List of Famous people born in Ipoh, Malaysia

Michelle Yeoh Choo-Kheng, PSM is a Malaysian actress who rose to fame in 1990s Hong Kong action films and is best known internationally for her roles in the James Bond film Tomorrow Never Dies (1997) and martial arts film Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon (2000), along with recent international English-language films and series. She was more recently featured in CBS All-Access'/Netflix's Star Trek: Discovery (2017–2020) where she was the captain of the USS Shenzhou and Emperor from the Mirror Universe. She is also currently set to star in a Star Trek spinoff, about Section 31. Yeoh is credited as Michelle Khan in her early Hong Kong films.

Ahmad Faizal bin Azumu is a Malaysian politician who served as the 12th and 13th Menteri Besar of Perak from May 2018 to his resignation and collapse of the Pakatan Harapan (PH) state administration in March 2020 and again from March 2020 to his resignation again and the collapse of the Perikatan Nasional (PN) state administration in December 2020. He has served as the Member of Parliament (MP) for Tambun and Member of the Perak State Legislative Assembly (MLA) for Chenderiang since May 2018. He is a member, Deputy President and State Chairman of Perak as well as Pahang of the Malaysian United Indigenous Party (BERSATU), a component party of the ruling PN coalition at the federal level and former component party of the PH opposition coalition at both the federal and state levels. He was the State Chairman of PH of Perak. He was one of the only two Menteris Besar of Malaysia who has ruled in two state administrations of two different and opposing political coalitions, which were PH state administration from May 2018 to his resignation and its collapse in March 2020 and PN state administration from March 2020 to his resignation and its collapse in December 2020.

Lee Wan Wah is a former badminton player from Malaysia. He is currently the Japan's junior team coach.

Jeffrey Tho is an Australian male badminton player. He competed at the 2010 and 2014 Commonwealth Games. In 2014, he won the gold medal at the Oceania Championships in the men's singles event, he also won bronze in 2008. He worked as a dentist in Ballarat.

Dato' Ng Boon Bee is a former badminton player from Malaysia who excelled from the 1960s through the early 1970s. His success in doubles earned him recognition as one of greatest doubles players in badminton history.

Lee Ying Ying is a Malaysian badminton player. Lee started playing badminton at aged 8 in Ipoh. She made her debut in the international tournament in 2015, and at the same year she was selected to join the national team. She was the silver medalist at the 2015 World Junior Championships, and won her first senior international tournament at the 2016 Romanian International.

Chin Kah Mun is a Malaysian female badminton player. In 2015, she won the women's doubles event at the Hungarian International Badminton Championships partnered with Cheah Yee See.

Teoh Seng Khoon was a Malaysian badminton player who won the All-England men's doubles title and represented his country in team and individual competition between 1940s to 1950s. Teoh played on the 1949 Malayan Thomas Cup team and won the world title. Paired with Ooi Teik Hock, he was undefeated in the Thomas Cup doubles matches. He also shared the men's doubles title at the All-England Championships in 1949 with Ooi. He died in Ipoh on 31 July 2018, aged 99.

Choong Tan Fook is a former badminton player from Malaysia. Choong is currently coaching the Hong Kong badminton team.