- Eduardo Dato
Eduardo Dato e Iradier. Lawyer and Spanish politician. This prestigious lawyer gets into politics with the Conservative Party. He pursued a long parliamentary career, during which he stood out as a great orator. He was several times Prime Minister of Spain. He was killed by three Catalan anarchists on his way back from the Spanish Senate. He was shot from a sidecar motorcycle at the Puerta de Alcalá in Madrid.
- Hasna Mohamed Dato
Hasna Mohamed Dato is a member of the Pan-African Parliament from Djibouti.
- Onn Jaafar
Dato' Sir Onn Bin Ja'afar (1895-January 19, 1962) was a Malay politician and a Menteri Besar (Chief Minister) of Johore in Malaysia, then Malaya. He was the founder of United Malays National Organization (UMNO) and was also responsible for the social economic welfare of the Malays by setting up the Rural Industrial Development Authority (RIDA). His son was Tun Hussein Onn, the third Prime Minister of Malaysia and his grandson is Hishammuddin Hussein, …
- Azhar Mansor
Dato' Azhar Mansor is the first Malaysian solo sailor. He sailed around the world in 104 days during 1999 using the sailing ship called "Jalur Gemilang". It is widely believed that he renounced Islam, and that he is now a Christian living in Australia. This rumour is false, however, as he is still in charge of the Telaga Harbour marina in Langkawi, Malaysia. Azhar has repeatedly denied all rumors in nearly every local paper as of 10 November, 2006, …
- Nik Aziz Nik Mat
Dato' Haji Nik Abdul Aziz Nik Mat is a Malaysian cleric and an opposition politician from Islamic Party of Malaysia (PAS). He is currently Kelantan’s PAS commissioner and the Menteri Besar (Chief Minister) of the state. He pursued his study majoring in Shari'ah (Islamic Law) at Egyptian Al-Azhar University. During the time of his study, he is one of the witnesses and a civilian to have lived in the heat of Arab-Israeli Wars.
- Michelle Yeoh
Dato' Michelle Yeoh Choo-Kheng (Cantonese (Yale romanization): yèuhng jí kìhng; born August 6, 1962) is a Hong Kong-based actress and dancer, sometimes billed as "Michelle Khan". Yeoh is a Chinese Malaysian born in Ipoh, Malaysia. Yeoh was chosen by People magazine as one of the "50 Most Beautiful People in the World" in 1997.
- Mustapa Mohamed
Dato' Mustapa Mohamed is a Malaysian politician who is currently the Higher Education Minister.He was born in 1955 In Kampung Badak, Bachok. He is from the state of Kelantan and he is the current Member of Parliament for Jeli. He has been the Director of Khazanah Nasional Berhad since June 2004. Mustapa graduated from the University of Melbourne, Australia with a First Class Honours degree in Economics and from the University of Boston, …
- Jimmy Choo
Dato' Jimmy Choo OBE, born Jimmy CHOW Yeang Keat, is a London-based women's luxury fashion designer best known for his exquisite hand-made shoes. Choo is a Malaysian of Hakka Chinese descent who was born in Penang in 1961 into a family of shoemakers. He made his first shoe when he was 11 years old. He is perhaps the most famous of alumni of Cordwainers' Technical College in London, from which he graduated in 1983. The college is now part of the London College of Fashion.
- Dato Shake
Dato Shake is a French singer of Malay descent. He was born in humble beginnings which rose to such staggering heights of success that his King made him a Dato' equivalent to Lord or Sir. Shake was born in Johor Bahru, Malaysia - a lush, verdant area of the world full of mystery, exotic customs and the compelling sounds of Rock 'n' Roll and Motown music mixed with sound of prayers of people of multi-cultures.
- Khoo Kay Kim
Dato' Dr Khoo Kay Kim (b. March 28 1937) is a Malaysian historian and currently is a Professor Emeritus at University of Malaya's history department. He was born in Kampar, Perak, Malaysia. All of his university degrees - B.A. 1959; M.A. 1967; PhD. 1974 - were awarded by the University of Malaya. The title of his PhD thesis is "The beginnings of political extremism in Malaya 1915-1935" (1973) and was supervised by Prof.
- Dol Said
Dol Said or in full Dato' Abdul Said was a 19th century Malay leader of an area called Naning, which was then part of Malacca on the Malay Peninsula. He opposed taxation by the British's taxation policy in the area and refused to pay it. This was a direct cause of a conflict known as the Naning War. Dol Said's defiance led the British to send 150 soldiers in July 15th 1831 to capture Naning led by Captain Wyllie.
