List of Famous people born in Malaysia

Soong Fie Cho is a Malaysian badminton player. She won the 2015 Grand Prix Gold title at the Syed Modi International tournament in the women's doubles event partnered with Amelia Alicia Anscelly. She and Anscelly also won the gold medal at the 2015 Southeast Asian Games.

Wong Choong Hann is a former badminton player from Malaysia. He is the first Malaysian to win a medal in the men's singles event at the BWF World Championships. Currently he is the coaching director for the Malaysia national badminton team.

Olivia Lum Ooi Lin is a Singaporean businesswoman. She is best known for being the founder, group chief executive officer, and president of the Singapore-based Hyflux Group. She also heads the Research and Development function.

Mohd Lutfi Zaim Abdul Khalid is a former Malaysian male badminton player. In 2007, he reached the final round of the Asian Junior Championships in the boys' doubles event and won the silver medal after being defeated by the Chinese pair. In 2008, he won the mixed doubles title at the Malaysia International tournament partnered with Lim Yin Loo. In 2013, he competed at the Summer Universiade in Kazan, Russia. He is currently the Malaysian national junior under-18 boy's doubles coach.

Iskandar Zulkarnain Zainuddin is a Malaysian badminton player. He represented Malaysia as the third singles in the 2018 Thomas Cup and helped Malaysia qualify for the quarter finals.

Misbun Ramdan bin Mohmed Misbun is a Malaysian professional badminton player. He is the son of former Malaysian international badminton player Misbun Sidek.

James Gan Teik Chai is a Malaysian badminton player. He won the men's doubles title at the 2004 French International tournament partnered with Koo Kien Keat. He also won the 2009 Australian Open Grand Prix tournament with Tan Bin Shen. Teamed-up with Ong Soon Hock, he won the 2012 BWF International tournament in Mauritius, Argentina, and Brazil.

Tan Aik Quan is a Malaysian badminton player who competes in the doubles category. He reached a career high as world number 15 in the mixed doubles partnered with Lai Pei Jing.

Foo Kok Keong is a former badminton player from Malaysia who rated among the world's best singles players from the late 1980s to the mid-1990s. He competed at the 1992 Summer Olympics.