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List Of Famous Personalities - Kerala

ART / FILM

Mohanlal - Considered one of the Best actors in India and Winner of the national award for Best Actor in 1992 (Bharatham) and 2000 (Vaanaprastham).
Mammootty - One of the best actors in India. Winner of the national award for Best Actor 3 times.
K. J. Yesudas - Great classical musician and play back singer.
Raveendran - Famous music director.
Adoor Gopalakrishnan - Internationally acclaimed director. Movies include Elipathayam (The Mousetrap) and Mathilukal (Walls).
G. Aravindan - Noted film director and cartoonist. Movies include Kanchana Seeta, Kummatty (Bogeyman) and Chidambaram. His cartoon strip series 'Valiya lokavum Cheriya manushyarum' was very popular.
G. Devarajan - Famous music director.
P.Padmarajan (1945-1991)- popular film director, affectionately known a 'Pappan' whose films often blurred the line between artistic and commercial cinema.
Bharathan- popular film maker
K. S. Chithra - Renowned playback singer and winner of several state and national awards.
Unni Menon - Renowned Playback singer and multiple Tamil State Award winner.
K. G. Markkose - Singer.
Kozhikode Abdul Kader - Abdul Kader made his debut as a playback singer in Malayalam films in 1951 in the film `Navalokam.' The 'Malabar Saigal' died on February 13, 1977.
M. Night Shyamalan - Hollywood film director.
Kavya Madhavan - Malayalm Film Actress.
Meera Jasmine - Popular South Indian Film Actress.
M. G. Sreekumar - Playback singer.
M. T. Vasudevan Nair - Writer and cinema personality. Jnanpith Award, 1995.
Nedumudi Venu - One of the greatest actors of Malayalam Cinema.
Padma Lakshmi - Padma Lakshmi is a New York-based Indian American model, actress and award-winning cookbook author.
Padma Kutty - Padma Kutty is a Carnatic Music teacher in Southern California; many people, under her guidance, performed their Arangetrams (the first performance given by a performer before an invited audience) with flying colors.
Tomin Thachenkary- Deovtional Christian music producer and IPS officer."
Pradip Somasundaran- Playback singer who did Kerala Proud by winning "Lata Mangeshkar Trophy" in "Meri Awaz Suno" in 1996.
Prem Naseer - The former evergreen hero of Malayalam cinema.
Rimi Tomi- Playback singer, heart-throb of youth.
Shaji N. Karun - Noted director, whose movies include Piravi (Birth), Swam and Vaanaprastham.
Shobana - Actress and Bharatanatyam dancer. Two-time National award winner.
Sujatha- Famous playback singer.
Thilakan - One of the greatest actors of Malayalam Cinema.
Vayalar Ramavarma - Arguably the greatest lyricist in the history of Malayalam cinema.
Madhu - Actor
Adithya - Actor
Navya Nair - Noted Actress
Dileep -- Malayalam movie hero
Vayalar Sharathchandra Varma -- lyricist in Malayalam cinema, son of Vayalar Rama Varma.

 

SCIENCE / TECHNOLOGY / MEDICINE

Laurie Baker - Eco-friendly Architect and Engineer.
Dr.Ravi Kumar Vijayan, BDS - First Kerala dentist to patent an instrument for root canal treatment. Presently practicing in Trithala, Palakkad, he claims that the invention will reduce the time and cost of root canal treatment and also that the success rate is near 100 percent.
K. Mani Chandy, Ph.D. - Simon Ramo Chair Professor and Professor of Computer Science, California Institute of Technology. Member of the United States National Academy of Engineering. Dr. Chandy's family has its roots in Mepral, Pathanamthitta District.
Madhava of Sangamagrama - A 14th century mathematician, founder of mathematical analysis.
Dr Thomas - The first Indian Cardio-Thoracic surgeon.
M. S. Valliathan - Cardiologist.
Javed Hassan - Prominent IT Business person, Chairman NeST.
Jyeshtadeva - Mathematician, author of Yuktibasa, the world's first treatise on calculus
Dr.Sarada Menon - Dr. Sarada Menon has laboured for over 50 years to rehabilitate and reintegrate the mentally-ill into society. Born into a well-known and accomplished Mambalikalam family, it was a quest for excellence that led her into medicine.
G. Madhavan Nair - Chairman of ISRO. He is from Kanyakumari District of Tamil Nadu State. He recently visited his ancentral home there.
George Sudarsan - Renowned theoretical physicist; Emeritus professor at University of Texas. Nominated for the Nobel prize a number of times. First to propose the V-A Theory with Robert Marshak in the 1950s.
Prof. M.G.K.Menon - Renowned cosmic ray physicist; Was Director of Tata Institute of Fundamental Research. Later became Union Minister for Science and Technology.
Dr. M.S.Swaminathan - Renowned agricultural scientist; Was Chairman, Indian Council for Agricultural Research.
Dr. Placid Rodriguez - Renowned metallurgist, Made extensive original contributions in the fields of mechanical and physical metallurgy, Was Director, IGCAR.

