The Most Famous
PHYSICISTS from Malaysia
This page contains a list of the greatest Malaysian Physicists. The pantheon dataset contains 851 Physicists, 1 of which were born in Malaysia. This makes Malaysia the birth place of the 58th most number of Physicists behind Argentina, and Türkiye.
Top 1
The following people are considered by Pantheon to be the most legendary Malaysian Physicists of all time. This list of famous Malaysian Physicists is sorted by HPI (Historical Popularity Index), a metric that aggregates information on a biography’s online popularity.
1. Mazlan Othman (b. 1951)
With an HPI of 48.71, Mazlan Othman is the most famous Malaysian Physicist. Her biography has been translated into 16 different languages on wikipedia.
Mazlan binti Othman (Jawi: مصلان بنت عثمان; born 11 December 1951) is a Malaysian astrophysicist whose work has pioneered Malaysia's participation in space exploration. She was her country's first astrophysicist, and helped to create a curriculum in astrophysics at the national university, as well as to build public awareness and understanding of astronomy and space issues. She was appointed Director General of Angkasa, the Malaysian National Space Agency and served as the director of the United Nations Office for Outer Space Affairs in Vienna from 2007 to 2014.
People
Pantheon has 1 people classified as Malaysian physicists born between 1951 and 1951. Of these 1, 1 (100.00%) of them are still alive today. The most famous living Malaysian physicists include Mazlan Othman. As of April 2024, 1 new Malaysian physicists have been added to Pantheon including Mazlan Othman.
