This is a list of notable Malay people or notable people of Malay descent. The Malay people are an ethnic group in the Malay Peninsula and parts of nearby islands in Southeast Asia. [1] Entries on this list are demonstrably notable by having a linked current article or reliable sources as footnotes against the name to verify they are notable and define themselves either full or partial Malay descent, whose ethnic origin lie in the Malay world.
This list also includes emigrant Malays and could be taken as a list of famous Malays.