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Born August 24, 1895
Died April 1, 1960 (aged 64) • Kuala Lumpur • Malaysia
Title / Office head of state (1957-1960), Peninsular Malaysia
Tan Cheng Lock
Malaysian political leader
Dato’ Onn bin Jaafar
Malaysian politician
Burhanuddin bin Muhammad Nūr al-Hilmī
Malaysian leader
Tunku Abdul Rahman
Tunku Abdul Rahman Putra Alhaj
prime minister of Malaysia
Toʾ Janggut
Malaysian political leader
Sir Hugh Charles Clifford
British colonial governor and writer
Sir Richard Olof Winstedt
British educator
Sir Frank Swettenham
British colonial official
Michelle Yeoh
Michelle Yeoh
Malaysian actress
Anwar Ibrahim
Malaysian politician
Mahathir bin Mohamad
Mahathir bin Mohamad
prime minister of Malaysia
Najib Razak
Najib Razak
prime minister of Malaysia
Jimmy Choo
Jimmy Choo
Malaysian fashion designer
Abdullah Ahmad Badawi
Abdullah Ahmad Badawi
prime minister of Malaysia
Nicol David
Nicol David
Malaysian squash player
Yap Ah Loy
Malaysian leader
Abdullah bin Abdul Kadir
Malaysian author
Sultan Idris ibn Raja Iskandar
sultan of Perak
Sayyid Shaykh bin Ahmad al-Hadi
Malaysian writer
Abu Bakar
sultan of Johore