List of people from Thalassery

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This is a list of notable people from Thalassery (IPA: [t̪laʃeɾi] ; formerly Tellicherry ^[2] ), a commercial town ^[1] on the Malabar Coast in Kannur district, in the state of Kerala, India. The town is bordered by the districts of Mahé (Pondicherry) and Kozhikode.

Notable people from Thalassery

• Ayyathan Gopalan (1861-1948), Indian physician, social reformer of Kerala, philanthropist, founder of Sugunavardhini movement (1900) and Depressed Classes Mission (1909) in Kerala. ^[1]
• Ayyathan Janaki Ammal(1881-1945) first female surgeon from Kerala. ^[2]
• Janaki Ammal (1897-1984), botanist, cytologist, geneticist. ^{[3] [4]}
• Vainu Bappu (1927–1982), president of the International Astronomical Union ^[5] who jointly discovered the Wilson-Bappu effect and who helped establish several astronomical institutions in India including the Vainu Bappu Observatory and the modern Indian Institute of Astrophysics. ^[6] Bappu was the first Indian to have a comet and an asteroid named after him. ^[7]
• Air Marshal Raghunath Nambiar, former Air Officer Commanding-in-Chief (AOC-in-C), Western Air Command. ^[8]
• M.V. Devan, noted painter, sculptor, and former chairman of Kerala Lalit Kala Akademi. ^[9]
• Hermann Gundert (1814–1893), German missionary and linguist scholar. His works include the first school text book, the first dictionary, and the first newspaper, Rajyasamacharam . ^{[10] [11]}
• Moorkoth Kumaran (1874–1941), teacher, short story writer, and the first biographer of Narayana Guru. ^[12]
• Keeleri Kunhikannan (1858–1939), pioneer of circus in Kerala. ^[13]
• William Logan (1841–1914), a Scottish historian whose works are considered some of the most reliable historical references of North Malabar by governments and universities. ^[14]
• O Chandu Menon (1847–1899), author of Indulekha, the first Malayalam classic novel. ^{[15] [16] [17]}
• Vengayil Kunhiraman Nayanar (1861–1914), author of the first Malayalam short story, Vasanavikriti. ^[18]
• Raghavan Master, Malayalam film music composer. ^{[19] [20]}
• Veera Kerala Varma Pazhassi Raja (1753–1805), leader of resistance in the Cotiote War against the English East India Company. ^[21]
• Wing Commander Moorkoth Ramunni IFAS (1914–2009), first Malayali fighter pilot and later administrator of Lakshadweep. ^{[22] [23]}
• N Prabhakaran, writer who has won a Kerala Sahitya Akademi Award. ^[24]
• Mattannoor Sankarankutty (M.P. Sankarankutty Marar), Chenda percussionist who won the Padma Shri award. ^{[25] [26]}
• Prof. M.N. Vijayan(1930–2007), orator and writer. ^[27]
• Njattyela Sreedharan, lexicographer known for compiling a dictionary connecting four major Dravidian languages Malayalam, Kannada, Tamil and Telugu. ^[28]

• Rayaroth Kuttambally Krishna Kumar: (18 July 1938 – 1 January 2023) was an Indian business executive who was the director of Tata Sons.[3] He was a member of Tata Administrative Services and served as a trustee of Sir Dorabji Tata Trust[4] and Sir Ratan Tata Trust, which hold a 66 per cent stake in Tata Sons.[5] He played a significant role in several acquisitions by Tata Group, including the £271 million buy-out of Tetley in 2000, which made Tata Global Beverages the second-largest tea company in the world.[3] The Government of India awarded him the fourth-highest civilian honour of the Padma Shri in 2009 for his contributions to Indian trade and industry.[6]

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