List of Malaysian Chinese

Film

Amber Chia (谢丽萍) – international model and actress

Angelica Lee Sin Je (李心洁) – award-winning actress

Carmen Soo – international model and actress

Carrie Lee Sze Kei (李詩琪) – international actress and host; Miss Chinese Cosmos International 2004/05 Champion, Phoenix TV Hong Kong

Chen Han Wei (Tan Hung Wee) – award-winning television actor based in Singapore

Christopher Lee (李銘順）– leading television actor in Singapore; has also acted in joint China-Taiwan-HK-Singapore productions

Isaac Hor 贺倾文 – online personality, post, and emcee

James Lee – film director

James Wan – film director

Michelle Yeoh – Malaysian/Chinese actress

Melvin Sia – Sarawak, Malaysian/Taiwan actor, model, host, singer

Ling Tan (Tan Mang Ling) – international model

Lyndel Soon – international actress

Tan Sri Dato' Michelle Yeoh (杨紫琼) – international actress

Ng Tian Hann – director

Phyllis Quek – television actress and singer based in Singapore

Tan Chui Mui – film director, won an award in Pusan Film Festival 2006

Tsai Ming-liang (蔡明亮) – Taiwan-based award-winning director

Angie Cheung – Hong Kong actress

Hannah Tan – singer and actress

Vivien Yeo (楊秀惠) – television actress who has acted in Hong Kong movies and serials

Koe Yeet – television and movie actress

Crystal Lee – award-winning child actress

Shaun Chen (陈泓宇) – actor based in Singapore

Jesseca Liu (刘子绚) – actress

Chris Tong (童冰玉) – actress

Lawrence Wong (王冠逸) – Malaysian actor and singer with fan bases in Singapore, Taiwan and Thailand

Samson Wong (黄旗龙) – Malaysian film director, actor, and singer, based in Singapore

Fine arts

Yong Mun Sen, 杨曼生 (1896–1962) –-Kuching born Penangite watercolorist and Malaysian artist; "father of Malaysian painting"; one of the founders of Nanyang Academy of Fine Arts or NAFA, Singapore, Penang Art Society

C. N. Liew (born 1975) – K.L.-born artist who took the traditional artform of calligraphy to a whole new dimension with his creation of Surrealligraphy

Jayden Yoon Zeng Khai (born 1997) – Sabah-born painter and pianist. Winner of "Malaysia's Top 10 Outstanding Awards" (2012-2014) by Disney Pixar

Chang Fee Ming (born 1959) – Terengganu-born watercolor painter

Red Hong Yi - Sabah-born artist and architectural designer

Music

Ah Niu (Tan Kheng Seong, 阿牛/陈庆祥) – singer

Eric Moo (巫启贤) – Taiwan-based singer

Penny Tai (戴佩妮) – singer-songwriter who won the best composer in the 17th Golden Melody Awards

Fish Leong (梁静茹) – Taiwan-based singer

Fuying & Sam – Malaysian music duo

Freya Lim (林凡) -Taiwan-born Malaysian Mandopop singer

Victor Wong (黄品冠) – singer and composer

Michael Wong (王光良) – singer

Eddie Chow (周俊威) – United States-based Producer + Music Entrepreneur

Nicholas Teo (张栋梁) – singer

Z Chen (张智成) – singer

Gary Cao (曹格) – singer and composer

Rynn Lim Yu Zhong 林宇中 – singer

Danell Lee Chieh Hun (李桀汉) – singer who won the second season of Malaysian Idol

Karen Kong (龚建诗) – singer from Labuan island, East Malaysia; performs in Malay, which is unique for a Malaysian Chinese singer

Lin Jian Hui (林健辉) – singer

Quincy Tan (陈仁丰) – singer-songwriter

Tan Zhi Hui Celine (陈紫薇) – JKT48 member based in Indonesia

Reno (蕾诺) – Female singer-songwriter who won The Best Chinese Act in Malaysia VIMA2010(Voice Independents Music Award)

