This is a listing of notable people born in, or notable for their association with,
Aceh.
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Mustafa Abubakar
Mustafa Abubakar (born 15 October 1949) is an Indonesian politician and formerly governor of the province of Aceh. Mustafa was appointed as the State Minister for State Enterprises in the Second United Indonesia Cabinet, which was announced on ...
, politician and formerly governor of the province of
Aceh (
Pidie Jaya Regency
Pidie Jaya Regency ( id, Kabupaten Pidie Jaya) is a regency in the Aceh Special region of Indonesia. It is located on the island of Sumatra. The regency was created out of part of Pidie Regency in 2007. The seat of the regency government is at Me ...
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Daud Bereueh
Teungku Mohammad Daud Beureueh (17 September 1899 – 10 June 1987) was the military Governor of Aceh (1945–1953) and leader of the Darul Islam rebellion in the province (1953–1963).
Born in the Keumangan chiefdom of Pidie regency, he bega ...
, military Governor of
Aceh and leader of the
Darul Islam rebellion in the province (
Pidie Regency
Pidie Regency (also known as: Pidie, Pědir; "king of"; id, Kabupaten Pidie) is a regency of Aceh Special region, in Indonesia. It is located in the north of the island of Sumatra, in Western Indonesia, bordered by the Malacca Strait and Pidie ...
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Bachtiar Chamsyah
Bachtiar Chamsyah was born at Sigli, Aceh on 31 December 1945. He is a politician in the United Development Party (PPP) and Indonesian government minister under Yudhoyono presidency. He gained bachelor's degree at Faculty of Economic, Medan
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, politician in
United Development Party
The United Development Party ( id, Partai Persatuan Pembangunan, sometimes translated as Development Unity Party; abbreviated PPP) is an Islam-basedAl-Hamdi, Ridho. (2013). ''Partai politik Islam: Teori dan praktik di Indonesia''. Yogyakarta: Grah ...
(PPP) and Indonesian government minister under Yudhoyono presidency (
Sigli
Sigli is a town in Aceh province of Indonesia and it is the seat (capital) of Pidie Regency.
Sigli is located 112 kilometers to the south of the capital of Aceh province, Banda Aceh.
Sport
Persatuan Sepakbola Aceh Pidie is the football club f ...
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Cut Nyak Dhien
Cut Nyak Dhien or Tjoet Nja' Dhien (1848 in Lampadang – November 6, 1908 in Sumedang) was a leader of the Acehnese guerrilla forces during the Aceh War. Following the death of her husband Teuku Umar, she led guerrilla actions against the Dutch ...
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National Hero of Indonesia
National Hero of Indonesia ( id, Pahlawan Nasional Indonesia) is the highest-level title awarded in Indonesia. It is posthumously given by the Government of Indonesia for actions which are deemed to be heroic, defined as "actual deeds which can b ...
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Aceh Besar Regency
Great Aceh Regency ( id, Kabupaten Aceh Besar) is a regency of the Indonesian province of Aceh. The regency covers an area of 2,903.49 square kilometres and had a population of 351,418 at the 2010 Census and 405,535 at the 2020 Census; the offici ...
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Jusman Syafii Djamal,
Minister of Transportation
A ministry of transport or transportation is a ministry responsible for transportation within a country. It usually is administered by the ''minister for transport''. The term is also sometimes applied to the departments or other government ag ...
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Hilbram Dunar, television presenter, radio broadcaster, master of ceremonies, and entertainer (
Banda Aceh)
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Teuku Muhammad Hasan
Teuku Mohammad Hasan ( EVO: Teoekoe Moehammad Hasan; 4 April 1906 – 21 September 1997) was an Indonesian politician and national hero from Aceh, who served as the first and only governor of Sumatra from 1945 until 1948. He also served as a cab ...
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National Hero of Indonesia
National Hero of Indonesia ( id, Pahlawan Nasional Indonesia) is the highest-level title awarded in Indonesia. It is posthumously given by the Government of Indonesia for actions which are deemed to be heroic, defined as "actual deeds which can b ...
, politician, The first Governor of
Sumatera
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Pidie Regency
Pidie Regency (also known as: Pidie, Pědir; "king of"; id, Kabupaten Pidie) is a regency of Aceh Special region, in Indonesia. It is located in the north of the island of Sumatra, in Western Indonesia, bordered by the Malacca Strait and Pidie ...
