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Karpal Singh Ram Singh is a Malaysian politician and a lawyer by profession. He is the current chairman of the Democratic Action Party and a member of Parliament for Bukit Gelugor, Penang. He won the seat in the 2004 general election. He is an ethnic Punjabi and a prominent lawyer in Malaysia, well known for his expertise in the field of litigation. His reputation has earned him the nickname "Tiger of Jelutong".

MGG Pillai (1939 - April 28, 2006) was a Malaysian journalist and political activist. He was one of the country's pioneers in Internet-based journalism and activism.

Nicol Ann David (born August 26, 1983 in Penang) is a Malaysian squash player and was said to be the Malaysian sport 'superstar'. She is officially the World Number 1 in women's squash, and is the current (as of 2006) British Open and World Open champion. Recently she has defended her British Open title in 2006 by beating Rachael Grinham in the final. She was the first Asian woman to win the Open.

Dato Anthony Francis Fernandes (born 1964; also known as Tony Fernandes) is a Malaysian entrepreneur and the founder of Tune Air Sdn. Bhd., who introduced the first budget no-frills airline, AirAsia, to Malaysians with the tagline "Now everyone can fly". He attained to prominence by turning AirAsia, a fledging government-linked commercial airline, into a highly successful public-listed company.

Kula Segaran is the current Member of the Parliament of Malaysia representing the constituency of Ipoh Barat. He is an opposition MP representing the Democratic Action Party and also serves as the party's vice-chairman. Kula Segaran is an ethnic Tamil and has voiced many issues affecting the Indian community in Malaysia in the parliament. He also debates many issues affecting Malaysians of all races and creed.

Jaclyn d/o Joshua Thanaraj Victor (b. December 4 1978) was the winner of the first season of "Malaysian Idol", and has since become a successful singer. Victor, popularly known as Jac, was the first to gain the title of "Malaysian Idol", a singing competition spawned from the "Idol" series that started off as "Pop Idol" in the United Kingdom.

Datuk Mahadev Shankar is a prominent Malaysian lawyer and former Malaysian Court of Appeal Judge.

Maya Karin Roelcke, born on 29 October 1979, is an actor and singer from Malaysia. She is commonly referred to as Maya Karin in the media. Born to a German father, Gottfried Roelcke, and a mother of Malay, Chinese and Indian parentage, Che Zan, from Pulau Pinang, Maya is the oldest out of three siblings and graduated at Limkokwing University in media and marketing.

K. S. Maniam (b. 1942) is an Indian Malaysian academic and novelist. K. S. Maniam was born in Bedong, Malaysia, of Indian immigrant parents. His first schooling was conducted in Tamil until he pestered his father into sending him to an English medium school. He trained at Malayan Teacher's College (UK) in the 1960s, returning to Malaysia to teach and study English at University of Malaya in the 1970s.

K. Parthiban is a Malaysian politician of Indian (specifically Tamil) descent. He is a member of the Malaysian Indian Congress (MIC), a component party of the ruling Barisan Nasional (BN) coalition, and has been the party's Tanjung Karang division secretary since 2002. In 2003, he was appointed as a special officer to the incumbent Tanjung Karang MP, Datuk Noh Omar. Parthiban was born in Ladang Raja Musa, Kuala Selangor district, Selangor.

Asha Anand Gill (born July 3, 1972 in Pembury, Kent, England) is a Malaysia-based model, television host, deejay, veejay, writer, producer, film director, and women's rights activist. Her father is Punjabi and her mother is English with some French heritage.

Punch Gunalan (born April 2, 1944 in Sepang) is a former male badminton player of Malaysia. He was a talented and naturally gifted right handed. He played in the 1969-1970 Thomas Cup which took place in Kuala Lumpur. In the finals, Malaysia met Indonesia. He played in the first singles match as well s the second singles match. He also paired up with Ng Boon Bee in the second doubles and provided one point for Malaysia.

Datuk K. Pathmanaban is a former Malaysian deputy minister, vice-president of Malaysian Indian Congress and founder of Melaka Manipal Medical College.

Datuk K. Sivalingam (1946/1948? - April 4, 2007) was a Malaysian politician of Indian descent. He was aligned to the Malaysian Indian Congress (MIC), a major component party of the incumbent Barisan Nasional (BN) coalition, and was the Selangor state MIC deputy chairman. Prior to entering politics, Sivalingam was involved in journalism. He joined the MIC in 1968 at the age of 20, and by 1986 he was elected as a senator by the Selangor state legislative assembly.

Karamjit Singh, also known as the Flying Sikh, is a Malaysian professional race driver in rallying, and was the first Asian driver to win the Fédération Internationale de l'Automobile (FIA) Production Car World Championship for Drivers, doing so on his first try. He has been rallying professionally since 1985. He has won the 2001 Asia Pacific Rally Championship for Drivers, the 2002 FIA Production Car World Championship for Drivers, …

Tan Sri Karnail Singh Nijhar or simply known as K.S. Nijhar is a Member of the Malaysian Parliament representing the Subang constituency and also one of the three vice-presidents of the Malaysian Indian Congress. He is the highest ranking Punjabi and Sikh in the political party, which is dominated by Tamils. However, he is not the sole Sikh in the Malaysian parliament. The member being Karpal Singh who is from the opposition Democratic Action Party.

