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
 * Nadya Hutagalung, actress
 * Naura Ayu, singer and actress
 * Novita Dewi, singer
 * Prisia Nasution, martial artist
 * Putri Ayu Silaen, singer
 * Sari Simorangkir, singer
 * Sharena, model and actress
 * Titi DJ, singer-songwriter
 * 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
 * Oloan Hutapea, briefly head of the Communist Party (PKI)
 * Ferdinand Lumbantobing, former Indonesian minister of Manpower and Transmigration
 * Kaharuddin Nasution, governor of Riau
 * Malam Sambat Kaban, Indonesian government minister
 * Mangaradja Soeangkoepon, Volksraad member
 * Raja Inal Siregar, former North Sumatera Province Governor
 * Sabam Sirait, member of the People's Representative Council
 * Sutan Mohammad Amin Nasution, governor of North Sumatra and Riau
 * Lintong Mulia Sitorus, writer and general secretary of Socialist Party of Indonesia
 * Luhut Binsar Pandjaitan, Indonesian minister
 * Peris Pardede, Communist politician and political prisoner
 * Urbanus Pardede, Communist politician and newspaper editor
 * Saifuddin Nasution Ismail, a member of the Malaysian Parliament and People's Justice Party
 * 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
 * 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