Mazlan Othman

Emerita Professor Tan Sri Dr. Mazlan binti Othman is a Malaysian astrophysicist whose work has pioneered Malaysia's participation in space exploration. She was her country's first astrophysicist, and helped to create a curriculum in astrophysics at the national university, as well as to build public awareness and understanding of astronomy and space issues. She was appointed Director General of Angkasa, the Malaysian National Space Agency and served as the director of the United Nations Office for Outer Space Affairs in Vienna from 2007 to 2014.

11 December 1951

Born on the same birth date (11 December 1951): Ria Stalman

Born on the same birth day (11 December): Doc Blanchard • Eberhard I, Duke of Württemberg • Ernie Beck • Francesco Algarotti • Glenn Lazarus • Julio de Caro • Leo Ornstein • Lisa Ortiz • Mark Greatbatch • Onyeka Okongwu • Peter Bagge • Rey Mysterio • Santiago Creel • Victoria Fuller (model) • Yasiin Bey • Yehuda Leib Maimon

Born in the same month (December 1951): Alan Rouse • Aleksandr Panayotov Aleksandrov • Aykut Barka • Ernesto Zedillo • George Donikian • Lasse Bengtsson • Mark Heard • Marta Russell • Ray Candy • Richard Desmond • Steve Perryman • Tatyana Kazankina • Tim Webster