List of Famous people born in Malaysia

Shwetajeet Kaur Sekhon, or better known as Shweta Sekhon, is a Malaysian model and beauty pageant titleholder. She was crowned Miss World Malaysia 2016 and Miss Universe Malaysia 2019. She represented Malaysia at the global Miss Universe 2019 pageant.

Jenny Eclair is an English comedian, novelist and actress, best known for her roles in Grumpy Old Women between 2004 and 2007 and in Loose Women in 2011 and 2012.

Lawrence Wong is a Malaysian-Singaporean actor. After his role in Story of Yanxi Palace (2018) Wong was ranked 35th in the list of most influential artistes in China.

Noraini binti Ahmad is a Malaysian politician from the United Malays National Organisation (UMNO), a component party of Barisan Nasional (BN) coalition which is aligned with Perikatan Nasional (PN) coalition. She has served as Minister of Higher Education in the PN administration under Prime Minister Muhyiddin Yassin since March 2020, Member of Parliament (MP) for Parit Sulong since March 2008 and Deputy President of UMNO since June 2018. She served as Chairperson of the Public Accounts Committee (PAC) in the Pakatan Harapan (PH) administration from April 2019 to her resignation in March 2020 thanks to her appointment as the Minister of Higher Education in PN administration which replaced the PH administration, Deputy Minister of Human Resources in the BN administration under former Prime Ministers Abdullah Ahmad Badawi and Najib Razak and former Minister Subramaniam Sathasivam from March 2008 to April 2009 and Women Youth Chief of UMNO from 2004 to 2008.

Dr. Maszlee bin Malik is a Malaysian politician who served as the Minister of Education in the Pakatan Harapan (PH) administration under former Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad from May 2018 to January 2020. He has served as the Member of Parliament (MP) for Simpang Renggam since May 2018. He was a member of Malaysian United Indigenous Party (BERSATU) from March 2018 to his membership termination in May 2020 and member of the Homeland Fighters' Party (PEJUANG) briefly from its formation in August 2020 to his resignation from the party in November 2020.

Zulkifli Mohamad Al-Bakri is a Malaysian Islamic ulama and mufti. He has served as the Minister in the Prime Minister's Department in charge of Religious Affairs in the Perikatan Nasional (PN) administration under Prime Minister Muhyiddin Yassin and Senator since March 2020. Prior to his appointment as a Minister, he served as the 7th Mufti of the Federal Territories from June 2014.

Khaw Boon Wan is a former Singaporean politician. Khaw announced his retirement from politics after 19 years on 26 June 2020.

Raja Zarith Sofiah binti Almarhum Sultan Idris Iskandar Al-Mutawakkil Alallahi Shah Afifullah is the Permaisuri of Johor. She was born as a member of the Perak Royal Family. While still attending Somerville College, Oxford, she married the heir to the throne of Johor. Now a mother of six, she participates in the work of non-governmental organisations and universities, and writes a periodical column for a newspaper.

Petrina Fung Bo Bo is a Malaysian-born Chinese actress in Hong Kong. Fung is known for the 1994 film C'est la vie, mon chéri.

Hishammuddin bin Hussein is a Malaysian politician in the United Malays National Organisation (UMNO), and currently serving as Minister of Foreign Affairs since 10 March 2020. He was also the Minister of Defence of Malaysia from 16 May 2013 to 10 May 2018. He previously served as Minister of Youth and Sports (1999–2004), Minister of Education (2004–2009), and Minister of Home Affairs (2009–2013). As Acting Minister of Transport (2013–2014) he came to international prominence in March 2014, as the minister responsible for investigating the disappearance of Malaysia Airlines Flight 370.