List of Malaysian Indians

Politicians

Main article: List of Malaysian politicians of Indian origin

Academicians

• R. Thampipillay
• Lloyd Fernando
• Jomo Kwame Sundram
• John Davies, Malaysia famous archivist and writer
• R. Thampipillay
• Shan Ratnam

Activists, social workers, environmentalist and lawyers

Lawyer and politician

• Ambiga Sreenevasan, ex-president of the Malaysian Bar Council and active activist.
• Bishan Singh Ram Singh, environmentalist
• Cecil Rajendra, Human right 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, 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
• Mahadev Shankar
• Mary Shanthi Dairiam, Malaysian human rights and women's rights advocate and United Nations (UN) official
• Murugesan Sinnandavar
• Param Cumaraswamy, high-profile Malaysian lawyer from Kuala Lumpur. Chair of the Malaysian Bar Council from 1986 to 1988 and 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 and first Asian to be the 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
• Ramon Tikaram, British stage and screen actor
• Ravichandran, Tamil film actor who played lead roles in Tamil movies of the 1960s and 1970s
• David Anthony Malaysian actor,Line Producer

Actresses and female models

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Winner of Miss Malaysia and a model

• Aileen Gabriella Robinson, Miss Tourism International 2011
• Amelia Thripura Henderson, Malaysian teenage actress
• Anaika Soti, Bollywood and Kollywood actress.Did her 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
• Lucy Narayanasamy, Miss Universe Malaysia 1993
• 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 modal
• Ramya Raj, Malaysia born actress who act in Tamil Cinema.
• Sabrina Beneett, winner of Miss Malaysia 2014
• Sangeeta Krishnasamy, actress and modal. The first Malaysian woman to act in a Tamil movie.
• Nithya Shree, actress and make up artist
• Sharon Alaina Stephen, Malaysian actress
• Shuba Jay,Malaysian actress. She was killed, together with her husband and daughter, in the shootdown of Malaysia Airlines Flight 17
• Tanisha Demour, Malaysian model, television presenter, Actress and beauty pageant titleholder from Kuala Lumpur.
• Thanuja Ananthan, Miss World Malaysia 2009-2010
• Vanessa Tevi, Winner 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. She was married to Malacca's Sultan Mahmud Shah as one of his consorts after all her male siblings were executed.

Arts and entertainment

• '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, journalist and film director
• Solamalay Namasivayam, artist
• Syed Thajudeen, artist
• Zabrina Fernandez, television producer
• Parvathy Nagarajan writter and director

Astronaut

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

Business people and Entrepreneur

• 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 Malaysia Ex 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, the founder of Kuala Lumpur and Sri Mahamariamman Temple, Kuala Lumpur
• Datuk Tony Fernandes, Malaysian entrepreneur and founder of Tune Air Sendirian Berhad. He 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
• B. Awtar Singh a/l Balwant Singh, founder and owner of Ladybug Publishing and Distributions the largest and most successful children book publishing company in Malaysia. A Sikh of Punjabi origins he has contributed greatly to the Sikh community in the city of Puchong and is also the chairman of its temple. He also is a member of the Malaysian Indian Congress (MIC) and is the longstanding leader of the Puchong Perdana Branch of the political party.

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, deejay, and women's-rights activist
• Jonathan Putra, television host and actor, Channel V VJ, model, and musician.
• J.J Fernandez, a 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

Doctors

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

Economist

• Tan Sri Dr Ramon Navaratnam

Fashion designer

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

Freedom fighters and nationalists

• S. A. Ganapathyveteran of the communist underground resistance to Japanese occupation and postwar trade unionist in then Malaya (Malaysia). First president of the 300,000-strong Pan Malayan Federation of Trade Unions (PMFTU) was hanged by the colonial authorities on 4 May 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, renowned Malaysian freedom fighter and social activist

Journalist

• 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 to be allowed to wear a turban
• Justice Datuk K. P. Gengadharan Nair, high courts of Malaysia
• K. S. Rajah, was a 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

Martial artist

• 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, an entertainer, professional emcee, event manager, radio deejay 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. He is 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. She had acted in many Malaysia's Malay and Tamil movies.
• Kamahl, cabaret or easy listening singer and recording artist
• Loganathan Arumugam, Malaysian singer
• Manjit Singh Gill, one of duo mamber of World famous Goldkartz
• Ning Baizura, Malaysian pop and R&B singer
• Prema Lucas
• Prema Yin, Malaysian musician or singer
• Prashanthini, playback singer in Tamil cinema
• 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 Guitar, Acoustic Guitar player for Malaysian/American rock band, Beat the system
• Sukhjit Singh Gill, one of duo mamber of World famous Goldkartz
• Tanita Tikaram, British pop-folk singer-songwriter
• Malaysia Vasudevan, Tamil playback singer and actor in the Tamil film industry
• Yogi B, often referred as Kavidhai Kundargal. He is also known as the godfather of Tamil rap. He is currently one of the famous rapper in Kollywood and 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

Main article: List of Malaysian sportspeople of Indian origin

See also

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