This is a list of prominent Syrian Christians of Kerala.

Government of India P. J. Thomas, Parakunnel, an economist who served as first economic advisor of independent India (1942–1948), member of Indian delegation that signed the UN Charter (1945), Member of Parliament, Rajya Sabha (1957–1962) and founder-principal of St. Thomas College, Palai (1950–1952). A. M. Thomas Union Minister, Chairman Khadi Commission ) John Mathai, an economist who served as India's first Railway Minister (1947–1948), as Finance Minister (1949–1950), first Chairman of State Bank of India (1955), Vice Chancellor of University of Mumbai (1955–1957) and of University of Kerala (1957–1959). M. M. Jacob – Ministries of Parliamentary Affairs, Water Resources and Home Affairs at different periods (1987–93). A. K. Antony, politician who served as Defence Minister of India (2006–2014), Chief Minister of Kerala (1977–78, 1995–96, 2001–2004) and Member of Parliament, Rajya Sabha (1985–1995, 2005–present). P. J. Kurien – 18th Deputy Chairman of the Rajya Sabha (2012–2018) P. C. Chacko

Governors of states K. M. Chandy (politician) – Governor of Gujarat, Governor of Madhya Pradesh P. C. Alexander ninth Governor of Tamil Nadu, 1988–1990 seventeenth Governor of Maharashtra, 1993–2002 seventh Governor of Goa, 1996–1998 P. V. Cherian – eighth Governor of Maharashtra, 1964–1969 M. M. Jacob – ninth Governor of Meghalaya, 1995–2007 A. J. John, Anaparambil – fourth Governor of Madras, 1956–1957 Madathilparampil Mammen Thomas Governor of Nagaland, 1990–1992

Council of Ministers, India John Mathai – Minister for Finance (1948–1950) A.K. Antony – Minister of Defence (2006–2014) – Minister for Consumer Affairs, Food and Public Distribution (1993–1995)

Minister of State (Independent Charges) Alphons Kannanthanam, BJP – Union Minister of State for Electronics and Information Technology, Culture, and Tourism (2016–2019)

Minister of State (MoS) M. M. Jacob – Ministries of Parliamentary Affairs, Water Resources and Home Affairs at different periods (1987–93)

State governments

Chief Ministers of Kerala A. K. Antony – Former Chief Minister of Kerala. Oommen Chandy – Former Chief Minister of Kerala.

Chief Ministers of Travancore-Cochin (1949-56) Anaparambil Joseph John – Former Chief Minister of Kerala, 2nd Assembly (1952–53) (1951 election)

Ministers T. M. Varghese – Minister for Education, Travancore (1948), of Travancore-Cochin (1952) Anoop Jacob – Minister for Food and Civil Supplies (2011–2016) Baby John – Minister for Revenue & Labour (1970–77) E. John Jacob – Minister for Food and Civil Supplies (1977) Jose Thettayil – Minister for Transport (2006–11) Joseph Mundassery – Minister for Education & Co-operation, Kerala (1957–1959) K. C. George – Minister for Food and Forest (1957–59) K. C. Joseph – Minister for Information & Public Relations, Rural Development and Norka roots. (2011–16) K. M. George – Minister for Transport & Health (1969–70) K. M. Mani – Minister for Finance (1975–1977; 1980–1986; 2011–2016); Home Affairs (1977–1979); Irrigation (1987); Revenue (1991–1996; 2001–2006) C. F. Thomas – Minister for Culture (2001–2004) K. T. Jacob – Minister for Revenue (1969–72) Mathew T. Thomas – Minister for Transport (2006–2009) Monce Joseph – Minister for Public Works (2007–2009) N. M. Joseph – Minister for Forests (1987–1991) P. J. Joseph – Minister for Public Works (1996–2001, 2006 and 2009–2010); Water Resources (2011–2016) P. P. George – Minister for Labour and Employment Labour and Employment P. T. Chacko – Minister for Home Affairs (1960–1964) T. M. Jacob – Minister for Education (1982–1987) T. V. Thomas – Minister for Labour, Employment and Transport (1957–59) T. S. John – Minister for Food and Civil Supplies (1977 - 1978) E. P. Poulose – Minister for Food and Agriculture (1960–1964)

