Ammal – first female doctor of Kerala Janaki Ammal – botanist Sukumar Azhikode – writer C. V. Balakrishnan – writer Ajit Balakrishnan – founder and current CEO of Rediff.com N. E. Balaram – one of the founding leaders of the communist movement in Kerala John Brittas – Journalist and managing director of Kairali TV Deepak Dev – music composer M. V. Devan – painter, sculptor, writer, art critic and orator Jimmy George – volleyball player A. K. Gopalan – politician, former leader of the Communist Party of India (Marxist) Ayyathan Gopalan – doctor, social reformer, philanthropist Gita Gopinath – chief economist of the International Monetary Fund T. Govindan – former Member of Parliament Ifthi – music composer E. P. Jayarajan – politician and current Industries and Sports Minister of Kerala State K. Karunakaran – former Chief Minister of Kerala and Indian National Congress leader Shamna Kasim – actor Santhosh Keezhattoor – actor Shajith Koyeri – sound designer Vineeth Kumar – actor Major General CK Lakshmanan – first Malayali Olympian Sruthi Lakshmi – actor Tintu Luka – athlete V. K. Krishna Menon – Nationalist, diplomat, and politician K. U. Mohanan- director of photography Malavika Mohanan – actor Geetu Mohandas – actor Mamta Mohandas – actor V. Muraleedharan – Politician and the current union minister of state for external affairs and parliamentary affairs C. P. Krishnan Nair – businessman and founder of Leela group of hotels Bejoy Nambiar- director and screenwriter K. P. P. Nambiar – industrialist and technocrat M. N. Nambiar – actor Parvathy Nambiar – actor Kaithapram Damodaran Namboothiri – lyricist, music director, actor, singer, screenwriter, and performer of Carnatic music Unnikrishnan Namboothiri – actor Madhushree Narayan – playback singer Ramesh Narayan – music composer E. K. Nayanar – former three time Chief Minister of Kerala T. Padmanabhan – writer Deepak Parambol – actor Sayanora Philip- playback singer, music composer N. Prabhakaran – writer Azhikodan Raghavan – politician Jishnu Raghavan – Actor K. Raghavan – music composer M. V. Raghavan – former minister Shaan Rahman – music composer Pazhassi Raja – ruler of the Pazhassi Kingdom in present-day Kannur district Anaswara Rajan – actor Athmiya Rajan – actor Kannur Rajan – music composer T. V. Rajesh – politician Kadannappalli Ramachandran – Minister of Port of Kerala Moorkoth Ramunni – fighter pilot Neha Ratnakaran – actor Byju Raveendran – entrepreneur, founder of Byju's App Sreeja Ravi – voice-dubbing artist Sahal Abdul