title: 1937 in Malaya
text: # 1937 in Malaya
  
  This article lists important figures and events in the public affairs of British Malaya during the year 1937, together with births and deaths of prominent Malayans.
  
  ## Incumbent political figures
  
  ### Central level
  
  * Governor of Federated of Malay States :
     * Shenton Whitelegge Thomas
  * Federal Secretary of the Federated of Malay States :
     * Christopher Dominic Ahearne
  * Governor of Straits Settlements :
     * Shenton Whitelegge Thomas
  
  ### State level
  
  * Perlis :
     * Raja of Perlis : Syed Alwi Syed Saffi Jamalullail
  * Johore :
     * Sultan of Johor : Sultan Ibrahim Al-Masyhur
  * Kedah :
     * Sultan of Kedah : Abdul Hamid Halim Shah
  * Kelantan :
     * Sultan of Kelantan : Sultan Ismail Sultan Muhammad IV
  * Trengganu :
     * Sultan of Trengganu : Sulaiman Badrul Alam Shah
  * Selangor :
     * British Residents of Selangor :
        * Theodore Samuel Adams (until unknown date)
        * Stanley Wilson Jones (from unknown date)
     * Sultan of Selangor :
        * Sultan Sir Alaeddin Sulaiman Shah (until unknown date)
        * Sultan Sir Hishamuddin Alam Shah Al-Haj (from unknown date)
  * Penang :
     * Monarchs : King George VI
     * Residents-Councillors : Arthur Mitchell Goodman
  * Malacca :
     * Monarchs : King George VI
     * Residents-Councillors :
  * Negri Sembilan :
     * British Residents of Negri Sembilan :
        * John Whitehouse Ward Hughes (until unknown date)
        * Gordon Lupton Ham (from unknown date)
     * Yang di-Pertuan Besar of Negri Sembilan : Tuanku Abdul Rahman ibni Almarhum Tuanku Muhammad
  * Pahang :
     * British Residents of Pahang : C. C. Brown
     * Sultan of Pahang : Sultan Abu Bakar
  * Perak :
     * British Residents of Perak : G. E. Cater
     * Sultan of Perak : Sultan Iskandar Shah
  
  ## Events
  
  * 1 April – Ma'ahad Muhammadi Lelaki established.
  * Unknown date – Construction of Central Market, Kuala Lumpur completed.
  
  ## Births
  
  * 13 March – Fadzil Mohd Noor – Politician (died 2002)
  * 28 March – Khoo Kay Kim – Historian
  * 13 April – Tengku Razaleigh Hamzah – Politician
  * 5 May – Hussein Abu Hassan – Actor (died 2007)
  * 23 June – Kamaruzzaman bin Abdul Kadir – Writer (died 2005)
  * 4 July – Abdullah Ahmad – Journalist
  * 10 August – Saadiah – Actress (died 2005)
  * 14 September – Abu Zahar bin Haji Isnin – Politician (died 2013)
  * 30 October – Asaari Muhammad – Founder Al-Arqam (died 2010)
  * 1 December – Mohd Zin Abdul Ghani – Politician (died 1997)
  * 29 December – Mohd Khalil Yaakob – Politician
  * Unknown date – Fadzil Mahmood – Politician
  * Unknown date – Karim Latiff – Actor (died 2015)
  