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

Academia

• Khoo Kay Kim (born 1937)
• Jomo Kwame Sundaram (born 1952)

Artists

See List of Malaysian artists

Business

• Tan Sri Syed Mokhtar Al-Bukhary (born 1953)
• Tan Sri Dato' Loh Boon Siew (1915–1995)
• Tan Sri Jeffrey Cheah
• Tan Sri William Cheng
• Dato' Choong Chin Liang (born 1920)
• Tan Sri 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)
• Tan Sri Ananda Krishnan (born 1938)
• Robert Kuok (born 1923)
• Tan Sri Quek Leng Chan (born 1941)
• Shoba Purushothaman
• Shah Hakim Zain
• Halim Saad
• Tan Sri Mohd Saleh Sulong
• Tan Sri Vincent Tan (born 1952)
• Lillian Too (born 1946)
• Tan Sri Dr.Francis Yeoh
• Tun Daim Zainuddin (born 1938)

Designers

• Bernard Chandran, fashion designer
• Jimmy Choo, (born 1961) shoe designer
• Zang Toi, fashion designer

Entertainers

• Jamal Abdillah (born 1959)
• Sudirman Arshad (1954–1992)
• 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
• Ella (born 1966)
• Erra Fazira (born 1974)
• Sean Ghazi (born 1969)
• 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 (1965–2006)
• Aziz M. Osman (born 1962)
• Azmyl Yunor (born 1977)
• P. Ramlee (born 1929)
• Aziz Sattar (born 1925)
• Reshmonu
• Fasha Sandha (born 1984)
• Ku Nazhatul Shima Ku Kamarazzaman^{[disambiguation needed ]} (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
• 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 Prime Minister, since 2003
• Najib Tun Razak Current Prime Minister, since 2009
• Dato' Seri Ong Ka Ting
• Dato' Seri Anwar Ibrahim
• Dato' Wan Hisham Wan Salleh
• Nik Aziz Nik Mat
• Raja Nong Chik Zainal Abidin, Federal Territory and Urban Wellbeing Minister 2010
• Wan Azizah Wan Ismail
• Karpal Singh
• Lim Kit Siang
• Lim Guan Eng
• Tengku Razaleigh Hamzah

Religious

• Antony Selvanayagam, Roman Catholic Bishop of the Diocese of Penang
• Anthony Soter Fernandez, Archbishop Emeritus of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Kuala Lumpur, and Bishop Emeritus of the Diocese of Penang
• Gregory Yong (1925–2008), Second Roman Catholic Archbishop of Singapore
• Tan Sri Datuk Murphy Nicholas Xavier Pakiam, Metropolitan archbishop of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Kuala Lumpur, president of the Catholic Bishops' Conference of Malaysia, Singapore and Brunei; and publisher of the Catholic weekly newspaper, The Herald

Sportspeople

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)
• Koo Kien Keat (men's doubles)
• Tan Boon Heong (men's doubles)

Retired

• Tan Aik Huang
• 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)

• Tadashi Takeda, Fagiano Okayama FC
• Brendan Gan, Sydney FC
• Shaun Maloney, Celtic FC
• Akmal Rizal, Perak FA, Kelantan, RC Strasbourg, FCSR Haguenau
• Norshahrul Idlan Talaha, Kelantan FA
• Khairul Fahmi Che Mat, Kelantan FA
• Mohd Safiq Rahim, Selangor FA
• Mohd Fadzli Saari, Selangor FA, KL PLUS FC, SV Wehen
• Rudie Ramli, Selangor FA, Perlis FA, SV Wehen
• Serbegeth Singh, owner/founder of MyTeam, ESPN football pundit
• Mohd Safee Mohd Sali, Selangor FA, Pelita Jaya
• Baddrol Bakhtiar, Kedah FA
• Mohd Khyril Muhymeen Zambri, Kedah FA
• Mohd Sabre Mat Abu, Kedah FA
• Mohd Azmi Muslim, Kedah FA
• Mohd Fadhli Mohd Shas, Harimau Muda A, FC ViOn Zlaté Moravce
• Wan Zack Haikal Wan Noor, Harimau Muda A, FC ViOn Zlaté Moravce
• Mohd Irfan Fazail, Harimau Muda A, FC ViOn Zlaté Moravce
• Stanley Bernard Stephen Samuel, Sabah FA, Sporting Clube de Goa

Retired

• Mokhtar Dahari, Former Selangor FA and Malaysian player
• Lim Teong Kim, Former FC Bayern Munich player
• Matlan Marjan, Former sabah FA and Malaysian player
• Soh Chin Aun, Former Selangor FA and Malaysian player
• Khairul Azman Mohamed,Former Pahang FA, Sabah FA and Malaysian player

Squash

• Ong Beng Hee
• Nicol David
• Azlan Iskandar

Racing

• Tengku Djan Ley
• Mohamed Fairuz Fauzy
• Fariqe Hairuman
• Nandakumar Puspanathan
• Karamjit Singh
• Alex Yoong, ex-Formula One and A1 Grand Prix driver
• Shahrol Yuzy

Others

• Josiah Ng (born 1980), Cyclist
• Ng Joo Pong (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 (1915–1942), 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
• Ling Tan (born 1974), international fashion model
• Yong Mun Sen (1896–1962), pioneer artist, father of Malaysian paintings

Writers