Other states K. J. George – Minister of Home, Karnataka (2013–2016)

Political leaders C.P.Mathen – Member of Parliament (1952); Indian Ambassador to Sudan (1957–1960) Mathai Manjooran – member of Rajya Sabha (1952–1954) K. M. George – member, Kerala Legislative Assembly (1960–1964) founder Kerala Congress (1964) P. Chacko MLA – Member, Kerala Legislative Assembly (1960–1964) Dr. George Thomas – Kerala Legislative Assembly (1967–1970) P.J. Kurien – Member and Deputy Speaker of Rajya Sabha from Kerala (2012–incumbent) Oommen Chandy – former chief minister Kerala (2446 days) Charles Dias – first Malayalee nominated as Anglo Indian MP

Alphonse Kannanthanam – former Central Tourism, IT, Electronics Minister; BJP Rajyasabha MP from Kerala

Award winners Padma Vibhushan John Matthai – Literature & Education (1959) Verghese Kurien – Dairy farming & food production (1999) George Sudarshan – Science & Engineering (2007)

Padma Bhushan Dr. Jacob Chandy – Neurosciences & surgery (1964) Kandathil Mammen Cherian – Literature & Education (1971) Pothan Joseph – Literature & Education (1973) George Sudarshan – Literature & Education (1976) Thomas Kailath – Science and Engineering (2009) T. K. Oommen – sociologist Thayil Jacob Sony George (T. J. S. George) – Literature & Education (2011) Jacob Cherian – Social Work (1999) Philipose Chrysostyom Mar Thoma -Social & Religious Service (2018)

Padma Shri Perakath Verghese Benjamin – Medicine (1955) Kandathil Mammen Cherian – Literature & Education (1965) Dr. Mary Poonen Lukose – Obstetrics and gynaecology (1975) Manathoor Devasia Valsamma, M. D. Valsamma – Sports (1983) T. K. Alex – Science and Technology (2007) Jose Chacko Periappuram – Medicine (2011); first heart transplant Kerala

National Medal of Science Thomas Kailath (2012) – presented by President Barack Obama in 2014 for "transformative contributions to the fields of information and system science, for distinctive and sustained mentoring of young scholars, and for translation of scientific ideas into entrepreneurial ventures that have had a significant impact on industry"

Booker Prize Arundhati Roy – awarded the 1997 Booker Prize for her novel The God of Small Things

Fellow of the British Academy Rajesh Chandy

The Medal of the Order of Australia Sajeev Koshy

Civil Services India Abraham Mathai Nooranal, IES, IPS, UN International Civil Service, retired as Chief Security Advisor of United Nations Human Rights, Geneva, continuing as a Europe based Senior Consultant at the UN. Alexander Jacob – Retired IPS, former Kerala Director General of Police B. G. Verghese – former information adviser to Prime Minister Indira Gandhi P.J Thomas Parakunnel – first Chief Economic Advisor of India Anna Malhotra – first female member of the Indian Administrative Service Hormis Tharakan – former Chief of the Research and Analysis Wing Jacob Thomas – retired IPS, former Director General of Vigilance & Anti-Corruption Bureau (VACB), Government of Kerala Jacob Punnoose – Director General of Police of Kerala and as the State Police Chief Merin Joseph – Youngest woman IPS M.O. Mathai - Private Secretary to India's first Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru. P. J. Thomas – 14th Central Vigilance Commissioner of India Ranjan Mathai – 28th Foreign Secretary of India. V. J. Kurian – Additional Chief Secretary to the Government of Kerala, managing director of Cochin International Airport

Australia Peter Varghese – Former Secretary of the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade

Military leaders Indian Army Lieutenant General Philip Campose – Vice Chief of the Army Staff of the Indian Army Lieutenant General Bobby Cherian Mathews – General officer commanding of Konark Corps Havildar Thomas Philipose – medal winner in the Indo-Pakistani War of 1971

