List of Malay people

This is a list of notable Malay people or notable people of Malay descent. Entries on this list are demonstrably notable by having a linked current article or reliable sources as footnotes against the name to verify they are notable and define themselves either full or partial Malay descent, whose ethnic origin lie in the Malay world.

This list also includes emigrant Malays and could be taken as a list of famous Malays.

Activists

Anwar Fazal, consumer, environmental activist, health advocate

Astronomy

Mazlan Othman, Malaysian astrophysicist who pioneered Malaysia's participation in Space exploration

Astronauts

Sheikh Muszaphar Shukor The first Malaysian astronaut
Faiz Khaleed

Business

Nasimuddin Amin founder, chairman and chief executive officer of the Naza Group of Malaysia.
Syed Mokhtar Al-Bukhary founder of the Albukhary Foundation
Halim Saad
Saleh Sulong
Azman Hashim
Nazir Razak
Abdul Wahid Omar
Mokhzani Mahathir

Chefs

Norman Musa, chef and restaurateur
Chef Wan, chef
Zamzani Abdul Wahab, chef

Criminals

Rozman Jusoh, Malaysian convicted drug trafficker
Ahmad Muin Yaacob, Malaysian convicted murderer
Ahmad Najib Aris, Malaysian convicted murderer
Mona Fandey, Malaysian convicted murderer

Designers

Muid Latif, graphic designer, multimedia designer
Nor Aini Shariff, fashion designer
Ashley Isham, fashion designer

Entertainers

Shila Amzah, international Malaysian singer-songwriter
Yuna, Malaysian singer
Aliff Aziz, Singaporean singer
Meria Aires, known as Maria, a Bruneian singer
Jamal Abdillah, Malaysian singer
Sudirman Arshad, Malaysian singer
Yasmin Ahmad, Malaysian film director, film writer, scriptwriter
Taufik Batisah, Singaporean singer
Zul F, Bruneian actor and singer
Elyana, Malaysian singer and actress
Erwin Gutawa, Indonesian composer
Eqah, Bruneian singer
Erra Fazira, Malaysian actress and singer
Sean Ghazi, Malaysian singer and actor
Gita Gutawa, Indonesian singer (half-Sundanese)
Nazril Irham, known as Ariel, Indonesian vocalist of Noah and actor
Fauziah Latiff, Malaysian singer
Sheila Majid, Malaysian singer
Amy Mastura, Malaysian actress and singer
M. Nasir, Singaporean poet, singer-songwriter, composer, producer, actor and film director
Noorhaqmal Mohamed Noor, known as Aqmal. N, a Singaporean singer and songwriter
Siti Nurhaliza, Malaysian top singer and actress
Anuar Zain, Malaysian singer
Aziz M. Osman, Malaysian film director
Fasha Sandha, Malaysian actress
P. Ramlee, Malaysian singer, actor and film director
Aziz Sattar, Malaysian actor
Revalina S. Temat, Indonesian actress
Hill Zaini, Bruneian singer and actor
Pierre Andre, Malaysian actor
Shaheizy Sam, Malaysian actor
Aaron Aziz, Singaporean actor
Aedy Ashraf, Malaysian actor
Alif Satar, Malaysian singer, TV host and actor
Syafiq Kyle, Malaysian actor
Ayda Jebat, Malaysian singer and actress
Juzzthin, Malaysian actor, rapper and TV host
Syafiq Yusof, Malaysian actor, and film director
Zizan Razak, Malaysian actor, and singer
Aznil Nawawi, Malaysian TV host, singer and actor
Iqram Dinzly, Malaysian actor
Izzue Islam, Malaysian actor
Amirul Asyhwad, Malaysian actor
Amerul Affendi, Malaysian actor
Dhia Azrai, Malaysian actor
Muhammad Asyrof Al-Ghifari, Indonesian character actor, director, and writer