List of Famous people born in Malaysia
Baddrol Bakhtiar
Baddrol bin Bakhtiar is a Malaysian professional footballer who plays for Malaysia Super League club Sabah and the Malaysia national team.
Ling Big Yong
Goh Yea Ching
Goh Yea Ching is a Malaysian badminton player.
Peck Yen Wei
Peck Yen Wei is a Malaysian badminton player. She started playing badminton at aged ten in Sekolah Jenis Kebangsaan (C) Jinjang Utara. She made her debut in the international tournament in 2014, and at the same year she selected to join the national team. In the junior event, she was the champion at the U-18 2013 Thailand Junior Championship in the girls' doubles event. Peck won her first senior international title at the 2016 Portugal International tournament in the women's doubles event partnered with Goh Yea Ching. Teamed-up with the Olympic silver medalist Chan Peng Soon in the mixed doubles event, they reached the semi-final round at the 2017 Indonesia Open, defeated by the 2016 Rio mixed doubles gold medalist from Indonesia Tontowi Ahmad and Liliyana Natsir in straight games. She won the mixed doubles title at the 2018 Malaysia International Challenge tournament partnered with Chen Tang Jie.
Cheah Yee See
Cheah Yee See is a Malaysian badminton player.
Chin Kah Mun
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.
Tan Chun Seang
Tan Chun Seang is a Malaysian badminton player specializing in men's singles. His best achievement was won the Grand Prix title at the 2013 Canada Open by beating Eric Pang in the final. He was banned from playing in Asian countries for two years by Badminton Association of Malaysia due to his decision to quit the national team. In 2018, Tan was suspended by the Badminton World Federation and banned from participate in fifteen years for playing tournaments over match fixing allegations.
Tan Bin Shen
Tan Bin Shen is a former badminton player from Malaysia. He assigned as Malaysia men's doubles national team coach in December 2020.
Teo Kok Siang
Teo Kok Siang is a former Malaysian badminton player. In 2008, he won the gold medals at the Asian and World Junior Championships in the boys' doubles partnered with Mak Hee Chun. In 2013, he reach the semi final round at the Southeast Asian Games partnered with Goh V Shem but was defeated by the Indonesian pair, and they settled for bronze. In 2015, he submitted his resignation letters to the Badminton Association of Malaysia (BAM), and started to play as an independent player. Currently, he is the assistant coach for Malaysia mixed doubles national team.
Shila Amzah
NurShahila binti Amir Amzah is a Malaysian singer-songwriter. Born and raised in Kuala Lumpur, she began going to recording studios at the age of 4 with her father and recorded a pop studio album five years later. With the help of a famous Malaysian record producer, in 2005 Shila released her second pop studio album, Sha-Hila. Her single "Patah Seribu" (2011) received Pop Song of the Year and Song of the Year at the 19th Malaysian Music Awards.