Totok is an Indonesian term of Javanese origin, used in Indonesia to refer to recent migrants of Arab, Chinese, or European origins.^[1][2][3][4] 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 people of mixed indigenous and foreign descent, such as the Peranakan Arabs, Chinese or Europeans (the latter being better known as the Indo people).^[3][5][4]

When more pure-blooded Arabs, Chinese and Dutchmen were born in the East Indies, the term gained significance in describing those of exclusive or almost exclusive foreign ancestry.^[1][3][4]

'Peranakan' is the antonym of 'Totok', the former meaning simply 'descendants' (of mixed roots), and the latter meaning 'pure'.^[4][6]

Chinese were divided into Thanh people (like Totok) and Minh Huong (mixed Chinese Vietnamese like Peranakan) in 1829 by Emperor Minh Mang of the Nguyen dynasty.^[7]

• Paul Acket [nl] (Semarang, Java, 1922), founder of the North Sea Jazz festival
• Albert Alberts (1911–1995), award winning author, journalist
• Beb Bakhuys (1909–1982), football player and manager
• Ben Bot (born in Batavia) (b. 1937), minister
• Hans van den Broek (b. 1936), minister
• Jeroen Brouwers (1940-2022), 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, 1890–1939), aviation pioneer
• Hella Haasse (Batavia, Java, 1918–2011), award winning author
• Erik Hazelhoff Roelfzema (Surabaya, Java, 1917–2007), decorated World War II hero
• W. R. van Hoëvell (1812–1879), church minister of Batavia, political activist (1838–1848)
• Xaviera Hollander (b. 1943), author
• Rudy Kousbroek (1929–2010), author
• Liesbeth List (b. 1941), singer
• Multatuli (1820–1887), resident on Ambon and Java (1838–1858), iconic author
• Willem Nijholt [nl], artist, singer
• Willem Oltmans (1925–2004), journalist, author
• Helga Ruebsamen (1934–2016), author
• F. Springer (1932–2011), author
• Bram van der Stok (Plaju, Sumatra, 1915–1993), decorated World War II hero
• Madelon Szekely-Lulofs (Surabaya, 1899–1958) author of Rubber(1931)^[8] and Koelie (1931)^[9]
• Peter Tazelaar (Bukittingi, Sumatra, 1922–1993), decorated World War II hero
• Edgar Vos (Makassar, 1931-2010), fashion designer
• Margaretha Geertruida Zelle (1876–1917), known as Mata Hari, exotic dancer, spy

• Afrikaner
• Ang mo
• Barang
• Bule (term)
• Farang
• Indo people
• Indos in colonial history
• Indos in pre-colonial history
• Mat Salleh

• Bosman, Ulbe and Raben, Remco. De oude Indische wereld 1500–1920. (Bert Bakker, Amsterdam 2003) ISBN 90-351-2572-X (in Dutch)
• Sastrowardoyo, Subagio Sastra Hindia Belanda dan kita (Publisher: PT Balai Pustaka, Jakarta, 1990) p. 21 ISBN 979-407-278-8 (in Indonesian)
• Taylor, Jean Gelman. The Social World of Batavia: European and Eurasian in Dutch Asia (Madison: The University of Wisconsin Press, 1983). ISBN 9780300097092
• Taylor, Jean Gelman. Indonesia: Peoples and Histories (New Haven: Yale University Press, 2003). ISBN 0300097093

• Totok Hall of Fame website. Retrieved 13 Mar 2012.