Javanese people

Notable Javanese people; from top to bottom:
top row: Raden Wijaya, Tribhuwana Tunggadewi, Gajah Mada, Diponegoro, Raden Saleh.
middle row: Pakubuwono X, Kartini, Sukarno, Suharto, Sudirman.
bottom row: Anggun C. Sasmi, Sri Mulyani Indrawati, Abdurrahman Wahid, Megawati Sukarnoputri, Dian Sastrowardoyo.

The Javanese people (Javanese Ngoko: Wong Jawa, Krama: Tiyang Jawi;^[3] Indonesian: suku Jawa)^[4] is an ethnic group native to the Indonesian island of Java. At approximately 85 million people (as of 2009), it is the largest ethnic group on the island and also in Indonesia. They are predominantly located in the central to eastern parts of the island. Following centuries of migrations they can now be found in most Provinces of Indonesia, Malaysia, Singapore and also Suriname in South America.
Today, majority of the Javanese people identify themselves as Muslims. Because the Javanese civilization has been influenced for more than a millennia of interactions between the native animism and the Indian Hindu—Buddhist culture, there are traces of their influences in the Javanese history, culture, traditions and artforms.