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

Academia

  • James Cho
  • Khookhu Jay Kim (born 1937)
  • Jomo Kwame Sundaram
    Jomo Kwame Sundaram
    Jomo Kwame Sundaram , known as Jomo, is a prominent Malaysian economist, who has served as the United Nations Assistant Secretary-General for Economic Development in the United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs since 2005...

     (born 1952)
  • Paris A. Norra
  • Meng Tatt Teah
  • Jufran Malin Abdulrahim
  • Cshet Muhammad Naquib al-Allas

Business

  • Tan Sri Syed Mokhtar Al-Bukhary (born 1953)
  • Tan Sri Dato' Loh Boon Siew
    Loh Boon Siew
    Tan Sri Dato' Loh Boon Siew also known as “Mr Honda”, was a Penangite tycoon and the first sole distributor of Honda motorcycles in Malaysia.-Early life:...

     (1915–1995)
  • Tan Sri Jeffrey Cheah
  • Tan Sri William Cheng
  • Dato' Choong Chin Liang
    Choong Chin Liang
    Datuk' Choong Chin Liang, DPMP,PMP,JP was a Malaysian Chinese businessman, philanthropist and Justice of the Peace from Ipoh, Perak who was known to Malaysians as the "Heart Man of Ipoh" due to his philanthropy and his long involvement with the Ipoh Lions Club Heart Fund...

     (born 1920)
  • Dato' Tony Fernandes
    Tony Fernandes
    Tan Sri Anthony Francis Fernandes CBE is a Malaysian entrepreneur and the founder of Tune Air Sdn. Bhd., who introduced the first budget no-frills airline, AirAsia, to Malaysians with the tagline "Now everyone can fly"...

     (born 1964)
  • Lim Goh Tong
    Lim Goh Tong
    Tan Sri Dato Seri Lim Goh Tong was a prominent wealthy Malaysian Chinese businessman. He was renowned for his vision and courage in transforming Genting Highlands from an unexplored hilltop into one of the world's most successful casino resorts...

     (1918–2007)
  • Tan Sri Tiong Hiew King
    Tiong Hiew King
    Sir Tan Sri Datuk Hiew-king Tiong is the Malaysian Chinese founder and chairman of the Rimbunan Hijau Group, a timber company founded in 1975. Its overseas timber operations in Papua New Guinea is the largest in that country. He also has interests in logging operations in Russia.Tan Sri Datuk...

  • Tan Sri Teh Hong Piow
    Teh Hong Piow
    Tan Sri Dato' Seri Dr. Teh Hong Piow , the Chairman of Public Bank Berhad in Malaysia, was born in Singapore on 14 March 1930. He attended his formal primary and secondary education at the Anglo-Chinese School in Singapore...

     (born 1930)
  • Chung Keng Quee
    Chung Keng Quee
    Kapitan China Chung Keng Quee was the founder and administrator of modern Taiping. He was a millionaire philanthropist and known as an innovator in the mining of tin. He was involved in many other industries including farming, pawnbroking and logging. He was respected by both Chinese and European...

     (1827–1901)
  • Tan Sri Ananda Krishnan
    Ananda Krishnan
    Tatparanandam Ananda Krishnan is a Malaysian businessman and philanthropist of Tamil origin. Nicknamed A-K, he is estimated to have a net worth of US$9.6 billion according to Forbes' latest annual list of wealthiest people, making him the second wealthiest in Southeast Asia behind Robert Kuok,...

     (born 1938)
  • Robert Kuok
    Robert Kuok
    Robert Kuok Hock Nien , is an influential Malaysian Chinese businessman. According to Forbes his net worth is estimated to be around $12.5 billion on May 2011, making him the richest person in Malaysia and Southeast Asia....

     (born 1923)
  • Quek Leng Chan
    Quek Leng Chan
    YBhg Tan Sri Quek Leng Chan is a Malaysian tycoon who co-founded Hong Leong Group Malaysia. He is one of the richest men in Malaysia with an estimated net worth of US$2.9 billion according to Forbes in 2007....

     (born 1941)
  • Peter Pek
    Peter Pek
    Peter Pek MCSD is a brand strategist, writer, columnist, editor, publisher, designer, creative director, public relations professional, public speaker, corporate celebrity, radio and television personality from Malaysia...

  • Shoba Purushothaman
    Shoba Purushothaman
    Shoba Purushothaman , from Malaysia, iscurrently Chairman of , a company created when TheNewsMarket, a digital news video platform co-founded by Shoba Purushothaman and her business partner Anthony Hayward, acquired NASDAQ-listed Medialink in 2009....

  • Shah Hakim Zain
    Shah Hakim Zain
    Shah Hakim @ Shahzanim bin Zain is Chief Executive Officer and controlling shareholder of the Malaysian public company Scomi Group Bhd.-Background, early corporate years:...

  • Halim Saad
    Halim Saad
    Tan Sri Halim Saad is a Malaysian born business man.He was highly connected to former Prime Minister Tun Mahathir Mohamad and former Finance Minister Tun Daim Zainuddin...

  • Tan Sri Mohd Saleh Sulong
  • Tan Sri Vincent Tan
    Vincent Tan
    Tan Sri Dato' Seri Vincent Tan Chee Yioun Tan Sri Dato' Seri Vincent Tan Chee Yioun Tan Sri Dato' Seri Vincent Tan Chee Yioun (born 1952; ; is the current owner of Cardiff City F.C. and also is the Chairman and Chief Executive of Berjaya Corporation Berhad, which controls a wide array of businesses...

     (born 1952)
  • Lillian Too
    Lillian Too
    Lillian Too is a best-selling author, television personality and Feng Shui practitioner from Malaysia. She has written over 80 books on the subject of Feng Shui, which have been translated into more than 30 languages...

     (born 1946)
  • Francis Yeoh
    Francis Yeoh
    Tan Sri Dato' Francis Yeoh Sock PingCBE is a prominent business personality in Malaysia, and the eldest son of Malaysian billionaire Tan Sri Dato' Seri Yeoh Tiong Lay...

  • Daim Zainuddin
    Daim Zainuddin
    Tun Daim bin Zainuddin is a Malaysian economist, businessman, politician and a former Finance Minister of Malaysia from 1984 to 1991.-Early life:...

     (born 1938)

Designers

  • Bernard Chandran
    Bernard Chandran
    Dato Bernard Chandran is a Malaysian fashion designer. His talents have earned him many faithful clients among Malaysia's elite most notably the Royal families of Malaysia and Brunei as well as two former Miss Universe...

    , fashion designer
  • Jimmy Choo
    Jimmy Choo
    Dato' Jimmy Choo, OBE, born Choo Yeang Keat, is a Malaysian fashion designer based in London, United Kingdom. He is best known for founding Jimmy Choo Ltd that became known for its handmade women's shoes....

    , (born 1961) shoe designer
  • Peter Pek
    Peter Pek
    Peter Pek MCSD is a brand strategist, writer, columnist, editor, publisher, designer, creative director, public relations professional, public speaker, corporate celebrity, radio and television personality from Malaysia...

