List of people from Thrissur

The following is a list of prominent people born / settled in areas coming under the present day Thrissur District, Kerala.

This is a dynamic list and may never be able to satisfy particular standards for completeness. You can help by editing the page to add missing items, with references to reliable sources.

Science and academia

• Pulickel Ajayan
• George Menachery
• Mani Menon
• K. N. Panikkar
• K. Radhakrishnan
• Sankaranarayana
• P. N. Vinayachandran

Beauty pageants

• Rahul Rajasekharan
• Vishnu Raj Menon

Economy and business

• M. A. Yousuf Ali
• Joy Alukkas
• Kochouseph Chittilappilly
• John Matthai
• K. P. Karunakara Menon
• PNC Menon (Originally from Palakkad district, later migrated to Thrissur with his parents)
• K. N. Raj
• P. Mohamed Ali
• T. S. Kalyanaraman
• M. P. Ramachandran

Spiritual leaders

• Swami Bhoomananda Tirtha
• Mar George Alapatt
• Mar Raphael Cheenath
• Pulikkottil Joseph Mar Dionysious I (Mar Thoma X)
• Pulikkottil Joseph Mar Dionysious II
• Euphrasia Eluvathingal
• Canisius Thekkekara
• Alex Kaliyanil
• Franco Mulakkal
• Mar Aprem Mooken
• Cyril Mar Baselios I
• Swami Ranganathananda
• Antony Thachuparambil
• Mar Jacob Thoomkuzhy
• Mar Andrews Thazhath
• Mar Raphael Thattil
• Paulose II, Catholicos of the East
• Mariam Thresia Chiramel

Literature

• Balamani Amma
• Sukumar Azhikode
• P. Bhaskaran
• Sarah Joseph
• Kovilan
• K. Kunchunniraja
• Lalitha Lenin
• Madampu Kunjukuttan
• Kunjunni Mash
• George Menachery
• M. K. Ramachandran
• K. Satchidanandan
• C. V. Sreeraman
• Kamala Surayya
• Kodungallur Kunjikkuttan Thampuran
• Attoor Ravi Varma
• R Ramachandran
• V. K. N.
• M. N. Vijayan
• M. Leelavathy
• Attoor Krishna Pisharody
• N. V. Krishna Warrier
• Madhavan Ayyappath
• V. K. Sreeraman
• Vijayarajamallika

Politics

• R. Bindu
• P. R. Francis
• P. P. George
• K. Karunakaran (Originally from Kannur district, migrated to Thrissur for treating his visual disorder)
• C. Achutha Menon
• C. N. Jayadevan
• Panampilly Govinda Menon
• Joseph Mundassery
• K. P. Prabhakaran
• K. P. Rajendran
• Therambil Ramakrishnan
• Rajaji Mathew Thomas
• V. M. Sudheeran
• M.P Vincent
• E. Ikkanda Warrier
• V. V. Raghavan
• K. Muraleedharan
• K. Radhakrishnan (politician)
• Anil Akkara
• A. C. Moideen

Performing artists

• Ammannur Madhava Chakyar
• Kalamandalam Gopi
• Kalamandalam Hyderali
• Kalamandalam Appukutty Poduval

Singers

• Bombay Sisters
• Gayatri Asokan
• P Jayachandran
• KK
• Asha G Menon
• Unni Menon
• Jyotsna Radhakrishnan
• Pradip Somasundaran
• Thrissur R. Vaidyanatha Bhagavathar
• Vaishnav Girish

Malayalam film industry

• Omar Lulu
• K. J. Joy
• Sathish Kalathil
• Premji
• Sathyan Anthikkad
• Ramu Kariat
• Mala Aravindan
• Bombay Sisters
• Edavela Babu
• Bahadoor
• Bharathan
• P. Bhaskaran
• Biju Menon
• Sudha Chandran
• Devan
• Gopika
• Innocent
• Johnson
• Santhosh Jogi
• Alphons Joseph
• Mejo Joseph
• pramod Pappan
• Rima Kallingal
• Kamal
• Yusuf Ali Kechery
• Lena
• A. K. Lohithadas
• Mallika
• Kalabhavan Mani
• P. N. Menon
• Renuka Menon
• Sindhu Menon
• Unni Mukundan
• Narain
• Ouseppachan
• Pavithran
• Philomina
• T. G. Ravi
• Shankar
• Sheela
• Mohan Sithara
• Sreenath
• Oduvil Unnikrishnan
• Samyuktha Varma
• K. R. Vijaya
• Geetha Vijayan
• Vani Viswanath
• Manju Warrier
• C. I. Paul
• Akku Akbar
• Priyanandanan
• Rafeeq Ahammed
• Lal Jose
• V. K. Sreeraman
• Tovino Thomas
• Anupama Parameswaran
• Jyothi Krishna
• Rachana Narayanankutty
• Gayathri Suresh
• Aparna Balamurali
• Malavika Menon
• Malavika Wales
• Irshad
• Lijo Jose Pellissery
• Joju George
• Shivaji Guruvayoor
• Bhavana
• Kalabhavan Mani
• N F Varghese
• Sadiq
• Franco

Sports

• Jo Paul Ancheri
• C. V. Pappachan
• I. M. Vijayan
• Rino Anto
• Shreyas Iyer
• Sandeep Warrier
• Rahul Kannoly Praveen
• Nihal Sarin
• Vibin Mohanan
• Sachin Suresh