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SINGAPORE

Most Famous People Born in Singapore, Singapore

Notable people

1,315

Peak decade

1980s

Median birth year

1973

Most distinctive

Swimmer 4.9×

A city-state whose bench runs from British colonial civil servants to the post-independence technocracy that built modern Singapore. Distinctive professions are swimmers, models, entrepreneurs, singers, actors, business figures, and footballers — the profile of a small, young state that exports sport, finance, and pop at roughly equal densities. Lee Kuan Yew and his government hold down one half of the list; Joseph Schooling and the post-2000 entertainment wave hold down the other.