Liang (Tan Chung Liang) – singer from Klang; performs songs in English and Malay

Che'Nelle, also Cheryline Lim – international pop singer

Namewee (Wee Meng Chee) – singer-composer who evoked controversy due to his music video "Negarakuku"

Vince Chong – singer

Vivian Chua Yi Wen – singer

Gin Lee – Hong Kong-based singer

Lester Fong 方逸伦 – Hong Kong China-based singer and producer

Jun Yan – Malaysian famous beatboxer, singer-songwriter

Fashion

Jimmy Choo – born in Penang, footwear designer based in London

Sheena Liam – Asia's Next Top Model (cycle 2) winner

Merete Merah Mei-Jin Noer – born in Norway; former Marketing Director of Singapore fashion house Zardoze; fourth runner-up of Star World reality show The Apartment Style Edition

Melinda Looi – fashion designer

Zang Toi – fashion designer, born in Kelantan

Keith Kee – fashion designer

Business people

Tan Sri Datuk Lim Kang Hoo – 19th richest person in Malaysia, as of 2014

Nicholas Tan Meng Lim – the Nicholas Brothers were a famous Johor Malaysian team of computing brothers, Asian WCG (2004–2008) and PC Wholesale (2009–2013); considered by many the greatest gamers and programmers of their day

Chan Fong Ann – 28th richest person in Malaysia, as of 2011

Cheong Yoke Choy – tin miner, philanthropist and benefactor of Chinese education during the British Malaya era

Chong Hock Leong – Malaysian-born Chinese from Teluk Intan, Perak based in Jakarta; Chief Executive Director of PT Tri Jaya Semesta, a private credit bureau in Indonesia

Dato' Choong Chin Liang – businessman and philanthropist, "Heart Man" of Ipoh

Chung Keng Quee – first Malaysian-Chinese capitalist; innovator in tin mining; owner of the largest mine of all in the country at that time, the Kong Loon Kongsi, in Kamunting, Perak; has business interests in Mergui, Peru, Hong Kong and China; founder of the Penang Chinese Town Hall

Chung Thye Phin – first Malaysian-Chinese miner to introduce the latest appliances on the mines, under the supervision of a European engineer; founder of the Toh Allang Chinese Tin Company in Perak, the first Chinese limited liability company, in 1925; member of the Penang Chinese Chamber of Commerce

Eu Tong Sen – founder of Eu Yan Sang

Foo Choo Choon – Hakka tin miner, revenue farmer and businessman from Penang; in his time, was said to have been the richest Chinese person in the world

Francis Yeoh – runs YTL Group; son of Yeoh Tiong Lay

Goh Peng Ooi – founder and Executive Chairman of Silverlake Axis Ltd; 21st richest person in Malaysia as of 2011

Jimmy Choo – London-based shoe designer

Jeffrey Yap – hedge fund manager based in Hong Kong

Tan Sri Datuk Seri Panglima Lau Cho Kun – managing director of Hap Seng Consolidated; 22nd richest person in Malaysia as of 2011

Lee Kim Hua – widow of the late Lim Goh Tong; mother of Tan Sri Lim Kok Thay; 5th richest person in Malaysia as of 2011

Tan Sri Dato' Sri Lee Loy Seng – founder of Kuala Lumpur Kepong Berhad

Datuk Lee Oi Hian & Datuk Lee Hau Hian – 11th richest person in Malaysia as of 2011

Tan Sri Lee Shin Cheng – Chairman/CEO of Malaysian conglomerate IOI Group; 2nd richest person in Malaysia as of 2011

Leong Sin Nam – Malaysian businessman

Lillian Too – feng shui master

Tan Sri Lim Goh Tong – billionaire businessman who developed Genting Highlands and owns Genting Group

Tan Sri Lim Wee Chai – founder, executive chairman, and CEO of the world's largest producer of rubber gloves, Top Glove; 25th richest person in Malaysia as of 2011

