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Famous Singaporeans

List of Singaporean People

  • 1907-07-22 Zubir Said, Singaporean composer (Singapore's national anthem), born in Fort De Kock, Dutch East Indies (now Bukittinggi, Indonesia) (d. 1987)
  • 1908-03-12 David Marshall, Singaporean politician (Chief Minister of Singapore 1955-56, pushed self-governance for Singapore), born in Singapore (d. 1995)
  • 1923-08-05 Devan Nair, Singaporean politician, President of Singapore (1981-85), born in Melaka (d. 2005)
  • 1926-01-05 Joshua Benjamin Jeyaretnam, Singaporean opposition leader and former Secretary-General of Singapore's Worker's Party, born in Jaffna, British Ceylon (d. 2008)
  • 1935-09-09 Gopal Baratham, Singaporean author and neurosurgeon (d. 2002)
  • 1951-05-05 Rex Goh, Singaporean-Australian rock guitarist (Air Supply -"The One That You Love"), born in Singapore
  • 1954-08-23 Halimah Yacob, Singaporean politician (1st female President of Singapore (2017-), born in Singapore
  • 1957-10-30 Jacintha [Abisheganaden], Indian-Cantonese-Singaporean jazz singer, and stage actress (TheatreWorks), born in Singapore
  • 1961-01-25 Vivian Balakrishnan, Singaporean politician, born in Singapore
  • 1962-05-29 Fandi Ahmad, Singaporean soccer striker, manager (Singapore 101 caps), born in Singapore
  • 1963-04-26 Jet Li [Li Lianjie], Chinese Singaporean actor and martial artist (Romeo Must Die, Unleashed), born in Beijing, China
  • 1964-08-23 Kong Hee, Singaporean founder and Senior Pastor of the City Harvest movement in Asia
  • 1965-03-24 Gurmit Singh, Singaporean actor
  • 1968-03-10 Thio Li-ann, Singaporean law academic and Nominated Member of Parliament
  • 1972-09-15 Kit Chan, Singaporean singer, born in Singapore
  • 1977-07-10 Gwendoline Yeo, Singaporean-American actress (General Hospital, Desperate Housewives), born in Singapore
  • 1977-07-18 Alfian Sa'at, Singaporean writer, poet and playwright for W!LD RICE, born in Singapore
  • 1977-07-27 Foo Swee Chin, Singaporean comic book artist (A Lost Stock of Children), born in Singapore
  • 1978-07-23 Stefanie Sun, Singaporean pop singer-songwriter (Yan Zi), born in Singapore
  • 1978-09-05 Zhang Zhong, Chinese-Singaporean chess player, born in Chongqing, China
  • 1978-10-27 Vanessa-Mae [Vanakorn Nicholson], Singaporean-British violinist and Olympic alpine skier, born in Singapore
  • 1979-04-24 Laurentia Tan, Singaporean Paralympic equestrienne, born in Singapore
  • 1981-08-09 Li Jiawei, Singaporean Olympic table tennis player
  • 1981-10-05 Kelvin Tan Wei Lian, Singaporean singer, born in Singapore
  • 1981-12-10 Taufik Batisah, Singaporean pop singer-songwriter, born in Singapore
  • 1982-10-16 Vincy Chan, Hong Kong-Singaporean Canto-pop singer ("My Memories are Not My Own"), born in Hong Kong
  • 1983-01-01 Shou Zi Chew, Singaporean businessman (CEO of TikTok), born in Singapore
  • 1983-04-06 Jade Seah, Singaporean model, host and actress
  • 1983-07-11 Kelly Poon, Singaporean Mando-pop singer (Project SuperStar), born in Singapore
  • 1986-08-31 Feng Tianwei, Singaporean table tennis player
  • 1987-02-16 Theresa Goh, Singaporean Paralympic swimmer (bronze, 2016; world records for 50m and 200m), born in Singapore
  • 1990-01-10 Tao Li, Singaporean Olympic swimmer, born in Wuhan, China
  • 1991-11-27 Nur Atikah Nabilah, Singaporean gymnast, born in Singapore
  • 1995-06-16 Joseph Schooling, Singaporean swimmer (Olympic 100m butterfly gold 2016), born in Singapore
Singaporean History Timeline