    , graphic designer
  • Zang Toi
    Zang Toi
    -Early life:He was born in the Kuala Krai district in the state of Kelantan on 11 June 1961.Toi left his native Malaysia at the age of eighteen, and via Toronto, landed in New York a year later. There he attended Parsons School of Design and apprenticed with Mary Jane Marcasiano and Ronaldus Shamask...

    , fashion designer

Entertainers

  • Jamal Abdillah
    Jamal Abdillah
    Jamal Ubaidillah bin Haji Ali or is better known as Jamal Abdillah is a Malaysian pop singer and actor. Winner of Bintang RTM 1979.-Concerts:...

     (born 1959)
  • Sudirman Arshad
    Sudirman Arshad
    Dato' Sudirman Haji Arshad DIMP, JMN, AMN, AMP was a Malaysian singer and songwriter. He was known as the 'Singing Lawyer', the 'People's Singer' and the 'Elvis of Malaysia'.-Early life:...

     (1954–1992)
  • Loganathan Arumugam
    Loganathan Arumugam
    Loganathan Arumugam or also better known as Loga is a Malaysian singer who is one of the founding members of the band called Alleycats. Loga, the co-lead singer for Alleycats after his elder brother David, died from lung cancer at the Mount Miriam Hospital on the 4th of June, 2007. He left behind...

     (died 2007)
  • Datuk David Arumugam
    David Arumugam
    David Arumugam is a Malaysian singer who is one of the founding members of the band called Alleycats. He is the elder brother of Loganathan Arumugam. On the 12th of February 2009, David Arumugam was conferred the Darjah Indera Mahkota Pahang award which carries the title of “Datuk” in conjunction...

     Alleycats
    Alleycats
    The Alleycats is a Malaysian band which was formed in 1969, and gained popularity in the late 1970s. They consist of musicians from Penang, and gained popularity in their home state earlier on in their career.-Band members:Members include:...

  • Awal Ashaari
    Awal Ashaari
    Ahmad Awaluddin Ashaari , better known by his stage name Awal Ashaari, is a Malaysian actor, model and TV host.He was born in Kampung Baru, Malaysia.He currently hosts One in a Million, a reality singing contest.-Biography:...

  • Asmawi bin Ani
    Mawi
    Asmawi Atan, better known as Mawi, is a Malaysian singer and winner of the Third Season of Malaysia's popular reality show, Akademi Fantasia...

     (born 1981)
  • Ahmad Azhar
    Awie
    Awie is a Malaysian rock singer and actor.-Early life:Awie was born Ahmad Azhar Bin Othman on November 24, 1968 in Kampung Datuk Keramat, Selangor to Othman bin Maarof and Azizah bte Abdul Hamid. He has three sisters and two brothers...

     (born 1968)
  • Ning Baizura
    Ning Baizura
    Ning Baizura binti Sheikh Hamzah , popularly known as Ning, is a Malaysian pop and R&B singer, who records and sings in languages, including Bahasa Malaysia, English, Japanese, Italian, French, Mandarin and Cantonese...

     (born 1975)
  • Kasma Booty
    Kasma Booty
    Kasma Booty was a Malaysian actress and film star. She was dubbed the "Elizabeth Taylor of Malaysia."-Personal life:She was born Kasmah Abdullah in Kiasaran, near the city of Medan on the Indonesian island of Sumatra. She was of Dutch and Javanese descent. She began her acting and film career at...

     (died 2007)
  • Marion Caunter
    Marion Caunter
    Marion Rose Caunter Abdullah is a Malaysian video jockey,events MC and television personality, of Chinese/English descent. She is married to S M Nasarudin SM Nasimuddin, chairman of Naza Group of Companies....

    , host of One In A Million
    One in a Million (TV series)
    One in a Million is a Malaysian reality-competition show. It is the first reality singing competition to offer a RM 1 million prize to the winner...

    and the 8TV Quickie
  • Ella
    Ella (singer)
    Norzila binti Haji Aminuddin or Ella is a popular Malaysian rock musician. Ratu Rock is Malay for "Queen of Rock" and this is an apt title for this female rock-star. Ella's more well-known hit songs spanned from the 1990s to today...

     (born 1966)
  • Erra Fazira
    Erra Fazira
    Erra Fazira is a Malaysian actress, singer, fashion model, TV Host, film producer, as well as former beauty queen....

     (born 1974)
  • Sean Ghazi
    Sean Ghazi
    Sean William Ghazi is a Malaysian actor, singer and dancer.Ghazi is best known for appearing in the 1999 movie Anna and the King , alongside Jodie Foster and Chow Yun-fat. He has appeared on stage in London's West End and in Europe, in productions such as Miss Saigon, Rent and The King and I...

     (born 1969)
  • Fauziah Latiff
    Fauziah Latiff
    Siti Fauziah Sheikh Abdul Latiff is a Malaysian singer and actress. Latiff first appeared to the world performing at a charity concert at Stadium Merdeka in 1987. Talent scouts from Happy Records spotted her and offered her her first recording contract...

     (born 1970)
  • Angelica Lee
    Angelica Lee
    Angelica Lee Sin-Jie is a Malaysian Chinese film actress and pop singer. She started her career in singing and later moved on to acting in Taiwan and Hong Kong. Lee starred in The Eye, the hit Asian horror film by the Pang Brothers, winning her the Golden Horse Award for Best Actress, Best Actress...

     (born 1976)
  • Daniel Lee Chee Hun
    Daniel Lee Chee Hun
    Danell Lee Chieh Hun is a Malaysian singer most notable for winning the second season of Malaysian Idol and he is even video-featured in Singapore's popular youth TV station - .-Malaysian Idol 2:Better known as Daniel throughout the show, he beat over...

     (born 1983)
  • Fish Leong
    Fish Leong
    Fish Leong is the stage name of Jasmine Leong, a Malaysian Chinese singer in the Mandarin pop scene who has had much success in Taiwan, Mainland China, Hong Kong, Malaysia, Singapore and Japan...

     (born 1983)
  • Sheila Majid
    Sheila Majid
    Shaheila binti Abdul Majid or commonly known as Sheila Majid is a popular singer from Malaysia. She is of Mandailing-Javanese descent. - Biography :...

     (born 1965)
  • Amy Mastura
    Amy Mastura
    Amy Mastura is a Malaysian actress and singer who is known for her romantic comedy film roles and contributions to the local pop music industry....

     (born 1971)
  • Mohamad Nasir Mohamad
    M. Nasir
    Mohamad Nasir Mohamad or M. Nasir , is a Malaysian poet, singer-songwriter, composer, producer, actor and film director.-Career:...

     (born 1957)
  • Meor Aziddin Yusof
    Meor Aziddin Yusof
    Meor Aziddin Yusof , popularly known as Meor, is an independent Malay language folk singer-songwriter from Malaysia. He has performed since 1984 and has had a major label recording release Pesta Jiwa before deciding to take the independent route and continued his craft as a busker in Kuala Lumpur,...