Loh Boon Siew – of Boon Siew Honda

Loke Yew – businessman and philanthropist during British Malaya

Mark Chang Mun Kee – founder of MOL AccessPortal and JobStreet.com, current CEO of JobStreet.com

Ong Leong Huat – CEO of OSK Holdings Berhad; 32nd richest person in Malaysia as of 2011

Peter Pek – group managing director of the Malaysian operations of Mercatus+, spokesperson on branding

Tan Sri Quek Leng Chan – chairman and co-founder of Hong Leong Group; 5th richest person in Malaysia as of 2011

Tan Sri Robert Kuok – richest man in Malaysia and southeast Asia as of 2011

Tan Sri Jeffrey Cheah – Sunway Group founder and chairman, the 19th richest person in Malaysia as of 2011

Tan Sri Lim Kok Thay – current CEO of Genting Group; 13th richest person in Malaysia as of 2011

Tan Sri William Cheng – Chairman of Lion Group, which also owns Parkson Group; 16th richest person in Malaysia as of 2011

Tan Sri Dato Seri Paduka Lee Kim Yew – founder of Country Heights Holdings Berhad, philanthropist and advocate in promoting education

Tan Sri Teh Hong Piow – Chairman and founder of Public Bank; 6th richest person in Malaysia as of 2011

Tan Sri Datuk Seri Tiong Hiew King – media and timber tycoon, controls Chinese media, Ming Pao and Sin Chew Jit Poh, managing director/CEO of Rimbunan Hijau Group; 10th richest person in Malaysia as of 2011

Tong Kooi Ong – Chairman of Asia Inc.

Tan Sri Vincent Tan – businessman, owner of Berjaya Group; 9th richest person in Malaysia as of 2011

Yaw Teck Seng and Yaw Chee Ming – father Yaw Teck Seng is the founder of Hong Kong listing Sarawak Forestry group Samling group; eldest son Yaw Chee Ming is current CEO of the company; the family was ranked 27th richest person/family in Malaysia as of 2011

Yeap Chor Ee – Was once the richest man within Malaysia, but the family is still considered to be one of the richest

Tan Sri Yeoh Tiong Lay – founder of YTL Group; 7th richest person in Malaysia as of 2011

Zang Toi – 5th Avenue New York fashion designer

Chan Sow Lin – tin miner of Kuala Lumpur; Chan Sow Lin LRT at Kuala Lumpur is named after him

Dato' Chan Tien Ghee – current chairman of Cardiff City Football Club, England

Dato' Lin Yun Ling – founder of Gamuda Berhad; 38th richest person in Malaysia as of 2011

Tan Sri David Law Tien Seng – 39th richest person in Malaysia as of 2011

Datuk Tiah Thee Kian – non-independent non-executive chairman of TA Enterprice; 35th richest person in Malaysia as of 2011

Dr Chia Song Kun – founder and managing Director of QL Resources; 24th richest person in Malaysia as of 2011

Ir. Lee Swee Eng – managing director of KNM Group; 34th richest person in Malaysia as of 2011

Loke Chow Kit – tin miner; Kuala Lumpur Municipal Councillor; owner of Chow Kit & Co. department store in KL; Jalan Chow Kit, Chow Kit Market and the Chow Kit area of KL carry his name

Puan Sri Datin Chong Chook Yew – chairperson of Selangor Properties Berhad, the 29th richest person in Malaysia as of 2011

Tan Sri Tan Chia Kok Henry – 100th richest person in Sarawak as of 2011

Tan Sri Dato' Liew Kee Sin - runs property developer and infrastructure company SP Setia

Tan Sri Dr Chen Lip Keong – founder and CEO of NagaCorp Cambodia, the largest gaming and hotel operator in Cambodia; 26th richest person in Malaysia as of 2011

