List of National University of Singapore people

The National University of Singapore has produced numerous notable alumni including 4 Singapore Presidents and Prime Ministers. This list included those who attended or graduated from the predecessor institutions: King Edward VII College of Medicine, Raffles College and the University of Singapore.

Alumnus Goh Chok Tong Singapore's second Prime Minister.

Alumnus Tony Tan (Singaporean president) Singapore's seventh President.

Alumnus S. R. Nathan Singapore's sixth and longest-serving President.

Alumnus Mahathir Mohamad 4th Prime Minister of Malaysia.

Alumna Margaret Chan Director-General of the World Health Organization.

Alumnus Kishore Mahbubani Former President of the United Nations Security Council.

Alumna Ho Ching Chief Executive Officer of Temasek Holdings and the wife of the Prime Minister of Singapore, Lee Hsien Loong.

Notable alumni

Business

• Adam Khoo - Best-selling author I am Gifted So Are You; entrepreneur^[1]
• Andy Ong - Chief Executive Officer of ERC Group of companies^[2]
• Chew Choon Seng - Former Chairman of Singapore Airlines, Chairman of the Singapore Exchange and the Singapore Tourism Board^[3]
• Ho Ching - Chief Executive Officer of Temasek Holdings^[4]
• Lim Li Kok - founder of Asiapac Books^[5]
• Olivia Lum - Chief Executive Officer of Hyflux Group^[6]
• Philip Yeo - Chairman of SPRING Singapore^[7]
• Dato Sri Tahir - Billionaire and Founder of the Mayapada Group^[8]
• Colin Tan - Founder and CEO of Rentlord UK
• Syed Ahmad Alwee Alsree - Group Executive Director of Cahya Mata Sarawak Berhad
• Min-Liang Tan - Co-founder and CEO of Razer USA
• Tan Teck Meng - Former Professor of Accounting of Singapore Management University (SMU) and member of the Board of Directors of four public companies in Singapore
• Wong Jeh Shyan - former-CEO of CommerceNet Singapore, co-founder and former CEO of Ecommerce Gateway Pte. Ltd.

Law

• Adrian Tan - Lawyer and Author
• Andrew Ang - Supreme Court Judge^[9]
• Andrew Phang - Supreme Court Judge^[9]
• Chan Sek Keong - Chief Justice of Singapore
• Davinder Singh - Chief Executive Officer of Drew & Napier
• Kan Ting Chiu - Former Supreme Court Judge
• Karpal Singh - Malaysian Opposition leader and senior lawyer
• Koh Eng Tian - Former Solicitor-General, Singapore
• Koh Juat Jong - Solicitor-General, Singapore
• K. S. Rajah - Former Judicial Commissioner of the Supreme Court of Singapore
• Lai Kew Chai - Former Supreme Court Judge
• Sivakant Tiwari - Former Senior legal officer of the Singapore Legal Service
• Steven Chong - Attorney-General, Singapore
• Sundaresh Menon - Attorney-General, Singapore
• Tan Lee Meng - Supreme Court Judge and former Dean^[9]
• Tan Choo Leng - Advocate and solicitor for M/s Wong Partnership
• Tay Yong Kwang - Supreme Court Judge^[9]
• V. K. Rajah - Supreme Court Judge^[9]
• Walter Woon - David Marshall Professor and former Attorney-General of Singapore
• Woo Bih Li - Supreme Court Judge^[9]