     (born 1967)
  • Ah Niu
    Ah Niu
    Ah Niu , is the nickname and stage name of Tan Kheng Seong , a popular singer in Malaysia and Singapore in the late 1990s....

     (born 1976)
  • Dayang Nurfaizah
    Dayang Nurfaizah
    Dayang Nurfaizah binti Awang Dowty is a Malaysian singer. Her debut self-titled album was released in May 1999 and it was recorded in the pop and R&B genres...

     (born 1981)
  • Shanon Shah
    Shanon Shah
    Shanon Shah , is a singer-songwriter from Malaysia. He has released an album Dilanda Cinta on the InterGlobal Music Malaysia independent label...

     (born 1978)
  • Siti Nurhaliza
    Siti Nurhaliza
    Dato', or occasionally Datin Seri, Siti Nurhaliza binti Tarudin DIMP, JSM, SAP, PMP, AAP is a Malaysian singer, songwriter, record producer, television presenter and businesswoman. To date, she has garnered more than 200 local awards as well as international awards...

     (born 1979)
  • Misha Omar
    Misha Omar
    Samiha @ Aisah Binti Omar , commonly known as Misha, is a Malaysian singer and actress. She was first discovered by Adnan Abu Hassan when she became a finalist of the "Bintang RTM" competition in 2001 alongside fellow singers Azharina and Siti Sarah. Misha did not win the competition but her...

     (born 1982)
  • Hani Mohsin
    Hani Mohsin
    Hani Mohsin was a Malaysian celebrity, actor and host of TV gameshow Roda Impian, the Malaysian version of Wheel of Fortune.Hani was born on 18 June 1965 in Kangar, Perlis....

     (1965–2006)
  • Aziz M. Osman
    Aziz M. Osman
    Aziz M. Osman is a Malaysian actor and director. He has been involved in a number of other areas of the Malaysian film industry as well, having been a producer, screenwriter and editor. He is currently the director general of AceMotion Pictures Sdn Bhd...

     (born 1962)
  • Adibah Noor
    Adibah Noor
    Adibah Noor is a Malaysian artiste. She is a singer, actress, emcee, voiceover and ad talent. She has been in showbiz for 13 years.- Film :*Sepet *Gubra *Mukhsin *Buli Balik*Talentime *Crayon *Nasi Lemak 2.0...

  • Azmyl Yunor
    Azmyl Yunor
    Azmyl Yunor is an independent English and Malay language singer-songwriter, multi-instrumentalist, academic and writer from Malaysia...

     (born 1977)
  • P. Ramlee
    P. Ramlee
    Tan Sri Datuk Amar Dr. P. Ramlee, was a Malaysian film actor, director, singer, songwriter, composer, and producer. Due to his contributions to the movie and music industry and his literary work, he is often considered the icon of Malay entertainment in Malaysia, Singapore, and Sumatra .-Biography:P...

     (born 1929)
  • Aziz Sattar
    Aziz Sattar
    Datuk Aziz Sattar is a Malaysian actor, comedian, singer and director who is mostly known for his roles in the black and white Malayan films of the 1950s and 1960s.- Early life :...

     (born 1925)
  • Reshmonu
    Reshmonu
    Hiresh Haridas , better known by his stage name Reshmonu, is a singer-songwriter from Malaysia who does mostly English songs. He is known for songs such as "Walk Away", "Cintaku Pergi", "Hey Waley" and "Superfine", as well as for his hairstyles...

  • Fasha Sandha
    Fasha Sandha
    Nur Fasha Sandha binti Hassan or commercially known as Fasha Sandha is a Malaysian actress who has appeared in movies, television shows, and commercials. She was born in Johor Bahru, Johor, but moved to Penang and later to Perlis due to her father's work...

     (born 1984)
  • Ku Nazhatul Shima Ku Kamarazzaman
    Shima
    is the name of several places in Japan.* Shima Province, one of the old provinces of Japan* Shima, Fukuoka, a former town in Fukuoka Prefecture* Shima, Mie, a city in Mie Prefecture* Shima, Mie , a former town in Mie Prefecture...

     (born 1969)
  • Nicholas Teo
    Nicholas Teo
    Nicholas Teo, born November 29, 1981, also known as Nicholas Zhang, is a Malaysian singer signed under Play Music. Before returning to Malaysia, Nicholas was studying in Taiwan, where he won the Best Singer in a competition among all the Taiwan universities...

     (born 1981)
  • Pete Teo
    Pete Teo
    Pete Teo , is a leading English language singer-songwriter in Malaysia. He is also an acclaimed film composer and music producer as well as a sought-after actor in what has become known as 'New Wave Malaysian Cinema'.-Biography:...

  • Penny Tai
    Penny Tai
    Penny Tai is a Malaysian Chinese singer and songwriter in the Mandopop scene. Since her debut in 2000 she has released ten albums.-Biography:...

     (born 1978)
  • Hannah Tan
    Hannah Tan
    Hannah Tan , also known as Hannah T or Hannah Sarah Tan, is a Malaysian singer-songwriter, actress, model and television personality...

     (born 1981)
  • Jaclyn Victor
    Jaclyn Victor
    Jaclyn Joshua Thanaraj Victor is a singer and actress, popularly known as Jac, who won the inaugural Malaysian Idol and Ikon Malaysia. For being the winner of Malaysian Idol, she won a recording contract under Sony BMG Entertainment. She is under the management of The 8 Unit. She represented...

     (born 1978)
  • Chef Wan
    Chef Wan
    Chef Wan is a Malaysian celebrity chef. His real name is Redzuawan Ismail.- Career :His early career was as an accountant. He says after seeing the popularity of many types of Asian food in Western countries he decided to promote Malaysia and other South East Asian countries using their food.He has...

  • Michael Wong (born 1970)
  • Victor Wong
    Victor Wong (singer)
    Victor Wong Pin Kuan is a Malaysian Chinese singer who has made his name in the Taiwan music scene. He was born on February 26, 1972.He formed a duo group with Michael Wong named Michael & Victor in 1995 when they first started out as singers under Rock Records. They attained much success in...

     (born 1972)
  • Dato' Michelle Yeoh
    Michelle Yeoh
    Michelle Yeoh Choo-Kheng is a Hong Kong-based Malaysian Chinese actress, well known for performing her own stunts in the action films that brought her to fame in the early 1990s....

    , Hollywood actress (born 1962)
  • Ziana Zain
    Ziana Zain
    Siti Roziana binti Zin , known by her stage name Ziana Zain is a Malaysian pop singer-songwriter, model, entrepreneur and actress. Taking the local music scene by storm in the early `90s, Ziana captivated fans with her signature single, Madah Berhelah...

     (born 1968)
  • Zee Avi
    Zee Avi
    Zee Avi is a Malaysian singer-songwriter, guitarist, and ukulele player. She was born in Miri, Sarawak, Malaysia. She moved to Kuala Lumpur when she was 12...


