R. Thampipillay
Lloyd Fernando
Raja Saravana Kumar Selvakumar
Jomo Kwame Sundram
John Davies, Malaysian archivist and writer
R. Thampipillay
Shan Ratnam
Activists, social workers, environmentalist and lawyers
Ambiga Sreenevasan, ex-president of the Malaysian Bar Council and active activist
Bishan Singh Ram Singh, environmentalist
Cecil Rajendra, human rights activist
Charles Hector, Malaysian human rights advocate and activist
K. L. Devaser
Gengadharan Nair
Irene Fernandez (1946–2014)
Irene Xavier, women's rights activist
Kamal Bamadhaj, political science student and human rights activist, who was killed in the Dili Massacre in East Timor on November 12, 1991
Karpal Singh (1940-2014), prominent Malaysian politician, lawyer and human rights activist
Kishva Ambigapathy (1990-), first Asian Chairperson, Commonwealth Youth Council & Royal Mace Bearer Queen Elizabeth II 90th Birthday
Mahadev Shankar
Mary Shanthi Dairiam, Malaysian human rights and women's rights advocate; United Nations official
Murugesan Sinnandavar
Param Cumaraswamy, high-profile Malaysian lawyer from Kuala Lumpur; Chair of the Malaysian Bar Council from 1986 to 1988; United Nations Special Rapporteur on the Independence of Judges and Lawyers by the UN Commission on Human Rights from 1994 to 2003
G. Rama Iyer
R. Ramani, second president of Malaya Bar Council; first Asian president of Malaya Bar Council
Rasammah Bhupalan, social activist
D. R. Seenivasagam
Sybil Kathigasu
Steven Thiru, current president of Malaysian Bar
Uma Sambanthan
P. Uthayakumar, founder of HINDRAF
Ramesh Rao
Chacko Vadaketh, Malaysian actor, writer, television personality and MC
Gurmit Singh, Singaporean actor of part Malaysian-Punjabi descent
Hans Isaac, Malaysian actor, producer, director and a former model
Nasiruddin Nasir, Malaysian actor of Indian descent
P. Ramlee, Malaysia famous actor (Not Indian).
Ramon Tikaram, British stage and screen actor
Ravichandran, Tamil film actor who played lead roles in Tamil movies of the 1960s and 1970s
Pravien Arun, Malaysian actor
Actresses and female models
Amelia Thripura Henderson, Malaysian teenage actress
Anaika Soti, Bollywood and Kollywood actress; attended high school in Malaysia
Deborah Priya Henry, winner of Miss Malaysia 2011, television personality, and actress
Faezah Elai, Malaysian actress of Punjab and Thai descent
Haanii Shivraj (1991-2014), Malaysian actress
Kavita Sidhu, actress and former beauty queen
Kiran Jassal, Miss Universe Malaysia 2016
Lucy Narayanasamy, Miss Universe Malaysia 1993
Maya Karin, Malaysian actress, television personality, and singer
Melinder Bhullar, Miss Malaysia World 2013
Nadine Ann Thomas, winner of Miss Malaysia 2010
Neelofa Noor, Malaysian actress
Nicole Arumugam, British actress
Pushpa Narayan, Malaysia actress and model
Ramya Raj, Malaysia-born actress who acts in Tamil cinema
Sabrina Beneett, winner of Miss Malaysia 2014
Sangeeta Krishnasamy, actress and model; first Malaysian woman to act in a Tamil movie
Nithya Shree, actress and makeup artist
Sharon Alaina Stephen, Malaysian actress
Shuba Jay, Malaysian actress; was killed, together with her husband and daughter, in the shootdown of Malaysia Airlines Flight 17
Tatiana Kumar, Miss World Malaysia 2016
Thanuja Ananthan, Miss World Malaysia 2009-2010
Vanessa Tevi, winner of Miss Malaysia 2015
Vanida Imran, actress and television host
Zuleikha Robinson, British actress and singer
Tun Ali of Malacca, fourth Bendahara of the Malaccan Sultanate
Tun Mutahir of Malacca, famous bendahara of the Malaccan Sultanate
Tun Fatimah, daughter to the Malaccan Bendahara who lived during the 16th century; was married to Malacca's Sultan Mahmud Shah as one of his consorts after all her male siblings were executed
Arts and entertainment
YB Dato Dr' ShaSha Sri, the First Malaysian Tamil Female Actress, Producer & Director who step foot in Kollywood & Tollywood Chennai Tamil Films more than 28 Movies since 2005 with Famous Directors project Such as Lingusamy, R.Khanan, Baba Durai, S.Stanley, Venkat Prabu n many more..
