This a list of notable people from the Indian city of Alappuzha, Kerala.
Academia and science Itty Achudan - the major contributor of ethno-medical information for the compilation of Hortus Malabaricus Illiparambil Corah Chacko - geologist Pallithanam Luca Matthai - pioneer of kayal cultivation in Kuttanad, and former member of Sree Moolam Popular Assembly Sreedhara Panicker Somanath - Current Chairman of the Indian Space Research Organisation M. S. Swaminathan - Agronomist, Agricultural Scientist
Arts and entertainment
Film and stage K. Madhu - film director, film producer, actor Saranya Ponvannan - actor Parvathy Jayaram - actor Mammootty - actor Navodaya Appachan (Chacko Punnoose) - film producer, director, and entrepreneur Ashokan - Malayalam film actor, 1978– Thoppil Bhasi - playwright, screenwriter, and film director Kunchako Boban - film actor Riaz M T - Film Actor Rajan P. Dev - Malayalam film actor Fazil - film director Fahad Fazil - film actor Chelangatt Gopalakrishnan - film critic and writer Kunchacko - film producer and director K. P. A. C. Lalitha - film actress Balachandra Menon - film actor, director, script writer Navya Nair - film actress in Malayalam, Tamil, and Kannada films Padmarajan - film director, script writer, story writer Chenganoor Raman Pillai - stage actor Muthukulam Raghavan Pillai - dramatist, film actor, poet Narendra Prasad - actor, playwright, and director Ratheesh - film actor M. G. Sreekumar - playback singer and film music director Sreekumaran Thampi - lyricist, director, producer, script writer Vayalar Sarath Chandra Varma - film lyricist Nedumudi Venu - film actor Vinayan - film director Saranya Mohan - film actor Aarsha Chandini Baiju - film actress Sibi Malayil - film director Renji Panicker - Actor, Scriptwriter, Film Director Mallika Sukumaran - Actress
Graphic arts K. Shankar Pillai - cartoonist (Shankar)
Literature Eleanour Sinclair Rohde - British gardener and writer on gardening Joy J. Kaimaparamban - English and Malayalam author Ayyappa Paniker - poet Kavalam Narayana Panicker - poet Parappurath (K. E. Mathai) - novelist and short story writer Thakazhi Sivasankara Pillai - novelist and short story writer Vayalar Ramavarma- Malayalam poet and film lyricist K. P. Sasidharan- Malayalam writer and academic Lopamudra R - Malayalam Poet and Translator
Music Mavelikkara Velukkutty Nair - mridangam player Palani Subramaniam Pillai - percussionist, played the mridangam and kanjira Erickavu N. Sunil - mridangam player Mavelikkara Prabhakara Varma - Carnatic singer V. Dakshinamoorthy - Music Composer, Carnatic Vocalist M. G. Radhakrishnan - Music Composer Pathiyoor Sankarankutty - Kathakali Musician
Kathakali and other art forms Mathoor Govindan Kutty - Kathakali Artist
Commerce and business Bhima Bhattar - founder of Bhima Jewellers at Mullakkal, Alleppey
Judiciary Justice CT Ravikumar, Judge Supreme Court of India
Politics, government, and social welfare V. S. Achuthanandan - former Chief Minister and current leader of opposition of Kerala K. R. Gowri Amma - Revenue Minister in the first Kerala LDF ministry, initiated the revolutionary land reforms in Kerala, Agriculture Minister in Kerala UDF Ministry A. K. Antony - Three-time Chief Minister of Kerala, Former Indian Defence Minister Ramesh Chennithala - politician, former Member of Parliament T. K. Madhavan (1885–1930) social reformer, journalist and revolutionary Pallithanam Luca Matthai - Former member of Sree Moolam Popular Assembly and pioneer of kayal cultivation in Kuttanad Kavalam Madhava Panikkar - diplomat, administrator, historian P. Parameswaran - director of Bharathiya Vichara Kendram and president of Vivekananda Kendram Vayalar Ravi - former Home minister of Kerala, Union Cabinet Minister of Overseas Indian Affairs and Minister for Parliamentary Affairs C. M. Stephen - politician and Union minister
Religion Baselios Thoma Didymos I - Catholicos of the East and Malankara Metropolitan Kuriakose Elias Chavara - Blessed, co-founder of CMI James Kalacherry - Bishop of Changanacherry, who campaigned against the move by C. P. Ramaswami Iyer, the Diwan of Travancore in 1945, to nationalise all schools Navajyothi Sree Karunakara, the founder of Santhigiri Ashram Mar Thomas Kurialachery - Venerable, first bishop of what would become the Archdiocese of Changanassery, and founder of the Sisters of the Adoration of the Blessed Sacrament
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