List of Famous people born in Sabah, Malaysia

Penny Wong

First Name Penny
Last Name Wong
Born on November 5, 1968 (age 56)
Born in Malaysia, Sabah

Penelope Ying-Yen Wong is an Australian politician who has been a Senator for South Australia since 2002. She has served as Senate leader of the Australian Labor Party (ALP) since 2013, and is currently Leader of the Opposition in the Senate. She was a cabinet minister in the Rudd and Gillard Governments from 2007 to 2013.

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Jeffrey Kitingan

First Name Jeffrey
Last Name Kitingan
Born on October 22, 1947 (age 77)
Born in Malaysia, Sabah

Datuk Seri Panglima Dr. Jeffrey Gapari Kitingan is Malaysian politician who has served as the Deputy Chief Minister II of Sabah since September 2020. He has served as Member of Parliament (MP) for Keningau since May 2018, Member of the Sabah State Legislative Assembly (MLA) for Tambunan since May 2018 and Bingkor from May 2013 to May 2018. He has served and been founding President of the Homeland Solidarity Party (STAR), a component party of the federal and state ruling Perikatan Nasional (PN) coalition and Gabungan Rakyat Sabah (GRS) since 2020. He was born in the town of Kota Marudu but hailed in the interior district of Tambunan and graduated from Harvard University's John F. Kennedy School of Government. His brother, Joseph Pairin Kitingan, is also a seasoned politician who served as the Chief Minister of Sabah from 1985 to 1994.

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Liew Vui Keong

First Name Liew
Last Name Keong
Born on January 18, 1960
Died on October 2, 2020 (aged 60)
Born in Malaysia, Sabah

Zachary David Liew Vui Keong was a Malaysian politician who served as the Minister in the Prime Minister's Department in charge of legal affairs in the Pakatan Harapan (PH) administration under former Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad from July 2018 to the collapse of the PH administration in February 2020 and Deputy Minister in the Prime Minister's Department also in charge of legal affairs as well as Deputy Minister of International Trade and Industry I in the Barisan Nasional (BN) administration under former Prime Ministers Abdullah Ahmad Badawi and Najib Razak from March 2008 to May 2013. He also served as the Member of Parliament (MP) for Batu Sapi from May 2018 to his death in October 2020 and for Sandakan from March 2008 to his defeat in May 2013. He served as 3rd President of the Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) from 2006 to 2014, when he was replaced by Teo Chee Kang in a rancorous internal dispute. He disputed Teo's claim of the LDP party presidency with the Registrar of Societies (RoS). In 2018, Liew led about 200 LDP members to leave the party. He then joined another Sabah-based political party, Sabah Heritage Party (WARISAN) led by former Chief Minister of Sabah Shafie Apdal and served as its Permanent Chairman.

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Shafie Apdal

First Name Shafie
Born on October 20, 1957 (age 67)
Born in Malaysia, Sabah

Datuk Seri Panglima Shafie bin Apdal is a Malaysian politician who served as the 15th Chief Minister and the State Minister of Finance of Sabah from May 2018 to September 2020 following defeat of his coalition, Sabah Heritage Party + in the 2020 state election. He has served as the Member of Parliament (MP) for Semporna since April 1995 and Member of the Sabah State Legislative Assembly (MLA) for Senallang since May 2018. He was the Minister of Rural and Regional Development and Vice-President of the United Malays National Organisation (UMNO), the leading party in the then-ruling Barisan Nasional (BN) coalition. He is the founding President of WARISAN, the opposition party of Sabah that is allied with the Pakatan Harapan (PH) opposition coalition.

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Fung Bo Bo

First Name Fung
Last Name Bo
Born on October 30, 1954 (age 70)
Born in Malaysia, Sabah

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.

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Che'Nelle

Born on March 10, 1983 (age 41)
Born in Malaysia, Sabah

Cheryline Ernestine Lim, known by her stage name Che'Nelle, is a Malaysian Australian singer-songwriter signed to Universal Music Japan.

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Gary Chaw

First Name Gary
Last Name Chaw
Born on July 9, 1979 (age 45)
Born in Malaysia, Sabah

Gary Chaw, also known as Gary Cao or Cao Ge or by his alter ego Cao Xiaoge, is a Malaysian Chinese singer-songwriter based in Taiwan, who has had achieved success in Taiwan, Mainland China, Malaysia, Hong Kong, and Singapore. He is renowned for his stage presence, wide vocal range, and rich voice. In addition, he composes for himself and other singers.

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Marcella El Jolia Kondo

First Name Marcella
Last Name Kondo
Born on May 22, 1996 (age 28)
Born in Malaysia, Sabah
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Soong Fie Cho

First Name Soong
Last Name Cho
Born on January 5, 1989 (age 35)
Born in Malaysia, Sabah

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.

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Amelia Alicia Anscelly

First Name Amelia
Last Name Anscelly
Born on April 26, 1988 (age 36)
Born in Malaysia, Sabah

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

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