Politicians

  • Parameswara
    Parameswara (sultan)
    Parameswara , also called Iskandar Shah or Sri Majara, was a Malay-Hindu prince from Temasek who founded the Malacca Sultanate around 1402.-Etymology:...

    , 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
    Tan Cheng Lock
    Tun Dato Sri Sir Cheng-lock Tan, DPMJ, KBE was a Malaysian Chinese businessman and a key public figure who devoted his life to fighting for the rights and the social welfare of the Chinese community in Malaya...

    , Founder of MCA
  • Tun Hussein Onn, 3rd Prime Minister
  • Mahathir Mohammad, 4th Prime Minister, Father of Modernisation
  • Abdullah Ahmad Badawi
    Abdullah Ahmad Badawi
    Tun Abdullah bin Haji Ahmad Badawi is a Malaysian politician who served as Prime Minister from 2003 to 2009. He was also the President of the United Malays National Organisation , the largest political party in Malaysia, and led the governing Barisan Nasional parliamentary coalition...

    , 5th Prime Minister, since 2003
  • Najib Tun Razak
    Najib Tun Razak
    Dato' Sri Haji Mohd Najib bin Tun Haji Abdul Razak is the sixth, and since 2009, Prime Minister of Malaysia. He previously held the post of Deputy Prime Minister from 7 January 2004 until he succeeded Tun Abdullah Ahmad Badawi as Prime Minister on 3 April 2009. Najib is President of the United...

     Current Prime Minister, since 2009
  • Dato' Seri Ong Ka Ting
    Ong Ka Ting
    Tan Sri Ong Ka Ting is a Malaysian politician and a former Minister of Housing and Local Government in the Malaysian cabinet. He is also the former President of the Malaysian Chinese Association and is the Member of Parliament for Kulai.-Early life:...

  • Dato' Seri Anwar Ibrahim
    Anwar Ibrahim
    Anwar bin Ibrahim is a Malaysian politician who served as Malaysian Deputy Prime Minister from 1993 to 1998. Early in his career, Anwar was a close ally of Prime Minister Mahathir bin Mohamad but subsequently emerged as the most prominent critic of Mahathir's government.In 1999, he was sentenced...

  • Dato' Wan Hisham Wan Salleh
    Wan Hisham Wan Salleh
    Dato' Wan Hisham Dato Wan Salleh is a member of Terengganu State Executive Council in Malaysia and holds the State Infrastructure Development, Public Service and Communication Committee portfolio...

  • Nik Aziz Nik Mat
    Nik Aziz Nik Mat
    Dato' Bentara Setia Haji Nik Abdul Aziz bin Nik Mat is a Malaysian politician, a Muslim ulama and currently the Menteri Besar of the state of Kelantan...

  • Raja Nong Chik Zainal Abidin
    Raja Nong Chik Zainal Abidin
    Dato' Raja Nong Chik bin Datuk Raja Zainal Abidin is a Malaysian politician and currently the Minister of Federal Territories and Urban Well-being. He is a Senator from the United Malays National Organisation in the Dewan Negara, the upper house of the Malaysian Parliament.-Background:Raja Nong...

    , Federal Territory and Urban Wellbeing Minister 2010
  • Wan Azizah Wan Ismail
    Wan Azizah Wan Ismail
    Yang Berbahagia Datuk Seri Wan Azizah Wan Ismail is a Malaysian politician. She is currently the president of Parti Keadilan Rakyat and she was the Member of Parliament for Permatang Pauh from 1999 to 2008. She was also the Leader of Opposition in Dewan Rakyat from March 2008 until 31 July 2008...

  • Karpal Singh
    Karpal Singh
    Karpal Singh is a Malaysian lawyer and politician, who has been the Member of Parliament for the neighbourhood of Bukit Gelugor in the state of Penang since 2004...

  • Lim Kit Siang
  • Lim Guan Eng
    Lim Guan Eng
    Lim Guan Eng is the 4th Chief Minister of the State of Penang and Secretary-General of the Malaysian Democratic Action Party . He is the son of Lim Kit Siang, Leader of the Opposition in the Dewan Rakyat from 1973 to 1999 and 2004 to 2008....

  • Tengku Razaleigh Hamzah
    Tengku Razaleigh Hamzah
    Tan Sri Tengku Razaleigh bin Tengku Mohd Hamzah is a major Malaysian political figure from the state of Kelantan, and a former Finance Minister. He is an uncle of the current Raja Perempuan of Kelantan. Tengku is a Malay hereditary title usually translated as prince...


Religious

  • Antony Selvanayagam
    Antony Selvanayagam
    Antony Selvanayagam is the current bishop of the Diocese of Penang, Malaysia. He was installed by Pope John Paul II as the 4th bishop of Penang after the transfer of his predecessor, Bishop Anthony Soter Fernandez to the Archdiocese of Kuala Lumpur as the 2nd archbishop of Kuala Lumpur.He has...

    , Roman Catholic Bishop
    Bishop
    A bishop is an ordained or consecrated member of the Christian clergy who is generally entrusted with a position of authority and oversight. Within the Catholic Church, Eastern Orthodox, Oriental Orthodox Churches, in the Assyrian Church of the East, in the Independent Catholic Churches, and in the...

     of the Diocese of Penang
  • Anthony Soter Fernandez
    Anthony Soter Fernandez
    Anthony Soter Fernandez is Archbishop Emeritus of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. He became the Archdiocese's second Archbishop upon his appointment on 30 July 1983 by Pope John Paul II, and was installed on 10 November 1983...

    , Archbishop Emeritus of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Kuala Lumpur, and Bishop Emeritus of the Diocese of Penang
  • Gregory Yong
    Gregory Yong
    Gregory Yong Sooi Ngean , D.D. D.C.L was the second Roman Catholic Archbishop of Singapore. Archbishop Gregory Yong died on 28 June 2008 of a heart failure....

     (1925–2008), Second Roman Catholic Archbishop of Singapore
  • Tan Sri Datuk Murphy Nicholas Xavier Pakiam
    Murphy Nicholas Xavier Pakiam
    Murphy Nicholas Xavier Pakiam is the third metropolitan archbishop of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia....

    , Metropolitan archbishop of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Kuala Lumpur, president of the Catholic Bishops' Conference of Malaysia, Singapore and Brunei
    Episcopal Conference
    In the Roman Catholic Church, an Episcopal Conference, Conference of Bishops, or National Conference of Bishops is an official assembly of all the bishops of a given territory...

    ; and publisher of the Catholic weekly newspaper, The Herald
    The Herald (Malaysian Catholic Weekly)
    -Circulation:It has a circulation of 14,000 copies in Malaysia. It is printed in English, Malay, Tamil and Chinese, and meant for distribution to Malaysian Catholics.-Newspaper sections:*Cover News*Forum & Reflection*Home News*International News*Editorial...


Badminton

  • Chan Chong Ming
    Chan Chong Ming
    Chan Chong Ming is a male badminton doubles player from Malaysia.-Career:Chan Chong Ming competed in badminton at the 2004 Summer Olympics with his then partner, Chew Choon Eng...

