• Source: 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.




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
O M C Narayanan Nambudiripad
K. S. Sethumadhavan




References

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• List of people from Palakkad district
• Palakkad district
• Palakkad
• List of people from Malappuram district
• List of surnames from Kerala
• List of districts of Kerala
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• Ottapalam
• Malabar District
• Coimbatore district