List of Famous people born in Singapore

Kyrre Gørvell-Dahll, better known by his stage name Kygo, is a Norwegian DJ, songwriter, and record producer. He garnered international attention with his December 2013 remix of the track "I See Fire" by Ed Sheeran and his December 2014 single "Firestone" featuring Conrad Sewell. In late 2015, he became the fastest artist to reach 1 billion streams on Spotify, and by June 2016, he had reached 2 billion streams on Spotify.

Paul Lim Leong Hwa, known simply as Paul Lim, is a Singaporean professional darts player. He was the first player to hit a perfect nine-dart finish during the Embassy World Darts Championship, which he achieved in 1990 during his second round match against Jack McKenna. Lim won £52,000 for his nine-darter, which was £28,000 more than Phil Taylor won for winning the tournament. His nine-darter remained the only nine-dart game to have been achieved in either version of the world championships, until Raymond van Barneveld hit one against Jelle Klaasen in the quarter-final of the 2009 PDC World Darts Championship. It was however the only nine-dart finish ever achieved at the BDO World Darts Championship as no other was achieved prior to the conclusion of the its final edition in 2020.

Muhammad Taqi Aljaafari Bin Jahari is a Singaporean international football referee. He has been a FIFA listed referee since 2012, and has also refereed a number of AFC Champions League matches. Taqi Aljaafari has also refereed matches in the 2017 FIFA U-17 World Cup in India.

Hazel Poa Koon Koon is a Singaporean politician and businesswoman who previously served as vice chairman of the Progress Singapore Party. She is a Non-constituency Member of Parliament of the 14th Parliament of Singapore since 16 July 2020.

David Ong Kim Huat, BBM, has served as a Member of Parliament for Jurong Group Representation Constituency (GRC), Adviser to Jurong GRC Grassroots Organisations (GROs) and Chairman of the Jurong Town Council since 2011. His term ended abruptly on 12 March 2016 citing personal reasons in a letter which is published by Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong.

Chiam See Tong is a Singaporean former politician under the Singapore People's Party and lawyer who served as the second longest-serving opposition Member of the Parliament (MP) after Low Thia Khiang, having represented the constituency of Potong Pasir in Parliament from 1984 to 2011.

Peter Albert Charles Senior is an Australian professional golfer who has won more than twenty tournaments around the world.

Ka Yee "Carrie" Wong Perrodo is a Hong Kong-born French billionaire heiress and businesswoman. She is the owner of the oil group Perenco, which was founded by her late husband Hubert.

Wong Shoon Keat was a badminton player from Singapore. He won Singapore's first ever badminton gold at the 1983 SEA Games and to date, is Singapore’s only title winner in the men’s singles event. That year, he pulled off an upset over reigning world champion Icuk Sugiarto of Indonesia, and beat another Indonesian star, Hastomo Arbi in the final. His son, Derek Wong, was Singapore’s top male shuttler.

Shunmugam Jayakumar, often known as S. Jayakumar, is a Singaporean retired politician, diplomat, lawyer and author who served as Deputy Prime Minister of Singapore between 2004 and 2009. A member of the governing People's Action Party (PAP), he was the Member of Parliament (MP) for Bedok SMC between 1980 and 1988, the Bedok ward of Bedok GRC between 1988 and 1997, and East Coast GRC between 1997 and 2011.