WRITERS from Singapore

Top 2

The following people are considered by Pantheon to be the most legendary Singaporean Writers of all time. This list of famous Singaporean Writers is sorted by HPI (Historical Popularity Index), a metric that aggregates information on a biography’s online popularity.

1. Leslie Charteris (1907 - 1993)

With an HPI of 47.31, Leslie Charteris is the most famous Singaporean Writer.  His biography has been translated into 18 different languages on wikipedia.

Leslie Charteris (; born Leslie Charles Bowyer-Yin; 12 May 1907 – 15 April 1993), was a British-Chinese author of adventure fiction, as well as a screenwriter. He was best known for his many books chronicling the adventures of his hero Simon Templar, alias "The Saint".

2. Shamsul Maidin (b. 1966)

With an HPI of 36.85, Shamsul Maidin is the 2nd most famous Singaporean Writer.  His biography has been translated into 19 different languages.

Shamsul Maidin (born 16 April 1966) is a Singaporean association football referee. He first became a referee in 1996 and retired in 2007. Shamsul has been the AFC Director of Referees since 2016 where he has contributed to the development of Asian Refereeing for over two decades as a match official, instructor and manager. Having represented Asia at the 2006 FIFA World Cup and the 2005 FIFA Confederations Cup, Shamsul was twice selected as the AFC Official of the Year in the mentioned consecutive years. He has also won the S.League Referee of the Year award four times, in 1997, 1998, 1999 and 2001. Specialised in Human Resources studies, Shamsul is a former Football Association of Singapore (FAS) referee retired in 2007. Recognised for his experience as referee instructor and referee assessor at FIFA and AFC level, Shamsul was appointed as part of the instructors' team of the 2012 Summer Olympic Games in London and the 2010 FIFA World Cup in South Africa. Other highlights of his career include the 1996, 2000 and the 2004 AFC Asian Cup editions, as well as the 2003 and 2001 FIFA World Youth Championships. The Singaporean also became the only non-African match official at the 2006 African Cup of Nations and guided the United Arab Emirates Football Association (UAEFA) referees as their Technical Director from 2013 to 2015. Shamsul is currently leading the Referees Department of the Asian Football Confederation (AFC). He is the first Singaporean to be chosen as AFC's director of referees. Since January 2017, Shamsul is a member of the FIFA Referees Committee. Additionally, Shamsul is a member of the IFAB Technical Advisory Panel since 2016.