List of famous or notable people in Malaysia

Academia James Chin Khoo Kay Kim (born 1937) Jomo Kwame Sundaram (born 1952) Farish A. Noor Ming Tatt Cheah Jafri Malin Abdullah

Bloggers Raja Petra Kamarudin, founder of Malaysia Today Business Tan Sri Syed Mokhtar Al-Bukhary (born 1953) Nasimuddin Amin (born 1955) Tan Sri Dato' Loh Boon Siew (19151995) Tan Sri Jeffrey Cheah Tan Sri William Cheng Dato' Choong Chin Liang (born 1920) Dato' Tony Fernandes (born 1964) Lim Goh Tong (19182007) Tan Sri Tiong Hiew King Tan Sri Teh Hong Piow (born 1930) Chung Keng Quee (18271901) Tan Sri Ananda Krishnan (born 1938) Robert Kuok (born 1923) Quek Leng Chan (born 1941) Peter Pek Shoba Purushothaman Shah Hakim Zain 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 Peter Pek, graphic designer Zang Toi, fashion designer

Entertainers Jamal Abdillah (born 1959) Zainal Abidin Sudirman Arshad (19541992) Loganathan Arumugam (died 2007) Datuk David Arumugam Alleycats

Awal Ashaari 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 Ahmad Daud Ella (born 1966) Erra Fazira (born 1974) Sean Ghazi (born 1969) Ramli Ibrahim, dancer, choreographer and judge of So You Think You Can Dance 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) Mohamad Nasir Mohamad (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 (19652006) Aziz M. Osman (born 1962) Adibah Noor Azmyl Yunor (born 1977) P. Ramlee (born 1929) Anita Sarawak Aziz Sattar (born 1925) Reshmonu Fasha Sandha (born 1984) Jins Shamsuddin Datuk Sharifah Aini, singer Ku Nazhatul Shima Ku Kamarazzaman (born 1969) 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) Ziana Zain (born 1968) Zee Avi

Politicians

Parameswara, founder of Sultanate of Malacca Tunku Abdul Rahman Putra Al-Haj, 1st Prime Minister of independent Malaya Retired Tun Abdul Razak, 2nd Prime Minister Tun Dato Sir Tan Cheng Lock, Founder of MCA Tan Aik Huang Tun Hussein Onn, 3rd Prime Minister Eddy Choong Mahathir Mohammad, 4th Prime Minister, Father Punch Gunalan of Modernisation Yap Kim Hock Abdullah Ahmad Badawi, 5th Prime Minister, since Foo Kok Keong 2003 Jalani Sidek Najib Tun Razak Current Prime Minister, since Misbun Sidek 2009 Rashid Sidek Dato' Seri Ong Ka Ting Razif Sidek Dato' Seri Anwar Ibrahim Cheah Soon Kit Dato' Wan Hisham Wan Salleh Lee Wan Wah Nik Aziz Nik Mat Raja Nong Chik Zainal Abidin, Federal Territory Football (soccer) and Urban Wellbeing Minister 2010 Wan Azizah Wan Ismail Titus James Palani, FC Villenoy Karpal Singh Tadashi Takeda, Fagiano Okayama FC Lim Kit Siang Brendan Gan, Sydney FC Lim Guan Eng Wan Kuzain, SIFC/Force Soccer Club Tun Dr.Lim Chong Eu, former chief minister of Jix Loong, Canning City Soccer Club Penang Shaun Maloney, Celtic FC Tengku Razaleigh Hamzah Mohd. Naim Ahmad, Birmingham Football Academy Religious Akmal Rizal, Perak FA, Kelantan, RC Strasbourg, FCSR Haguenau Antony Selvanayagam, Roman Catholic Bishop of Norshahrul Idlan Talaha, Kelantan FA the Diocese of Penang Khairul Fahmi Che Mat, Kelantan FA Anthony Soter Fernandez, Archbishop Emeritus of Mohd Fadzli Saari, Selangor FA, KL PLUS FC, SV the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Kuala Lumpur, Wehen and Bishop Emeritus of the Diocese of Penang Rudie Ramli, Selangor FA, Perlis FA, SV Wehen Gregory Yong (19252008), Second Roman Serbegeth Singh, owner/founder of MyTeam, ESPN Catholic Archbishop of Singapore football pundit Tan Sri Datuk Murphy Nicholas Xavier Pakiam, Mohd Safee Mohd Sali, Selangor FA, Pelita Jaya Metropolitan archbishop of the Roman Catholic Baddrol Bakhtiar, Kedah FA Archdiocese of Kuala Lumpur, president of the Mohd Khyril Muhymeen Zambri, Kedah FA Catholic Bishops' Conference of Malaysia, Singapore and Brunei; and publisher of the Catholic Mohd Sabre Mat Abu, Kedah FA weekly newspaper, The Herald Mohd Azmi Muslim, Kedah FA Stanley Bernard Stephen Samuel, Sabah FA, Sporting Clube de Goa Sportspeople

Wong Pei Tty (women's doubles) Choong Tan Fook (men's doubles) Lee Wan Wah (men's doubles) Koo Kien Keat (men's doubles) Tan Boon Heong (men's doubles)

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

Retired M. Chandran, former Malaysian player Mokhtar Dahari, Former Selangor FA and Malaysian player Lim Teong Kim, Former FC Bayern Munich player Matlan Marjan Soh Chin Aun, Former Selangor FA Zakaria Rahim, Former Selangor FA Manager