Medicine, science and technology

Wu Lien-teh 伍连德 (1879–1960) – renowned plague fighter and pioneer in the modernization of China's public health system; first medical student of Chinese descent to study at University of Cambridge in 1896, after winning the Queen's Scholarship held in Singapore; first Malaysian Chinese nominated to receive a Nobel Prize in Medicine, in 1935

Goh Peng Ooi – Malaysia's first tech billionaire; founder and Group Executive Chairman of Silverlake Axis, one of southeast Asia’s most valuable technology companies; PhD from University of Tokyo

Pua Khein-Seng (潘建成) – CEO of Phison Electronics Corporation, arguably one of the inventors of the USB flash drive

Ng Choon Cheong – inventor of Rainbow Loom, a plastic loom used to weave colorful rubber bands into bracelets and charms

Dato' Ir. Dr. Eric Goh, Professor in Engineering and former Chairman of The Institution of Engineers Malaysia (IEM-Pg), first academic worldwide to receive the prestigious IQ International Citation Award... complemented by 9 other international and national accolades/distinguished recognitions

Legal

Chan Sek Keong – Third Chief Justice of Singapore

Chang Min Tat – former Federal Court judge

Lim Beng Hong (B. H. Oon) (1898–1979) – pioneering female lawmaker

Ong Hock Thye – former Chief Justice of Malaya

Wee Chong Jin – First Chief Justice of Singapore

Yong Pung How – Second Chief Justice of Singapore

Early history

Hang Li Po – wife of Malacca's Sultan Mansur Shah (1456–1477); related to the Ming royal court

Chung Keng Quee – leader of the "Five Associations" or Go-Kuan and the Hai San, Kapitan China of Perak and Penang, member of the Commission for the Pacification of Larut, founding member of the Perak State Council, appointed by Imperial patent of the Ch'ing Emperor as Tzu-cheng ta-fu, and Expectant Intendant of a Circuit of the fourth rank

Chung Thye Phin – last Kapitan China of Perak, member of Perak State Council

Chung Kok Ming – member of Perak State Council, member of the Federal Council of the Federated Malay States

Yap Ah Loy – Kapitan Cina of Kuala Lumpur

Koh Lay Huan (甲必丹辜禮歡) – first Kapitan China Penang

Tun Leong Yew Koh – first Malacca Governor

Tan Hiok Nee – wealthiest and most influential Chinese in Johor during the 19th century, Johor Kapitan China, the second leader of the Ngee Heng Kongsi of Johor, one of the Kangchu Johor; Jalan Tan Hiok Nee in Johor Bahru is named after him

Wong Ah Fook – one of the most famous Kangchu Johor and Chinese Entrepreneur in Johor during the 19th century; Jalan Wong Ah Fook in Johor Bahru is named after him

Yap Ah Shak – Kapitan Cina of Petaling

Yap Kwan Seng – last Chinese Kapitan of Kuala Lumpur

Malaysian Chinese Association

Tun Tan Cheng Lock – Founder of Malayan Chinese Association

Tan Siew Sin – first Minister of Commerce, third president of MCA

Tan Sri Lee San Choon – fourth president of MCA

Tan Koon Swan – fifth president of MCA

Tun Dr. Ling Liong Sik – sixth president of MCA

Tan Sri Ong Ka Ting – seventh MCA president, former Member of the Malaysian Parliament for Kulai, Johor

Ong Tee Keat – eighth MCA president, former Minister of Transport

Chua Soi Lek – ninth MCA President

Dato' Sri Liow Tiong Lai – current President of MCA and the Minister of Transport, previously the Minister of Health, Member of Parliament for Bentong, Pahang

Dato' Sri Ng Yen Yen – Former Minister of Tourism Malaysia, Member of the Malaysian Parliament for Raub, Pahang, MCA Vice-President

Chua Tee Yong – son of Chua Soi Lek. Deputy Minister of Finance I, former Deputy Minister of Agriculture and Agro-based Industries of Malaysia, former Johor MCA Youth Chief