'Punnagai Poo' Gheetha, the first female producer of Tamil films
Hans Isaac, Malaysian actor, producer, director, and former model
K. Haran, film director and screenwriter,
Huzir Sulaiman, Malaysian actor, director, and writer
Joshua Fernandez, Malaysian film director
V. Nagaraj, prominent Malaysian director
B. S. Rajhans, Malaysia's first filmmaker
Praboo Ariva, Malaysia youngest director
Prem Nath, Malaysia director
Pria Viswalingam, Malaysian-born Australian documentary and filmmaker
Rani Moorthy, Malaysian-born playwright, actress, and artistic director of Rasa Productions
Sharad Sharan, journalist and film director
Solamalay Namasivayam, artist
Syed Thajudeen, artist
Zabrina Fernandez, television producer
Parvathy Nagarajan, writer and director
S.Vanajah, one of the finalists for Malaysia's Angkasawan programme
Business people and entrepreneurs
Ananda Krishnan, richest man in Malaysia
Bastianpillai Paul Nicholas, first Asian banker in British Malaya
Doraisingam Pillai, CEO of Lotus chain of restaurants and companies
Emmanuel Daniel, founder of The Asian Banker
Tan Sri Datuk G. Gnanalingam, current executive chairman of Westports Malaysia Sdn Bhd
Kishu Tirathrai
Maha Sinnathamby, founder of Greater Springfield
Mokhzani Mahathir, businessman and son of former Malaysian Prime Minister Mahathir
Naraina Pillai, social entrepreneur and businessman, who spent most of his life in Singapore during the colonial period; of Tamil origins, he greatly contributed to the Tamil community in Singapore
Ninian Mogan Lourdenadin
K. L. Palaniappan, architect, businessman, and executive director of MK Land
Raja Mudaliar, richest trader in Malacca during the early 16th century CE, richest man
Shoba Purushothaman, co-founder of The NewsMarket
K. R. Somasundram, Head of National Land Finance Co-Operative
K. Thamboosamy Pillay, founder of Kuala Lumpur and Sri Mahamariamman Temple, Kuala Lumpur
Datuk Tony Fernandes, Malaysian entrepreneur and founder of Tune Air Sendirian Berhad; introduced the first budget, no-frills, and low-cost airline, AirAsia, to Malaysia and Asia with the tagline "Now Everyone Can Fly"
Datuk Vinod Balachandra Sekhar, businessman, president and Group Chief Executive of Putra Group
Vijandren Ramadass, founder of Lowyat.net
Weeratunge Edward Perera
Precin Kalisalvan
Dato' Natarajen Manohran @ M. Kannan and Dato' Satishkumar Manohran, Joint Group Managing Directors of Linsun Engineering Group
Gravin Kumar, Entrepreneur, co-founder and MD of the company behind the development of MARA Digital, Malaysian Government national initiative.
Indi Nadarajah, actor, comedian, and singer based in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
Kavin Jayaram, stand-up comedian
Deejays and television personalities
Asha Gill, television personality, DJ, and women's-rights activist
Jonathan Putra, television host and actor, Channel V VJ, model, and musician
J.J Fernandez, radio announcer for hitz.fm's breakfast show The Morning Crew, the number-one English radio show in Malaysia
Rueben Thevandran (Burn), Malaysian radio personality, television host, singer, and voice-over artist
M. K. Rajakumar
T. Sachithanandan
Thirunavuk Arasu Sinnathuray
Yohannan John
Bernard Chandran, Malaysia's "King of Fashion"
Freedom fighters and nationalists
S. A. Ganapathy, veteran of the communist underground resistance to Japanese occupation and postwar trade unionist in then Malaya; first president of the 300,000-strong Pan Malayan Federation of Trade Unions (PMFTU); was hanged by the colonial authorities in 1949 after being convicted for allegedly being in possession of firearms
Puan Sri Janaki Athi Nahappan, one of the earliest women involved in the fight for Malaysian (then Malaya) independence
John Thivy, founding president of the Malayan Indian Congress
Rasammah Bhupalan, Malaysian freedom fighter and social activist
Marina Mahathir, daughter of Tun Dr. Mahathir Mohamad
M. G. G. Pillai, political activist and journalist
Rehman Rashid, journalist
Sumisha Naidu, Channel News Asia, Malaysia correspondent
