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The following list gives the names of several individuals from the Nair community, who have become renowned figures during their lifetimes. Though many personalities in this list are/were multi-faceted, their names are classified according to their major area of work. Please ensure that brief Wikipedia articles on these personalities are linked.

[edit] India's Freedom Struggle

V.K. Krishna Menon - Toiled for Indias Independence in England itself, Diplomat, Orator and India's Defence Minister.
Sir Chettur Sankaran Nair - President of the Indian National Congress (1897 -1898)
U. Gopala Menon - Indian National Congress leader.
K. Kelappan - Known as "Kerala Gandhi". Leader of the Payyannur Salt Satyagraha and the Guruvayur Satyagraha. He was also the founding President of Nair Service Society.
K.P. Kesava Menon - Freedom fighter, Founder-Editor of the Mathrubhumi .
A. V. Kuttimalu Amma - Top ranking freedom fighter
Ammu Swaminathan - Social Worker and Freedom fighter.
K. P. Madhavan Nair - Former General Secretary of the Indian National Congress
G. Ramachandran - Fought for India's independence and founded Gandhi Sevagram, Madurai
K.A. Damodara Menon - Indian National Congress leader.
K. Madhavan Nair Freedom fighter, Home Rule League leader and founding member of Mathrubhumi newspaper
Lambodharan Pillai(did a one man march to Hosdurg police station in 1922)
Madathil Pangu Menon - Freedom fighter .
C. Gopinathan Nair - Gandhian.
C.K. Govindan Nair (CKG) - Indian National Congress leader
C. Krishnan Nair - Congress leader in Delhi.
Lakshmi Sahgal - commanded the Rani Jhansi Regiment of the Indian National Army led by Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose.
Dr.K.B. Menon - Famous through the Keezhariyur Bomb case during the Quit India Movement.
Amsi Narayana Pillai - Freedom fighter Wrote the famous patriotic song "Varika Varika Sahajare...". "Mahatma" was a news paper published by Amsi Narayana Pillai.
Karikkakam Narayana Pillai - Freedom fighter
A.Raman Pillai Was based in Germany. Author of several books in German. Part of Germans in India against the British
[[A M Nair alias Nair-San in Japan] - Indian national Army and Close cofidant of Nethaji Bose[[1]]

[edit] Politics

Rajyasevapraveena G. Parameswaran Pillai - Chief Secretary of Travancore, Officiating Diwan of Travancore, India's first Trade Commissioner to Australia and New Zealand, Director of Reserve Bank of India, Represented Travancore at Round Table Conference, London.
Paravur T.K. Narayana Pillai - First Chief Minister of Travancore-Cochin State
Kozhippurathu Madhava Menon – Minister in the Madras State
V. K. Krishna Menon - India's first Defence Minister
R. Balakrishna Pillai - Chairman, Kerala Congress (B); former Minister and M.P.
Pattom Thanu Pillai - Prime Minister of Travancore-Cochin (1948), Chief Minister of Thiru-Kochi (1954-55) and Kerala (1960-62), and Governor of Punjab and later Andhra Pradesh.
Lakshmi N. Menon - Union Minister in the Nehru Government.
K.P. Unnikrishnan - Former Union Cabinet Minister and Member of Congress Working Committee.
S. Krishna Kumar - Politician, Former Central Minister.
Jaya Jaitley - Samata Party Leader and Member of Parlimant - grand niece of Sir C Sankaran Nair.
G. Karthikeyan – Congress (I). Former minister.
N K Premachandran - Leader, RSP ; Minister for Water Resources, Government of Kerala
Leela Damodara Menon - Former President of the National Mahila Congress.
Billy Nair - African National Congress leader and member of South African Parliament.
T. M. Nair - Founder of Swarajya - English Daily from Madras and one of the founders of the Justice Party.
G. P. Pillai - Founder of the English daily Madras Standard.
N.K. Premachandran – Revolutionary Socialist Party (RSP) Minister. Former M.P.
O. Rajagopal - former BJP Vice President and General Secretary and Union Cabinet Minister
Kummanam Rajashekharan - The Hindu Aikya Vedi State Organising Secretary
Therampil Ramakrishnan – Former Speaker, Kerala Legislative Assembly.
Ramesh Chennithala - President of Kerala Pradesh Congress Committee (I).
Kumbalathu Sanku Pillai – Travancore Political leader.
Prakkulam Bhasi - Freedom fighter, Former RSP Leader, Former MLA, Former President, Travancore Devaswom Board
Shankunthala Nair - Ex -Cabinet Minister of Uttar Pradesh.
Ponnara Sreedhar – Socialist leader.
N. Sreekanthan Nair – Revolutionary Socialist Party (RSP) leader of Kerala and Parliamentarian.
V.K. Velappan- Former Health Minister.
K.C. Venugopal – Congress (I). Former Minister.
R Ramachandran Nair - Former Kerala Minister, Ex-Aranmula MLA, and NDP leader
KP Ramachandran Nair - Former Kerala Minister, Ex-Alappuzha MLA, and NDP leader
Kidangoor Gopalakirshna Pillai - Former NDP leader
B. Vijayakumar – Former MLA. (Congress (I).
Thiruvanchoor Radhakrishnan, Former Water Resources,Forest,Health and Parliamentary affairs minister

[[C.K Padmanabhan, former President, Kerala BJP

Attingal Janardhanan Pillai, Advocate - One of the longest serving NSS Director Board members and pioneer organiser in TVM District