Dato' Seri Kong Cho Ha – former Minister of Transport Malaysia, former MCA Secretary-General, Member of the Malaysian Parliament for Lumut, Perak

Chor Chee Heung – former Minister of Housing and Local Government, Malaysia

Hou Kok Chung – former Deputy Ministry of Higher Education, Malaysia, Member of the Malaysian Parliament for Kluang, Johor

Heng Seai Kie – former Deputy Ministry of Women, Family And Community Development Malaysia

Lee Chee Leong – former Deputy Minister of Home Affairs, Malaysia; Member of the Malaysian Parliament for Kampar, Perak

Donald Lim Siang Chai – former Deputy Ministry of Finance, Malaysia

Gan Ping Sieu – former Deputy Ministry of Youth and Sports, Malaysia

Wee Ka Siong – Deputy President of MCA and Minister in the Prime Minister's Department, Former Deputy Education Minister I of Malaysia, Member of Parliament for Ayer Hitam

Dato' Seri Ong Ka Chuan – Member of the Malaysian Parliament for Tanjung Malim, Perak

Fong Chan Onn – Member of the Malaysian Parliament for Alor Gajah, Melaka

Teng Boon Soon – Member of the Malaysian Parliament for Tebrau, Johor

Tan Ah Eng – Member of the Malaysian Parliament for Gelang Patah, Johor

Wee Jeck Seng – Member of the Malaysian Parliament for Tanjung Piai, Johor

Democratic Action Party

Lim Kit Siang – current DAP Advisor, Once an ISA detainee after Operasi Lalang

Lim Guan Eng – current Chief Minister of the State of Penang

Lim Lip Eng – Member of the Malaysian Parliament for Segambut, Kuala Lumpur

Loke Siew Fook – Member of the Parliament for Rasah, Negeri Sembilan

Chong Chieng Jen – Member of the Malaysian Parliament for Bandar Kuching, Sarawak

Chong Eng – former Member of the Malaysian Parliament for Bukit Mertajam, Penang, current Penang state assemblywoman for Padang Lalang.

Chow Kon Yeow – Member of the Malaysian Parliament for Tanjong, Penang

Er Teck Hwa – Member of the Malaysian Parliament for Bakri, Johor

Fong Kui Lun – Member of the Malaysian Parliament for Bukit Bintang, Kuala Lumpur, Democratic Action Party Treasurer

Fong Po Kuan – Member of the Malaysian Parliament for Batu Gajah, Perak

Hiew King Cheu – Member of the Malaysian Parliament for Kota Kinabalu, Sabah

Liew Chin Tong – Member of the Malaysian Parliament for Kluang, Johor

Nga Kor Ming – Member of the Malaysian Parliament for Taiping, Perak

Dato' Ngeh Koo Ham – Member of the Malaysian Parliament for Beruas, Perak

Sim Tong Him – Member of the Malaysian Parliament of Kota Melaka, Melaka

Steven Sim Chee Keong – Member of the Malaysian Parliament for Bukit Mertajam, Penang

Tan Kok Wai – Member of the Malaysian Parliament for Cheras, Kuala Lumpur

Jeff Ooi Chuan Aun – Member of the Malaysian Parliament for Jelutong, Penang

Dr. Tan Seng Giaw – Member of Parliament for Kepong, Kuala Lumpur

Teresa Kok Suh Sim – Member of the Parliament for Seputeh, Kuala Lumpur

Wong Ho Leng – former Member of the Malaysian Parliament for Sibu, Sarawak

Parti Gerakan Rakyat Malaysia

Lim Chong Eu – former Chief Minister of the State of Penang, second president of MCA and founding president of Parti Gerakan Rakyat Malaysia, known as the "architect of Modern Penang"

Koh Tsu Koon – Third Chief Minister of the State of Penang, former Minister in the Prime Minister's Department Malaysia

