List of people from Pathanamthitta District
This is a list of notable people from Pathanamthitta District.
Administrators/ Policy makers/
- Adoor Prakash - Revenue Minister
- Mathew T. Thomas –Former Transport Minister
- Raju Abraham
- K. Sivadasan Nair MLA Aranmula
- KJ John ITO New Delhi
- Pandala Raja, Ancestral Father of Sabarimala deity and formal owner of the temple.
Judiciary
- Justice (retd) M. Fathima Beevi - first woman on the Supreme Court of India
Spiritual leaders
- Baselios Thoma Didymos I, Catholicos of the East and Malankara Metropolitan
- Geevarghese Mar Ivanios
- Thomas Mar Athanasius
- Kuriakose Mar Clemis
- Nitya Chaitanya Yati
- Abraham Mar Thoma
- Juhanon Mar Thoma
- Alexander Mar Thoma
- Philipose Mar Chrysostom
- Joseph Mar Thoma
- Yuhanon Mor Militos
- Sadhu Kochu Kunju Upadesi
Writers
- Mahakavi Pandalam Kerala Varma (Poet), The morning school prayer- Daivame kaithozham kaakkumarakenam - is written by Keralavarma. This is a standard morning prayer in all schools now.
- Kadammanitta Ramakrishnan
- Benyamin (writer)- Kerala Sahitya Akademi Award Winner
- Muloor S. Padmanabha Panicker
- Dr. K. S. Ravikumar- Critic, Kerala Sahitya Akademi Award Winner
- Vennikulam Gopalakurup (1902–1980) - poet
Artists , Painters and Cartoonists
- V. S. Valiathan – Classical Painter and Winner of Raja Ravi Varma Puraskaram.
- P. K. Manthri – Political Cartoonist and Creator of Cartoon characters Pachuvum Gopalanum
- C. K. Ra –Painter
- S. Jithesh -Cartoonist and worker in the art genre Varayarangu
- Madhu Omalloor –was the Staff Cartoonist of Deshabhimani
- Paris Viswanathan- Painter
Film and stage
- Mohanlal - actor
- Thilakan
- Adoor Gopalakrishnan - film director
- Captain Raju
- Parvathy Jayaram
- Meera Jasmine
- Nayantara
- Pandalam Balan(Singer)
- Pandalam Benny(Singer)
- Blessy - film director
- Kaviyoor Ponnamma
- Mythili
- Dr. Rajiv Pillai - actor
- K. G. George - film director
- B. Unnikrishnan - film director
- Dini Daniel
- Prathapachandran
- Adoor Bhasi
- Aranmula Ponnamma
- Adoor Bhavani
- Adoor Pankajam
Kathakali, Padayani and other Performing Artists
- Kadammanitta Vasudevan Pillai – Padayani Exponent
- C. J. Kuttappan - Former Chairman of Folklore Academy
Journalists
- T. J. S. George - senior journalist and Kerala Sahitya Akademi Award Winner
- George Varghese – director of Prasar Bharati
Business persons
Notes and references
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