Belligerents: United Kingdom, Indonesia, British Empire, Kingdom of the Netherlands
Key battles
Battle of Surabaya (1945)
Who lived through the Indonesian National Revolution
Well-known people alive during 1945–1949:
Donald Trump (1946–) — American businessman and politician (born 1946), President of the United States (2017–2021; since 2025)
Albert Einstein (1879–1955) — German-born theoretical physicist (1879–1955)
Ronald Reagan (1911–2004) — president of the United States from 1981 to 1989 and actor (1911–2004)
Nelson Mandela (1918–2013) — President of South Africa and anti-apartheid activist (1918–2013)
Mahatma Gandhi (1869–1948) — Indian independence activist (1869–1948)
George W. Bush (1946–) — President of the United States from 2001 to 2009
Joseph Stalin (1878–1953) — leader of the Soviet Union from 1924 to 1953
Joe Biden (1942–) — 46th President of the United States (2021–2025)
Pablo Picasso (1881–1973) — Spanish painter and sculptor (1881–1973)
Charlie Chaplin (1889–1977) — English comic actor and filmmaker (1889–1977)
Winston Churchill (1874–1965) — British statesman, soldier and writer (1874–1965)
Elizabeth II (1926–2022) — Queen of the United Kingdom from 1952 to 2022 (1926–2022)
John F. Kennedy (1917–1963) — president of the United States from 1961 to 1963 (1917–1963)
Salvador Dalí (1904–1989) — Spanish artist (1904–1989)
Martin Luther King Jr. (1929–1968) — American Baptist minister and civil rights leader (1929–1968)
Marilyn Monroe (1926–1962) — American actress and model (1926–1962)
Pope Francis (1936–2025) — 266th pope of the Catholic Church from 2013 to 2025 (1936–2025)
Mao Zedong (1893–1976) — 1st chairman of the Chinese Communist Party and founder of the People's Republic of China (1893–1976)
Che Guevara (1928–1967) — Argentine Marxist revolutionary (1928–1967)
Bill Clinton (1946–) — President of the United States from 1993 to 2001 (born 1946)
Charles de Gaulle (1890–1970) — French general and statesman (1890–1970)
Neil Armstrong (1930–2012) — American astronaut and lunar explorer (1930–2012)
Elvis Presley (1935–1977) — American singer and actor (1935–1977)
Walt Disney (1901–1966) — American animator, producer, director, screenwriter, voice actor and entrepreneur, founder of The Walt Disney Company (1901–1966)
George Orwell (1903–1950) — British writer and journalist (1903–1950)