 

PERFORMING ARTISTS

Padma Shri Mani Madhava Chakyar (1989 - 1991) - World renowned Koodiyattam and Chakyar Koothu artist, Natya Shastra scholar and authority of Acting.
Gopinath Muthukad - Noted magician.
Kalamandalam Hyderali - Kathakali singer.
Kalamandalam Gopi - Renowned Kathakali Artist.
Kottakkal Sivaraman - Renowned Kathakali Artist.
Mrinalini Sarabhai - Famous danseuse. She is the wife of late Indian physicist, Dr. Vikram Sarabhai, mother of Mallika Sarabhai, and sister of Captain Lakshmi.
Kim Thayil famous guitarist of 90's vanguard grunge band Soundgarden.

 

POLITICIANS

K. R. Narayanan (1921 - 2005) - Former President of India.
A.K. Antony - Chief Minister of Kerala during 1977-78, 1995-96, and 2001-2004, leader of the Opposition in Kerala Legislative Assembly during 1996 to 2001. Current Defense Minister of India.
A.K.G or A.K. Gopalan - Communist leader. First opposition leader in Indian Parliament. Father of Indian Coffee Houses.AKG One of the most popular among all the Left leaders in India. He died on March 21, 1977 at the age of 73.
C.H. Mohammed Koya - Former Chief Minister of Kerala.
C. Kesavan - The Chief Minister of erstwhile state of Travancore-Cochin from 1951-52.
Devan Nair - Former Head of the state of Singapore.
Dr. P.C. Alexander - Former Governor of Tamil Nadu and Maharashra, former High Commissioner to UK.
E.K. Nayanar - Former Chief Minister of Kerala. Noted Communist leader.
E. M. S. Namboodiripad - First Chief Minister of unified Kerala State. Headed the first elected communist government in the world. General Secretary of CPI(M) for many years.
Joseph Mundassery - A prominent literary critic of Malayalam language. Education Minister in the first communist ministry of Kerala.
K. Karunakaran - Former Kerala Chief Minister.
E. Ahmed - Minister of state for External Affairs, Govt. of India
Lakshmi N. Menon - First woman foreign minister of India (1957-1966).
M.G. Ramachandran - Former Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu.
Mohammed Abdurahiman Sahib - Freedom fighter and former KPCC President.
M. P. Veerendrakumar - Writer, noted politician.
Oommen Chandy - Present Opposition leader of Kerala and former Chief Minister of the state.
Paloli Mohammed Kutty - Minister for Local Govt.
P. Krishna Pillai - One of the founders of Communist Party in Kerala. He was the President of Kerala Congress Committee.
P K Kunhalikkutty - Former State Industries Minister, Secretary of Kerala State Committee of IUML
Pinarai Vijayan - CPI(M) Secretary, State Committee, Kerala and member of the Politburo.
Prakash Karat - General Secretary, CPI(M) National Committee.
R. Sankar - Former Chief Minister of Kerala.
Sayed Mohamedali Shihab Thangal - president of the Kerala state committee of the IUML
Sir C. Sankaran Nair - President of Indian National Congress in 1897. The only Keralite to hold the post.
Vayalar Ravi - Kerala politician. Union cabinet minister.
Ramesh Chennithala - President, Kerala Pradesh Congress Committee. Former Lok Sabha MP.
V. K. Krishna Menon - Former Defence Minister of India and renowned statesman. Delivered an eight-hour-long speech on Kashmir dispute at a U.N. Security Council meeting in 1957. Krishna Menon was the close associate of Pandit Nehru, the then Prime Minister.
V. P. Menon - The right-hand man of Sardar Patel in the unification of princely states during the formation of the Indian Union.
V.S. Achuthanandan - Current Chief Minister of Kerala. He was the secretary of CPI(M) state committee from 1980 to 1992 and Opposition leader of KLA from 1992 to 1996 and from 2001 to 2006.
Cherian Philip - LDF leader and KTDC Chairman
V.N.Janaki - Served as Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu for a short duration following the death of her husband, M.G.Ramachandran.

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