List of Malaysians

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

• Malaysians of Malay descent
• Malaysians of Chinese descent
• Malaysians of Indian descent

By Malaysian state

• Johor
• Kedah
• Kelantan
• Kuala Lumpur
• Malacca
• Negeri Sembilan
• Pahang
• Penang
• Perak
• Perlis
• Sabah
• Sarawak
• Selangor
• Terengganu
• Foreign-born Malaysians

Academicians

• Afifi al-Akiti
• Khasnor Johan, historian
• Khoo Kay Kim
• Jomo Kwame Sundaram
• Danny Quah
• Ungku Abdul Aziz
• Lam Wei Haur

Architects

Artists

Businesspeople

• Azman Hashim (born 1938)
• Syed Mokhtar Al-Bukhary (born 1956)
• Habibah Sharif (born 1987)
• Loh Boon Siew (1915–1995)
• Jeffrey Cheah
• William Cheng
• Choong Chin Liang (born 1920)
• Tony Fernandes (born 1964)
• Lim Goh Tong (1918–2007)
• Tiong Hiew King
• Chung Keng Quee (1827–1901)
• Ananda Krishnan (born 1938)
• Robert Kuok (born 1923)
• Quek Leng Chan (born 1941)
• Shoba Purushothaman
• Shah Hakim Zain
• Halim Saad
• Saleh Sulong
• Vincent Tan (born 1952)
• Lillian Too (born 1946)
• Francis Yeoh
• Daim Zainuddin (born 1938)
• Kong Hon Kong
• Armin Baniaz Pahamin

Designers

• Bernard Chandran, fashion designer
• Jimmy Choo (born 1961), shoe designer
• Melinda Looi, fashion designer
• Poesy Liang (born 1975), interdisciplinary artist, jewellery designer, luxury lifestyle designer

Inventors

• Yi Ren Ng, inventor of the Lytro

Entertainers

• Shila Amzah (born 1990), international Malaysian singer-songwriter
• Gary Chaw (born 1979),malaysian chinese singer-songwriter
• Joyce Chu (born 1997),malaysian chinese singer-songwriter
• Yasmin Ahmad (1958–2009), film director
• Stacy Angie
• Francissca Peter (born 1961)
• Jamal Abdillah (born 1959)
• Sudirman Arshad (1954–1992)
• Loganathan Arumugam (died 2007)
• David Arumugam, founding member of the Alleycats
• Awal Ashaari
• Alvin Anthons (born 1976)
• Asmawi bin Ani (born 1981)
• Ahmad Azhar (born 1968)
• Ning Baizura (born 1975)
• Kasma Booty (died 2007)
• Marion Caunter, host of One In A Million and the 8TV Quickie
• Ella (born 1966)
• Erra Fazira (born 1974)
• Sean Ghazi (born 1969)
• Fauziah Latiff (born 1970)
• Angelica Lee (born 1976)
• Daniel Lee Chee Hun (born 1983)
• Fish Leong (born 1983)
• Sheila Majid (born 1965)
• Amy Mastura (born 1971)
• M. Nasir (born 1957)
• Meor Aziddin Yusof (born 1967)
• Ah Niu (born 1976)
• Dayang Nurfaizah (born 1981)
• Shanon Shah (born 1978)
• Siti Nurhaliza (born 1979)
• Misha Omar (born 1982)
• Hani Mohsin (1965–2006)
• Aziz M. Osman (born 1962)
• Azmyl Yunor (born 1977)
• P. Ramlee (born 1929)
• Aziz Sattar (born 1925)
• Fasha Sandha (born 1984)
• Aznil Nawawi (born 1962)
• Din Beramboi (1966-2010)
• Nicholas Teo (born 1981)
• Pete Teo
• Penny Tai (born 1978)
• Hannah Tan (born 1981)
• Jaclyn Victor (born 1978)
• Scha Alyahya (born 1983)
• Fazura (born 1983)
• Lisa Surihani (born 1986)
• Chef Wan
• Adira Suhaimi
• Michael Wong (born 1970)
• Victor Wong (born 1972)
• Michelle Yeoh, Hollywood actress (born 1962)
• James Wan (born 1977), director of Hollywood films, including several Saw films, Insidious, The Conjuring, Fast and Furious 7
• Ziana Zain (born 1968)
• Zee Avi
• Yunalis Zarai (born 1986)
• Zamil Idris (born 1978)
• Neelofa (born 1989)

Military

• Leftenan Adnan (1915–1942), warrior from mainland Malaya
• 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

• Siti Aisyah Alias (born 1966), marine polar researcher and educator

Politicians

• Parameswara, founder of Sultanate of Malacca
• Tunku Abdul Rahman Putra Al-Haj, first Prime Minister of independent Malaya
• Tun Abdul Razak, second Prime Minister
• V. T. Sambanthan, founding fathers of Malaysia along with Tunku Abdul Rahman and Tan Cheng Lock
• Tun Dato Sir Tan Cheng Lock, founder of MCA
• Tun Hussein Onn, third Prime Minister
• Mahathir Mohamad, fourth Prime Minister, father of Modernisation
• Abdullah Ahmad Badawi, fifth Prime Minister, since 2003
• Najib Tun Razak, sixth Prime Minister, since 2009
• Mahathir Mohamad, seventh and the current Prime Minister
• Ong Ka Ting
• Anwar Ibrahim
• Wan Hisham Wan Salleh
• Nik Aziz Nik Mat
• Raja Nong Chik Zainal Abidin, Federal Territory and Urban Wellbeing Minister 2010
• Wan Azizah Wan Ismail
• Karpal Singh
• Lim Kit Siang
• Lim Guan Eng
• Tengku Razaleigh Hamzah

Religious

• Antony Selvanayagam, Roman Catholic Bishop of the Diocese of Penang
• Anthony Soter Fernandez, Archbishop Emeritus of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Kuala Lumpur, and Bishop Emeritus of the Diocese of Penang
• Gregory Yong (1925–2008), Second Roman Catholic Archbishop of Singapore
• Murphy Nicholas Xavier Pakiam, Metropolitan archbishop of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Kuala Lumpur, president of the Catholic Bishops' Conference of Malaysia, Singapore and Brunei; and publisher of the Catholic weekly newspaper, The Herald
• Ng Moon Hing, fourth and current Anglican Bishop of West Malaysia

Sportspeople

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

See also

• List of Malays
• List of Malaysian Chinese
• List of Malaysian Indians