     (men's doubles)
  • Lee Chong Wei
    Lee Chong Wei
    Datuk Lee Chong Wei is a professional badminton player from Malaysia who resides in Bukit Mertajam. Lee won the silver medal in the 2008 Olympic Games, thus becoming the first Malaysian to reach the final of the men's singles event and ending Malaysia's Olympic medal drought since the 1996 Games...

  • Chew Choon Eng
    Chew Choon Eng
    Chew Choon Eng is a male badminton player from Malaysia. He competed in badminton at the 2004 Summer Olympics in men's doubles with partner Chan Chong Ming. They defeated Theodoros Velkos and George Patis of Greece in the first round, then were defeated in the round of 16 by Zheng Bo and Sang...

     (men's doubles)
  • Wong Choong Hann
    Wong Choong Hann
    Wong Choong Hann is a professional Malaysian badminton player.He currently resides in Sri Petaling, Kuala Lumpur.-Career:Wong Choong Hann's career began with the 1991 Malaysia Open.The first tournament he won was the 1997 Dutch Open...

  • Chin Eei Hui
    Chin Eei Hui
    Chin Eei Hui is a female badminton player from Malaysia in the women's doubles event.-Career:Eei Hui competed in badminton at the 2004 Summer Olympics in women's doubles with partner Wong Pei Tty...

     (women's doubles)
  • Hafiz Hashim
  • Roslin Hashim
    Roslin Hashim
    Muhammad Roslin Hashim is a male badminton player from Malaysia.He is one of the successful Malaysian badminton players...

  • Wong Pei Tty
    Wong Pei Tty
    Wong Pei Tty is a female badminton player from Malaysia.Wong competed in badminton at the 2004 Summer Olympics in women's doubles with partner Chin Eei Hui...

     (women's doubles)
  • Choong Tan Fook
    Choong Tan Fook
    Choong Tan Fook is a male badminton player from Malaysia, who competed in badminton at the 2004 Summer Olympics in men's doubles with partner Lee Wan Wah. They had a bye in the first round and defeated Pramote Teerawiwatana and Tesana Panvisvas of Thailand in the second...

     (men's doubles)
  • Lee Wan Wah
    Lee Wan Wah
    Lee Wan Wah is a male badminton men doubles player from Malaysia. His regular doubles' partner is Choong Tan Fook.Lee competed in badminton at the 2004 Summer Olympics in men's doubles with Choong Tan Fook. They had a bye in the first round and defeated Pramote Teerawiwatana and Tesana Panvisvas...

     (men's doubles)
  • Koo Kien Keat
    Koo Kien Keat
    Koo Kien Keat is a professional badminton player from Malaysia. Besides being a men's doubles player, he also represents Malaysia in the mixed doubles event. He started his career at seventeen years of age and has won the Asian Junior title. He played in the Thomas Cup 2004 with Chan Chong Ming....

     (men's doubles)
  • Tan Boon Heong
    Tan Boon Heong
    Tan Boon Heong is a professional badminton player representing Malaysia in the men's doubles event. He and his current doubles partner—Koo Kien Keat—are ranked 3rd in men's doubles in the world.-Career:...

     (men's doubles)

Retired

  • Tan Aik Huang
    Tan Aik Huang
    Tan Aik Huang is a retired Malaysian Chinese badminton player noted for his superb footwork and patience.He won the All England Open Badminton Championships, then considered the unofficial World Badminton Championships, in men's singles in 1966, defeating Japan's Masao Akiyama in the finals...

  • Eddy Choong
    Eddy Choong
    Eddy Choong Ewe Beng is a retired Chinese badminton player from Malaysia. He is David Ewe Choong's brother and they played men's doubles together....

  • Punch Gunalan
    Punch Gunalan
    Datuk Punch Gunalan is a former male badminton star of Malaysia and one of the finest combination doubles and singles players that the country has ever produced....

  • Yap Kim Hock
    Yap Kim Hock
    Yap Kim Hock born on 2 July 1972 at Muar, Johor, is a retired male badminton player from Malaysia, specialized in men's doubles.-Career:Kim Hock represented Malaysia and competed at the Atlanta 1996 Summer Olympics and the Sydney 2000 Summer Olympics in the badminton men's doubles event with Cheah...

  • Foo Kok Keong
    Foo Kok Keong
    Foo Kok Keong is a former badminton star from Malaysia who rated among the world's best singles players from the late 1980s to the mid 1990s. Not a stylish looking player, he was noted for his quickness, stamina, and never-say-die tenacity...

  • Jalani Sidek
    Jalani Sidek
    Mohamed Jalani Mohamad Sidek is a former badminton player from Malaysia....

  • Misbun Sidek
    Misbun Sidek
    Dato' Mohmed Misbun Sidek is a Malaysian former badminton player who rated among world's leading men's singles players of the 1980s. He is the eldest of the famous six Sidek brothers, all of whom were actively involved in international badminton scene...

  • Rashid Sidek
    Rashid Sidek
    Rashid Sidek was a Malaysian national badminton player, and a prominent world-class singles player during the 1990s. He is the youngest of the six Sidek brothers. He and his siblings were all actively involved in the international badminton scene...

  • Razif Sidek
    Razif Sidek
    Mohamad Razif Mohd Sidek is a former badminton player from Malaysia and a prominent world-class doubles player during the mid 1980s to early 1990s....

  • Cheah Soon Kit
    Cheah Soon Kit
    Cheah Soon Kit is a retired male badminton player from Malaysia, specialized in men's doubles.-Career:He has played for Malaysian team since 1986 especially in doubles. He always plays with different pairs such as Ong Beng Teong , Soo Beng Kiang and Choong Tan Fook during his carer in badminton...

  • Lee Wan Wah
    Lee Wan Wah
    Lee Wan Wah is a male badminton men doubles player from Malaysia. His regular doubles' partner is Choong Tan Fook.Lee competed in badminton at the 2004 Summer Olympics in men's doubles with Choong Tan Fook. They had a bye in the first round and defeated Pramote Teerawiwatana and Tesana Panvisvas...


Football (soccer)

  • Tadashi Takeda
    Tadashi Takeda
    Tadashi Takeda is a Malaysian-born Japanese professional football player, currently playing for the Japanese club Fagiano Okayama. He primarily plays as a central defender, but has also operated at right back.-Career:...

    , Fagiano Okayama FC
  • Brendan Gan
    Brendan Gan
    Brendan Gan is an Australian footballer who currently plays for Sabah FA in the Malaysian Super League.-Club career:Gan began playing football for his local club, the Marton Hammers before he signed for the Sutherland Sharks in 2000 when he was twelve years old and came up through their youth...

    , Sydney FC
    Sydney FC
    Sydney FC is a professional football club based in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia and competes in the country's premier football competition, the A-League...

  • Shaun Maloney
    Shaun Maloney
    Shaun Richard Maloney is a Scottish footballer who plays for English club Wigan Athletic in the Premier League and for the Scotland national team. He plays on either Wing or as a Striker and occasionally as an Attacking Midfielder...