Tun Dr. Mahathir bin Mohamad (b. July 10, 1925) is the former Prime Minister of Malaysia. He held the post from 1981 to 2003. During his term in office he was credited for engineering Malaysia's rapid modernization and promoting "Asian values". He has also been criticized for his autocratic style and allowing extensive cronyism to occur under his watch. Although his formal title is "Yang Amat Berbahagia Tun Dr. Mahathir bin Mohamad", Mahathir is fondly called "Dr.

Tan Sri Dato K.R. Somasundram (born 13 March 1930) is a predominant Malaysian businessman and philanthropist. Born in Teluk Intan, Malaysia in 1930, he was the son of a grocer who gained prominence in Malaysian politics and business, as well as being a fighter for the independence of India.

John Aloysius Thivy was a Indian- Malayan Lawyer, Indian Freedom Fighter, and the founding president of the Malaysian Indian Congress. John Thivy studied law in London before returning to practice in Malay. In London, Thivy came to meet Mohandas Gandhi and came to be interested in the Indian independence movement. Later, after the fall of Malay, Thivy's interest was rekindled by speeches given by Subhas Chandra Bose.

Palanivel Govindasamy (born 1949), commonly known as Datuk G. Palanivel, is currently the Deputy Minister of Women and Family Development of Malaysia. He is also the deputy president of the Malaysian Indian Congress, the party claiming to represent the rights of the Indian community in Malaysia. A former journalist and consumer activist, Palanivel is now championing the cause of the poor, the deprived and the single mothers through his Ministry.

Janaki Athinahappan was an officer of the Indian National Army and Second in Command of the Rani of Jhansi Regiment. She later came to be the author of the book on the unit. Later in life, Jakai Davar became a distinguished senator in the Dewan Negara of the Malayasian Parilament

Datuk Doraisingam Pillai is the CEO of the Lotus chain of restaurants and companies, which include music shops and cineplexes. He was awarded the Malaysian Indian Entrepreneur of 2005 by Malaysian Associated Indian Chambers of Commerce & Industry's (MAICCI). In "The Star" report dated 04 February 2005 by Krishnamorthy, Doraisingam was portrayed to be a "rags to riches" success story of selling pencil, rubber, fish and coconuts to his friends in younger days.

Kavita Sidhu is a Malaysian actress and former beauty queen. She is of Punjabi ancestry. She won the Miss Charm International title in 1990. She has been listed in the Malaysia Book of Records as the first Malaysian to have won an international beauty pageant title. Since then, she has been involved in many television and movie projects. On television, she has been the host and producer of numerous shows. She has appeared in Malay movies such as "Layar Lara", …

Toh Puan Umasundari Sambanthan is the wife of the late Tun Dr V.T. Sambanthan, former Malayan Labour Minister. She was born in Bruas, Perak, to O.M. Subramaniam, a senior officer with the Public Works Department and his wife Jayalakshmi Swaminathan Sastrigal. Uma was educated at the Anglo-Chinese School in Sungai Siput, Perak, where she won the Best Indian Student of the Year scholarship in 1942.

Tan Sri G. Vadiveloo is the former Speaker of the Malaysian Senate ("Yang di-Pertua Dewan Negara"). He is also former secretary-general of the Malaysian Indian Congress. The Taiping-born statesman was also the protocol officer during the proclamation of independence ceremony on August 31, 1957 and remembers every moment vividly.

Tan Sri Kishu Tirathrai is a prominent Malaysian businessman of Indian descent. He more best known for his textile business as the chairman and managing director of the famous Globe Silk Store. He is credited with the consolidation and expansion of a family business – the Globe Silk Store – into a household name.

Datuk K.S. Nallakarupan is an opposition politician. He was formerly a member of Parti Keadilan Rakyat before quitting over a disagreement with the party's "de facto" leader, Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim.

K. Thamboosamy Pillay was a prominent Malaysian of Tamil origin during the pre-independence years. He was considered the leader of the Tamil community. He was a wealthy businessman, tin miner, moneylender and government contractor. Thamboosamy was one of the founders and one of the original Trustees of Victoria Institution.

Datuk Dr Mani Jegathesan, fondly called the "Flying Doctor" for blazing the tracks around Asia despite being a doctor, was an icon in the 1960s, regarded as the "Golden Era" of Malaysian athletics. In his hey day, he was regarded as the fastest man in Asia. He is a renowned doctor and researcher and was appointed as Chairman of the Commonwealth Games Federation (CGF) Medical Commission and honorary Medical Advisor for the 2006 Melbourne Commonwealth Games.

Tan Sri Dr B.C. Sekhar revolutionised and modernised Malaysia’s rubber industry and put the crop on the world map. He was fondly known as Mr Natural Rubber.

Justice Datuk K.P. Gengadharan Nair is a Malaysian High Court judge and prior to that a prominent lawyer specializing in industrial law.