Cultural Production in

Present Day

Indonesia

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Indonesia ranks 76th in number of biographies on Pantheon, behind Armenia, North Korea, and Ghana. Memorable people born in present day Indonesia include Sukarno, Suharto, and Willem Einthoven. Memorable people who died in Indonesia include Abel Tasman, Sukarno, and Suharto. Indonesia has been the birth place of many politicians, and badminton players and the death place of many politicians, and explorers.

Indonesia, officially the Republic of Indonesia, is a country in Southeast Asia and Oceania between the Indian and Pacific oceans. It consists of over 17,000 islands, including Sumatra, Java, Sulawesi, and parts of Borneo and New Guinea. Indonesia is the world's largest archipelagic state and the 14th-largest country by area, at 1,904,569 square kilometres. With over 280 million people, Indonesia is the world's fourth-most-populous country and the most populous Muslim-majority country. Java, the world's most populous island, is home to more than half of the country's population. Read more on Wikipedia

People

Between 700 and 2005, present day Indonesia was the birth place of 183 globally memorable people, including Sukarno, Suharto, and Willem Einthoven. Additionaly, 61 globally memorable people have passed away in present day Indonesia including Abel Tasman, Sukarno, and Suharto.

People Born in Present Day Indonesia

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People Deceased in Present Day Indonesia

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Occupations

Most individuals born in present day Indonesia were politicians (33), badminton players (28), athletes (26), actors (16), and writers (13),  while most who died were politicians (15), explorers (11), writers (8), military personnels (6), and social activists (6).

Over the past 100 years, badminton players have been the top profession of globally memorable people born in present day Indonesia, including Rudy Hartono, Susi Susanti, and Taufik Hidayat. Whereas, throughout history, politicians have been the profession with the most memorable people born in present day Indonesia, including Sukarno, Suharto, and Megawati Sukarnoputri.

Places

Overlapping Lives

Below is a visual represetation of the lifespans of the top 25 globally memorable people born in present day Indonesia since 1700.