    , Celtic FC
  • Akmal Rizal, Perak FA
    Perak FA
    The Football Association of Perak enters a team in Malaysian football competitions to represent the state of Perak. The team currently plays in the Malaysia Super League....

    , Kelantan
    Kelantan FA
    The Kelantan Football Association enters a team in Malaysian football competitions to represent the state of Kelantan, Malaysia. The team is based in the city of Kota Bharu, Kelantan, Malaysia. They are currently playing in the top division in Malaysian football, the Malaysia Super League...

    , RC Strasbourg
    RC Strasbourg
    Racing Club de Strasbourg is a French association football club founded in 1906 and professional since 1933, based in the city of Strasbourg, in Alsace...

    , FCSR Haguenau
    FCSR Haguenau
    Football Club Sports Réunis Haguenau is a French association football team founded in 1987. They are based in Haguenau, Alsace, France and are currently playing in the Championnat de France Amateurs 2 Group B, the fifth tier in the French football league system...

  • Norshahrul Idlan Talaha
    Norshahrul Idlan Talaha
    Norshahrul Idlan Talaha is a Malaysian footballer who is currently plays as a striker for Kelantan FA and the Malaysia national football team. With his great pace, dribbling skill and offensive-solo effort, many considered him as the best striker in Malaysia for this era...

    , Kelantan FA
    Kelantan FA
    The Kelantan Football Association enters a team in Malaysian football competitions to represent the state of Kelantan, Malaysia. The team is based in the city of Kota Bharu, Kelantan, Malaysia. They are currently playing in the top division in Malaysian football, the Malaysia Super League...

  • Khairul Fahmi Che Mat
    Khairul Fahmi Che Mat
    Khairul Fahmi Che Mat is a Malaysian goalkeeper currently playing for Kelantan FA in Malaysia Super League and the Malaysia national football team. He is also a member of Malaysia national, Malaysia U-23 and former Malaysia U-20 squad.-Career:Khairul started playing for the Kelantan FA President's...

    , Kelantan FA
    Kelantan FA
    The Kelantan Football Association enters a team in Malaysian football competitions to represent the state of Kelantan, Malaysia. The team is based in the city of Kota Bharu, Kelantan, Malaysia. They are currently playing in the top division in Malaysian football, the Malaysia Super League...

  • Mohd Safiq Rahim
    Mohd Safiq Rahim
    Mohd Safiq Rahim is a Malaysian footballer who is currently playing for Selangor FA. He is also a member of Malaysia national, Malaysia U-23 and former Malaysia U-20 squad....

    , Selangor FA
    Selangor FA
    The Football Association of Selangor , commonly referred to as FAS or simply Selangor, competes in Malaysian football competitions representing the state of Selangor Darul Ehsan. The team is based in Shah Alam city. They are currently playing in Malaysian Super League, the top-flight of Malaysian...

  • Mohd Fadzli Saari
    Mohd Fadzli Saari
    Mohd Fadzli Saari is a Malaysian footballer who is a midfielder for Selangor FA. He is a member of the Malaysia national football team.-Career:Fadzli is one of the Malaysian footballer who given a chances to play outside Malaysia...

    , Selangor FA
    Selangor FA
    The Football Association of Selangor , commonly referred to as FAS or simply Selangor, competes in Malaysian football competitions representing the state of Selangor Darul Ehsan. The team is based in Shah Alam city. They are currently playing in Malaysian Super League, the top-flight of Malaysian...

    , KL PLUS FC, SV Wehen
    SV Wehen
    SV Wehen Wiesbaden is a German association football club based in Wiesbaden, Hesse.-History:Since the beginning of the 07–08 season the club plays its homegames in nearby Wiesbaden and no longer in Taunusstein...

  • Rudie Ramli
    Rudie Ramli
    Rudie Ramli is a Malaysian professional football player currently playing for Selangor FA in the Malaysian Super League as a striker....

    , Selangor FA
    Selangor FA
    The Football Association of Selangor , commonly referred to as FAS or simply Selangor, competes in Malaysian football competitions representing the state of Selangor Darul Ehsan. The team is based in Shah Alam city. They are currently playing in Malaysian Super League, the top-flight of Malaysian...

    , Perlis FA
    Perlis FA
    The Perlis Football Association enters a team in Malaysian football competitions to represent the state of Perlis. The team is based in Kangar, Perlis. They play in the top division in Malaysian football, the Malaysian Super League. Their home stadium is Utama Negeri Stadium in Kangar, Perlis...

    , SV Wehen
    SV Wehen
    SV Wehen Wiesbaden is a German association football club based in Wiesbaden, Hesse.-History:Since the beginning of the 07–08 season the club plays its homegames in nearby Wiesbaden and no longer in Taunusstein...

  • Serbegeth Singh, owner/founder of MyTeam
    MyTeam
    For information about the professional football club created after season 1 of the TV show, see: UPB-MyTeam FC.MyTeam is a Malaysian reality TV series which aired on TV3...

    , ESPN
    ESPN
    Entertainment and Sports Programming Network, commonly known as ESPN, is an American global cable television network focusing on sports-related programming including live and pre-taped event telecasts, sports talk shows, and other original programming....

     football pundit
  • Mohd Safee Mohd Sali
    Mohd Safee Mohd Sali
    Mohd Safee Mohd Sali commonly known as Safee Sali is a professional Malaysian footballer who is a Striker for Pelita Jaya FC of Indonesia...

    , Selangor FA
    Selangor FA
    The Football Association of Selangor , commonly referred to as FAS or simply Selangor, competes in Malaysian football competitions representing the state of Selangor Darul Ehsan. The team is based in Shah Alam city. They are currently playing in Malaysian Super League, the top-flight of Malaysian...

    , Pelita Jaya
    Pelita Jaya
    Pelita Jaya FC is an Indonesian football team located in Karawang, Indonesia founded in 1986. It was one of the most successful clubs in the Galatama era. The club's finance is mostly supported by The Bakrie Group....

  • Baddrol Bakhtiar, Kedah FA
    Kedah FA
    The Kedah FA are a Malaysian professional football association team based in Kedah, Malaysia also enters a team in Malaysian football competitions to represent the state of Kedah...

  • Mohd Khyril Muhymeen Zambri
    Mohd Khyril Muhymeen Zambri
    Mohd Khyril Muhymeen Zambri is a Malaysian footballer who plays as a striker for Kedah. He also a winger for Malaysia national, Malaysia U-23 and former Malaysia U-20 squad...

    , Kedah FA
    Kedah FA
    The Kedah FA are a Malaysian professional football association team based in Kedah, Malaysia also enters a team in Malaysian football competitions to represent the state of Kedah...

  • Mohd Sabre Mat Abu, Kedah FA
    Kedah FA
    The Kedah FA are a Malaysian professional football association team based in Kedah, Malaysia also enters a team in Malaysian football competitions to represent the state of Kedah...

