Totok is an Indonesian language term colloquially used in Indonesia to refer to individuals of Dutch and other European origin who lived in the Dutch East Indies until Indonesian independence in 1949. In the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries it was popularised among colonists in Batavia, who initially coined the term to describe the foreign born and new immigrants of "pure blood" - as opposed to Eurasians or Indos. When more Dutchmen were born in the East Indies, the term gained significance in describing those of exclusive European ancestry, or local creoles closer to that side of the racial spectrum.
An antonym of Totok is Peranakan, meaning simply "descendants", which is used for other races that mixed with indigenous Asian peoples.
Notable Dutch Totoks and descendants
Paul Acket (Semarang, Java, 1922), founder of the North Sea Jazz festival
Albert Alberts, award winning author, journalist
Beb Bakhuys
Frits Bolkenstein, politician
Ben Bot, minister
Hans van den Broek, minister
Jeroen Brouwers, author
Conrad Busken Huet (1826-1886), newspaper editor on Java (1868-1876)
Louis Couperus (1863–1923), childhood in Batavia, Java (1871–1877), author of The Hidden Force (1900)
P.A. Daum (1850-1898), newspaperman, author
Johan Fabricius (1899-1981), author of De Scheepsjongens van Bontekoe (1923)
Anthony Fokker (Blitar, Java, 1890), aviation pioneer
Hella Haasse (Batavia, Java, 1918), award winning author
Erik Hazelhoff Roelfzema (Surabaya, Java, 1917), decorated World War II hero
W. R. van Hoëvell (1812-1879), church minister of Batavia, political activist (1838-1848)
Xaviera Hollander, author
Rudy Kousbroek, author
Liesbeth List, singer
Multatuli (1820-1887), resident on Ambon and Java (1838-1858), iconic author
Willem Nijholt, artist, singer
Willem Oltmans, journalist, author
Helga Ruebsamen, author
Mark Rutte, Dutch prime minister
F. Springer, author
Bram van der Stok (Plaju, Sumatra, 1915), decorated World War II hero
Madelon Szekely-Lulofs (Surabaya, 1899) author of Rubber(1931) and Koelie (1931)
Peter Tazelaar (Bukittingi, Sumatra, 1922), decorated World War II hero
Edgar Vos (Makassar, 1931), fashion designer
Margaretha Geertruida Zelle, Mata Hari, spy
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