Ajit Singh
Datuk Seri S. Augustine Paul
Balasubramaniam Perumal
Baltej Singh Dhillon, first Royal Canadian Mounted Police officer allowed to wear a turban
Justice Datuk K. P. Gengadharan Nair, high courts of Malaysia
K. S. Rajah, Senior Counsel and former Judicial Commissioner of the Supreme Court of Singapore
Tan Sri G. K. Rama Iyer
K. Thanabalasingam
Charlene Rajendran
John Davies, archivist, writer, and received the prestigious Ahli Mangku Negara award
S A Nathanji - Former Publisher/Managing Editor, Indian Movie News magazine, the household cine magazine in South East Asia. He is also the author of the book My Unbelievable Journey With Indian Cinema which was launched by Dato' Seri Utama, S Samy Velu, Malaysia's Special Envoy, Infrastructure to India & South Asia
K. S. Maniam, novelist and academician
Munshi Abdullah, early Malayan historian and the father of modern Malay literature
Preeta Samarasan, finalist for the Commonwealth Writers Prize 2009
Rani Manicka, author and novelist
Selvakkumar Thirunavukarasu, author, columnist, radio and television personality on Vastu Shastra and ancient secrets
Shamini Flint
Uthaya Sankar SB, Malaysian writer
Charles Ganaprakasam, Educational Psychologist, Author, Liberal Activist
Joe Thambu
Maniam Moorthy, member of the first group of Malaysians to successfully climb Mount Everest
M. Magendran
Ahmad Nawab, Malaysian composer
Alvin Anthons, entertainer, professional emcee, event manager, radio DJ and singer
Ash Nair, Malaysian alternative musician and former contestant of season two of Malaysian Idol
C Loco, now known as Sashi C Loco, co-founder of Poetic Ammo
Chakra Sonic, Malaysian hip hop musician
Che'Nelle, recording artist
David Arumugam, Malaysian singer and founder of Alleycats
Dhilip Varman, singer, lyricist, and composer
Francissca Peter
Gerald Sellan, songwriter, composer and drum player for Malaysian/American rock band, Beat the system
Guy Sebastian, Australian pop, R&B, and soul singer-songwriter who was the first winner of Australian Idol in 2003; currently a judge on the Australian version of The X Factor
Harikrish Menon, singer and songwriter
Jaclyn Victor, winner of the first Malaysian Idol and current number-one pop singer of Malaysia; acted in many Malaysian and Tamil movies
Jana Nair* Drummer for Malaysian Post Hardcore band Love Me Butch. Released 3 albums and toured South East Asia with the band.
Kamahl, cabaret or easy listening singer and recording artist
Loganathan Arumugam, Malaysian singer
Manjit Singh Gill, member of Goldkartz
Ning Baizura, Malaysian pop and R&B singer
Prema Lucas
Prema Yin, Malaysian musician and singer
Prashanthini, playback singer in Tamil cinema
Vijay David, Malaysian singer
Reshmonu, singer-songwriter from Malaysia who does mostly English songs
Ronnie Pereira, lead guitarist and singer of the 1970s band Revolvers
Shanmugam Arumugam, guitarist
Shree Chandran, rapper and music producer
Stewart Sellan, electric and acoustic guitar player for Malaysian/American rock band, Beat the System
Sukhjit Singh Gill, member of Goldkartz
Tanita Tikaram, British pop-folk singer-songwriter
Malaysia Vasudevan, Tamil playback singer and actor in the Tamil film industry
Yogi B, often referred to as Kavidhai Kundargal; known as the godfather of Tamil rap; currently famous rapper in Kollywood; co-founder of Poetic Ammo
Yugendran, playback singer in Tamil cinema
Antony Selvanayagam, Bishop Emeritus of the Diocese of Penang
Anthony Soter Fernandez, Archbishop Emeritus of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Kuala Lumpur
Murphy Pakiam, metropolitan archbishop of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese
K. Sri Dhammananda
Alastair Robinson
Mahaletchumy Arujunan, listed as one of the 100 most influential people in the field of biotechnology by the 7th edition of The Scientist American Worldwide View: A Global Biotechnology Perspective Journal
Satwant Singh Dhaliwal, Malaysian geneticist, academic and author
Tan Sri Dr B.C. Sekhar
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