[edit] Administration and Diplomacy

Thottekkat Diwan Kochugovinda Menon - Diwan of the erstwhile princely state of Cochin
Sir C Madhavan Nair Judge of the Madras High Court and Privy Council Member
Iravikkutti Pillai (1603-1635) Known popularly as Padathalavar - Chief Minister and Commander-in-Chief of Venad Kingdom.
Krishna Menon-(former Indian Permanent Representative to the UN, Minister of Defense, and leading proponent of India's emancipation)
Paliath Achan - Former prime minister of the princely state of Cochin[[2]]
Raja Kesavadasan (1744-1799) - Also known Valia Diwanji, Diwan of Travancore, who thwarted Tipu Sultan's attack on Travancore at the Kaladi Battle and established Alleppey Town.
Thottekkat Diwan Sankunni Menon - Diwan of the erstwhile princely state of Cochin[[3]]
Nanoo Pillai - Diwan of Travancore
N. R. Pillai- India's first Cabinet Secretary (1950-53)
Sir C Madhavan Nair - Administrator during British Rule
P.S. Appu - Former Direcor, Lal Bahadur Shastri National Academy of Administration , Mussorie.
M. Damodaran- Chairman of the Securities and Exchange Board of India
Devan Nair - President of Singapore during 1981-1985
Jyotindra Nath Dixit (J.N. Dixit) - India's National Security Advisor (2004-05). Son of Munshi Paramu Pillai.
Vinod C Menon- Member of the National Disaster Management Authority (NDMA), headed by the Prime Minister of India. He has the status of a Minister of State in the Government of India.
P. Madhava Menon - Former Secretary Ministry of Labour and Director ILO ( India)
P. Madhavan Nair- Secretary to the President of India
M. Madhavan- First Mayor of Mumbai Corporation
K. P. A. Menon Former Defence Secretary and Sanskrit Scholar.
K. P. S. Menon (Senior)- Diplomat, First Foreign Secratary of India.
K. P. S. Menon (Junior)- Diplomat and Foreign Secratary of India.
Shiv Shanker Menon Diplomat and Foreign Secratary of India.[[4]]
V Shiv Shankar Menon - Diplomat, former Amabassodor to China.
V. P. Menon- Right Hand Man of Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel. Instrumental in securing the accession of the Indian Princely States to the Indian Union after Independence.
B. R. Nair - Former Chairman of Indian Railway Board
T. K. A. Nair - Former Chief Secretary of Punjab and Principal Secretary to the Prime Minister
M.K.K. NAIR (Late) - Former MD, Bhilai Steel Plant. Former chairman of FACT (Fertilizers And Chemicals Travancore Ltd.) Administrator and Promoter of Kathakali
Diwan Bahadur Paruvakkat Narayana Menon - Cochin. Able Administrator
M. K. Narayanan- India's National Security Advisor (2005- )
Sardar K. M. Panicker- Diplomat and Diwan of many of India's erstwhile princely states, Historian and Malayalam Writer.
M.G.Ramachandran,alias M.G.Ramachandran Menon Actor - legend for the Tamilians[[5]]
V. N. Rajashekharan Pillai - Acting Chairman, University Grants Commission, India
R. Ramachandran Nair - Former Chief Secretary of Kerala
K. Sankaran Nair - Former Head of Research and Analysis Wing
M. Sankaranarayanan - Former Chief Secretary of Karnataka and Former Member, AAIFR.
Chettur Sankaran Nair, former member of the Viceroy's Privy Council
K.Sashi Menon - Additional Deputy Comptroller and Auditor General.
Shashi Tharoor - Under-Secretary-General for Communications and Public Information of the United Nations
Shiv Shankar Menon- Foreign Secretary, India
T. P. Sreenivasan - India's Ambassador to the United Nations, and Governor for India, International Atomic Energy Agency, Vienna
V. Thulasidas - Chairman, Air India
Velu Thampi Dalava- Diwan of Travancore and became a martyr attempting to throw away the English East India Company's hegemony over Travancore.
Vijay Nambiar IFS- India's permanent Representative to the UN
Dr.V.Venu, IAS - Former Tourism Director, Government of Kerala
Valsa Nair - Mumbai District Collector.
A.P.B.Nayar, IDAS - Controller General of Defence Accounts.
Rajan Edappallath - Oushadhi Chairman(1991 to 1996), NSS Registrar(1989 to 2005)
PGN Unnithan- The Last Diwan of Travancore kingdom.

[edit] Judiciary and Law

CJM N. Parameswaran Nair - Chief Judical Magistrate.
Justice Karimpatta Achutha Menon - A Judge and Eminent Lawyer.
Justice Rajendra Menon
Justice G. Balagangadharan Nair
Justice V. Balakrishna Eradi - Chief Justice
Justice P. C. Balakrishna Menon
Justice V. Bhaskaran Nambiar
Justice T. Chandrasekhara Menon
Justice V. P. Gopalan Nambiyar - Chief Justice
Justice P. Govinda Menon - First Malayali Supreme Court Judge.
N. Govinda Menon Eminent Lawyer, former President of Nair Service Society (NSS).
Malloor Govinda Pillai Famous Lawyer of Travancore Period (Expert in Criminal Cases).
Justice P. Govindan Nair - Chief Justice
Justice Poothampalli Neelakanta Menon , Chief Justice, Kochi(Travancore) High Court,
Justice M. R. Hariharan Nair
Kumari Justice P. Janaki Amma
Ms Bina Madhavan, noted lawyer of Supreme Court
Umayanalloor Shivasankara Pillai- eminent lawyer of Trivandrum
G. Janardana Kurup – Lawyer (Expert in Criminal Cases).
P.Sadasivan Nair, Sr.Advocate,Jabalpur.
Anoop Nair, Advocate, MP High Court,Jabalpur
T.P. Kelu Nambiar - Eminent Lawyer.
N. Sankara Menon Lawyer only living International Prosecutor from India after Justice P. Govinda Menon who was Prosecutor in the Tokyo trials. Served International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda 1999-2001
Justice N. Krishnan Nair
K. Kunjirama Menon Lawyer (Kozhikode) (Expert in Criminal Cases).
Justice M. Madhavan Nair
Adv. S. Madhavan Nair - Eminent Kerala High Court Lawyer, President of All Kerala Pensioners Association, Governing committee member of Ernakulam Karayogam, Executive board member of Urban co-operative bank
Justice M. P. Menon
Justice M.S. Menon - Chief Justice
M.K. Nambiar Lawyer.
A.S. Nambiar Supreme Court Lawyer.
Justice K. Narayana Kurup
Justice P. Narayana Pillai
Sahitya Panchananan P.K. Narayana Pillai Judge and Malayalam Writer.
Justice P. V. Narayanan Nambiar
Justice K. A. Nayar
Justice K. P. Radhakrishna Menon
Justice P.T. Raman Nair – Chief Justice.
Justice Chettur Sankaran Nair
Kumarakam Sankunni Menon Lawyer.
Chirayinkil Shri C K Kesava PillaiLawyer
Justice V. Sivaraman Nair
K. Sivasankara Panikkar High Court Lawyer. And Former President, Nair Service Society.
Justice P. Unnikrishna Kurup
Kalathil Velayudhan Nair Lawyer and Former President, Nair Service Society.
K.K. Venugopal - Eminent Supreme Court Lawyer.
K.Kuttikrishna Menon Lawyer; Advocate General of Madras.