Liang Teck Meng – Member of the Malaysian Parliament for Simpang Renggam, Johor

Dato Seri' Tan Lian Hoe – Member of the Malaysian Parliament for Grik, Perak and former Deputy Ministry of Domestic Trade, Cooperative and Consumerism Malaysia

People's Justice Party

Chua Tian Chang – Member of the Malaysian Parliament for Batu, Kuala Lumpur, Informatian Chief of People's Justice Party

Lee Boon Chye – Member of the Malaysian Parliament for Gopeng, Perak

Chua Jui Meng – Former Member of the Malaysian Parliament for Bakri, Johor

Sarawak United Peoples' Party

Dato' Sri Peter Chin Fah Kui – current Minister of Energy, Green Technology and Water Malaysia, President of Sarawak United Peoples' Party, Member of the Malaysian Parliament for Miri, Sarawak

Chan Seng Khai – second mayor of Kuching South City Council

Ding Kuong Hiing – Member of the Malaysian Parliament for Sarikei, Sarawak

Datuk Tiong Thai King – Member of the Malaysian Parliament for Lanang, Sarawak

Datuk Song Swee Guan – first mayor of Kuching South City Council

Yong Khoon Seng – former Deputy Ministry of Works Malaysia, Member of the Malaysian Parliament for Stampin, Sarawak

Others

Liew Vui Keong – Member of the Malaysian Parliament for Sandakan, Sabah

Tan Tee Beng – Member of the Malaysian Parliament for Nibong Tebal, Penang

Wee Choo Keong – Member of the Malaysian Parliament for Wangsa Maju, Kuala Lumpur

Tiong King Sing – Member of the Malaysian Parliament for Bintulu, Sarawak

Datuk Amar James Wong Kim Min – first Deputy Chief Minister of Sarawak; president of the Sarawak National Party (SNAP)

Jing Lee – South Australian politician

Badminton

Datuk Lee Chong Wei – former world No.1 men's singles shuttler; record ten-time Malaysia Open winner; 2006 and 2010 Commonwealth Games gold medalist; 2008, 2012 and 2016 Olympics silver medalist; World Championship silver and bronze medalist; Asian Games silver and bronze medalist; three-time All England Open champion; a total of 55 career titles won as of 2014

Eddy Choong – men's singles shuttler; brother of David E. L. Choong; four-time All-England Open champion

Wong Peng Soon – Malaysian-born men's singles shuttler who later represented Singapore; four-time All-England Open champion and record holder for the most Malaysia Open titles (8) won for over 60 years before being surpassed by Lee Chong Wei in 2013

David E. L. Choong – men's singles shuttler. Brother of Eddy Choong; All-England champion in 1951, 1952, and 1953

Ng Boon Bee – All-England Open men's doubles champion in 1965, 1966, and 1971; member of Malaysia's winning Thomas Cup team in 1967

Tan Yee Khan – All-England Open men's doubles champion with Ng Boon Bee in 1965 and 1966, and a member of Malaysia's winning Thomas Cup team in 1967

Tan Aik Huang – former All-England Open men's singles champion

Koo Kien Keat – former world No.1 men's doubles pair with Tan Boon Heong; Asian Games gold and silver medalist; World Championships silver and bronze medalist; All-England Open Champions; two-time Commonwealth Games gold medalist in men's doubles and 2012 London Olympics semifinalists

Tan Boon Heong – former world No.1 men's doubles pair with Koo Kien Keat; Asian Games gold and silver medalist, World Championships silver and bronze medalist, All-England Open Champions, 2010 Commonwealth Games gold medalist, 2012 London Olympics semifinalists and former World Junior Champion

Chan Chong Ming – men's doubles shuttler; 2006 Commonwealth Games gold medalist; World Championships and Asian Games bronze medalist; two-time World Junior Champion

