Raffles Institution has produced seven out of twelve of Singapore's Presidents, Prime Ministers and Chief Ministers.
* Yusof Ishak, 1st President of Singapore (1959–1970)
* Benjamin Henry Sheares, 2nd President of Singapore (1971–1981)
* Wee Kim Wee, 4th President of Singapore (1985–1993)
* Lee Kuan Yew, 1st Prime Minister of Singapore (1959–1990), Senior Minister of Singapore (1990–2004), Minister Mentor of Singapore (2004–present)[7]
* Goh Chok Tong, 2nd Prime Minister of Singapore (1990–2004), Senior Minister of Singapore (2005–present)
* S Jayakumar, Deputy Prime Minister of Singapore and Minister for Law (2005–present)
* S Rajaratnam, Deputy Prime Minister (Foreign Affairs) of Singapore (1980–1984), Minister for Foreign Affairs (1965–1980), Minister for Culture (1968–1971), Senior Minister of Singapore (1985–1988).
* Abdullah Tarmugi, Speaker of the Parliament of Singapore (2002–present)
* Michael Chew Koon Chan, Baron Chan of Oxton, Merseyside, second person of Chinese descent to serve in the House of Lords
* Aziz Ishak, Malayan freedom fighter and former Malaysian cabinet minister
* Tun Sardon Jubir, former Malaysian cabinet minister and Penang state governor.
* Tun Abdul Razak, 2nd Prime Minister of Malaysia.
* Lim Yew Hock, 2nd Chief Minister, Singapore.
* Tan Cheng Lock, founder of the Malaysian Chinese Association, co-founder of independent Malaysia.
Businessmen and others:
* Robert Kuok, billionaire and richest man in Southeast Asia
* Lim Boon Keng, philanthropist and co-founder, OCBC Bank and Singapore Chinese Girls Schoool
* Lim Bo Seng, World War II hero
* Chandran Nair, writer, poet and artist.
* Alfian Sa'at, Writer, poet and playwright.
* Choor Singh, judge of the Supreme Court of Singapore (1963–1980)
* Tee Tua Ba, former Chief Commissioner of Police Force
* Tommy Koh, Ambassador-at-Large
* Robert Solomon, Bishop, Methodist Church
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