List of Malaysians

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This is a list of Malaysians, people who are identified with Malaysia through residential, legal, historical or cultural means, grouped by their area of notability.

By ethnicity or place of origin[]

By Malaysian state[]

Academicians[]

Architects[]

Main article: List of Malaysian architects

Artists[]

Main article: List of Malaysian artists

Businesspeople[]

Designers[]

  • Zang Toi (born 1961), fashion designer, won the Mouton-Cadet Young Designers Award in 1991, was awarded the title of Datuk by the King of Malaysia in 2013
  • Jimmy Choo (born 1961), shoe designer, best known for co-founding Jimmy Choo Ltd, which became known for its handmade women's shoes
  • Melinda Looi, fashion designer
  • (born 2007) fashion designer
  • Bernard Chandran, fashion designer

Inventors[]

Entertainers[]

Military[]

  • Tan Kee Soon (1803–1857), warrior and leader of Ngee Heng Kongsi, ordered the 4,000 members of its brotherhood to relocate in Johor
  • Albert Kwok Fen Nam (1921–1944), warrior and leader of the "Kinabalu Guerrillas" against Japanese occupation
  • Leftenan Adnan (1915–1942), warrior from Malaya, who fought the Japanese at the Battle of Pasir Panjang in Singapore
  • Antanum, warrior from Sabah, Borneo
  • Rentap, warrior from Sarawak
  • Syarif Masahor, warrior from Sarawak
  • Monsopiad, warrior from Sabah, Borneo
  • Haji Abdul Rahman Limbong, warrior from Telemong, Terengganu
  • Mat Salleh, warrior from Sabah, Borneo
  • Rosli Dhobi, warrior from Sarawak

Sciences[]

  • Lim Boon Keng (1868–1957), first Malayan to receive a Queen's Scholarship, gained admission to the University of Edinburgh and graduated in 1892 with a first class honours degree in medicine
  • Wu Lien-teh (1879–1960), a Malaysian physician renowned for his work in public health, and the first Malayan nominated for the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine in 1935
  • Cheah Ming Tatt (born 1983), biologist specializing in immunology and genetics, a recipient of Howard Hughes Medical Institute's Future Scientists Fellowship for his work on RNA splicing
  • Shu Jie Lam, research chemist at University of Melbourne
  • Siti Aisyah Alias (born 1966), marine polar researcher and educator
  • (born 1960) Epidemiologist, Harvard School of Public Health, leading researcher into the role of physical activity in promoting health and preventing chronic disease

Politicians[]

  • Parameswara, founder of Sultanate of Malacca
  • Tunku Abdul Rahman Putra Al-Haj, first Prime Minister of Malaya and Malaysia
  • Tun Leong Yew Koh – first Malacca Governor, only Chinese ever appointed as the Yang di-Pertua Negeri in Malaysia, co-founder and first Secretary-General of MCA
  • Colonel Tun Sir Henry Lee Hau Shik, first Finance Minister of the Federation of Malaya and co-founded the Malaysian Chinese Association and Alliance Party
  • Tun Dato Sir Tan Cheng Lock, founder and the first president of the Malayan Chinese Association (MCA)
  • Tun V. T. Sambanthan, founding fathers of Malaysia along with Tunku Abdul Rahman and Tan Cheng Lock
  • Tun Abdul Razak, second Prime Minister
  • Tun Hussein Onn, third Prime Minister
  • Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad, fourth and seventh Prime Minister, father of Modernisation
  • Tun Haji Abdullah Ahmad Badawi, fifth Prime Minister
  • Najib Tun Razak, sixth Prime Minister
  • Muhyiddin Yassin, eighth prime minister
  • Tun Tan Siew Sin, first Minister of Commerce and Industry, Finance Minister for 15 years
  • Tun Dato' Seri Lim Chong Eu, Chief Minister of Penang from 1969 to 1990, was termed as the "Architect of Modern Penang"
  • Tun Dr. Lim Keng Yaik, one of the longest-serving ministers in the country and a highly revered statesman by the public
  • Tan Sri Dato' Lee San Choon, held various ministerial posts in the cabinet from 1969 to 1983, such as Labour and Manpower Minister, Works and Public Utilities Minister, as well as Transport Minister
  • Tan Sri Dato' Seri Ong Ka Ting, former Housing and Local Government Minister from 1999 to 2008 and Acting Transport Minister from May to June 2003
  • Tan Sri Dr. Koh Tsu Koon, Chief Minister of Penang from 1990 to 2008
  • Anwar Ibrahim
  • Wan Hisham Wan Salleh
  • Nik Aziz Nik Mat
  • Raja Nong Chik Zainal Abidin, Federal Territory and Urban Well-being Minister 2010
  • Wan Azizah Wan Ismail, 12th Deputy Prime Minister
  • Karpal Singh
  • Lim Kit Siang
  • Lim Guan Eng
  • Tengku Razaleigh Hamzah

Religious[]

Sportspeople[]

Squash[]

Badminton[]

Retired[]

Football (soccer)[]

Retired[]

Racing[]

Others[]

Writers[]

Main articles: List of Malaysian writers and List of Malaysian women writers

Miscellaneous[]

  • Anwar Fazal, consumer, environmental activist, health advocate
  • Irene Fernandez, prominent Malaysian human rights activist
  • Lat, famous cartoonist
  • Norman Musa (born 1974), chef/restaurateur
  • Yong Mun Sen (1896–1962), pioneer artist, father of Malaysian paintings
  • Ling Tan (born 1974), international fashion model
  • Noor Hisham Abdullah, director general of health
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