[edit] Armed Forces/Police Services

Lt. General K. P. Candeth -Former GOC-in-C Western Command (Indo-Pak war hero)
[Lt. General Satish Nambiar]- Former Commander of UN forces in Bosnia,former Deputy Chief of Indian Army
N. Chandrasekharan Nair - First IG, Kerala and Promoter of Sports
I.K. Govind Former Director General of Police, Tamilnadu.
Lt. General P. E. Menon - Former North Eastern Army Commander
M.K.G. Menon- Commander Karnataka and Kerala sub area
P K Mohandas Former Director General of Police, Tamilnadu
B.J.K Thampi Former Director General of Police, Tripura
V.K.B. Nair - Director General of Police, UP
Air Marshal K. N. Nair – Ex-Airforce
Air Cmde V. V. Nair, VM – Former Air Attache to Russia
V.P. Nair- IG, Kerala
Raja Menon- authored the book 'a nuclear strategy for India'
K.K. Rajashekharan Nair Former Director General of Police, Tamilnadu
P. Ravindran Former Director General of Police, Tamilnadu
Satish Nambiar - Head of UN Forces in Kosovo
Lt. General P. Shiv Shankar - GOC Southern Command
Krishnan Nair Sushil- Flag Officer Submarines
Vijayakumar- STF chief Tamil Nadu ended bandit Verappan's reign of terror
Wing Commandar SKJ Nair- , Director National Adventure foundation, Kerala Chapter.
Captain Anuj Nayyar Awarded the Maha Vir Chakra- Kargil War
Sqadron Leader Prasanth G Pillai - Northern Command, J&K
SKJ Nair- Ex Wing Commandar - Director National Adventure foundation, Kerala Chapter.
Sqadron Leader Prasanth G Pillai - Northern Command, J&K
Air Vice Marchall B C N Kurup - Retired IAF
Mohan Kutty - Captain, Indian Navy, VSM. World Masters Games 2005,Gold Medallist in Swimming. National Airrace 2003,flew from Bangalore to Nagpur on a PHG. 2nd in National Airrace 2001. National Champion of Hang Gliding 1985.

[edit] Social Reforms and Services

LtCol EMK Nair- World war 2 veteran, winner of the Military Cross for gallantry, former commanding officer, 104 Field Regiment
Koickal Chellappan Nair- Gandhian and founder of Vinobha Khadhi Association and the Gandhi Smaraka Grama Seva Kendram.
K. Chinnamma- Founder of S.M.S.S. Hindu Mahila Mandiram in Poojappura, Thiruvananthapuram.
P. Gopinathan Nair - Chairman of Kerala Gandhi Smaraka Nidhi
Shantiniketanam Krishnan Nair- Gandhiji's disciple and chairman of the All India Sarvodaya Sangh
C. Krishna Pillai (CKP) (1851-1916) - Samudayothejakan. Pioneer in social reform movement among the Nair community. Paved the way for the formation of Nair Service Society.
Bharatha Kesari Mannathu Padmanabhan- Founder of the Nair Service Society (NSS).[[6]]
Dr. A. R. K. Pillai- President, Indian Development Foundation. In the service of Leprosy Patients.
Kumbalathu Sanku Pillai - Social reformer, Travancore politician and founder of the Panmana Ashramam.
Makkappuzha Vasudevan Pillai- Leader ofNair Service Society (NSS), Founder Chairman Travancore Chemicals Ltd..

[edit] Education: Some Names to Remember

Lady Madhavan Nair - Educationist
K. Ayyappan Pillai- Early Propagator of Modern Education.
R. Easvara Pillai - Educationist
Indira Nair Vice Provost for Education and Professor of Engineering Public Policy CMU.
Kappana Kannan Menon - Early Propagator of Modern Education and Novelist.
N.R. Madhava Menon - Founder Director of National Law School, Bangalore.
M.P. Manmathan – Principal and Gandhian.
M. N. V. Nair - Former Dean of Indian Institute of Management, Bangalore
V.K. Nandan Menon – Former Vice-Chancellor.
K. Narayanan Nair - Founder of Law Academy, Thiruvananthapuram.
Prof. E.P. Narayana Pillai– English Professor.
Mannathu Padmanabhan – Founded the N.S.S. Educational Institutions.
K. Paramu Pillai - Early Propagator of Modern Education.
M.S. Pillai - Former Director SCMHRD, Pune and Nasik. Founder Director, Sadhana Centre for Management and Leadership Development, Pune. Awarded the Eminent Personality of India award and holder of Best Teacher in Management Award.
V.N. Rajasekharan Pillai - UGC Vice-Chairman.
Dr. P K Ramachandran Nair Distinguished Professor, Agroforestry, University of Florida.
Kummanpallil Raman Pillai Asan - Early Propagator of Education.
Pettayil Raman Pillai Asan - Early Propagator of Education.
K. Sivadasan Pillai - Educationist.
A. Sukumaran Nair - Former Vice-Chancellor.
N. Unnikrishnan Nair - Former Vice-Chancellor.
Prof.{Smt] Hridayakumari, noted professor of Engligh Literature, Kerala University
Prof Rasipuram R Narayanan, noted expert on Public Administration
T.K.N. Unnithan - Former Vice-Chancellor (Rajasthan).
Prof K.R Nayar - Professor, Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi
Shakespeare Velayudhan Nair – Veteran professor, an authority on William Shakespeare.
Vaduthala Kunjunni Aashan - Early propagator of Education
Prof.C.R Sankara Menon - of Menon&Krishnan fame
Dr. Appu Kuttan Chairman and Founder of CyberLearning
Prakash Nair - Internationally renownedEducation Design Consultant[[7]]
Prof Vidwan C.I.Gopala Pillai Malyalam Professor and literary figure

