List of Famous people born in Malaysia
Riad Asmat
Riad Asmat is a Malaysian businessman. He is the son of Perodua Chairman Tan Sri Datuk Asmat Kamaludin. He is the former CEO of the Caterham F1 Team and Team Principal of the Caterham Racing GP2 team. Tony Fernandes and fellow shareholders Kamarudin Meranun and SM Nasarudin later promoted Asmat to Group CEO of Caterham Group for Caterham F1 Team, Caterham Cars, Caterham Racing, merchandising, engineering and all related interests.
Teshana Vignes Waran
Teshana Vignes Waran is a French female badminton player. Teshana originally Malaysian and naturalized by French on August 21, 2013.
Vivian Hoo
Vivian Hoo Kah Mun is a Malaysian badminton player.
Loh Kean Hean
Loh Kean Hean is a badminton player from Singapore. Born in Penang, he moved to Singapore after receiving a Foreign Sports Scholarship from the Singapore Badminton Association (SBA). His brother, Loh Kean Yew, is also a member of the Singapore national badminton team. In 2014, he was the mixed doubles runner-up at the Singapore International Series tournament partnered with Dellis Yuliana, and in 2015, he won the men's doubles title with Terry Hee Yong Kai.
Lin Min-Chen
Aliff Alli
Raj Veeran
Ng Boon Bee
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.
Alexander Edmondson
Alexander Edmondson is an Australian road and track cyclist, who currently rides for UCI WorldTeam Team BikeExchange. Edmondson was a member of the Australian Olympic Track Cycling team at the 2012 London Olympics, alongside his sister, Annette Edmondson. In 2014 he was world champion in the individual pursuit. He won the silver medal in the team pursuit at the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro.
Syamsul Yusof
Mohd Syamsul bin Mohd Yusof is a Malaysian film director, actor and singer. He is the son of producer and director Yusof Haslam. He is the youngest director to win the Malaysian Film Festival for Best Director award, doing so at the age of 25.