List of Malaysian Indians

Politicians

Academicians

• R. Thampipillay
• Lloyd Fernando
• Raja Saravana Kumar Selvakumar
• Jomo Kwame Sundram
• John Davies, Malaysian archivist and writer
• R. Thampipillay
• Shan Ratnam

Activists, social workers, environmentalist and lawyers

Karpal Singh, lawyer and politician

• Ambiga Sreenevasan, ex-president of the Malaysian Bar Council and active activist
• Bishan Singh Ram Singh, environmentalist
• Cecil Rajendra, human rights activist
• Charles Hector, Malaysian human rights advocate and activist
• K. L. Devaser
• Gengadharan Nair
• Irene Fernandez (1946–2014)
• Irene Xavier, women's rights activist
• Kamal Bamadhaj, political science student and human rights activist, who was killed in the Dili Massacre in East Timor on November 12, 1991
• Karpal Singh (1940-2014), prominent Malaysian politician, lawyer and human rights activist
• Kishva Ambigapathy (1990-), first Asian Chairperson, Commonwealth Youth Council & Royal Mace Bearer Queen Elizabeth II 90th Birthday^[1]
• Mahadev Shankar
• Mary Shanthi Dairiam, Malaysian human rights and women's rights advocate; United Nations official
• Murugesan Sinnandavar
• Param Cumaraswamy, high-profile Malaysian lawyer from Kuala Lumpur; Chair of the Malaysian Bar Council from 1986 to 1988; United Nations Special Rapporteur on the Independence of Judges and Lawyers by the UN Commission on Human Rights from 1994 to 2003
• G. Rama Iyer
• R. Ramani, second president of Malaya Bar Council; first Asian president of Malaya Bar Council
• Rasammah Bhupalan, social activist
• D. R. Seenivasagam
• Sybil Kathigasu
• Steven Thiru, current president of Malaysian Bar
• Uma Sambanthan
• P. Uthayakumar, founder of HINDRAF
• Ramesh Rao

Actors

• Chacko Vadaketh, Malaysian actor, writer, television personality and MC
• Gurmit Singh, Singaporean actor of part Malaysian-Punjabi descent
• Hans Isaac, Malaysian actor, producer, director and a former model
• Nasiruddin Nasir, Malaysian actor of Indian descent
• P. Ramlee, Malaysia famous actor (Not Indian).
• Ramon Tikaram, British stage and screen actor
• Ravichandran, Tamil film actor who played lead roles in Tamil movies of the 1960s and 1970s
• Pravien Arun, Malaysian actor

Actresses and female models

Deborah Priya, winner of Miss Malaysia

• Aileen Gabriella Robinson, Miss Tourism International 2011
• Amelia Thripura Henderson, Malaysian teenage actress
• Anaika Soti, Bollywood and Kollywood actress; attended high school in Malaysia
• Deborah Priya Henry, winner of Miss Malaysia 2011, television personality, and actress
• Faezah Elai, Malaysian actress of Punjab and Thai descent
• Haanii Shivraj (1991-2014), Malaysian actress
• Kavita Sidhu, actress and former beauty queen
• Kiran Jassal, Miss Universe Malaysia 2016
• Lucy Narayanasamy, Miss Universe Malaysia 1993^[2]
• Maya Karin, Malaysian actress, television personality, and singer
• Melinder Bhullar, Miss Malaysia World 2013
• Nadine Ann Thomas, winner of Miss Malaysia 2010
• Neelofa Noor, Malaysian actress
• Nicole Arumugam, British actress
• Pushpa Narayan, Malaysia actress and model
• Ramya Raj, Malaysia-born actress who acts in Tamil cinema
• Sabrina Beneett, winner of Miss Malaysia 2014
• Sangeeta Krishnasamy, actress and model; first Malaysian woman to act in a Tamil movie
• Nithya Shree, actress and makeup artist
• Sharon Alaina Stephen, Malaysian actress
• Shuba Jay, Malaysian actress; was killed, together with her husband and daughter, in the shootdown of Malaysia Airlines Flight 17
• Tatiana Kumar, Miss World Malaysia 2016
• Thanuja Ananthan, Miss World Malaysia 2009-2010^[3]
• Vanessa Tevi, winner of Miss Malaysia 2015
• Vanida Imran, actress and television host
• Zuleikha Robinson, British actress and singer

Ancient rulers

• Tun Ali of Malacca, fourth Bendahara of the Malaccan Sultanate
• Tun Mutahir of Malacca, famous bendahara of the Malaccan Sultanate
• Tun Fatimah, daughter to the Malaccan Bendahara who lived during the 16th century; was married to Malacca's Sultan Mahmud Shah as one of his consorts after all her male siblings were executed