[edit] Medicine

Dr. A L Nair -First Indian Surgeon in Bomay, Nair Hospital Bombay is is his memory[[8]]
[[Dr. Ambadi Krisha Menon - LMS, LRCP, MRCS (1884 - 1960)} Early Surgeon and Freedom Fighter
Dr. TM Nair, MRCP- Physician at Chennai and supporter of Justice Party
Dr. Sharada Menon - Founder, Schizophrenic Research Foundation (SCARF, Chennai)
Dr. Santosh Nair - Cardiology - St Thomas Hospital, London.
Dr M S Valiathan F.R.C.S.- World famous Cardiac surgeon; Former Vice-Chancellor Manipal Academy of Higher Education, Manipal, Karnataka
Dr R. Kesavan Nair, alias Valia Kesavan Nair- Kerala's first civil surgeon[[9]]
Dr. M. Krishnan Nair – Former Director, Regional Cancer centre (RCC), Thiruvanananthapuram.
Rugmini Nair-(Shah)-Chief, Maternal and Child Health Services, State of California, USA, 1990- 2001
Dr. Prem Nair, Medical director of Amritha Institute of Medical Sciences and Research Centre, Cochin.

[edit] Science and Technology

N. Balakrishnan Nair-Winner of Padma Shri Award. Noted Aquatic Biologist.
M.R. Das-ex-Chairman, Kerala State Committee on Science, Technology & Environment.
Dr. G.K. Karnavar - Scientist (Zoology)
C. G. Krishnadas Nair – Ex-Chairman - Hindustan Aeronautics Limited, Bangalore and President Aeronautical Society of India
Dr. R Kesavan Nair was Museum Director, Trivandrum. Author of Malayalam Science books, Professor of Botany
Dr.M.Rajeswary,Kalpakavanam - Scientist [ISRO/IISC/NOW IN USA] SEMI-CONDUCTORS
M.R. Kurup- Former Director of Sri Harikota Space centre. Space Scientist.
G. Madhavan Nair- Chairman of the Indian Space Research Organization. Space Scientist. Awarded Padma Vibhushan
Dr. K. Narayanan Nair - Space Scientist VSSC (Retd.)
Jai Menon - Director IT, Bharti Telecomms.
Jaishankar Menon - IBM Technical Fellow, Fellow IEEE and Joint director of Storage Systems Institute, IBM.
Suresh Menon - Professor of Fluid Mechanics at Georgia Tech. Expert in large scale eddy flows.
Mampallikalathil Govindan Kutty Menon (M G K Menon)- Scientist, Former Union Minister
Mohan D. Nair- Pharmaceutical and health technology industry, and WHO consultant
Komerath Narayanan Menon - Professor of Aerospace at Georgia Tech. Expert in helicopter Rotor systems.
Rao Bahadur N.Parameswaran Pillai (1884-1938) - Engineer. Designed and constructed Mettur Dam.
C.G. Ramachandran Nair- Ex-Chairman, State Committee on Science, Technology & Environment, Govt. of Kerala
Prof. P.K. Ramachandran Nair- Agroforestry.
Dr. K. Shadananan Nair - Meteorologist, Executive Secretary of CEREM and Member of the CEOP programme of WMO.
Dr. Perumbilavil Punnekat Sasikumar Menon - Industrial Software Engineering (Real Time Systems), Mälardalen University, Sweden
Dr. Sharada Menon - Founder, Schizophrenic Research Foundation (SCARF, Chennai)
K. Sreekumaran Nair- Internationally recognized expert on protein synthesis and metabolism in humans. Director, Research, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minnesota, USA.
E. Sreedharan- He was in charge for construction of the Konkan Railway. Presently Chairman, Delhi Metro Corporation.
Aji R Nair- Specialist in Refrigeration and Air Conditioning Engineering.
Dr. Saju Pillai: Scientist, iNANO Center, Aarhus, Denmark.
Prof. Vasu Nair- UI Foundation Distinguished Professor of Chemistry. Elected a Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) "for his contributions to the development of antiviral agents."
Dr N C Nair- Jt Director Botanical Survey of India.

[edit] Mathematics

Puliakote Kesava Menon - Eminent Mathematician
K.R. Nair - Statistician, formerly of Institute of Statistics, Calcutta.
Arvind Nair - Mathematician at the Tata Institute of Fundamental Research, Mumbai.

[edit] Astrology - Jyothisham

Dr. Balan Nair - Famous Astrologer, Madras

Mr. S.SREEKUMAR Famous Astrologer , Rasi Chakra of Surya TV on Sundays, NOSTRADAMUS AWARD RECEPIENT OF THE INDIAN EXPRESS GROUP

[edit] Journalism

Svadeshabhimani Ramakrishna Pillai - Editor and Freedom Fighter
Cartoonist Shankar - Fouder Childrens Book Trust[[10]]
Kesari Balakrishna Pillai - Editor
N. Chandrasekharan Nair - Editor, Malayala Rajyam.
K.P. Kesava Menon - Founder Editor, Mathrubhumi.
S K Nair - Founder and Editor Malayalanadu Weekly
A.B. Nair - Was the Editor of Free Press Journal, Mumbai
Edathatta Narayanan - Eminent Editor of Patriot and Link.
MK Das, former Resident Editor, Indian Express
K Gopalakrishnan - Editor, Mathrubhumi
MGG Pillai (1939-April 28, 2006) - Famous Malaysian Journalist and Political Activist
C.P. Ramachandran - Journalist with Hindustan Times.
Rosscote Krishna Pillai- Founder Editor of Yojana(Malayalam, science columnist in Children's World and Chandamama(English)
Appukkuttan Vallikkunnu
Chengalathu Kunhirama Menon
Vengayil Kunhiraman Nayanar

[edit] Literature Early Times

Ayyappillai Asan- Kovalam Poet. Author of Ramakatha Paattu.
Kannassa Kavikal or Niranam Kavikal - Madhava Panikkar, Sankara Panikkar and Rama Panikkar . Poets who wrote early Malayalam versions of Ramayana and Mahabharata and Bhagavad Gita.
O. Chandu Menon (1847-1900) - Judge and a pioneer in Malayalam fiction. Author of “Indulekha (1889)”
C. V. Raman Pillai (1858-1922) - Great early Novelist. Author of "Marthandavarma (1891)", "Dharmaraja" and "Rama Raja Bahadur".
Irayimman Thampi- Malayalam Poet
Thottakkaattu Ikkavu Amma - Malayalam Writer.
Tharavathu Ammalu Amma – Malayalam Writer.
Uppath Susheela P. Nair – Great Malayalam Writer & Novelist.

