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KUALA LUMPUR
Most Famous People Born in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
- Notable people
- 341
- Peak decade
- 1990s
- Median birth year
- 1977
- Most distinctive
- Badminton 43.7×
One face per decade — the most globally famous figure born in Kuala Lumpur during each.
Notable Births by Decade
Click a decade to filter the list below. Peak: 1990s with 71 notable births.
What Kuala Lumpur Is Known For
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Actor is Kuala Lumpur's biggest profession — 14% of all notables (48).
Kuala Lumpur over-indexes on badminton — 43.7× the global rate.
Kuala Lumpur under-produces politician — only 0.5× the global rate.
Profession Mix Over Time
Each band shows a profession family's share of Kuala Lumpur's notable births by decade. Hover the chart for the breakdown at any decade.
- Sports
- Film & TV
- Politics & Law
- Music
- Business
- Writing
- Other
Michael Gough
1916 - 2011
Anwar Ibrahim
Born 1947
Joe Simpson (mountaineer)
Born 1960
Claudia Wells
Born 1966
Jenny Seagrove
Born 1957
Sheikh Muszaphar Shukor
Born 1972
Alex Yoong
Born 1976
Shila Amzah
Born 1990
Peter Arne
1920 - 1983
Dulcie Gray
1915 - 2011
Kamahl
Born 1934
Victor Wong (singer)
Born 1972
Loke Wan Tho
1915 - 1964
Tiz Zaqyah
Born 1988
Syamsul Yusof
Born 1984
Justina Vail Evans
Born 1963
Tony Fernandes
Born 1964
Awie
Born 1968
Teresa Kok
Born 1964
Sheila Majid
Born 1965
Goh V Shem
Born 1989
Jaclyn Victor
Born 1978
Wong Choong Hann
Born 1977
Julian Yee
Born 1997
Amir Muhammad (director)
Born 1972
Nur Dhabitah Sabri
Born 1999
Bonny Hicks
1968 - 1997
Hannah Yeoh
Born 1979
Nabil Jeffri
Born 1993
John Broome (philosopher)
Born 1947
Mizz Nina
Born 1980
Abdul Razak Baginda
Born 1960
Natasha Beaumont
Born 1974
Ng Yan Yee
Born 1993
Jazeman Jaafar
Born 1992
Vivian Hoo Kah Mun
Born 1990
Faizal Yusof
1978 - 2011
Nurul Izzah Anwar
Born 1980
Fairuz Fauzy
Born 1982
Adibah Noor
Born 1970
Lisa Surihani
Born 1986
Adrian Hastings
1929 - 2001
Aleks Krotoski
Born 1974
Nik Nazmi
Born 1982
Shukri Yahaya
Born 1988
Ravichandran (Tamil actor)
1940 - 2011
Yusof Haslam
Born 1954
Aznil Nawawi
Born 1962
Pierre Andre
Born 1985
Weiron Tan
Born 1994
Alif Satar
Born 1990
Syafiq Yusof
Born 1992
Renuga Veeran
Born 1986
Emma Maembong
Born 1992
Gavin Green
Born 1993
Goh Poh Seng
1936 - 2010
Faisal Tehrani
Born 1974
Yong Pung How
1926 - 2020
Nurul Elfira Loy
Born 1994
Siti Zainon Ismail
Born 1949
Philip S. Corbet
1929 - 2008
Nasha Aziz
Born 1971
Yeoh Ken Nee
Born 1983
Adrian Voo
Born 1986
Sean Ghazi
Born 1969
Liew Daren
Born 1987
Wendy Hoopes
Born 1972
Sazzy Falak
Born 1981
Mustapha Maarof
1935 - 2014
Musa Hassan
Born 1952
Lydia Cheah
Born 1989
Delia Arnold
Born 1986
Rosyam Nor
Born 1967
Soniia Cheah Su Ya
Born 1993
Muhamad Khalid Jamlus
Born 1977
Abby Abadi
Born 1977
Tiara Jacquelina
