List of people from Thiruvananthapuram
List of prominent people who were born/settled in Thiruvananthapuram (Trivandrum), Kerala.
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Kings of Travancore
- Sethu Lakshmi Bayi
- Dharma Raja
- Ayilyam Thirunal
- Moolam Thirunal
- Chithira Thirunal Balarama Varma
- Marthanda Varma
- Swathi Thirunal Rama Varma
Religion and spirituality
- Ayyankali
- Sri M
- Vakkom Moulavi
- Sree Narayana Guru
- Sathyananda Saraswathi
- Sade Guru Shivalingadasa Swamigal
- Chattampi Swamikal
Freedom fighters
- Vakkom Abdul Khader
- Annie Mascarene
- Veluthampi Dalawa
Politicians
- Thalekunnil Basheer
- M.M. Hassan
- G. Karthikeyan
- Pattom A. Thanu Pillai
- Vakkom Purushothaman
- Varkala Radhakrishnan
- A. Sampath
- O.Rajagopal
Musicians
- K. S. Chithra
- Hariharan - born in Thiruvananthapuram, settled in Mumbai
- L. Athira Krishna - violinist
- Shweta Mohan
- Sujatha Mohan
- Vidhu Prathap
- M. G. Radhakrishnan - musician
- M. G. Sreekumar
- Neyyattinkara Vasudevan
- G. Venugopal
- Nithin Raj - Singer, RJ at Radio Mirchi
Painters
Sculptor
Performing artists, Indian dance
Architect
- 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
Social reformers, cultural leaders
- Ayyankali
- Vakkom Moulavi
- Narayana Guru - also a poet
- Chattampi Swamikal - also a poet and prose writer
Literature
- Kumaran Asan - poet
- A. Ayyappan
- Kilimanoor Chandran
- Ulloor S. Parameswara Iyer - poet
- Murukan Kattakada
- 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
Jurists
- Prof. N. R. Madhava Menon – member of Centre-State Relations Commission of the Government of India; former VC of National Law School of India, 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
- Aneil Nambiar (born 1984) - cricketer
- Sanju Samson - cricketer
IT
- Kris Gopalakrishnan - CEO of Infosys
Entrepreneurs
Actors and directors
- Abhirami
- Ambika
- Arun Kumar Aravind
- Chippy
- Bharath Gopi
- Suresh Gopi
- Indrans
- Jagadish
- Joshi
- Shaji Kailas
- K.S.Chitra
- Kalaranjini
- Kalpana
- Karamana Janardanan Nair
- Karthika
- Shaji N. Karun
- Lalitha
- Madhu
- Manikuttan
- Mohanlal
- Venu Nagavally
- Priyanka Nair
- Thikkurissy Sukumaran Nair
- Prem Nazir
- Padmini
- Biju Pappan
- Prathap Pothan
- Priyadarshan
- Radha
- Ragini
- Rajasenan
- Maniyanpilla Raju
- Poojappura Ravi
- Sathyan
- Isha Sharvani
- Shobhana
- Shyamaprasad
- Sithara
- Sangeeth Sivan
- Santosh Sivan
- Jagathy Sreekumar
- Indrajith Sukumaran
- Prithviraj Sukumaran
- Sukumari
- Thilakan
- Thulasidas
- Urvashi
- Suraj Venjaramoodu
Doctors
- C.O. Karunakaran
- M. Krishnan Nair - Founding Director of Regional Cancer Centre
- R. Kesavan Nair
- Tiny Nair - Chief Cardiologist, PRS Hospital; recipient of Kerala State Best Doctor Award 2003;[1] President, Cardiological Society of India, Kerala Chapter[2]
- A. Marthanda Pillai MS (Neuro), MNAMS (Neuro), FRCS, former Head of Neurology dept. Govt. Medical College-TVM; neurosurgeon; presently Chairman & Managing Director, Ananthapuri Hospitals & Research Institute, Trivandrum; recipient of 2011 Padma Shri
- P. K. R. Warrier
References
- ↑ "Just one way to keep your heart ticking". The Hindu (Chennai, India). 2005-07-03.
- ↑ http://www.csikerala.org/members.php
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