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This list compiles the names of notable Dutch Euro-Indonesian people, i.e. individuals of mixed Indonesian and European ancestry or full Indonesian ancestry in the Netherlands, or individuals of Dutch ancestry in Indonesia (the former Dutch East Indies). For more context see the article "Indo people".
The Indo people (Dutch: Indische Nederlanders, Indonesian: Orang Indo) or Indos are Eurasian people living in or connected with Indonesia.In its narrowest sense, the term refers to people in the former Dutch East Indies who held European legal status but were of mixed Dutch and indigenous Indonesian descent as well as their descendants today.
Indo people in this third layer were affectionately called the Kleine bung, a mixed Dutch-Malay language term translated to 'Little brother'. Although Indos were legally European and could be found in all layers of society, with the continued arrival of white (totok) Dutch settlers and expatriates, their social status in colonial times ...
Indo people (2 C, 275 P) J. ... Pages in category "Dutch people of Indonesian descent" The following 200 pages are in this category, out of approximately 218 total.
However, most people of South Asian descent in the Netherlands as of 2022 are primarily of Indo-Surinamese descent, known locally as Hindustanis. After the independence of Suriname in 1975, many Indo-Surinamese people migrated to the Netherlands and became Dutch residents.
After Indonesia gained independence in 1945, but was only officially recognized by the Netherlands in 1949, many people continued to speak Dutch for a long time, especially those with historical ties to the Netherlands. In some areas, proficiency in Dutch was still considered a measure of a good education.
The Dutch East Indies, [3] also known as the Netherlands East Indies (Dutch: Nederlands(ch)-Indië; Indonesian: Hindia Belanda), 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
There is also a sizable community of Asian Caribbeans who hail from the former and present Dutch overseas territories which include Suriname and the former Netherlands Antilles; now Curaçao, Aruba, Bonaire, Sint Maarten, Sint Eustatius and Saba. These are mainly from Suriname and include Indian, Javanese and Chinese Surinamese people. [3] [4]