[edit] Literature Modern Times

Dr. K. Ayyappa Panicker - Malayalam Poet*B.Harikumar- Malayalam Novelist and Short-story writer
Kavalam Narayana Panicker - Malayalam Poet and Dramatist.
Nalappattu Balamaniyamma-Malayalam Poet*Parvathy Nair- Malayalam Short-story writer and poetress
Mahakavi P. Kunjiraman Nair – Poet and Dramatist .
Kunjunni - Malayalam Poet - famed for his simple 4 liners of native wisdom.
O. N. V. Kurup- Poet.
M T Vasudevan Nair – Editor, Mathrubhumi Magazine and Jnanpeeth Award Winner
Kesari Balakrishna Pillai- Journalist and Malayalam Critic. Promoted the progressive trend in Malayalam literature.
Changampuzha Krishna Pillai - Malayalam Poet
E. V. Krishna Pillai - Satirist
Vengayil Kunhiraman Nayanar - First short story writer in Kerala and renowned barrister
Sooranadu Kunjan Pillai – Critic and Essayist. Lexicographer
M. Krishanan Nair - Malayalam Critic and famous for his “Sahitya Varaphalam”.
E.V. Krishna Pillai - Satire and Humour
N. Krishna Pilla - Dramatist
Nalapattu Narayana Menon - Poet
Vallathol Narayana Menon- Poet and Founder of the Kerala Kala Mandalam
Kavalam Narayana Panicker - Dramatist and folk arts exponent.
Sahitya Panchananan P.K. Narayana Pillai – Critic and Essayist.
Mahakavi Pala Narayanan Nair- Poet
Villayil Raman Gopala Pillai – Singaporean Novelist writing in Malayalam
K. P. Kesava Menon – Author, Freedom Fighter and Founder of the Mathrubhumi Newspaper
K.C. Kesava Pillai - Malayalam Poet.
Sanjayan (pseudonym of M.R Nair) - Satirist
G. Sankara Kurup- First winner of the Jnanpith Award (1965)
G. Sankara Pillai – Dramatist.
Thakazhi Sivasankara Pillai- Jnanpith Award winning (1984) Novelist[[11]]
Vylopillil Sreedhara Menon - Malayalam poet
C.N.Sreekanthan Nair – Dramatist.
Sreekumaran Thampi - Poet.
Sugatha Kumari – Poet.
Balachandran Chullikkad - Malayalam Poet.
Gopi Krishnan Kotoor - English Poet.
Appan Thacheth - Malayalam Poet.
Anita Nair - English Novelist.
R.C.Thampi, Former Editor, Chandamama (Ambili Ammavan in Malayalam)
Thoppil Bhasi – Dramatist.
V. BalakrishnanMore than 290 books running to 1,14,000 printed pages
Chandran Nair – Singaporean Poet.
Govinda Krishna Chettur (1898-1936) - English Poet. Principal of Government College, Mangalore.
M. Govindan - Malayalam Poet.
S. Guptan Nair - Malayalam Critic.
E. Harikumar - Malayalam Short story Writer & Novelist
K. Jayakumar - Malayalam and English Poet.
Jayashree Mishra - English Novelist
Chettiyattil Radha Krishnan / C R Krishnan - English Author, "Frogs under the Wheels and other tales".
Kuttamathu Kunniyooru Kunjikrishna Kurup – Poet.
Oduvil Kunjikrishna Menon - Malayalam Poet.
Kuttikkunju Thankachi- Poet.
V. K. Madhavan Kutty - Journalist and Writer
Kadathanattu Madhavi Amma - Malayalam Poet.
V. Madhusudhanan Nair - Malayalam poet
Karur Nilakantha Pillai - Malayalam Short Story Writer.
T. Padmanabhan - Malayalam Short Story Writer.
Sreekandeswaram Padmanabha Pillai – Lexicographer.
Omcheri N.N. Pillai – Dramatist.
N.N. Pillai – Dramatist.
C. Radhakrishnan - Malayalam Novelist
Edapally Raghavan Pillai - Malayalam poet
C.G. Ramachandran Nair-Author and Ex-Director, State Institute of Encyclopedic Publications
Kadammanitta Ramakrishnan - Malayalam Poet.
Svadeshabhimani K. Ramakrishna Pillai – Essayist and Renowned Editor of Newspaper.
Puthezhatu Raman Menon - Critic and Essayist.
C. V. Raman Pillai - Great Malayalam Novelist. Author of "Marthandavarma (1891)", "Dharmaraja" and "Rama Raja Bahadur"
Rosscote Krishna Pillai- Malayalam & English writer & author, media person,former Yojana Editor, Director of Public Relations, Indian Information Service
Shashi Tharoor- Under Secretary General of the UN and author
Thikkodiyan - Dramatist.
Uroob(P.C. Kuttikrishnan) - (Malayalam Novelist & Short story writer))
V. K. N. – Satirist.
M. T. Vasudevan Nair- Jnanpith Award winning (1995) Malayalam Novelist.
Vilasini (pseudonym of M.K. Menon) - Malayalam Novelist. Author of the biggest Malayalam Novel “Avakaasikal”

Ittamveetil I Sankaranarayanan - Translated the famous novel "Coolie" by Mulk Raj Anand into Malayalam (1953)

Rosscote Krishna Pillai - Science Writer, Author. English. Malayalam. Children's Science Dictionary. Voyage to the Moon. Columnist, Chandamama.
Ramesh Menon – Author of mahabharatham, Devi Bhagavatham and Sivapuranam in English

