Lista de Personas Famosas nacidas en Kuching

James Wan es un director, productor y guionista malayo nacionalizado australiano. Wan es ampliamente conocido por dirigir la película de terror Saw (2004). También ha dirigido Dead Silence y Death Sentence, Insidious (2010), The Conjuring e Insidious: Chapter 2, Furious 7 (2015), Aquaman (2018), Malignant (2020) y Aquaman 2 (2022).

Adenan bin Satem was the fifth Chief Minister of Sarawak, in office from 2014 to 2017. During his tenure as Chief Minister, Adenan held the position as the President of Parti Pesaka Bumiputera Bersatu (PBB), which is part of the Barisan Nasional coalition. He was of Malay descent. A popular figure known affectionately as "Tok Nan", he died in office on 11 January 2017.

Koreyoshi Kurahara was a Japanese screenwriter and director. He is perhaps best known for directing Antarctica (1983), which won several awards and was entered into the 34th Berlin International Film Festival. He also co-directed Hiroshima (1995) with Roger Spottiswoode, which was nominated for the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Miniseries.

James Chua is a Malaysian former badminton player. Born in Sarawak, Chua moved to Kuala Lumpur to join the BAM squad in 1995. He was part of the Malaysia junior team that won the boys' team bronze at the 1997 Asian Junior Championships in Manila. He was the champion at the 1998 Malaysia Satellite, and in 2001 clinched the National Championships title. Chua won the World Grand Prix title at the 2002 Malaysia Open defeated his compatriot the defending champion, Ong Ewe Hock in straight games. Together with the national men's team squad, they won the bronze medals at the 1998 and 2002 Asian Games.

Ong Poh Lim was a Malayan/Singaporean badminton player who won numerous national and international titles from the late 1940s to the early 1960s. Known for his quickness and his aggressive, unorthodox playing style, Ong won many singles and doubles titles, including the Singapore, Malaysia, All-England, French, Danish and Thomas Cup championships in the 1940s and 1950s. He also invented the backhand flick serve known as the “crocodile serve”, a tactic that had been routinely used in the modern game. Ong was a keen rival to badminton legend Wong Peng Soon.

Tsai Ming-liang es un cineasta de origen chino-malayo. Ha escrito y dirigido 10 películas y también numerosos cortometrajes y películas para la televisión. Tsai es uno de los directores de cine más célebres de la "Segunda Ola" de directores de cine taiwanés. Sus películas han sido aclamadas en todo el mundo y han ganado numerosos premios en festivales de cine.