This is a list of notable people from Palakkad district in Kerala state, India. The list includes celebrities in the fields of literature, arts, dance, drama, music, films and politics.
Art, dance, drama, music, sports and film personalities Major Ravi Nair, film director Gautham Vasudev Menon, film director Leela, film actress Keezhpadam Kumaran Nair, kathakali Ramankutty Nair, kathakali artist Kaushik Menon, playback singer M.S.Viswanathan, composer and playback singer M. D. Ramanathan, carnatic V T Bhattathiripad, drama Chembai Vaidyanatha Bhagavathar, carnatic
P. Leela, playback singer Palghat Mani Iyer, mrudangam Unni Menon, playback singer Swarnalatha, playback singer P. Unnikrishnan, carnatic and playback singer Stephen Devassy, pianist, composer, arranger Kutty, cartoonist Shyamaprasad, film director, actor, producer, screenwriter, writer PU Chitra, athlete K.S. Sethumadhavan, film director Anumol, actress Raghuvaran, actor Kalamandalam Kesavan, actor Street Academics, hip-hop group V. A. Shrikumar Menon, film director Manikandan Pattambi, film actor Parvathy Nambiar, actress Alathur Brothers, carnatic Govind Padmasoorya, Indian television presenter Lakshmy Ramakrishnan, actress, screenwriter, director fashion designer
Social, political and administrative personalities Sir Chettur Sankaran Nair, lawyer, statesman, only Keralite to become President of the Indian National Congress K P Kesava Menon, idealist, founder of Mathrubhoomi Shivshankar Menon, international diplomat T. N. Seshan, former chief election commissioner Shashi Tharoor, Under-Secretary General, UN, Loksabha MP, Congress Working Committee member Prakash Karat, former CPM General Secretary E Sreedharan, engineer, Delhi Metro Rail Corporation M K Narayanan, chief of Indian Intelligence Bureau V P Menon, officer of British India Administration Kunhiraman Palat Candeth, lieutenant general in the Indian Army K Sankaranarayanan governor of state Ajay Vidyasagar, Media Leader, Managing Director of Google Asia Pacific and YouTube, Board advisor National Institute of Technology
Literary personalities Anita Nair P. R. Pisharoty (Kollengode, father of remote sensing in India) Kunjan Nambiar Olappamanna O V Vijayan Akkitham Achuthan Namboothiri Malayattoor Ramakrishnan Shashi Tharoor K. S. Sethumadhavan
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