List of people from Palakkad district

This is a list of notable people from Palakkad district in Kerala state, India. The list includes celebrities in the fields of literature, arts, dance, drama, music, films and politics.

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Art, dance, drama, music, sports and film personalities

• Major Ravi Nair, film director
• Gautham Vasudev Menon film director
• Leela, film actress
• Keezhpadam Kumaran Nair, kathakali
• Ramankutty Nair, kathakali artist
• Kaushik Menon, playback singer
• M.S.Viswanathan, composer and playback singer
• M. D. Ramanathan, carnatic
• V T Bhattathiripad, drama
• Chembai Vaidyanatha Bhagavathar, carnatic

• P. Leela, playback singer
• Palghat Mani Iyer, mrudangam
• Unni Menon, playback singer
• Swarnalatha, playback singer
• P. Unnikrishnan, carnatic and playback singer
• Stephen Devassy, pianist, composer, arranger
• Kutty, cartoonist
• Shyamaprasad, film director, actor, producer, screenwriter, writer
• PU Chitra, athlete
• K.S. Sethumadhavan, film director
• Anumol, actress
• Raghuvaran, actor
• Kalamandalam Kesavan, actor
• Street Academics, hip-hop group
• V. A. Shrikumar Menon, film director
• Manikandan Pattambi, film actor
• Parvathy Nambiar, actress
• Alathur Brothers, carnatic
• Govind Padmasoorya, Indian television presenter
• Lakshmy Ramakrishnan, actress, screenwriter, director fashion designer

Social, political and administrative personalities

• Sir Chettur Sankaran Nair, lawyer, statesman, only Keralite to become President of the Indian National Congress
• K P Kesava Menon, idealist, founder of Mathrubhoomi
• Shivshankar Menon, international diplomat
• T. N. Seshan, former chief election commissioner
• Shashi Tharoor, Under-Secretary General, UN, Loksabha MP, Congress Working Committee member
• Prakash Karat, former CPM General Secretary
• E Sreedharan, engineer, Delhi Metro Rail Corporation
• M K Narayanan, chief of Indian Intelligence Bureau
• V P Menon, officer of British India Administration
• Kunhiraman Palat Candeth, lieutenant general in the Indian Army
• K Sankaranarayanan governor of state

Literary personalities

• Anita Nair
• P. R. Pisharoty (Kollengode, father of remote sensing in India)
• Kunjan Nambiar
• Olappamanna
• O V Vijayan
• Akkitham Achuthan Namboothiri
• Malayattoor Ramakrishnan
• Shashi Tharoor
• K. S. Sethumadhavan