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List of notable people who were born or settled in
Thiruvananthapuram
(Trivandrum),
Kerala
.
Contents
Former rulers of Travancore
Religion and spirituality
Freedom fighters
Politicians
Musicians
Painters
Sculptor
Performing artists, Indian dance
Architects
Science
Social Reformers
Writers
Military personnel
Jurists
Sports
IT
Actors and directors
Doctors
References
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Former rulers of Travancore
Marthanda Varma
Sethu Lakshmi Bayi
Dharma Raja
Ayilyam Thirunal
Swathi Thirunal Rama Varma
Moolam Thirunal
Chithira Thirunal Balarama Varma
Religion and spirituality
Sree Narayana Guru
Ayyankali
Sri Madhukarnath
Vakkom Moulavi
Chattampi Swamikal
Sade Guru Shivalingadasa Swamigal
Sri M
Freedom fighters
Vakkom Abdul Khader
Annie Mascarene
Accamma Cherian
Politicians
Pattom A. Thanu Pillai
Shashi Tharoor
Vakkom Purushothaman
Varkala Radhakrishnan
K. Muraleedharan
A. Sampath
V. Sivankutty
V. S. Sivakumar
Kadakampally Surendran
V. K. Prasanth
K S Sabarinathan
G Karthikeyan
M. Vijayakumar
C. Jayan Babu
Neelalohithadasan Nadar
O. Rajagopal
Arya Rajendran
Musicians
Swathithirunal
B. Sasikumar
K. S. Chithra
M. Jayachandran
Bichu Thirumala
Hariharan
L. Athira Krishna
- violinist
Vidhu Prathap
M. G. Radhakrishnan
- music director and vocalist
M. G. Sreekumar
Neyyattinkara Vasudevan
V. Madhusoodanan Nair
G. Venugopal
Sujatha Mohan
Balabhaskar
Job Kurian
Ishaan Dev
Jassie Gift
Prince Rama Varma
Najim Arshad
Abhaya Hiranmayi
Akhila Anand
Raftaar (rapper)
Vinayak Sasikumar
Vishnu Vijay
Painters
Raja Ravi Varma
Celia Paul
A. Ramachandran
Sculptor
Kanayi Kunhiraman
Performing artists, Indian dance
Guru Gopinath
Gopinath Muthukad
L. Athira Krishna
Neena Prasad
Guru Chandrasekharan
Madavoor Vasudevan Nair
G. S. Pradeep
Rajashree Warrier
Gayathri Govind
Architects
Laurie Baker
- architect, born in England, settled in Trivandrum
Gopalan Nair Shankar
(G. Shankar) - received
Padma Shri award in 2011
Science
V. N. Krishnamurthy
- ex-Dy. Director, VSSC; ex-Director, ISRO-UoP Cell
G. Madhavan Nair
-
ISRO
Chairman
Thanu Padmanabhan
- Indian theoretical physicist
K. S. S. Nambooripad
-Mathematician
Social Reformers
Ayyankali
Vakkom Moulavi
Narayana Guru
- also a poet
Chattampi Swamikal
- also a poet and prose writer
Writers
Kumaran Asan
- poet
A. Ayyappan
K. A. Beena
- journalist and author
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Kilimanoor Chandran
Ulloor S. Parameswara Iyer
- poet
Sugathakumari
- poet
Gopi Kottoor
- poet
O. N. V. Kurup
- poet
Mali Madhavan Nair
V. Madhusoodhanan Nair
George Onakkoor
Ayyappa Paniker
C. V. Raman Pillai
E. V. Krishna Pillai
Kesari Balakrishna Pillai
N. Krishna Pillai
Sreekanteswaram Padmanabha Pillai
- author of
Shabda Tharavali
Kilimanoor Ramakanthan
