List of Malay people
This is a list of notable Malay people or notable people of Malay descent. Entries on this list are demonstrably notable by having a linked current article or reliable sources as footnotes against the name to verify they are notable and define themselves either full or partial Malay descent, whose ethnic origin lie in the Malay world.
This list also includes emigrant Malays and could be taken as a list of famous Malays.
Activists
- Anwar Fazal, consumer, environmental activist, health advocate
Astronomy
- Mazlan Othman, Malaysian astrophysicist
Astronauts
Business
- Nasimuddin Amin
- Syed Mokhtar Al-Bukhary
- Halim Saad
- Saleh Sulong
- FD Iskandar
- Azman Hashim
- Nazir Razak
- Abdul Wahid Omar
- Mokhzani Mahathir
Chefs
- Norman Musa, chef and restaurateur
- Chef Wan, chef
Designers
- Muid Latif, graphic designer, multimedia designer
- Nor Aini Shariff, fashion designer
- Ashley Isham, fashion designer
Entertainers
- Shila Amzah, international Malaysian singer-songwriter
- Yuna, Malaysian singer
- Aliff Aziz, Singaporean singer
- Meria Aires, known as Maria, a Bruneian singer
- Jamal Abdillah, Malaysian singer
- Sudirman Arshad, Malaysian singer
- Yasmin Ahmad, film director, film writer, scriptwriter
- Taufik Batisah, Singaporean singer
- Zul F, Bruneian actor and singer
- Erwin Gutawa, Indonesian composer
- Eqah, Bruneian singer
- Erra Fazira, Malaysian actress and singer
- Sean Ghazi, Malaysian singer and actor
- Gita Gutawa, Indonesian singer (half-Sundanese)
- Nazril Irham, known as Ariel, Indonesian vocalist of Noah and actor
- Fauziah Latiff, Malaysian singer
- Sheila Majid, Malaysian singer
- Amy Mastura, Malaysian actress and singer
- M. Nasir, Malaysian poet, singer-songwriter, composer, producer, actor and film director
- Noorhaqmal Mohamed Noor, known as Aqmal. N, a Singaporean singer and songwriter
- Siti Nurhaliza, Malaysian top singer
- Anuar Zain, Malaysian singer
- Aziz M. Osman, Malaysian film director
- Fasha Sandha, Malaysian actress
- P. Ramlee, Malaysian singer, actor and film director
- Aziz Sattar, Malaysian Actor
- Revalina S. Temat, Indonesian actress
- Hill Zaini, Bruneian singer and actor
- Pierre Andre, Malaysian actor
- Shaheizy Sam, Malaysian actor
- Aaron Aziz, Singaporean actor
Leaders
- Tunku Abdul Rahman, 1st Prime Minister of Malaysia
- Abdul Razak Hussein, 2nd Prime Minister of Malaysia
- Hussein Onn, 3rd Prime Minister of Malaysia
- Mahathir Mohamad, 4th Prime Minister of Malaysia
- Abdullah Ahmad Badawi, 5th Prime Minister of Malaysia
- Najib Razak, 6th Prime Minister of Malaysia
- Sultan Ma'mun Al Rashid Perkasa Alamyah, king of the Sultanate of Deli
- Mukhriz Mahathir, Menteri Besar Of Kedah
- Nik Abdul Aziz Nik Mat, Menteri Besar of Kelantan
- Mohd Ali Rustam, Chief Minister of Malacca
- Adnan Yaakob, Menteri Besar of Pahang
Literary figures
- A. Samad Said, Malaysian National Literature
- Amir Muhammad
- Amir Hamzah, Indonesian national hero and poet
- Faisal Tehrani
- Huzir Sulaiman
- Ishak Haji Muhammad, known as Pak Sako
- Keris Mas
- Lat, creator of Kampung Boy
- Munshi Abdullah
- Rehman Rashid
- Saharil Hasrin Sanin
- Shahnon Ahmad
- Raja Ali Haji, Indonesian historian, poet and scholar
Politicians
- Wan Azizah Wan Ismail
- Anwar Ibrahim, current Opposition Leader
- Nizar Jamaluddin
- Abdul Hadi Awang
- Fadzil Noor, former Opposition Leader
- Surin Pitsuwan, Thai politician
- Hatta Rajasa, Indonesian politician
- Hamzah Haz, 9th Vice President of Indonesia
Religious figures
- Abdul Somad, Indonesian Islamic preacher
Royalty
- Tuanku Sultan Otteman II, Sultanate of Deli, Indonesia
- Sultan Ma'mun Al Rashid Perkasa Alamyah, Sultanate of Deli
- Sultan Abdul Halim Muadzam Shah ibni al-Marhum Sultan Badishah, Sultan of Kedah
- Sultan Ismail Petra, Sultan of Kelantan
- Sultan Ahmad Shah, Sultan of Pahang
- Sultan Mizan Zainal Abidin ibni al-Marhum Sultan Mahmud, Sultan of Terengganu
- Prince Azim of Brunei
Sportspeople
- Faiz Subri, Puskas Award winner
- Hafiz Hashim, badminton player
- Roslin Hashim, badminton player
- Jalani Sidek, former badminton player
- Misbun Sidek, former badminton player
- Rashid Sidek, former badminton player
- Razif Sidek, former badminton player
- Subkhiddin Mohd Salleh, football referee
- Mokhtar Dahari, former footballer
- Akmal Rizal, former footballer
- Nazmi Faiz, former footballer
- Azlan Iskandar, squash player
- Mohamed Fairuz Fauzy, single seater racing driver
- Hafizh Syahrin, motorcycle racing
- Zulfahmi Khairuddin, motorcycle racing
- Azizulhasni Awang, track cycling
- Fandi Ahmad, former FC Groningen player and Singapore's footballing legend
Visual artists
Warriors
- Adnan bin Saidi (1915-1942), warrior from mainland Malaya
- Syarif Masahor, warrior from Sarawak
- Haji Abdul Rahman Limbong, warrior from Telemong, Terengganu
- Dato' Bahaman, warrior from Semantan, Pahang
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References
See also
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