Politics and government

• Abdullah Tarmugi - Former Member of Parliament of East Coast GRC
• Abdul Razak Hussein - Second Prime Minister of Malaysia
• Ahmed Inaz - Former Minister of Finance and Treasury of the Maldives
• Alex Au - Gay Rights Activist
• Amy Khor - Minister of State and Mayor of South West District of Singapore
• Aubeck Kam - Permanent Secretary for the Ministry of Communications and Information^[10]
• Benjamin Sheares - Second President of Singapore
• Chan Heng Chee - Ambassador to United States^[11]
• Chay Wai Chuen - High Commissioner to Sri Lanka
• Chen Su Lan - Physician, Philanthropist, Social reformer
• Chia Yong Yong - Singaporean lawyer, disability advocate and a Nominated Member of Parliament of Singapore
• Cynthia Phua - Former Member of Parliament for Aljunied GRC
• Denise Phua - Politician and Disability Rights Activist
• Edmund W. Barker - Former Member of Parliament, politician and lawyer
• Edwin Tong - Politician and Lawyer
• Eunice Olsen - Youngest Nominated Member of Parliament, Singapore
• Faizah Jamal - Nominated Member of Parliament, Singapore
• Geh Min - Former Nominated Member of Parliament, Singapore
• Goh Chok Tong - Second Prime Minister of the Republic of Singapore
• Goh Keng Swee - Former Second Deputy Prime Minister
• Grace Fu - Minister in the Prime's Minister's Office, Singapore
• Halimah Yacob - Member of Parliament representing the Jurong GRC
• Ho Geok Choo - Member of Parliament of West Coast GRC
• Ho Peng Kee - Former Member of Parliament for Nee Soon East SMC
• Hon Sui Sen - Former Member of Parliament and Minister of Finance
• Howe Yoon Chong - Former Cabinet Minister
• Hri Kumar Sangaran - Member of Parliament of Bishan-Toa Payoh GRC
• Indranee Rajah - Member of Parliament of Tanjong Pagar GRC
• Irene Ng - Member of Parliament for Tampines GRC
• James Gomez - Member of Singapore Democratic Party
• Janadas Devan - Chief of Government Communications at the Ministry of Information, Communication and the Arts
• Janice Koh - Nominated Member of Parliament
• Jessica Tan - Member of Parliament of East Coast GRC
• Josephine Teo - Member of Parliament for Bishan-Toa Payoh GRC
• K. Shanmugam - Minister for Law and Foreign Affairs, Singapore
• Karpal Singh - Malaysian politician and National Chairman of the Democratic Action Party
• Lam Pin Min - Member of Parliament for Sengkang West SMC
• Lee Yi Shyan - Member of Parliament for East Coast GRC
• Lim Biow Chuan - Member of Parliament for Mountbatten SMC
• Low Thia Kiang - Leader of Worker's Party and Member of Parliament of Aljunied GRC
• Mahathir Mohamad - Physician, later fourth Prime Minister of Malaysia
• Ng Eng Hen - Minister for Defense, Singapore
• Noeleen Heyzer - United Nations Under-Secretary-General, Head of UNIFEM
• Nicole Seah - Member of National Solidarity Party
• Ong Keng Yong - Singapore High Commissioner to Malaysia and former ASEAN Secretary-General
• Ong Soh Khim - Nominated Member of Parliament
• Phay Seng Whatt - Former Chairman of Public Service Commission
• Pritam Singh - Member of Parliament for Aljunied GRC
• Rais Yatim - Minister for Information, Communications and Culture, Malaysia
• S Jayakumar - Former Deputy Prime Minister and Co-ordinating Minister for National Security and former Dean
• S.R. Nathan - Former President of Singapore
• Sam Tan (politician) - Member of Parliament (MP) for the Radin Mas SMC
• Sebastian Teo - President of National Solidarity Party
• Sha'ari Tadin - First Malay Member of Parliament
• Simon Tensing de Cruz - Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Republic of Singapore to the Russian Federation
• Sim Kee Boon - One of Singapore's pioneer civil servant
• Sin Boon Ann - Member of Parliament for Tampines GRC
• Sylvia Lim - Chairman of Worker's Party and Member of Parliament for Aljunied GRC
• Steve Chia - Treasurer of National Solidarity Party
• Tan Cheng Bock - Former Member of Parliament
• Tan Chuan-Jin - Minister of State in Singapore
• Tan Soo Khoon - Former Member of Parliament
• Teo Ho Pin - Member of Parliament of Bukit Panjang SMC
• Tin Pei Ling - Member of Parliament
• Toh Chin Chye - Former Deputy Prime Minister
• Tommy Koh - Ambassador-at-Large and Chairman of the NUS Law Advisory Board
• Tony Tan Keng Yam - President of Singapore and former Vice Chancellor of the National University of Singapore
• Wong Kan Seng - former Deputy Prime Minister of Singapore
• Vanu Gopala Menon - Permanent Representative of Singapore to the United Nations
• Vivian Balakrishnan - Minister for Environment and Water Resources
• Viswa Sadasivan - Nominated Member of Parliament
• Yaacob Ibrahim - Minister for Communications and Information and Minister-in-charge of Muslim Affairs, also former faculty member
• Yam Ah Mee - Chief Executive Director of the People's Association
• Yaw Shin Leong - Treasurer of Worker's Party
• Yee Jenn Jong - Non-constituency Member of Parliament (NCMP) of the 12th Parliament of Singapore
• Yeo Guat Kwang - Member of Parliament
• Zainul Abidin - Former Member of Parliament of Aljunied GRC

