6 January – Chef Wan – Celebrity chef 7 January – Yasmin Ahmad – Film director (died 2009) 27 January – Accapan – Actor and comedian 22 March – A. Rahman bin Mokhtar – Politician (died 2013) 27 May – Yunus Alif – Footballer and coach 9 July Jacob Joseph, football coach Abdul Latiff Ahmad, politician 10 July – Salleh Said Keruak, politician 28 July – Amy Search, singer 21 August – Idris Jala, politician and minister 2 September – Azlan Man, Menteri Besar of Perlis 22 November – Tunku Ibrahim Ismail, Sultan of Johor 30 November – Mohamed Khaled Nordin, Menteri Besar of Johor 10 December – Ahmad Shabery Cheek, politician and minister 28 December – Raja Ashman Shah ibni Sultan Azlan Muhibbuddin Shah – Raja Kecil Sulung Perak Darul Ridzuan Unknown date – Rosli Khamis (Loloq) – Lyrics writer (died 2008) Unknown date – Zaidi Omar – Actor Deaths 13 July – Sultan Badlishah of Kedah See also 1958 1957 in Malaysia | 1959 in Malaysia History of Malaysia References Years of the 20th century in Malaysia Malaya 1950s in Malaya Malaya