Arts and entertainment

• YB Dato Dr' ShaSha Sri, the First Malaysian Tamil Female Actress, Producer & Director who step foot in Kollywood & Tollywood Chennai Tamil Films more than 28 Movies since 2005 with Famous Directors project Such as Lingusamy, R.Khanan, Baba Durai, S.Stanley, Venkat Prabu n many more..
• 'Punnagai Poo' Gheetha, the first female producer of Tamil films
• Hans Isaac, Malaysian actor, producer, director, and former model
• K. Haran, film director and screenwriter,
• Huzir Sulaiman, Malaysian actor, director, and writer
• Joshua Fernandez, Malaysian film director
• V. Nagaraj, prominent Malaysian director
• B. S. Rajhans, Malaysia's first filmmaker
• Praboo Ariva, Malaysia youngest director
• Prem Nath, Malaysia director
• Pria Viswalingam, Malaysian-born Australian documentary and filmmaker
• Rani Moorthy, Malaysian-born playwright, actress, and artistic director of Rasa Productions
• Sharad Sharan,^[4] journalist and film director
• Solamalay Namasivayam, artist
• Syed Thajudeen, artist
• Zabrina Fernandez, television producer
• Parvathy Nagarajan, writer and director

Astronaut

• S.Vanajah, one of the finalists for Malaysia's Angkasawan programme

Business people and entrepreneurs

• Ananda Krishnan, richest man in Malaysia
• Bastianpillai Paul Nicholas, first Asian banker in British Malaya
• Doraisingam Pillai, CEO of Lotus chain of restaurants and companies
• Emmanuel Daniel, founder of The Asian Banker
• Tan Sri Datuk G. Gnanalingam, current executive chairman of Westports Malaysia Sdn Bhd
• Kishu Tirathrai
• Maha Sinnathamby, founder of Greater Springfield
• Mokhzani Mahathir, businessman and son of former Malaysian Prime Minister Mahathir
• Naraina Pillai, social entrepreneur and businessman, who spent most of his life in Singapore during the colonial period; of Tamil origins, he greatly contributed to the Tamil community in Singapore
• Ninian Mogan Lourdenadin
• K. L. Palaniappan, architect, businessman, and executive director of MK Land
• Raja Mudaliar, richest trader in Malacca during the early 16th century CE, richest man
• Shoba Purushothaman, co-founder of The NewsMarket
• K. R. Somasundram, Head of National Land Finance Co-Operative
• K. Thamboosamy Pillay, founder of Kuala Lumpur and Sri Mahamariamman Temple, Kuala Lumpur
• Datuk Tony Fernandes, Malaysian entrepreneur and founder of Tune Air Sendirian Berhad; introduced the first budget, no-frills, and low-cost airline, AirAsia, to Malaysia and Asia with the tagline "Now Everyone Can Fly"
• Datuk Vinod Balachandra Sekhar, businessman, president and Group Chief Executive of Putra Group
• Vijandren Ramadass, founder of Lowyat.net
• Weeratunge Edward Perera
• Precin Kalisalvan
• Dato' Natarajen Manohran @ M. Kannan and Dato' Satishkumar Manohran, Joint Group Managing Directors of Linsun Engineering Group
• Gravin Kumar, Entrepreneur, co-founder and MD of the company behind the development of MARA Digital, Malaysian Government national initiative.

Comedians

• Indi Nadarajah, actor, comedian, and singer based in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
• Kavin Jayaram, stand-up comedian

Deejays and television personalities

• Asha Gill, television personality, DJ, and women's-rights activist
• Jonathan Putra, television host and actor, Channel V VJ, model, and musician
• J.J Fernandez, radio announcer for hitz.fm's breakfast show The Morning Crew, the number-one English radio show in Malaysia
• Rueben Thevandran (Burn), Malaysian radio personality, television host, singer, and voice-over artist

Doctors

• M. K. Rajakumar
• T. Sachithanandan
• Thirunavuk Arasu Sinnathuray
• Yohannan John

Fashion designer

• Bernard Chandran, Malaysia's "King of Fashion"

Freedom fighters and nationalists

• S. A. Ganapathy, veteran of the communist underground resistance to Japanese occupation and postwar trade unionist in then Malaya; first president of the 300,000-strong Pan Malayan Federation of Trade Unions (PMFTU); was hanged by the colonial authorities in 1949 after being convicted for allegedly being in possession of firearms
• Puan Sri Janaki Athi Nahappan, one of the earliest women involved in the fight for Malaysian (then Malaya) independence
• John Thivy, founding president of the Malayan Indian Congress
• Rasammah Bhupalan, Malaysian freedom fighter and social activist

