Lista de Personas Famosas nacidas en Malasia
Anwar Ibrahim
Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim es un político malasio, que en la actualidad es el líder de la coalición Pakatan Harapan. Ejerció como Líder de la Oposición Federal entre 2008 y 2015, y es cofundador del Partido de la Justicia Popular junto a su esposa, Wan Azizah Wan Ismail.
Rosmah Mansor
Datin Seri Hajah Rosmah binti Mansor is the second wife of former Prime Minister of Malaysia, Najib Razak.
Ismail Sabri Yaakob
Ismail Sabri bin Yaakob es un político malasio que fue designado como el noveno primer ministro de Malasia el 21 de agosto de 2021. Se desempeñó como el decimotercero Viceprimer ministro de julio de 2021 a agosto de 2021, así como Ministro de Defensa en la administración del ex primer ministro Muhyiddin Yassin de marzo de 2020 a agosto de 2021 y miembro del Parlamento (MP) por Bera desde marzo de 2004. Fue el viceprimer ministro con menos tiempo de servicio, con sólo 40 días. Es miembro y vicepresidente de la Organización Nacional de los Malayos Unidos (UMNO), un partido componente de la coalición Barisan Nasional (BN) que está alineada con la coalición Perikatan Nasional (PN). Fue nombrado y juramentado formalmente como Primer Ministro el 21 de agosto de 2021, en medio de la pandemia de COVID-19 y de la actual crisis política de Malasia de 2020-21 en el país. Es el primer primer ministro de Malasia nacido después de la independencia de Malasia en 1957, y el primer exlíder de la oposición en asumir el cargo.
Mandy Lieu
Mandy Lieu is a Malaysian-American model, actress, and TV show host based in Hong Kong. She has appeared in Hong Kong television shows and movies such as Horseplay and To the Fore.
Penny Tai
Penny Tai es una cantante y compositora malaya naturalizada como taiwanesa. Desde su debut en 2000, ha publicado siete álbumes.
Christopher Lee
Christopher Lee Meng Soon is a Malaysia born Singaporean actor, host and singer and managed under Catwalk Production House.
Claudia Wells
Claudia Grace Wells es una actriz estadounidense, mejor conocida por su papel de Jennifer Parker en la primera película de la trilogía de Back to the Future (1985).
Azizulhasni Awang
Mohd Azizulhasni bin Awang is a Malaysian professional track cyclist. Nicknamed "The Pocket Rocketman" due to his small stature, he is the first Malaysian cyclist to win a medal at the UCI Track Cycling World Championships and at the Summer Olympics.
Joe Simpson
Joe Simpson is an English mountaineer, author, and motivational speaker. While climbing in Peru in 1985, he suffered severe injuries and was thought lost after falling into a crevasse, but he survived and managed to crawl back to his base camp. He described the ordeal in his best-selling 1988 book Touching the Void, which was adapted into a 2003 documentary film of the same name.
Mohamad Sabu
Mohamad bin Sabu, commonly known as Mat Sabu, is a Malaysian politician who served as the Minister of Defence in the Pakatan Harapan (PH) administration under former Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad from May 2018 to the collapse of the PH administration in February 2020. He has served as the Member of Parliament (MP) for Kota Raja since May 2018, Kuala Kedah from November 1999 to March 2004, Kubang Kerian from April 1995 to November 1999 and Nilam Puri from October 1990 to April 1995. He has also served as the founding and 1st President of the National Trust Party (AMANAH), a component party of the PH opposition coalition and rebranded from the Malaysian Workers' Party (PPPM) after it was taken over by the Gerakan Harapan Baru (GHB) led by him which left the Malaysian Islamic Party (PAS) in 2015 thanks to their ideological differences with the PAS leaders, since 2015. He also served as Deputy President of PAS, a former component party of the former Pakatan Rakyat (PR) and Barisan Alternatif (BA) opposition coalitions, from 2011 to 2015. He was elected to the party deputy presidency in 2011, running on a moderate platform against the conservative incumbent Nasharudin Mat Isa. He had also served as the party Vice-President prior to his election as the party Deputy President. He was the first non-alim elected to the party leadership or deputy presidency in over 25 years.