(Champion Charity, F.A, League and Selangor Cup 2009)

Squash
Ong Beng Hee Nicol David Azlan Iskandar

Racing
Ng Joo Pong Mohamed Fairuz Fauzy Fariqe Hairuman Johnson Lam, Autokhana driver Saladin Mazlan Nandakumar Puspanathan Alex Yoong, ex-Formula One and A1 Grand Prix driver Freddy Lawan, kart racer

Others
Josiah Ng (born 1980), Cyclist (born 1946), Retired Cyclist Mon Redee Sut Txi (born 1982), archer Azizulhasni Awang, Cyclist Iskhandar Syah,(born 1980)(Tytus) Professional Boxer,Fight Promoter

Military Leftenan Adnan (19151942), 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 Miscellaneous Irene Fernandez, prominent Malaysian human rights activist Anwar Fazal, consumer, environmental activist, health advocate Lat, famous cartoonist Muid Latif, (Born 1979) digital artist, graphic designer (new media) Ling Tan (born 1974), international fashion model Yong Mun Sen (18961962), pioneer artist, father of Malaysian paintings

Senarai 40 orang terkaya di

Malaysia 2009
1.(1) Robert Kuok AS$ 9 billion, 85, berkahwin, 8 orang anak. 2.(2) Ananda Krishnan AS$ 7 billion, 71, berkahwin, 3 orang anak. 3.(3) Lee Shin Cheng AS$ 3.2 billion, 70, berkahwin, 6 orang anak. 4.(5) Lee Kim Hua AS$ 2.5 billion, 80, janda, 6 orang anak. 5.(4) Teh Hong Piow AS$ 2.4 billion, 79, berkahwin, 4 orang anak. 6.(6) Quek Leng Chan AS$ 2.3 billion, 68, berkahwin, 3 orang anak. 7.(7) Yeoh Tiong Lay AS$ 1.8 billion, 79, berkahwin, 7 orang anak. 8.(8) Syed Mokhtar AlBukhary AS$ 1.1 billion, 57, berkahwin, 5 orang anak. 9.(10) Tiong Hiew King AS$ 1 billion, 74, berkahwin, 4 orang anak. 10.(9) Vincent Tan AS$ 750 juta, 57, berkahwin, 11 orang anak. 11.(11) Azman Hashim AS$ 470 juta, 69, berkahwin, 5 orang anak. 12.(12) William H.J. Cheng AS$ 390 juta, 66, berkahwin, 3 orang anak.

20.(24) Chong Chook Yew AS$ 200 juta, 87, janda, 4 orang anak. 21.(-) Chen Lip Keong AS$ 195 juta, 61. 22.(13) Lee Swee Eng AS$ 190 juta, 53, berkahwin. 23.(22) Jeffrey Cheah AS$ 185 juta, 64, berkahwin, 3 orang anak. 24.(27) Lim Wee Chai AS$ 180 juta, 51, berkahwin, 2 orang anak. 25.(34) Ahmayuddin Ahmad AS$ 175 juta, 52, berkahwin, 4 orang anak. 26.(23) Lee Hau Hian AS$ 174 juta, 55, berkahwin, 1 orang anak. 27.(29) Lau Cho Kun AS$ 165 juta, 73, berkahwin. 28.(16) Vinod Sekhar AS$ 150 juta, 41, berkahwin, 2 orang anak. 29.(33) Liew Kee Sin AS$ 140 juta, 50, berkahwin, 4 orang anak. 30.(32) Tiah Thee Kian AS$ 135 juta, 61, berkahwin, 5 orang anak. 31.(-) Rozali Ismail AS$ 130 juta, 53, berkahwin. 32.(36) Lin Yun Ling AS$ 115 juta, 54, berkahwin, 2 orang anak. 33.(18) Yaw Teck Seng AS$ 113 juta, 71, berkahwin. 34.(-) Goh Peng Ooi AS$ 112 juta, 53.

13.(26) G. Gnanalingam AS$ 260 juta, 64, berkahwin, 3 35.(35) Eleena Azlan Shah AS$ 110 juta, 49, berkahwin, 2 orang anak. orang anak. 14.(15) Lim Kok Thay AS$ 225 juta, 57, berkahwin, 3 orang anak. 15.(19) Anthony Fernandes AS$ 220 juta, 45, berkahwin, 2 orang anak. 16.(20) Mokhzani Mahathir AS$ 215 juta, 48, berkahwin, 5 orang anak. 17.(17) Lee Oi Hian AS$ 210 juta, 58, berkahwin, 4 orang anak. 18.(-) Chan Fong Ann AS$ 209 juta. 78, berkahwin. 19.(21) Kamarudin Meranun AS$ 205 juta, 48, berkahwin, 5 orang anak. 36.(31) David Law Tien Seng AS$ 105 juta. 37.(-) Syed Mohd Yusof Tun Syed Nasir AS$ 100 juta, 61, berkahwin, 3 orang anak. 38.(-) Hamdan Mohamad AS$ 98 juta, 53, berkahwin, 2 orang anak. 39.(-) Tan Teong Hean AS$ 95 juta, 65, berkahwin, 3 orang anak. 40.(28) Kua Sian Kooi AS$ 90 juta, 56, berkahwin, 4 orang anak.