List of Malaysians

This is a list of famous or notable Malaysians, sorted alphabetically by their last names or surnames within categories.

Academics

* James Chin
* Khoo Kay Kim (born 1937)
* Jomo Kwame Sundaram (born 1952)
* Siow Lu Yin
* Ang Ray (Abst-Exp Artist NYC )

Business

*Tan Sri Syed Mokhtar Al-Bukhary (born 1953)
*Nasimuddin Amin (born 1955)
*Tan Sri Dato' Loh Boon Siew (1915-1995)
*Tan Sri Jeffrey Cheah
*Tan Sri William Cheng
*Dato' Tony Fernandes (born 1964)
*Lim Goh Tong (1918-2007)
*Tan Sri Tiong Hiew King
*Tan Sri Teh Hong Piow (born 1930)
*Chung Keng Quee (1827-1901)
*Ananda Krishnan (born 1938)
*Robert Kuok (born 1923)
*Quek Leng Chan (born 1941)
*Razak Mohammed
*Peter Pek
*Shoba Purushothaman
*Halim Saad
*Tan Sri Mohd Saleh Sulong
*Tan Sri Vincent Tan (born 1952)
*Lillian Too (born 1946)
*Francis Yeoh
*Daim Zainuddin (born 1938)

Designers

*Bernard Chandran, fashion designer
*Jimmy Choo (born 1961), shoe designer
*Zang Toi (born 1961), fashion designer
*Tan Zi Khai, topman designer
*Akmal Hafiz, sneakers designer

Entertainers

*Jamal Abdillah (born 1959)
*Omar Abdullah
*Zainal Abidin
*Fauziah Ahmad Daud
*Aishah
*Sudirman Arshad (1954-1992)
*Loganathan Arumugam (died 2007)
*Awal Ashaari
*Asmawi bin Ani (born 1981)
*Ahmad Azhar (born 1968)
*Ning Baizura (born 1975)
*Kasma Booty (died 2007)
*Dayang Nur Camelia Abang Khalid (born 1974)
*Marion Caunter, host of One In A Million and the 8TV Quickie
*Z-Chen (born 1973)
*Ahmad Daud
*Ella (born 1966)
*Erma Fatima
*Hafidzuddin Fazil, actor
*Erra Fazira (born 1974)
*Sean Ghazi (born 1969)
*Yu Heng(born 1979)
*Juliana Ibrahim, co Host of So You Think You Can Dance
*Ramli Ibrahim, Dancer, Choreographer and Co judge of So You Think You Can Dance
*Imuda
*Aziz Jaafar
*Jay Jay
*Noor Kumalasari
*Fauziah Latiff (born 1970)
*Wong Lan Yin
*Angelica Lee (born 1976)
*Suku Dayang Shah Lefteris Athanasiou (born 1916)
*Daniel Lee Chee Hun (born 1983)
*Fish Leong (born 1983)
*Sheila Majid (born 1965)
*Amy Mastura (born 1971)
*Mohamad Nasir Mohamad (born 1957)
*Meor Aziddin Yusof (born 1967)
*AL Native
*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)
*Adibah Noor
*Azmyl Yunor (born 1977)
*Param
*P. Ramlee (born 1929)
*Anita Sarawak
*Siput Sarawak, mother of Anita Sarawak
*Aziz Sattar (born 1925)
*Reshmonu
*Fasha Sandha (born 1984)
*Jins Shamsuddin
*Ku Nazhatul Shima Ku Kamarazzaman (born 1969)
*Suhaimi bin Abdul Rahman (born 1958)
*Julie Sudiro (born 1945)
*Nicholas Teo (born 1981)
*Pete Teo
*Penny Tai (born 1978)
*Hannah Tan (born 1981)
*Jaclyn Victor (born 1978)
*Chef Wan
*Michael Wong (born 1970)
*Victor Wong (born 1972)
*Dato' Michelle Yeoh, Hollywood actress (born 1962)
*Deanna Yusoff
*Ziana Zain (born 1968)

