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This is a list of Singaporeans, people who are identified with Singapore through residential, legal, historical, or cultural means, sorted by surnames/family names.
Sportspeople from Singapore (18 P) S. Singaporean people (19 C) Pages in category "People from Singapore" The following 123 pages are in this category, out of 123 total.
Dalreena Poonam Gill - winner of Miss World Singapore (2014); Singapore football referee; Gurmit Singh - popular actor, host and comedy performer; best known for his role in Phua Chu Kang Pte Ltd; Kumar - comedian, television host, actor, and drag queen; Michelle Saram; Nuraliza Osman - beauty queen who represented Singapore at the Miss ...
This article contains a list of notable Malay Singaporeans, people with Malay ancestry born or naturalised in Singapore. Note: For Malays in Singapore, the last name is patronymic, not a family name. The person should be referred to by his or her first or second name which is the given name.
This category is for people who are Singapore citizens. For other people born or resident in Singapore, please use Category:People from Singapore . To ensure that biographical articles are sorted by people's surnames , please add "{{DEFAULTSORT:[ Surname ], [ Personal names ]}}" to the articles.
In 1819, the port of Singapore was established by Sir Stamford Raffles, who opened it to free trade and free immigration on the island's south coast. Many immigrants from the region settled in Singapore. By 1827, the population of the island was composed of people from various ethnic groups². [6] Singapore is a multilingual and multicultural ...
The late Sinnathamby Rajaratnam (1915–2006) – Singapore's first Foreign Minister, Culture Minister and Senior Minister, as well as a former Labour Minister and Deputy Prime Minister. Widely regarded as one of the core members of the "old guard", or the founding fathers of Modern Singapore, he cofounded the People's Action Party as well as ...
The English name of "Singapore" is an anglicisation of the native Malay name for the country, Singapura (pronounced), which was in turn derived from the Sanskrit word for 'lion city' (Sanskrit: सिंहपुर; romanised: Siṃhapura; Brahmi: 𑀲𑀺𑀁𑀳𑀧𑀼𑀭; literally "lion city"; siṃha means 'lion', pura means 'city' or 'fortress'). [9]