[edit] Arts: Kathakali, Dance

Mathoor Kunjupilla Panicker- Great Kathakali Artist,taught Chengannur Raman Pillai and Guru Kunju Kurup.
Kavungal Sankara Panicker- Kathakali Artist.
Champakkulam Sanku Pillai- taught Mathoor Kunjupilla Panicker.
Chembollil Krishna Panicker- Kathakali Artist.
Kareethra Rama Panicker- Kathakali Artist.
Kurichi Kunjan Panicker- Kathakali Artist.
Ambalapuzha Kunjukrishna Panicker-Kathakali Artist,taught Kathakali to Chengannur Raman Pillai.
Vellinezhi Nanu Nair-Kathakali Artist.
Vechoor Raman Pillai- Kathakali Artist.
Guru Chandu Panicker-Kathakali Artist, taught Kalamandalam Krishnan Nair
Ananda Sivaram - Kathakali Artist.
D. Appukkuttan Nair – Promoter of Kathakali.
Thrippunithura Aravindaksha Menon - Dance.
Kottakkal Krishnankutty Nair - Kathakali Artist - Veerasrungala Award winner
Kavungal Chathunni Panikkar - Kathakali Artist.
Kalamandalam Gopi - Kathakali Artist.
Kalamandalam Kesavadev- Kathakali Artist.
Kalamandalam Ramachandran Unnithan-Kathakali Artist.
Kavungal Divakara Panicker-Kathakali Artist
Guru Gopinath – Dance. Kerala Natanam.
Ittirarissa Menon - Kathakali Artist.
Kalamandalam Kalyanikkutti Amma – Mohini Aattam.
Kudamaloor Karunakaran Nair - Kathakali Artist.
Oyoor Kochu Govinda Pillai - Kathakali Artist.
Koppan Nair - Kathakali Artist.
PadmasreeKalamandalam Krishnan Nair - Kathakali Artist.
Keezhpadam Kumaran Nair - Kathakali Artist.
Guru Kunchu Kurup - Kathakali Artist.
Guru Chemancheri Kunhiraman Nair- Kathakali Exponent
Chennithala Chellappan Pillai-Kathakali artist.Sangeet Natak Akademi Awardee
Thakazhi Kuttan pillai - Kathakali Singer.
Lalitha, Padmini and Ragini – Dance.(Travancore sisters)[[12]]
Mankombu Sivasankara pillai-Kathakali artist
Madavur Vasudevan Nair-Kathakali artist
Thekinkattil V.P.Ramakrishnan Nair-Kathakali Artist.
Sadanam Krishnan Kutty-Kathakali Artist.
Nedumudi Kuttappa Panicker-Kathakali Artist.
Ettumanur P.Kannan-kathakali artist
Mozhoor Rajendra Gopinath-Kathakali artist/Advocate
Gowreesapattam Gireesan-Kathakali artist
Natyasala Suresh-Kathakali artist
Thalavadi Aravindan-Kathakali artist
Mallika Sarabhai - Dance.
Mrinalini Sarabhai - Dance.
Kavalappara Narayanan Nair - Kathakali Artist.
Champakkulam Pachu Pillai - Kathakali Artist.
Kalamandalam Padmanabhan Nair - Kathakali Artist.Sangeet Natak Akademi Awardee
Harippad Ramakrishna Pillai - Kathakali Artist.
Padmasree. Guru.Chengannur Raman Pillai - Kathakali Artist.
Kalamandalam Ramankutti Nair - Kathakali Artist.
Pattikkamthodi Ramunni Menon - Kathakali Artist.
Kottakkal Sivaraman - Kathakali Artist.
Margi Vijayan - Kathakali Artist.
Mathur Govindan Kutty Kathakali artist.
Vaikom Karunakaran Nairkathakali artist
Thiruvalla Gopikuttan NairKathakali,Vocal
Mudakkal Gopinathan NairKathakali,Vocal
Kalanilayam UnnikrishnanKathakali,vocal

[edit] Arts: Mohiniattam, Dance of the Enchantress

Kalamandalam Kalyanikkutti Amma
Kalamandalam Kshemavathi, Trichur
Kalamandalam Satyabhama, Kozhikode
Sunanda Nair, California

[edit] Music

Sandeep Madhavan - Bassist/Composer
S.Ambili,Play back singer
Mavelikkara Krishnankutty Nair - Mridangam Maestro
Mavelikkara Sankaran Kutty, Mridangam Vidwan
Thiruvizha Jayasankar- Nadaswaram maestro
Cherthala Gopalan Nair - Classical Music
MG Radhakrishnan, eminent Music director of Malayalam cinema
P Jayachandran, promient playback singer
M Jayachandran, popular Music director
Vaikkom Chandrasekharan Nair, veteran carnatic vocalist
L. Omanakkutty - Classical Music
M.G. Sreekumar- Noted Malayalam film singer
K.S. Chitra- Noted Malayalam film singer
Sujatha Mohan - South Indian Playback Singer
Kavalam Sreekumar - Classical Music
Sukumari Narendra Menon - Classical music
Athira Kodampally,Violonist - Guinness record for 32 hour non-stop violin concert
M.G.Radhakrishnan - Classical Music
T.K.Pukazhenthi, Music Director
G. Venugopal, Noted Malayalam film singer
Madhu Balakrishnan, Noted Malayalam film singer
Biju Narayanan, Noted Malayalam film singer
Thulasivanam alias R Ramachandran Nair - Composer of Carantic Kritis

[edit] Film

G. Aravindan- Film director[[13]]
Balachandra Menon - National award winning actor[[14]]
Adoor Gopalakrishnan- Film Director of International Fame and Dadasaheb Phalke Award Winner (2004)[[15]]
Bharathan - Director whose many films won awards
Bharath Gopi - National Award Winning Actor. Also known as Bharat Gopi or Kodiyettam Gopi
Padmarajan- the Auteur Director/Script Writer
Padmini - Actress and dancer.[[16]]
Murali Nair - Film director, Cannes Award Winner
M. T. Vasudevan Nair - Screen play, Script writer, Director[[17]]
Nedumudi Venu (real name - Venugopalan Nair) - Actor
B.Harikumar- Film Actor
Damodaran Nair
Krishnankutti Nair
Rajivnath- Film director

