Dutch East Indies
Dutch East Indies ranks 3,004th in number of biographies on Pantheon, behind Ottoman Syria, Plauen, and Albertville. Memorable people born in Dutch East Indies include Martha Christina Tiahahu, Ki Hajar Dewantara, and Wage Rudolf Supratman. Dutch East Indies has been the birth place of many military personnels, and politicians. Dutch East Indies is located in Indonesia.
The Dutch East Indies, also known as the Netherlands East Indies, was a Dutch colony with territory mostly comprising the modern state of Indonesia, which declared independence on 17 August 1945. Following the Indonesian War of Independence, Indonesia and the Netherlands made peace in 1949. In the Anglo-Dutch Treaty of 1824, the Dutch ceded the governorate of Dutch Malacca to Britain, leading to its eventual incorporation into Malacca (state) of modern Malaysia. Read more on Wikipedia
People
Between 1800 and 1903, Dutch East Indies was the birth place of 5 globally memorable people, including Martha Christina Tiahahu, Ki Hajar Dewantara, and Wage Rudolf Supratman.
People Born in Dutch East Indies
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Martha Christina Tiahahu
MILITARY PERSONNEL
1800 - 1818
HPI: 59.98
Rank: 2
Ki Hajar Dewantara
POLITICIAN
1889 - 1959
HPI: 59.43
Rank: 1
Wage Rudolf Supratman
MUSICIAN
1903 - 1938
HPI: 56.89
Rank: 3
Dewi Sartika
SOCIAL ACTIVIST
1884 - 1947
HPI: 56.57
Rank: 4
Eetje Sol
SOCCER PLAYER
1881 - 1965
HPI: 55.86
Rank: 5
Occupations
Most individuals born in present day Dutch East Indies were military personnels (1), politicians (1), musicians (1), social activists (1), and soccer players (1), while most who died were .
Occupational Trends
Throughout history military personnels have been the profession with the most memorable people born in present day Dutch East Indies, including Martha Christina Tiahahu.
Places
Overlapping Lives
Below is a visual represetation of the lifespans of the top 5 globally memorable people born in Dutch East Indies since 1700.