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Miftahul Hamdi, footballer (
Banda Aceh)
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Teuku Jacob
Teuku Jacob (6 December 1929 – 17 October 2007) was an Indonesian paleoanthropologist. As a student of Gustav Heinrich Ralph von Koenigswald in the 1950s, Jacob claimed to have discovered and studied numerous specimens of '' Homo erectus''. He ...
, paleoanthropologist (
Peureulak
Peureulak Sultanate or Perlak Sultanate is the earliest sultanate in Southeast Asia, believed to have converted to Islam as early as the 9th century. The location of Peureulak is in what is now the East Aceh Regency, Indonesia.
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Jalwandi, footballer (
Langsa en, Realization of a Safe Community, Peace, Dignity, Progress, Prosperity with islamic values
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Azriana Manalu
Azriana Manalu is an Acehnese women's rights activist and lawyer, who was Chair of the National Commission on Violence against Women (Komnas Perempuan) in Indonesia.
Early life and education
Manalu was born in Lhoksukon, North Aceh, on 7 Ma ...
, women's rights activist
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Cut Nyak Meutia,
National Hero of Indonesia
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North Aceh Regency
North Aceh Regency ( id, Kabupaten Aceh Utara) is a regency in Nanggroe Aceh Darussalam (Aceh Special District), in Indonesia. It is located on the island of Sumatra. The regency covers an area of 3,236.86 square kilometres and had a population of ...
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Muhammad Nazar, current Vice-Governor of
Aceh (
Pidie Regency
Pidie Regency (also known as: Pidie, Pědir; "king of"; id, Kabupaten Pidie) is a regency of Aceh Special region, in Indonesia. It is located in the north of the island of Sumatra, in Western Indonesia, bordered by the Malacca Strait and Pidie ...
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Surya Paloh, media tycoon who owns the
Media Indonesia
''Media Indonesia'' is an Indonesian daily newspaper published in Jakarta. Reports say ''Media Indonesia'' is the second largest newspaper in Indonesia after the ''Kompas
''Kompas'' () is an Indonesian national newspaper from Jakarta wh ...
daily newspaper and
Metro TV (
Banda Aceh)
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P. Ramlee
Tan Sri Datuk Amar Teuku Zakaria bin Teuku Nyak Puteh (later Ramlee bin Puteh) (22 March 1929 – 29 May 1973), better known by his stage name P. Ramlee (Puteh Ramlee), was a Malaysian actor, filmmaker, musician, and composer famous in both m ...
, famous Malaysian actor, movie director, musician and singer.
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Hasballah M. Saad, politician from
National Mandate Party
The National Mandate Party ( id, Partai Amanat Nasional), frequently abbreviated to PAN, is an Islam-basedAl-Hamdi, Ridho. (2017). ''Moving towards a Normalised Path: Political Islam in Contemporary Indonesia''. JURNAL STUDI PEMERINTAHAN (JOURNAL ...
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Pidie Regency
Pidie Regency (also known as: Pidie, Pědir; "king of"; id, Kabupaten Pidie) is a regency of Aceh Special region, in Indonesia. It is located in the north of the island of Sumatra, in Western Indonesia, bordered by the Malacca Strait and Pidie ...
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Henri Karel Frederik van Teijn, a governor under Dutch colonial rule
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Hasan di Tiro, founder of the
Free Aceh Movement (GAM) (
Pidie Regency
Pidie Regency (also known as: Pidie, Pědir; "king of"; id, Kabupaten Pidie) is a regency of Aceh Special region, in Indonesia. It is located in the north of the island of Sumatra, in Western Indonesia, bordered by the Malacca Strait and Pidie ...
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Teuku Umar
Teuku Umar (1854 – February 11, 1899) was a leader of a guerrilla campaign against the Dutch in Aceh during the Aceh War. He fell when Dutch troops launched a surprise attack in Meulaboh. His body was buried in the Mugo area. After Teuku Uma ...
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National Hero of Indonesia
National Hero of Indonesia ( id, Pahlawan Nasional Indonesia) is the highest-level title awarded in Indonesia. It is posthumously given by the Government of Indonesia for actions which are deemed to be heroic, defined as "actual deeds which can b ...
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West Aceh Regency)
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Cornelis Weber, Dutch Olympic fencer (
Banda Aceh)
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Irwandi Yusuf
Irwandi Yusuf (ايرواندي يوسف; born 2 August 1960) is an Indonesian politician who was the Governor of Aceh. He was re-elected Governor in early 2017 after serving an earlier term between 2006 and 2012.
Irwandi first won a term as g ...
, current Governor of
Aceh (
Bireun)
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