Asha G. Menon - Singer

Balan K. Nair (real name - Balakrishnan Nair) - Actor

Adoor Bhasi (real name - Bhaskaran Nair) – Actor, Comedian.
Thoppil Bhasi - Script Writer
P. Bhaskaran - Lyricist [[18]]
Bichu Thirumala-Lyricist
Biju Menon - Actor
Vaikom Chandrasekharan Nair - Script writer & Novelist
K. S. Chitra - Playback Singer
Dileep (real name - Gopalakrishnan) – Actor
Hari Nair - Photography in films
Jagadeesh - Actor
Jayan (real name - Krishnan Nair) - Action Hero of the Eighties
Jayaraj - Director
Kalpana - Actress
Karthika (real name - Sunanda Nair) - Actress
Kay Kay Menon- Actor
Kiridom Unni (Krishnakumar Narayanan Nair)- Producer and Distributor
M. Krishnan Nair - Director
O. N. V.Kurup - Lyricist
P. Leela - Singer
Madhu (real name - Madhavan Nair)- Actor and Director
Madhupal - Actor
Mallika Sukumaran – Actress
P.N. Menon - Director
Mini Nair - Actress
Mohanlal- Malayalam National Award Winning Actor and Super Star
Murali – Actor
Kaavalam Narayana Panicker - Lyricist
Narendra Prasad - Actor
Navya Nair (real name - Dhanya Nair) - Actress
G.S. Panicker - Children's movie director
Parvathi (real name - Aswati P Kurup) - Actress
S.P.Pillai - Actor
N. N. Pillai - Actor & Drama director
Aranmula Ponnamma - Actress
Prithviraj - Actor
Priyadarshan- one of the most successful Film directors in India
Kamukara Purushothaman - Singer
M.G. Radhakrishnan – Singer and Music Director
Ragini – Film Actress and Dancer.
Rajam .K. Nair - Actress
T.K. Rajeev Kumar – Director
Rajeev Menon- Ace Photographer/ Director
Maniyan Pillai Raju - Actor, Comedian
Raman Nair - Film editor
Revathi Menon (real name - Asha Kelunni) - Actress and Director
Sai Kumar - Actor
Sangeeth Shivan - Director
Sankaradi (real name - Sankaradiyil Chandrasekhara Menon) - Actor
Santhosh Shivan- Award winning Photographer/ Director
Shobhana (real name - Sobhana Chandrakumar) – Actress and Dancer.
Sona Nair - Actress
Kottarakkara Sreedharan Nair - Actor
M. G. Sreekumar - Singer
Sreekumaran Thampi - Lyricist, Director
PV Thampi - Writer, Author of 'Krishnaparunthu' (brother of Sreekumaran Thampi)
G. Sujatha - Playback Singer
Thikkurisi Sukumaran Nair - Actor
M.P. Sukumaran Nair - Director, Script writer
Sukumaran - Actor
Sukumari - Padma Shree Awarded Actress
Suresh Gopi- Actor and Super Star
Oduvil Unnikrishnan - Actor
Urvashi (real name - Kavita) - Actress
G. Venugopal - Singer
Venu Nagavalli – Actor (son Nagavalli RS Kurup)
Vijaya Raghavan - Actor
Urmila Unni - Actor
Kottarakkara Sreedharen Nair - Actor

[edit] Artists, Painters, Sculptors

K. Madhava Menon - Painter
Artist Gopala Pillai Pandalam - Painter
A.S. Nair - Illustrator and Artist
Madhu Omalloor - Cartoonist, Editor- in- Chief of Witness.
Nanda Kumar - Painter, Sculptor
K.P. Padmanabhan Thampi - Art Critic
K.C.S. Panicker - Painter, Sculptor. Founder of Chola Mandalam, the Artists' Village in Tamil Nadu.
C.K. Ra - Painter
A. Ramachandran - Painter
E.P. Unni - Cartoonist
Artist V.S. Valiathan - Painter
S. Jithesh - Cartoonist,Cartoon Critic and Illustrator
T.A.S. Menon - Artist,Former Principal of RaviVarma Fine Arts College, Mavelikkara.
Gopikrishnan - Cartoonist of Mathrubhumi Daily

[edit] Sports

Vimal Kumar- International Badminton player
Shanthakumaran Sreesanth- pace bowler & member of the Indian Cricket team (Son of Sri Shanthakumaran Nair)
Jayasankar Menon- Asian All Star & Former Indian Basket Ball team Captain
O.M. Nambiar - Mentor of P.T. Usha. Awarded "DronaCharya"
Prasanna Jayasankar- Former Indian Women Basketball team Captain
K.Jayaraman- Former Kerala State Cricket team Captain
Sree Kumaran Nair-Former Kerala State Cricket team Captain
PV Sathyan, former Captain of Indian Football team
Rajan Nair - Media Manager of Board Of Cricket Control In

India (BCCI)

Mohan Kutty - Captain, Indian Navy, VSM. World Masters Games 2005,Gold Medallist in Swimming. National Airrace 2003,flew from Bangalore to Nagpur on a PHG. 2nd in National Airrace 2001. National Champion of Hang Gliding 1985.