  • Mohd Azmi Muslim
    Mohd Azmi Muslim
    Mohd Azmi Muslim is a Malaysian footballer who is a defender and a Midfielder for Kedah FA. He was a member of the Malaysia national under-23 football team and a member of the 2009 Laos Sea Games Football Gold medal winning squad. He has played for the Malaysian national football team, and in 2009...

    , Kedah FA
    Kedah FA
    The Kedah FA are a Malaysian professional football association team based in Kedah, Malaysia also enters a team in Malaysian football competitions to represent the state of Kedah...

  • Mohd Fadhli Mohd Shas
    Mohd Fadhli Mohd Shas
    Mohd Fadhli Mohd Shas is a Malaysian footballer who is currently plays as a Defender for Harimau Muda A in the Malaysia Super League. He is also a member of Malaysia senior football team and Malaysia U-23 squad....

    , Harimau Muda A, FC ViOn Zlaté Moravce
    FC ViOn Zlaté Moravce
    FC ViOn Zlaté Moravce is a Slovak football team, based in the town of Zlaté Moravce. The club was founded on 22 January 1995.- History :From the club's establishment in 1995 until 2004, they played in various regional competitions...

  • Wan Zack Haikal Wan Noor
    Wan Zack Haikal Wan Noor
    Wan Zack Haikal Wan Noor is a Malaysian footballer who currently mainly plays as a Striker or a Midfielder for Harimau Muda A in the Malaysia Super League...

    , Harimau Muda A, FC ViOn Zlaté Moravce
    FC ViOn Zlaté Moravce
    FC ViOn Zlaté Moravce is a Slovak football team, based in the town of Zlaté Moravce. The club was founded on 22 January 1995.- History :From the club's establishment in 1995 until 2004, they played in various regional competitions...

  • Mohd Irfan Fazail
    Mohd Irfan Fazail
    Mohamad Irfan bin Fazail is a Malaysian footballer currently mainly plays as a Midfielder for Harimau Muda A in the Malaysia Super League...

    , Harimau Muda A, FC ViOn Zlaté Moravce
    FC ViOn Zlaté Moravce
    FC ViOn Zlaté Moravce is a Slovak football team, based in the town of Zlaté Moravce. The club was founded on 22 January 1995.- History :From the club's establishment in 1995 until 2004, they played in various regional competitions...

  • Stanley Bernard Stephen Samuel
    Stanley Bernard Stephen Samuel
    Stanley Bernard Stephen Samuel, born on March 10, 1986, is a Malaysian footballer who currently plays for Sabah FA.-Kuala Lumpur Football Association:...

    , Sabah FA
    Sabah FA
    The Football Association of Sabah is a registered football association affiliated with the Football Association of Malaysia. The association's football team competes in Malaysia's football league representing the state of Sabah in Borneo. Sabah FA is a professional football club and one of the 14...

    , Sporting Clube de Goa
    Sporting Clube de Goa
    Sporting Clube de Goa is a association football club based in the Indian state of Goa who currently participate in the I-League which is India's number one league competition in the country...


Retired

  • Mokhtar Dahari
    Mokhtar Dahari
    Allahyarham Dato' Mokhtar Dahari was a Malaysian Association football player from Setapak, Kuala Lumpur. He was one of the best players in Asia in the 1970s and is known as the best Malaysian footballer during that time, a legend in Malaysian football...

    , Former Selangor FA
    Selangor FA
    The Football Association of Selangor , commonly referred to as FAS or simply Selangor, competes in Malaysian football competitions representing the state of Selangor Darul Ehsan. The team is based in Shah Alam city. They are currently playing in Malaysian Super League, the top-flight of Malaysian...

     and Malaysian player
  • Lim Teong Kim
    Lim Teong Kim
    Lim Teong Kim is a retired Malaysian football player and currently an Assistant Coach of Bayern Munich U-19 Team.-Playing career:...

    , Former FC Bayern Munich
    FC Bayern Munich
    FC Bayern Munich , is a German sports club based in Munich, Bavaria. It is best known for its professional football team, which is the most successful football club in Germany, having won 22 national titles and 15 cups....

     player
  • Matlan Marjan
    Matlan Marjan
    Matlan Marjan is a former professional football player from the state of Sabah, Malaysia. He is celebrated as the person whom scored 2 goals against England for Malaysia on 12 June 1991 as well as being one of the top striker in the local league in the early 1990s...

    , Former sabah FA
    Sabah FA
    The Football Association of Sabah is a registered football association affiliated with the Football Association of Malaysia. The association's football team competes in Malaysia's football league representing the state of Sabah in Borneo. Sabah FA is a professional football club and one of the 14...

     and Malaysian player
  • Soh Chin Aun
    Soh Chin Aun
    Datuk Soh Chin Aun ; born July 28, 1950) is a Malaysian Chinese national football player from Malacca alongside the late Mokhtar Dahari and R. Arumugam. He was known as Tauke or Towkay by his team mate and fans....

    , Former Selangor FA
    Selangor FA
    The Football Association of Selangor , commonly referred to as FAS or simply Selangor, competes in Malaysian football competitions representing the state of Selangor Darul Ehsan. The team is based in Shah Alam city. They are currently playing in Malaysian Super League, the top-flight of Malaysian...

     and Malaysian player
  • Khairul Azman Mohamed
    Khairul Azman Mohamed
    Khairul Azman Mohamed is a former Malaysian footballer who was a goalkeeper for Pahang, Sabah and the Malaysia national football team.-Career:...

    ,Former Pahang FA
    Pahang FA
    The Football Association of Pahang enters a team in Malaysian football competitions to represent the state of Pahang. The team is based in Kuantan, Pahang. They play in the top division in Malaysian football, the Malaysian Super League...

    , Sabah FA
    Sabah FA
    The Football Association of Sabah is a registered football association affiliated with the Football Association of Malaysia. The association's football team competes in Malaysia's football league representing the state of Sabah in Borneo. Sabah FA is a professional football club and one of the 14...

     and Malaysian player

Racing

  • Tengku Djan Ley
    Tengku Djan Ley
    Tengku Djan Ley bin Tengku Mahaleel is the head of Proton Motorsports and is also a Malaysian professional drifting driver who has taken part in the D1 Grand Prix racing series and others. He has won the 12 hour Merdeka Millennium Endurance race twice in 2005 and 2006...

  • Mohamed Fairuz Fauzy
    Mohamed Fairuz Fauzy
    Mohamed Fairuz Fauzy is a race car driver.- Early career:Fauzy started competing in karting events in 1994 before making the move to British Formula Ford at the start of 1999...

  • Fariqe Hairuman
    Fariqe Hairuman
    -BTCC:Fariqe is possibly best known as a driver for Team PETRONAS Syntium Proton in the British Touring Car Championship in 2004.-ATCC:He is also known for having driven in the Asian Touring Car Championship...

  • Nandakumar Puspanathan
    Nandakumar Puspanathan
    Nandakumar Puspanathan , is a Malaysian rally driver.He began his rally career in the Malaysian Rally Championship 2001, driving a privately entered Proton Satria 1600...