Indian Navy Admiral Ronald Lynsdale Pereira – 9th Chief of Naval Staff of the Indian Navy (1979–1982), former Flag Officer Commanding-in-Chief of the Eastern Fleet (FOCEF), Eastern Naval Command, former Flag Officer Commanding-in-Chief of the Southern Naval Command and former Flag Officer Commanding-in-Chief of the Western Naval Command Vice Admiral EC Kuruvila, Western Fleet Commander during India-Pakistan War (1971), Chairman & Managing Director, Mazagon Dock, Mumbai (1972–1976)

Law Supreme Court Judges K. K. Mathew (1971–1976) Kurian Joseph (2013–) K. Thomas (1985–2006) Cyriac Joseph (2008–2012) K. M. Joseph (2018–2023)

High Court Judges Anna Chandy, first woman judge of an Indian High Court Bechu Kurian Thomas, judge of Kerala High Court J. B. Koshy, Chief Justice Patna high court Mary Joseph, Kerala High Court judge P. Cherian, high court judge of Travancore Antony Dominic, former Chief Justice of Kerala Pius C. Kuriakose, Chief Justice of Sikkim High court Shaji P. Chaly, Kerala High Court judge Sunil Thomas, Kerala High Court judge T. C. Poonen, High court judge of Travancore and the first Malayali to study law in England. Sathish Ninan, present Kerala High court judge

Lawyers Barrister George Joseph (1887–1938) – lawyer and Indian independence activist. Remembered for his role in Home Rule agitation and Vaikom Satyagraha, and for his editorship of Motilal Nehru's The Independent and Mahatma Gandhi's Young India. Rose Varghese – former Vice Chancellor of National University of Advanced Legal Studies, Kochi. Advocate V.J Mathai – lawyer and Indian independence activist, Best known for being the first Indian to defeat a European in an election.

Academia Scientists George Varghese – Principal Researcher at Microsoft Research

Faculty Abraham Verghese – professor of medicine at Stanford University George Sudarsan – Padma Vibhushan Emeritus professor Thomas Kailath – Padma Bhushan; Professor of Engineering George Varghese – Professor of Computer Science K. Mani Chandy – Professor of Computer Science Mathai Varghese – Professor of Mathematics Prema Kurien – Professor of Sociology Priya Kurian – Professor of economics Thomas Zacharia – computer scientist Varghese Mathai – professor of mathematics at University of Adelaide Pius Malekandathil – Professor of History at Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi

Heads of institutions Mathai Varghese – Director of the Institute for Geometry and its Applications (IGA), Adelaide Eluvathingal Devassy Jemmis – Director of Indian Institute of Science Education and Research, Thiruvananthapuram K. T. Chandy – Founder and former director of Indian Institute of Management Calcutta, the first Indian Institute of Management

Medical sciences Mary Poonen Lukose – first female surgeon general of India Abraham Verghese – Professor of Medicine and Senior Associate Chair of Department of Internal Medicine at Stanford University School of Medicine Lucy Oommen – Indian gynaecologist, first medical director of Indian origin at the St Stephen's Hospital, Delhi Sunny Kurian – founder president of the UAE wing of the Indian Academy of Pediatrics Thomas Thomas – first Indian cardio-thoracic surgeon Jacob Chandy – first neurosurgeon in India Prof Joseph Vettukattil. Inventor AFR device, VASO, VB stent. Endowed chair Congenital Cardiology Research. First certified pediatric cardiologist UK. Structured multiplanar reformating of 3D echocardiography. First to do 3D printing from echocardiography and first in the world to do multimodality image integration.

Business and commerce M. G. George Muthoot – Chairman of Muthoot Group Thomas Kurian – Global President of Product Development at Oracle Corporation, CEO of Google Cloud Reji Abraham – Managing Director of ABAN Group of Companies C J George – founder and CEO of Geojit Financial Services George Alexander Muthoot – Managing Director of Muthoot Finance & Muthoot Group Verghese Kurien – founder Chairman of Gujarat Co-operative Milk Marketing Federation Ltd. Joy Alukkas – Chairman of Joyalukkas Group K.M. Mammen Mappilai – founder of MRF Tyres and Manorama publications Kochouseph Chittilappilly – Managing Director of V Guard Industries Ltd