Kanang Anak Langkau (2 March 1945 – 3 January 2013) was a Malaysian soldier from the Iban Dayak community in Sarawak.

He entered military service with the British Army, as an Iban Tracker, attending Jungle Warfare School in Ulu Tiram in early 1962.

[1][3] Kanang joined the Sarawak Rangers as an Iban tracker on 21 April 1962, under the recruitment efforts of the late Bennett Jarrow.

For his bravery, Sergeant Kanang was awarded the "Pingat Gagah Berani", the highest honor for gallantry, by His Majesty the King.

Kanang was later made a Temenggong for the Iban community of Sri Aman division, and last year he was conferred a Datukship by the state government.

On 15 April 2009, he made headlines after rescuing a baby orangutan from captivity with his friend, Tay Choon Yong.

[4] On 24 September 2011, he was conferred the Commander of the Order of the Star of Hornbill Sarawak (PGBK) (Panglima Gemilang Bintang Kenyalang) with the title of Datuk by Abang Muhammad Salahuddin, the Head of State's 90th Birthday.

This operation involved the locating and exhumation of the remains of 21 Iban Trackers and Sarawak Rangers who were killed during the Second Malayan Emergency.

Their remains were exhumed from multiple locations on the Malay Peninsula and returned to Sarawak, where they were ceremonially reburied in July 2011.

[1] On 3 January 2013, he collapsed while watching television at home in Sungai Apong, Sri Aman, after complaining of chest pains.

His coffin, draped in the Jalur Gemilang and the colours of the Malaysian Armed Forces, was first brought to the 1st Infantry Division base located at Bukavu Camp in Penrissen for the family members and friends to perform prayers and the miring ceremony (offering ceremony), before being brought to Kuching Civic Centre for the public.

[8] Among Ibans, Kanang's acts in the military service are regarded as "raja berani tau serang", with the highest widower fee for the Great War Leader.