Academia and education

• Colin Cheong - Writer, Teacher
• Freddy Boey - Deputy President and Provost of Nanyang Technological University
• Harry Aveling - Australian scholar, translator and teacher
• Kishore Mahbubani - Current Dean of Lee Kuan Yew School of Public Policy and Former President of United Nation's Security Council^[12]
• Mary W. S. Wong - Professor at the Franklin Pierce Law Center at the University of New Hampshire
• Nam-Hai Chua - Andrew W. Mellon Professor at Rockefeller University^[13]
• Ngiam Tee Liang - Head, Department of Social Work, Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences, National University of Singapore
• Simon Tay - Singaporean professor, author, and former nominated member of Parliament
• Su Guaning - President Emeritus of Nanyang Technological University
• Teck-Hua Ho - William Halford Jr. Family Professor of Marketing, and the Chair of the Marketing Department at the Haas School of Business at the University of California, Berkeley
• Tan Cheng Han - Former Dean of Faculty of Law at National University of Singapore
• Tan Chorh Chuan - President of National University of Singapore
• Tan Eng Chye - Provost at National University of Singapore^[14]
• Wang Gungwu - Director of the East Asian Institute at NUS and former Vice-Chancellor of the University of Hong Kong
• Yoke San Reynolds - Former Vice-President of Finance for University of Virginia and Cornell University ^[15]

Medicine and sciences

• Aloysius Cheang - Managing Director (Asia-Pacific) for the Cloud Security Alliance^[16]
• Anthony Yeo - Counselor
• Balaji Sadasivan - Former Chairman of the Executive Board of the World Health Organization
• James Seng - Singaporean Internet Pioneer
• Kanwaljit Soin - Consultant Orthopedic & Hand surgeon
• Margaret Chan - Director General of the World Health Organisation
• Miranda Yap - Executive Director of the Bioprocessing Technology Institute at the Agency for Science, Technology and Research
• Robert Tan - Physician, Author and Medical Director
• Tien Wong - Unit Head of the Retinal Vascular Imaging Centre (RetVIC) within the Centre for Eye Research Australia

Religion

• Kong Hee - Founder of City Harvest Church
• Lawrence Khong - Senior Pastor of Faith Community Baptist Church (FCBC)
• Robert M. Solomon - Former Bishop of the Methodist Church in Singapore^[17]

Sports

• Jane Lee - First female from Southeast Asia and the 37th woman in history to have scaled the Seven Summits
• Jasmine Ser - Commonwealth Games gold medalist in shooting
• Ng Ser Miang - Vice-President of the International Olympic Committee
• Wong Meng Kong - Singaporean chess Grandmaster

Media and arts

• Abigail Sin - Prodigial Pianist^[18]
• Adam Chen - Actor
• Adele Wong - Actress, Screenwriter, Singer
• Alfian Sa'at - Writer, Poet, Playwright
• Andrea Fonseka - Miss Malaysia Universe 2004, Presenter and Actress
• Arthur Yap - Poet and painter
• Boey Kim Cheng - Poet
• Celest Chong - Actress
• Cheryl Marie Cordeiro - Former Miss Singapore
• Chin Han - Actor in The Dark Knight^[19]
• Corrinne May - Singaporean Singer
• Cyril Wong - Poet
• Daren Shiau - Writer
• David Loy - American Author
• Desmond Tan - Actor
• Diana Ser - Former Channel NewsAsia presenter
• Eelyn Kok - Actress
• Eleanor Wong - Playwright
• Elvin Ng - Actor
• Felicia Chin - Actress
• Genevieve Woo - News Presenter
• Goh Choo San - Ballet Dancer and Choreographer
• Goh Sin Tub - Writer
• Gwee Li Sui - Poet and Graphic Artist
• Han Sai Por - Singaporean Sculptor
• Haresh Sharma - Playwright
• Ho Ho Ying - Abstract Artist
• Ivan Heng - Actor and Director
• Jacelyn Tay - Actress
• Jeanette Aw - Actress
• J C Sum - Stage Magician
• Jeremiah Choy- Actor and Director
• Kaira Gong - Singer
• Kelvin Tong - Director
• Lee Tzu Pheng - Poet
• Lee Wen - Performance Artist
• Liang Wern Fook - Writer and Musician
• Lin Hsin Hsin - Artist
• Lunarin (all members) - Rock band
• Mei Fong - Pulitzer award winning journalist
• Michelle Chong - Actress
• Namiko Chan Takahashi - Artist
• Nelson Chia - Actor
• Nora Samosir - Actress
• Ong Keng Sen - Singaporean theater director
• Paige Chua - Actress
• Selena Tan - Actress
• Shawn Lee - Actor
• Shi Xin Hui - Singer and Actress
• Stella Huang - Singer
• Su-Chen Christine Lim - Author
• T. Sasitharan - Producer
• Tay Ping Hui - Actor
• Tung Soo Hua - News Anchor
• Wong May - Poet
• Wong Phui Nam - Poet
• Zhang Zhen Huan - Actor

