islands in the Indonesian archipelago. The world's fourth most populous country, Indonesia is home to more than 1,300 ethnic groups, each with their own culture, custom, and language. The Javanese are the largest single group, comprising around 40 percent of Indonesia's total population.
Betawi people, Batavi, or Batavians, are an Austronesian ethnic group native to the city of Jakarta and its immediate outskirts, as such often described as the inhabitants of the city. They are the descendants of the people who inhabited Batavia from the 17th century onwards.
Indra Lesmana is an Indonesian arranger, composer, songwriter, and jazz musician of mixed Dutch, Javanese, Minangkabau, and Madurese descent. He is the father of an Indonesian actress and singer-songwriter, Eva Celia Lesmana.
Indonesian Americans are migrants from the multiethnic country of Indonesia to the United States, and their U.S.-born descendants. In both the 2000 and 2010 United States census, they were the 15th largest group of Asian Americans recorded in the United States as well as one of the fastest growing.
Native Indonesians, also known as Pribumi or Bumiputra, are Indonesians whose ancestral roots lie mainly in the archipelago, comprising around 1,300 ethnic groups and predominantly of Austronesian and Melanesian descent. In contrast are Indonesians of known (partial) foreign descent, like Chinese Indonesians, Arab Indonesians, Indian Indonesians, Japanese Indonesians, and Indo-Europeans (Eurasians).
Marcel Chandrawinata is an Indonesian actor and model best known for his role in the film Alexandria, co-starring with Julie Estelle.
Si Pitung was a 19th-century bandit in Batavia, Dutch East Indies. His exploits have since become legendary, with numerous accounts of his life, deeds, and death.
Sophia Inggriani Latjuba, known professionally as Sophia Latjuba is a German-born Indonesian actress and singer now based in the United States. Of German-Austria, Bugis and Javanese descent, she is the mother of actress and singer-songwriter, Eva Celia.
Nino Fernandez is an Indonesian actor of Minahasan, Sundanese, German and Portuguese descent. He's the older brother of singer Millane Fernandez.
Jessica Mila Agnesia or better known as Jessica Mila is an actress and model of mixed Dutch, Minahasan and Javanese descent.
Eva Celia Lesmana or better known as Eva Celia is an Indonesian actress and singer-songwriter of mixed Dutch, German-Jewish, Bugis, Javanese, and Madurese descent. She is the daughter of Indonesian jazz musician, Indra Lesmana, and actress Sophia Latjuba.
Indonesian Germans are people of German descent who were brought by the Dutch army and settled in the Dutch East Indies. There are 19,612 Germans in Indonesia as of 2019 and most of them live in Jakarta, Bogor, Puncak, Surabaya.