- Dato' Soh Chin Aun
Dato' Soh Chin Aun (also known as Tauke) was a legendary Malaysian national football player from Malacca alongside the late Mokhtar Dahari and R. Arumugam. In 1971, when he played in the Olympic qualifier in Seoul, South Korea, he was the youngest member of the national team at the age of 21. He participated in the 1972 Munich Olympic Games and was the captain of the qualifying team to the 1980 Moscow Olympic Games.
- Khairuddin Mohamed Yusof
Professor Emeritus Dato’ Paduka Dr. Khairuddin bin Mohamed Yusof is a Professor Emeritus at the University of Malaya. He has served the university for 25 years from 1972 to 1997. He begins his career in the university as a lecturer and later was promoted to the Dean for Faculty of Medicine in 1986. In the same year, he was elected as the Deputy Vice-Chancellor (Finance and Development) until 1989 and on several occasions as the Acting Vice Chancellor.
- Dato Khujadze
David "Dato" Khujadze is a Georgian pop-singer, born in Tbilisi. He is also popular in Russia and Israel.
- Dato Tan Chin Nam
Dato Tan Chin Nam is the main owner for one of Australia's most successful horse trainers, Bart Cummings. He owns at least a share in most of Cummings's well known horses including the great "Saintly". Dato Tan is also an entrepreneur and developer in Malaysia. One of the richest men in Malaysia, he has several companies and businesses. He is famous as a property developer and was involved in various projects such as Shangri-La Hotel in Malaysia, …
- Dato Kvirkvelia
Dato Kvirkvelia is a Georgian midfielder, born in Lanchkhuti. Former player of Kolkheti 1913 - Poti.He is currently playing for Ukrainian team FC Metalurh Zaporizhzhya
- Dato' Seri Megat Jaafar
Dato' Seri Megat Jaafar Bin Megat Yunus was appointed by the Sultan of Perak in 1985 to the title Orang Kaya Besar Maharaja Diraja - one of the Four Major Chiefs (Orang Besar Empat) of Perak. Prior to that he was in the Malayan Civil Service (MCS). His father, Dato' Megat Yunus Bin Megat Mohd Isa was also a bearer of the same title - Orang Kaya Besar Maharaja Diraja of Perak. He died in 2003.
- Dato Dennis Ignatius
His Excellency Dennis J. Ignatius AMN, JSD, DSPN, B.A. (born May 11, 1949 in Penang, Malaysia) is a Malaysian diplomat and has served as High Commissioner to Canada since 2002. He graduated in 1972 from the University of Malaya, shortly thereafter being posted to the Malaysian High Commission to the United Kingdom, then the Embassy to the People's Republic of China. He served as a counsellor at the Malaysian Embassy to the United States, and Ambassador to Chile.
- Frank Dato
- Ben Datu
- Tony Fernandes
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.
- Ibrahim Ba
Ibrahim Ba (born January 12, 1973 in Dato) is a French professional football player of Senegalese descent. He currently plays for A.C. Milan. He usually plays as a right midfielder. Ba was born in Senegal but his family moved to France when he was a child. He always kept his dual nationality, though he elected to play for the France national football team.
- Fong Chan Onn
Dato Sri Fong Chan Onn is the current Malaysian Minister of Human Resources since December 1999.He is currently the Cabinet of Malaysia. He is also one of four vice-presidents of Malaysian Chinese Association. He obtained a Bachelor of Engineering in Canterbury University, New Zealand.He is the Member of Parliament for Alor Gajah, Melaka.He is married with 3 sons.
- Jaafar Haji Muhammad
Dato Jaafar Bin Haji Muhammad (born 1838, died 1919) was the first and longest serving Dato' Menteri Besar (Chief Minister) of Johor, an office he held until his death. He took office when Temenggung Abu Bakar made himself Sultan and formulated a new constitution and administrative framework for Johor in 1885. He is according to some sources believed to have Circassian ancestry.
- Denys Roberts
Dato Seri Paduka Sir Denys Tudor Emil Roberts, KBE, SPMB (羅弼時), was Colonial Secretary of Hong Kong from 1973 to 1978 (The title of Colonial Secretary was changed to Chief Secretary in 1976). Born into a middle class family in England, Roberts served briefly in the British Army before reading law at Oxford. Upon obtaining a Bachelor of Civil Law there in 1948, …
- David Janelidze
In 2001 he founded Tbilisi Student Film Festival. One of the first winner at the festival was actor/director Lasha Dardagany, with his short movie "Footballer".
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- Dato Tarielashvili-Iosseliani
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