Journalists

• Marina Mahathir, daughter of Tun Dr. Mahathir Mohamad
• M. G. G. Pillai, political activist and journalist
• Rehman Rashid, journalist
• Sumisha Naidu, Channel News Asia, Malaysia correspondent

Legal authorities

• Ajit Singh
• Datuk Seri S. Augustine Paul
• Balasubramaniam Perumal
• Baltej Singh Dhillon, first Royal Canadian Mounted Police officer allowed to wear a turban
• Justice Datuk K. P. Gengadharan Nair, high courts of Malaysia
• K. S. Rajah, Senior Counsel and former Judicial Commissioner of the Supreme Court of Singapore
• Tan Sri G. K. Rama Iyer
• K. Thanabalasingam

Literary figures

• Charlene Rajendran
• John Davies, archivist, writer, and received the prestigious Ahli Mangku Negara award
• K. S. Maniam, novelist and academician
• Munshi Abdullah, early Malayan historian and the father of modern Malay literature
• Preeta Samarasan, finalist for the Commonwealth Writers Prize 2009
• Rani Manicka, author and novelist
• Selvakkumar Thirunavukarasu, author, columnist, radio and television personality on Vastu Shastra and ancient secrets
• Shamini Flint
• Uthaya Sankar SB, Malaysian writer
• Charles Ganaprakasam, Educational Psychologist, Author, Liberal Activist

Martial artists

• Joe Thambu

Mountaineers

• Maniam Moorthy, member of the first group of Malaysians to successfully climb Mount Everest
• M. Magendran

Musicians

• Ahmad Nawab, Malaysian composer
• Alvin Anthons, entertainer, professional emcee, event manager, radio DJ and singer
• Ash Nair, Malaysian alternative musician and former contestant of season two of Malaysian Idol
• C Loco, now known as Sashi C Loco, co-founder of Poetic Ammo
• Chakra Sonic, Malaysian hip hop musician
• Che'Nelle, recording artist
• David Arumugam, Malaysian singer and founder of Alleycats
• Dhilip Varman, singer, lyricist, and composer
• Francissca Peter
• Gerald Sellan, songwriter, composer and drum player for Malaysian/American rock band, Beat the system
• Guy Sebastian, Australian pop, R&B, and soul singer-songwriter who was the first winner of Australian Idol in 2003; currently a judge on the Australian version of The X Factor
• Harikrish Menon, singer and songwriter
• Jaclyn Victor, winner of the first Malaysian Idol and current number-one pop singer of Malaysia; acted in many Malaysian and Tamil movies
• Kamahl, cabaret or easy listening singer and recording artist
• Loganathan Arumugam, Malaysian singer
• Manjit Singh Gill, member of Goldkartz
• Ning Baizura, Malaysian pop and R&B singer
• Prema Lucas
• Prema Yin, Malaysian musician and singer
• Prashanthini, playback singer in Tamil cinema
• Vijay David, Malaysian singer
• Reshmonu, singer-songwriter from Malaysia who does mostly English songs
• Ronnie Pereira, lead guitarist and singer of the 1970s band Revolvers
• Shanmugam Arumugam, guitarist
• Shree Chandran, rapper and music producer
• Stewart Sellan, electric and acoustic guitar player for Malaysian/American rock band, Beat the System
• Sukhjit Singh Gill, member of Goldkartz
• Tanita Tikaram, British pop-folk singer-songwriter
• Malaysia Vasudevan, Tamil playback singer and actor in the Tamil film industry
• Yogi B, often referred to as Kavidhai Kundargal; known as the godfather of Tamil rap; currently famous rapper in Kollywood; co-founder of Poetic Ammo
• Yugendran, playback singer in Tamil cinema

Religious

• Antony Selvanayagam, Bishop Emeritus of the Diocese of Penang
• Anthony Soter Fernandez, Archbishop Emeritus of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Kuala Lumpur
• Murphy Pakiam, metropolitan archbishop of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese
• K. Sri Dhammananda

Scientists

• Alastair Robinson
• Mahaletchumy Arujunan, listed as one of the 100 most influential people in the field of biotechnology by the 7th edition of The Scientist American Worldwide View: A Global Biotechnology Perspective Journal
• Satwant Singh Dhaliwal, Malaysian geneticist, academic and author
• Tan Sri Dr B.C. Sekhar

Sportspeople

See also

• List of Malaysians
• List of Singaporean Indians
• List of Malaysian Chinese

References

1. "Penang man elected head of Commonwealth youth". freemalaysiatoday.com.
2. http://scrapboog.blogspot.com/2011/02/lucy-narayanasamy-miss-malaysia.html
3. https://www.facebook.com/pages/Thanuja-Ananthan/117796408230392
4. http://www.sinemamalaysia.com.my/crew/info/?id=Sharad_Sharan_fDU3MjR8