Chan Peng Soon – former world No.3 mixed doubles pair with Goh Liu Ying

Goh Liu Ying – former world No.3 mixed doubles pair with Chan Peng Soon

Wong Mew Choo – former world No.7 women's singles shuttler; 2006 and 2010 Commonwealth Games silver medalist; wife to Lee Chong Wei as of 2012

Cheah Soon Kit – former world no.1 men's doubles shuttler; 1996 Olympics silver medalist with Yap Kim Hock, member of Malaysia's 1992 winning Thomas cup team, World Cup and World Grand Prix gold medalist, Commonwealth Games gold and silver medalist, World Championships silver and bronze medalist and Asian Games silver medalist

Yap Kim Hock – men's doubles shuttler; 1996 Olympics silver medalist with Cheah Soon Kit; World Grand Prix gold medalist; Commonwealth Games gold and silver medalist; World Championship silver and bronze medalist; Asian Games bronze medalist

Wong Choong Hann – former world No.2 men's singles shuttler; 2003 World Championships silver medalist; Commonwealth Games gold, silver and bronze medalist

Ong Ewe Hock – former world No.2 men's singles shuttler; 1994 Commonwealth games silver medalist

Diving

Yeoh Ken Nee – won bronze medal in springboard diving at the 2002 and 2010 Asian Games

Ooi Tze Liang – won gold medal in springboard and silver medal in platform at the 2014 Commonwealth Games

Leong Mun Yee – won bronze medal in springboard diving at the 2006 Asian Games

Cheong Jun Hoong – won silver medal in the 10m synchronized diving at the 2016 Olympic with Pandelela Rinong

Swimming

Alex Lim – won gold medal in backstroke at the 1998 Asian games, silver medal in backstroke at 2002 Commonwealth games

Welson Sim – competed in the men's 400 metre freestyle at the 2016 Olympics

Football

Soh Chin Aun – former captain of Malaysia's national football team

Lim Teong Kim – retired Malaysian football player; former assistant coach of Bayern Munich U-19 team

Datuk Ong Kim Swee – head coach of Malaysia national football team

Cycling

Josiah Ng – won silver medals in track cycling at the 2002, 2006, and 2010 Asian Games; won gold medal in track cycling at 2010 Commonwealth Games

Ng Joo Ngan – former Commonwealth Games cycling champion

Misc.

Chung Thye Yong – first Chinese rugby player in Malaysia; first racehorse owner in the country

Chung Kok Ming – one of the finest tennis players in the country during his time – first Asian committee member of Perak Turf Club

Alex Yoong – Formula One racer

Writers

Gu Hongming 辜鴻銘 (1857–1928), famous Chinese scholar from Penang; in 1873 he began studying literature at the University of Edinburgh, graduating in 1877 with an M.A.

Tash Aw – author of The Harmony Silk Factory, which made the Man Booker Prize 2005 longlist and won the 2005 Whitbread First Novel award

Woon Swee Oan – author of wuxia novels

Tan Twan Eng – Penangite author of The Gift of Rain, which was longlisted for the Man Booker Prize award, and The Garden of Evening Mists, which was shortlisted for the Man Booker Prize and the IMPAC Literary Prize, and won the Man Asian Literary Prize and the Sir Walter Scott Prize for Historical Fiction

Kevin Nyiau 楊建偉, Kedah author of Hope is at the Turning Point | 希望在转角

Others

Boon Yih Mah, PhD – also known as Dr Mah Boon Yih, senior lecturer, WeCWI founder & consultant

Hussein Ye – Islamic scholar

Ngeow Sze Chan – Chinese physician

See Yew Lee – Chinese author of Kokko & May

Carey Ng – Miss Universe Malaysia 2013

Wong Siew Te – zoologist and Malayan sun bear expert

Felixia Yeap – also known as Raisyyah Rania, Malaysian model

Denise Camillia Tan – Miss Astro Chinese International Pageant 2012

Yap Seong Kee – civil engineer, designer of the Sultan Abdul Aziz Shah