Vinan.G.Nair- Kerala State Wicket Keeper - State Bank of Travancore Cricket Team

[edit] Business and Entrepreneurship

Hemant Nair- Entrepreneur and Director- Mercury Systems Outsourcing, ProSquare LLC [USA, UK, India]
Arun Nair- Computer Telephony Integration specialist and entrepreneur; Chairman Runai Corporation USA
Rajan Menon- former MD of Silk Air, a branch of singapore airlines Singapore
Krishnan Menon- Transport and land authority Minister Singapore
Devan Nair- Former (3rd)President of Singapore
Dileep Nair- Former managing director of DBS Bank, Singapore and UN Under Secretary General for Internal Oversight Services
Govind Sankaranarayanan - CFO, VSNL International
Ramachandran- chairman of Atlas Jewellry, UAE,Oman[[19]]
Captain C.P. Krishnan Nair- Chairman, Leela Group of Hotels[[20]]
KTB Menon - Entrepreneur from the Middle East. An entry about him is in the Wikipedia
CK Menon - Present MD of the Behazd group of Companies in Oman
P. N. C. Menon - Chairman Shobha Group[[21]]
Ajith J Pillai - Founder and President NOUS Infosystems, Bangalore[[22]]
Ajith Balakrishnan - Founder and Chairman Rediff.com [[23]]
Ravi.M. Pillai- Chairman Al Faran Corporation, Saudi Arabia, M.D. Upasana Hospital, Kollam, Kerala.
Adv. Renjith Krishnankutty Panicker- Entreprenuer, Head of Sriram Group of companies - Automobiles, Kerala division
Rajiv Chandrasekhar Member of Indian Paliament- Venture capitalist, director Go Air, Mumbai.
G. A. Menon- Chairman of Venture Corporation, MagneComp Systems, Senior Systems, Toonz Animation, US Technology, Technomic, Dexcel, Customer Line until he died in Dec 2003.[[24]]
S.Santhosh- Chairman California Software, USA.
RC Suresh - Entrepreneur from the Middle East. Founder and Chairman of Golden Fries Ltd, The First Indian French Fries Company.
G.P. Nair - Drugs and Pharmaceuticals. Formerly President, Indian Drug Manufacturers’ Association(IDMA). JP (Bombay).
J.K.P. Nair-Founder/CEO, NAIR Corporation
T.P. G. Nambiar- Founder of the BPL group [[25]]
Late Shri Rajan Pillai - former Chairman Britannia India
Rajmohan Piilai - Chairman Beta Group- (known as Vendor Group in Kerala) [[26]]
K. Ravindranathan Nair Known as Achani Ravi - Cashew Exporter. Prprietor, General Picures
Reji Menon - Chairman, Asianet TV Channel
K. Shasikumar - Founder AsiaNet TV Channel
Subash Menon (Ezhuvathu)- Chairman/Founder Subex Systems[[27]]
Dr. Kesavan Nair, California - Management Writer, Trainer and Speaker
Balachandran Nair - Chairman & Managing Director Universal Empire
Venu Sethumadhavan Nair - Lead, Absence Management, Accenture.
Shobha Nair - Credit Manager, Global Treasury and Credit Services, Honeywell.
Kadiyampurath Narayanan Nair - Resident Director and Zambian Head of the Madhvani Group of companies and winner from Zambia of the Hind Rattan Award (meant for high achieving Non-Resident Indians).
N.R.Panicker - Founding Chairman and CEO, Accel LTD.[[28]]

K.P.Damodaran Nair - Chairman&managing Director Kaveri Food Products(I)PvtLtd.

Madhu Ankarath- Chairman & CEO Trans Atlantic Systems - Atlanta,USA
Dr. J. Hareendran Nair - Founder, Pankaja Kasturi Herbals (India) Ltd.[[29]]

[edit] Business Leadership - Executives

Hemant Nair- Founder and Director- Next Octave, India
M. K. Kumar - Former Chairman - Best & Co. Ltd, India
Vijay Bhaskar Menon - Chairman and Managing Director Thorn EMI Music Group
P. C. D. Nambiar - Former Chairman - State Bank of India
M. P. Nair - Chairman, Bank of Baroda Ltd
Prasad R. Menon - Chairman Tata Chemicals
M. R. R. Nair - Former Chairman - Steel Authority of India[[30]]
P H Menon - Chairman, Tata Chemicals
K. P. Padmakumar - ex Chairman - Federal Bank Limited
Rajiv Nair - Former President, Microsoft India
C. Jayaram - Director, Kotak Mahindra Limited
K Unnikrishnan - Former Chairman, Binny Limited
V Rajakrishnan - CEO, Royal Wolf Group India
R.N. Chettur - Former Managing Director, State Bank of India; former Chairman, Indian

Overseas Bank

Capt: Krishnan Nair , Leela Group
P.Sethumadhavan - General Manager,State Bank of Travancore,Trivandrum
K.P.P. Nambiar - Nambiar, founded Keltron, Tata Electronic Research and Development Labs and also served as CMD, ITI Ltd and GM of Nelco. He was Secretary, Department of Electronics (DoE)
Vijay S. Nair - Chairman and Managing Director, Visen Industries Ltd
M.K.Nair _ Founder and Managing Director, Petron Engineering Ltd
Girish Nair - Director Supports of N.J. Dataprint [Blr] Pvt. Ltd. - Pioneer in creating Prudencio Recovery CD
Padmaraj Menon - Execuitve - Kline Shipping Co.

Nambath Sasidharan Menon - Financial Advisor to the Al-Sabah family of Kuwait.
M Venugopalan- Chairman and Managing Director Federal Bank. Former CMD Bank of India
M K Kumaran-- Eminent industrialist and technocrat.

[edit] Religion

Chattambi Swami (Was a great preacher and social reformer)
Swami Chinmayananda ( Poothampalli Balakrishna Menon)- Founder Chinmaya Mission[[31]]
Swami Ranganathananda (Was the head of Sri Ramakrishna Mission)
Swami Vishnudevananda (known as Flying Swami was well known in India and Europe)[[32]]
Kavalam Swamy
Tapovanam Swmikal (Guru of Swami Chinmayananda)
Abhedananda Swamikal - The founder of Abheda Ashram, Trivandrum and the Akkhanda Deepam
Swami Bodhananda Saraswati -Founder, Sambodh Society [33]]

[edit] Historians

Ilamkulam Kunjan Pillai
M.G.S. Narayanan
K.P. Padmanabha Menon
Sardar K.M. Panicker Alias Kavalam Madhava Panicker Also former Prime Minister of Patiala and Kashmir Kingdoms
K.N. Panikkar JNU and Vice Chnacellor - Kaladi Sanscrit University
P. Sankunni Menon
A. Sreedhara Menon
Sadasya Thilakan T.K. Velu Pillai

[Members of Indian Parliament

Second Lok sabha
[[Badagara Dr. K. B. Menon Praja Socialist Party (PSP)

Kasargod Shri A. K. Gopalan Communist Party Kozhikode Shri K. P. Kuttikrishnan Nair Congress Mukundapuram Shri T. C. N. Menon Communist Party Quilon Shri V. P. Nayar Communist Party Thiruvella Shri P. K. Vasudevan Nair Communist Party ]]

Third Lok Sabha
[[Ambalapuzha Shri P. K. Vasudevan Nair Communist Party

Kesargod Shri A. K. Gopalan Communist Party Mukundapuram Shri P. G. Menon Congress Quilon Shri N. Sreekantan Nair Revolutionary Socialist Party (RSP) Tellicherry Shri S. K. Pottekkatt Independent ]]

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