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List of Malaysians

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.

This is a dynamic list and may never be able to satisfy particular standards for completeness. You can help by adding missing items with reliable sources.

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
  • Bernard Chandran, fashion designer

Inventors

Entertainers

Military

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
  • Dr. I-Min Lee (born 1960) Epidemiologist, Harvard School of Public Health, leading researcher into the role of physical activity in promoting health and preventing chronic disease

Politicians

Religious

Sportspeople

Squash

Badminton

Retired

Football (soccer)

Retired

Racing

Others

Writers

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

Miscellaneous
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