Born 1967
Liew Seng Tat
Born 1979
Ling Tan
Born 1974
Sim Wong Hoo
Born 1955
Ruby Yap
Born 1991
Yen Tan
Born 1975
Fred Nicholas
1893 - 1962
Felixia Yeap
Born 1976
Jalaluddin Hassan
Born 1954
Azrinaz Mazhar Hakim
Born 1979
Teoh Beng Hock
1979 - 2009
Amelia Thripura Henderson
Born 1995
K. Rajagopal
Born 1956
Mohd Ivan Yusoff
Born 1982
Shahrom Kalam
Born 1985
Hadin Azman
Born 1994
Jason Keng-Kwin Chan
Born 1971
Vishen Lakhiani
Born 1976
Cheng Chu Sian
Born 1986
Vince Chong
Born 1979
K. Kailasapathy
1933 - 1982
Iskandar Zulkarnain Zainuddin
Born 1991
Jenny Eclair
Born 1960
Jeanne Abdullah
Born 1953
Hoon Thien How
Born 1986
Shahrol Yuzy
Born 1976
Ong Yoke Lin
1917 - 2010
Lall Singh
1909 - 1985
Low Ngai Yuen
Born 1976
Xandria Ooi
-
Anne Deveson
1930 - 2016
Faiz Khaleed
Born 1980
Wardina Safiyyah
Born 1979
Azidan Sarudin
Born 1986
Sashina Vignes Waran
Born 1988
Poh Ling Yeow
Born 1973
Danial Amier Norhisham
Born 1997
Samantha Schubert
1969 - 2016
Misbun Ramdan Misbun
Born 1991
Zhang Yaodong
Born 1977
Dzulkifli Abdul Razak
Born 1953
Chandran Kukathas
Born 1957
Zamir Selamat
Born 1989
Irfan Zakaria
Born 1995
Arul Suppiah
Born 1983
Hanis Zalikha
Born 1990
Chow Mei Kuan
Born 1994
Wani Ardy
Born 1984
Shamini Flint
Born 1969
Hishammuddin Hussein
Born 1961
Ong Beng Teong
Born 1962
Sharifah Aryana
Born 1995
Una Ryan
Born 1941
Kid Chan
Born 1978
Fahmi Reza
Born 1977
Mohd Zaiza Zainal Abidin
Born 1986
Soong Joo Ven
Born 1995
Ng Hui Lin
Born 1989
Ananda Krishnan
Born 1938
Franklyn Bellamy
1886 - 1961
Kogileswaran Raj
Born 1998
Ng Eain Yow
Born 1998
Sangeeta Krishnasamy
Born 1985
M. G. Pandithan
1940 - 2008
Sivarasa Rasiah
Born 1956
James Dawos Mamit
Died 2019
Ng Hui Ern
Born 1991
Yogendran Khrishnan
Born 1982
Gary Yap
Born 1977
Ong Kian Ming
Born 1975
Nik Adruce
Born 1994
Lim Lip Eng
Born 1972
Permaisuri Siti Aishah
Born 1971
Ong Tee Keat
Born 1956
Leong Jun Hao
Born 1999
Sarah Hildebrand
Born 1990
Lim Kok Thay
Born 1951
Julia Ziegler
Born 1973
Janaky Athi Nahappan
1925 - 2014
Hadi Fayyadh
Born 2000
Lee Shin Cheng
1939 - 2019
Abdul Ghani Minhat
1935 - 2012
Claudia Brassard-Riebesehl
Born 1975
Carey Ng
Born 1989
Rachel Arnold
Born 1996
Lim Yin Fun
Born 1994
Lim Chi Wing
Born 1995
Diana Clapham
Born 1957
Fattah Amin
Born 1990
Huang Wenyong
1952 - 2013
Mitchell Gilbert
Born 1994
Soh Wooi Yik
Born 1998
Tengku Sulaiman Shah
Born 1950
P. Kamalanathan
Born 1965
Tricia Chuah
Born 1982
Mark Evans (general)
Born 1953
Santokh Singh
Born 1952
Tommy Thomas (barrister)
Born 1952
Akmal Nor Hasrin
Born 1995
Haikal Nazri
Born 1993
Ahmad Azlan Zainal
Born 1986
Zulhijjah Binti Azan
Born 1990
Botak Chin
1951 - 1981
Nazir Razak
Born 1966
Kentaro Suda
Born 1985
Jemilah Mahmood
Born 1959
Alvin Anthons
Born 1976
Azri Iskandar
-
Goh Yea Ching
Born 1996
Vinod Sekhar
Born 1968
Michele Lean
Born 1982
Ng Joo Pong
Born 1946
M. Magendran
Born 1963