Sukumar
Irayimman Thampi
Bichu Thirumala
- Malayalam poet
Swathi Thirunal
A. R. Raja Raja Varma
Vijayakrishnan
Poovachal Khader
- poet
Vellayani Arjunan
Military personnel
Radhakrishnan Nair Harshan
Admiral
R. Hari Kumar
Jurists
N. R. Madhava Menon
– member of Centre-State Relations Commission of the
Government of India
; former VC of
National Law School of India University
,
Bangalore
and
NUJS Kolkata
K. S. Paripoornan
– Chief Justice of
Patna High Court
(1994) and Justice of the Supreme Court of India (1994–1997)
Sports
K.N. Ananthapadmanabhan
- Umpire (ex-Cricketer)
Sanju Samson
- Cricketer
Aneil Nambiar
(born 1984) - Cricketer
Vinu Jose
- Footballer
Jobby Justin
- Footballer
Padmanabhan Prasanth
- Cricketer
H.S. Prannoy
- Badminton player
Raiphi Vincent Gomez
- Cricketer
P. Ranganathan
- ex-cricketer
Rohan Prem
- Cricketer
Bijoy Varghese
- Footballer
Britto PM
- Footballer
IT
Kris Gopalakrishnan
- CEO of
Infosys
Raj Subramaniam
- CEO of
FedEx
Actors and directors
Sathyan
Prem Nazir
Madhu
Mohanlal
Prithviraj Sukumaran
Priyadarshan
Abhirami
Ahaana Krishna
Aishwarya Lekshmi
Alencier Ley Lopez
Ambika
Aneesh Ravi
Anil Murali
Annie Shaji Kailas
Appani Sarath
Arthana Binu
Arun Kumar Aravind
Arya Rohit
Baiju
Bharat Gopy
Biju Pappan
Biju Sopanam
Chippy
Deepu Karunakaran
Devi Ajith
Gokul Suresh
Indrajith Sukumaran
Indrans
Iniya
Isha Sharvani
Jagadish
Jagathy Sreekumar
J.C. Daniel
Joshi
Kalaranjini
Kalpana
Kani Kusruti
Karamana Janardanan Nair
Karthika
Keerikkadan Jose
Keerthy Suresh
Kochu Preman
K. P. A. C. Azeez
Krishnakumar
Krishnankutty Nair
Lalitha
Maala Parvathi
Mahesh Narayanan
Mallika Sukumaran
Manikuttan
Maniyanpilla Raju
Manjima Mohan
Manju Pillai
Menaka Sureshkumar
Mithun Ramesh
Murali Gopy
N. L. Balakrishnan
Namitha Pramod
Nandhu
Nayanthara Chakravarthy
Nazriya Nazim
Noby Marcose
Nyla Usha
Padmini
Poojappura Ravi
Prajesh Sen
Pranav Mohanlal
Prathap Pothan
Premkumar
Priyanka Nair
Radha
Ragini
Rajasenan
Ravi Vallathol
Rojin Thomas
R. S. Vimal
Saji Surendran
Sajin Baabu
Sakhi Thomas
Sangeeth Sivan
Santosh Sivan
Senthil Krishna
Shafna
Shaji Kailas
Shaji N. Karun
Shobhana
Shyamaprasad
Sithara
Sona Nair
Suchitra Murali
Sudheer Karamana
Sujith Vasudev
Sukumaran
Sukumari
Suraj Venjaramoodu
Suresh Gopi
Thikkurissy Sukumaran Nair
Thulasidas
Urvashi
Venu Nagavally
Vijayakumar
Vijayasree
Vinduja Menon
Doctors
Padmanabhan Palpu
C.O. Karunakaran
M. Krishnan Nair
- Founding Director of
Regional Cancer Centre
R. Kesavan Nair
A. Marthanda Pillai
- neurosurgeon, recipient of 2011
Padma Shri
P. K. R. Warrier
Mohammed Illias Sahadulla
References
↑
"ദലിതരും സ്ത്രീകളും ഇപ്പോഴും അടിമകൾ
: കെ എ ബീന"
[
Dalits and women still slaves
: KA Bina
]
(in Malayalam). Manorama Online. 4 January 2017
. Retrieved
5 April
2023
.
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