  • Karamjit Singh
    Karamjit Singh
    Karamjit Singh , also known as the Flying Sikh, is a Malaysian professional race driver in rallying, and was the first Asian driver to win the Fédération Internationale de l'Automobile Production Car World Championship for Drivers, doing so on his first try. He has been rallying professionally...

  • Alex Yoong
    Alex Yoong
    Alexander Charles Yoong Loong , is a Malaysian race car driver of European and Asian parentage. His mother, Joanna Bean, is from England. His father, Hanifah Yoong Yin Fah , a Malaysian Chinese, is a former racer and manager of the Shah Alam circuit between 1988 and 1998...

    , ex-Formula One
    Formula One
    Formula One, also known as Formula 1 or F1 and referred to officially as the FIA Formula One World Championship, is the highest class of single seater auto racing sanctioned by the Fédération Internationale de l'Automobile . The "formula" designation in the name refers to a set of rules with which...

     and A1 Grand Prix
    A1 Grand Prix
    A1 Grand Prix was a 'single make' open-wheel auto racing series. It was unique in its field in that competitors solely represented their nation as opposed to themselves or a team, the usual format in most formula racing series. As such, it was often promoted as the "World Cup of Motorsport"...

     driver
  • Shahrol Yuzy
    Shahrol Yuzy
    Shahrol Yuzy Ahmad Zaini is a motorcycle Grand Prix rider from Malaysia. After his retirement from motorcycle racing at the end of 2002, he served as a full-time mentor of Team Petronas Sprinta Racing for the Malaysian Cub Prix from 2003 to 2007 before moving to Team Modenas Yuzy Pachi in...


Others

  • Josiah Ng
    Josiah Ng
    Josiah Ng Onn Lam is a Malaysian track cyclist. He competed in the 2008 Beijing Olympics. He was also the 2004 Malaysian Olympian and Sportsman of the Year after participating in the 2004 Athens Olympics. In 2008, he won the Melbourne Cup on Wheels at the HiSense Arena in Melbourne...

     (born 1980), Cyclist
  • Ng Joo Pong
    Ng Joo Pong
    Joe Ng Joo Pong is a Malaysian cyclist who represented Malaysia at the 1964 and 1968 Summer Olympics and the 1966 Asian Games....

     (born 1946), Retired Cyclist
  • Mon Redee Sut Txi
    Mon Redee Sut Txi
    Mon Redee Sut Txi is an athlete from Malaysia. She competes in archery.Sut Txi represented Malaysia at the 2004 Summer Olympics. She placed 32nd in the women's individual ranking round with a 72-arrow score of 626. In the first round of elimination, she faced 33rd-ranked Natalia Bolotova of...

     (born 1982), archer
  • Azizulhasni Awang, Cyclist
  • Iskhandar Syah
    Iskhandar Syah
    Iskhandar Shah , is a Singaporean of a Malay heritage. He is a retired soccer player and is particularly known for his flamboyant personality...

    ,(born 1980)(Tytus) Professional Boxer,Fight Promoter

Military

  • Leftenan Adnan
    Adnan Bin Saidi
    Adnan bin Saidi, , was a Malayan soldier of the 1st Infantry Brigade which fought the Japanese in the Battle of Singapore. He is regarded by Malaysians and Singaporeans today as a hero for his actions on Bukit Chandu.-Personal life:...

     (1915–1942), Warrior from mainland Malaya
  • Antanum
    Antanum
    Antanum or Antanom was a famous and influential Murut warrior from North Borneo , Malaysia who according to local oral history claimed to have supernatural powers...

    , Warrior from Sabah, Borneo
  • Rentap
    Rentap
    Rentap or Libau was a famous Dayak warrior in Sarawak, Malaysia during the Brooke White Rajahs era in that state. "Rentap" in Iban means "Worldshaker". He was known as "Raja Darat" or "Raja Ulu"....

    , Warrior from Sarawak
  • Syarif Masahor
    Syarif Masahor
    Sayyid Mashhur bin Muhammad Al-Shahab was a famous Malay warrior of Hadhrami descent in Sarikei, Sarawak state, Malaysia during the Brooke White Rajahs era in that state.- Background :Before the arrival of James Brooke, he was a powerful member who ruled and, in the past,...

    , Warrior from Sarawak
  • Monsopiad
    Monsopiad
    Monsopiad is a Kadazandusun warrior who is well known to be a headhunter. There is a memorial dedicated to him at Penampang, Sabah, Borneo.-The legend of Monsopiad:...

    , Warrior from Sabah, Borneo
  • Haji Abdul Rahman Limbong
    Haji Abdul Rahman Limbong
    Haji Abdul Rahman bin Haji Abdul Hamid was an ulema, known as Haji Abdul Rahman Limbong because he visited Limbong, Kemaman to teach Islam and start trading. From 1922 until 1928, he was a resistance leader seeking to resist laws and changes introduced by the British.- Early life :Haji Abdul...

    , Warrior from Telemong, Terengganu
    Terengganu
    Terengganu is a sultanate and constitutive state of federal Malaysia. The state is also known by its Arabic honorific, Darul Iman...

  • Mat Salleh, Warrior from Sabah, Borneo
  • Rosli Dhobi
    Rosli Dhobi
    Rosli Dhoby was a Malay Sarawakian nationalist from Sibu, Sarawak, Malaysia during the British crown colony era in that state....

    , Warrior from Sarawak

Miscellaneous

  • Irene Fernandez
    Irene Fernandez
    Irene Fernandez is the director and co-founder of the non-governmental organization Tenaganita, which promotes the rights of migrant workers and other oppressed and poor people in Malaysia....

    , prominent Malaysian human rights activist
  • Anwar Fazal
    Anwar Fazal
    Anwar Fazal is a grassroots environmental activist. He was trained at the University of Malaya in Economics and Education...

    , consumer, environmental activist, health advocate
  • Lat
    Mohammad Nor Khalid
    Datuk Mohammad Nor Khalid, more commonly known as Lat, is a Malaysian cartoonist. Winner of the Fukuoka Asian Culture Prize in 2002, Lat has published more than 20 volumes of cartoons since he was 13 years old. His works mostly illustrate Malaysia's social and political scenes,...

    , famous cartoonist
  • Muid Latif
    Muid Latif
    Muid Latif is a Malaysian-based web designer and digital artist who actively promotes the arts of the South East Asia from Batik and other elements in his digital artwork.-Biography:...

    , (Born 1979) digital artist, graphic designer (new media)
  • Ling Tan
    Ling Tan
    Ling Tan whose full name is Tan Mang Ling. Family name is Tan ' , is a Malaysian Chinese model born in 1974 in Kuala Lumpur...

     (born 1974), international fashion model
  • Yong Mun Sen
    Yong Mun Sen
    Yong Mun Sen . Born Yong Yen Lang in Kuching, Sarawak. He changed his name to Yong Mun Sen in 1922.He is widely known as the Father of Malaysian Painting...

    (1896–1962), pioneer artist, father of Malaysian paintings
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