Politicians

*Parameswara, founder of Sultanate of Malacca
*Tunku Abdul Rahman Putra Al-Haj, 1st Prime Minister of independent Malaya
*Tun Abdul Razak, 2nd Prime Minister
*Tun Dato Sir Tan Cheng Lock, Founder of MCA
*Tun Hussein Onn, 3rd Prime Minister
*Mahathir Mohammad, 4th Prime Minister, Father of Modernisation
*Abdullah Ahmad Badawi, 5th and current Prime Minister, since 2003
*Najib Tun Razak Current Deputy Prime Minister
*Tan Sri Datuk Amar Stephen Yong Kuet Tze(杨国斯),former Minister of Science, Technology & Environment, Malaysia.
*Dato' Seri Ong Ka Ting
*Datuk Seri Dr Lim Keng Yaik
*Datuk Seri S. Samy Vellu
*Dato' Seri Anwar Ibrahim
*Dato' Wan Hisham Wan Salleh
*Nik Aziz Nik Mat
*Wan Azizah Wan Ismail
*Karpal Singh
*Lim Kit Siang
* Tun Dr.Lim Chong Eu, former chief minister of Penang.

portspeople

Badminton

*Chan Chong Ming (men's doubles)
*Lee Chong Wei
*Chew Choon Eng (men's doubles)
*Wong Choong Hann
*Chin Eei Hui (women's doubles)
*Hafiz Hashim
*Roslin Hashim
*Wong Pei Tty (women's doubles)
*Choong Tan Fook (men's doubles)
*Lee Wan Wah (men's doubles)

Retired

*Tan Aik Huang
*Tan Aik Mong
*Soo Beng Kiang
*Eddy Choong
*Punch Gunalan
*Yap Kim Hock
*Foo Kok Keong
*Jalani Sidek
*Misbun Sidek
*Rashid Sidek
*Razif Sidek
*Cheah Soon Kit
*Lee Wan Wah

Football (soccer)

*Azwan, Fulham Academy
*Soh Chin Aun
*Titus James Palani, FC Villenoy
*Shaun Maloney, Aston Villa
*Matlan Marjan
*Mohd. Naim Ahmad, Birmingham Academy
*Akmal Rizal, Kedah, FC Strasbourg, Haegenue
*Fadzli Shaari, Pahang, SV Wehen
*Serbegeth Singh, owner/founder of MyTeam

Retired

*M. Chandran, former Malaysian player
*Mokhtar Dahari, former Selangor player

quash

*Ong Beng Hee
*Nicol David
*Azlan Iskandar

Racing

*Kan Chee Hong
*Tengku Djan Ley
*Mohamed Fairuz Fauzy
*Fariqe Hairuman
*Johnson Lam, Autokhana driver
*Saladin Mazlan
*Nandakumar Puspanathan
*Sonny Rajah
*Karamjit Singh
*Harvey Yap
*Alex Yoong, ex-Formula 1 and A1GP driver
*Sharol Yuzy

Others

*Daniel Bego, swimmer
*Leong Mun Yee
*Bryan Nickson
*Josiah Ng (born 1980), bicyclist
*Mon Redee Sut Txi (born 1982), archer
*Jeff Tan Chang Shen

Miscellaneous

*Anwar Fazal, consumer, environmental activist, health advocate
*Lee Kit Fong (born 1950), multimedia artist, holistic thinker
*Lat, famous cartoonist
*Ling Tan (born 1974), international fashion model
*Yong Mun Sen (1896-1962), Pioneer artist, Father of Malaysian Paintings
* Ang Ray (Abst-Exp Artist NYC based) Ang-Ray.com

War

*Leftenan Adnan (1915-1942), Warrior from mainland Malaya
*Si Ginting, 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

Writers

"see List of Malaysian writers"