Mohamed bin Hamzah (Jawi: محمد بن حمزه; 5 March 1918 – 19 February 1993) was a Malaysian vexillographer, soldier and architect.

[4] The council received 373 submissions, with only three being accepted and one of them being Mohamed's design, consisting of a field of stripes of blue and white, with a red canton containing a yellow crescent and five-pointed star.

[6] Onn suggested a few changes, including swapping the colours blue and red (to red and white stripes with a blue canton), as well as adding 6 more points to the 5-pointed star on the flag for a total of 11 points, since the nation was fighting against communist movements, and the 5-pointed star had an ironic resemblance towards the communists.

[citation needed] On 19 February 1993, Mohamed passed away in Johor Bahru, Malaysia at the age of 74, upon suffering from asthma.

His younger brother, Abu Bakar would later reveal after several years that Mohamed was the creator of the Jalur Gemilang flag, after seeing too many other people claiming it to be of their own or of others' creations.

He sought help from the Public Works Department of Johor Bahru and the Johor Heritage Foundation (YWJ), who managed to find the proofs regarding Mohamed's contribution to the nation's flag, including an A4-sized tracing paper containing Mohamed's flag design with his signature.