Key people from Malacca

Key people from Malacca

The following is a list of historically significant as well as well-known contemporary personages who are either born in Malacca, or otherwise, significantly linked to the history of Malacca:

• Tun Ghafar Baba, Malaysia Deputy Prime Minister (1986-1993), UMNO Vice-President (1962-1987), Malacca Chief Minister (1959-1963)
• Ibu Zain, was a pioneer for Malay women (Srikandi) in education, nationalist and politics in Malaysia.
• Shirley Geok-lin Lim, award winning novelist, writer and Professor of English, University of California at Santa Barbara[1][2][3]
• Maria Jane Dyer a.k.a. Maria Jane Taylor, born in Malacca in 1837, pioneer missionary to China, daughter of Samuel Dyer and Maria (Tarn) Dyer, she became the wife of James Hudson Taylor, founder of the China Inland Mission.