Kamarudin Meranun
Born 1960
G. Mahathevan
Born 1988
Kenneth Low
Born 1976
Azman Hashim
Born 1939
Zain Saidin
Born 1984
Lee Ying Ha
Born 1980
Robin Tilbrook
Born 1958
Juzzthin
Born 1990
Hairul Azreen
Born 1988
Teshana Vignes Waran
Born 1989
Felicia Yap
Born 1980
Raja Ahmad Nazim Azlan Shah
Born 1994
Douglas Khoo
Born 1965
G. Puaneswaran
Born 1983
Thanuja Ananthan
Born 1985
Suzanne Beauclerk, Duchess of St Albans
1921 - 2010
Zamani Ibrahim
Born 1971
Peck Yen Wei
Born 1996
Muhd Nazri Ahmad
Born 1990
Alif Hadi
Born 1988
Beto Kusyairy (actor)
Born 1980
Puvaneswaran Ramasamy
Born 1974
Ahmad Ammar Ahmad Azam
1993 - 2013
Fahrul Razi Kamaruddin
Born 1986
Azwan Ali (actor)
Born 1966
Chris Cheong
Born 1992
Ani Zonneveld
Born 1962
Levy Li
Born 1987
Nur Fathiah Diaz
Born 1999
Addeen Idrakie
Born 1994
Tengku Djan Ley
Born 1976
Rajiv Rishyakaran
Born 1981
Lee Siew Choh
1917 - 2002
Eric Winarto
Born 1980
Ko Chung Sen
Born 1968
Mohd Khairi Zainudin
Born 1978
Elmi Jumari
Born 1990
Farhanna Qismina
Born 1997
Muhammad Ibrahim (banker)
Born 1960
Rueben Thevandran
Born 1982
Indi Nadarajah
Born 1959
Faizal Zainal
Born 1974
Yasin Sulaiman
Born 1975
Peter Garling
Born 1952
Aril (entertainer)
Born 1985
Chong Hon Nyan
1924 - 2020
Haziq Zikri Elias
Born 1991
Don Martin (field hockey)
Born 1940
Janil Puthucheary
Born 1973
Hafiq Azmi
Born 1996
Jonathan Justin
Born 1991
Fairuz Hussein
Born 1965
Zabrina Fernandez
Born 1979
Sasha Saidin
Born 1976
Joseph Victor Gonzales
Born 1960
Joel Neoh Eu-Jin
Born 1983
Saiful Ridzuwan
Born 1992
Azlina Aziz
Born 1962
Arif Ismail
Born 1986
Mahmud Ahmad
1978 - 2017
Abdul Ghani Malik
Born 1972
Nor Shamsiah Mohd Yunus
Born 1964
Ricky Wong (Malaysian businessman)
Born 1981
Lim Wee-Chai
-
Robin Chan (soccer)
Born 1968
Zafrul Aziz
Born 1973
Chan Kooi Chye
Born 1921
Ong Pang Boon
Born 1929
Rohan Suppiah
Born 1981
Fahmi Ilyas
Born 1992
Kenny Lee
Born 1978
Azalia Suhaimi
Born 1985
Sia Wai Yen
Born 1984
Azwanddin Hamzah
Born 1973
Edmund Ser
Born 1955
Robert Polet
Born 1955
Carrie Lee Sze Kei
Born 1985
Melinda Looi
-
Kavin Jayaram
Born 1980
Anji Hunter
Born 1955
Nick Newman
Born 1958
Azriddin Rosli
Born 1995
Lee Wan Yuen
Born 1977
Joshua Fernandez
Born 1974
John Peck (diplomat)
1913 - 1995
Mohd Noor Amin
Born 1969
Saw Phaik Hwa
Born 1957
Lesley Harris
Born 1954
Jeffrey Yong
Born 1958
Sherine Wong
Born 1979
Ahmad Zamil
Born 1978
Melinder Bhullar
Born 1992
Chew Hoong Ling
Born 1980
Shoba Purushothaman
-
Sarly Adre Sarkum
Born 1975
Kanapathy Moorthy
1932 - 2010
Zoe Foo Yuk Han
Born 1998
Syed Yazid
Born 1978
Tunku Nadzaruddin
Born 1959
Tey Por Yee
Born 1976
Mavin Khoo
Born 1976
Hasihin Sanawi
Born 1983
Afiq Huznie Othman
Born 1996
Muhammad Hannan
Born 1995
Rachel Yeoh
-
Bernard Yeoh
Born 1969
Yeoh Kay Ee
Born 1990
Yew Kam Keong
Born 1950
Shankar Retinam
Born 1975
Nithya Shree
-
Muhammad Hizlee Abdul Rais
Born 1989