Notable faculty/former faculty

Kofi Annan National University Singapore's first Li Ka Shing Professor.^[20]

• Adrian David Cheok - Director of the Mixed Reality Lab^[21] He is a Full Professor in Keio University, Graduate School of Media Design.^[22]
• Andrew Goatly - English language professor at Lingnan University in Hong Kong
• Artur Ekert - One of the inventors of quantum cryptography
• Benjamin Batson - Mathematician and historian
• Berthold-Georg Englert - Known for his early work on quantum optics
• C. Northcote Parkinson - Writer of Bestseller Parkinson's Law
• Chan Heng Chee - Former Ambassador to the United States
• Chin Tet Yung - Member of Parliament for Sembawang GRC
• Chin Liew Ten - Fellow of the Australian Academy of the Humanities and a Fellow of the Academy of Social Sciences in Australia
• Chong Chi Tat - Former Chairman of Asia Research Institute
• Chua Beng Huat - Cluster Leader of the Cultural Studies in Asia program at Asia Research Institute
• Colin Sheppard - Former President of the International Society for Optics Within Life Sciences
• D. J. Enright - British Poet
• Edwin Thumboo - Singaporean Poet
• Hassan Farhangi - Known for his work in the development of Canada's first Smart Microgrid
• Henry Ergas - Regulatory economist who has worked at the OECD, Australian Trade Practices Commission (now the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission) and the Australian Centre of Regulatory Economics (ACORE) Advisory Group
• Ian Gordon - Historian
• John Lane Bell - Mathematician and philosopher
• John van Wyhe - Historian of science, with a focus on Charles Darwin and Alfred Russel Wallace
• Kofi Annan - Seventh Secretary-General of the United Nations
• Lalith Athulathmudali - Sri Lankan politician and former Cabinet Minister of Trade, National Security, Agriculture, Education and deputy minister of defence
• Louis Chen Hsiao Yun - First East Asian to be elected President of the Institute of Mathematical Statistics
• M. C. Ricklefs - Indoneasian Historian
• Michael Chan, Baron Chan - British Politician, Life peer in the House of Lords
• Muthucumaraswamy Sornarajah - Author of The International Law on Foreign Investment, the leading text on this area of the law
• Nalin Mehta - Founding Joint Editor of the international peer-reviewed journal South Asian History and Culture
• Paul Abisheganaden - Conductor and Cultural Medallion recipient
• Paul Theroux - American travel writer and novelist
• Prasenjit Duara - Raffles Professor of Humanities at the National University of Singapore and Director of Asian Research Institute and Research in Humanities and Social Sciences
• Richard Friend - IEE's Faraday Medal Awardee
• Roy Yorke Calne - British surgeon and pioneer of organ transplantation
• Simon Chesterman - Rhodes Scholar and former "Global Professor and Director" of the Singaporean branch of the NYU School of Law
• Stephanie Wehner - Co-discovered that the amount of non-locality in quantum mechanics is limited by the uncertainty principle^[23]
• Susan C. Aldridge - Fifth president of the University of Maryland University College
• Thio Li-ann - Singaporean law professor and nominated member of parliament
• Young-Tae Chang - Chemist

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