# List of people from Nagercoil

The following is a list of prominent people who were born in/lived in or around Nagercoil, or for whom Nagercoil is a significant part of their identity.
| Neela Padmanabhan | Kavimani Desigavinayagam Pillai | G.D.Boaz | Madhu |
| G. Madhavan Nair | C. Sylendra Babu | Manju Warrier | S. Ramesan Nair |
| H. S. S. Lawrence | Ajayan Vinu | Sukumari | Chempakaraman Pillai |
| Vijay Vasanth | Kailasavadivoo Sivan | Nambi Narayanan | |

## Kings, royals and princesses
### Kings of Travancore

* Marthanda Varma Kulasekhara Perumal (1729–1758)
* Balarama Varma Kulasekhara Perumal – Dharma Raja Karthika Thirunal (1758–1798)
* Balarama Varma Kulasekhara Perumal (1798–1810)
* Gouri Laksmibhai Ranee (1810–1815)
* Gouri Parvathibhai Ranee (1815–1829)
* Swathi Thirunal Rama Varma Kulasekhara Perumal (1829–1847)
* Uthram Thirunal Marthanda Varma Maharaja (1847–1860)
* Ayilyam Thirunal Rama Varma Maharaja (1860–1880)
* Visakham Thirunal Rama Varma Maharaja (1880–1885)
* Shri Moolam Thirunal Maharajah (1885–1924)
* Sethu Laksmibhai Ranee (1924–1933)
* Shri Chithira Thirunal Balarama Varma Maharajah (1933–1949) – last King of Travancore; Rajpramukh of Thiru-Kochi

## Government Service
### Reserve Bank of India

* S. Venkitaramanan - 18th Governor of the Reserve Bank of India.

### Navy

* Admiral Oscar Stanley Dawson - 12th Chief of Naval Staff of the Indian Navy.
* Admiral Sushil Kumar - 16th Chief of Naval Staff of the Indian Navy.
* Admiral Nilakanta Krishnan - Indo-Pakistani War of 1971.

### Police

* F. V. Arul - 2nd Central Bureau of Investigation Director.
* Walter Devaram - Former Director general of police of Tamil Nadu.
* Christopher Nelson - Former Director general of police of Tamil Nadu.
* G. Nanchil Kumaran - Former Director general of police of Tamil Nadu.
* N. Paramasivan Nair - Former Director general of police of Kerala.
* Joel Davis - Director general of police, Hyderabad.

### Chief Justice of State

* N. Paul Vasanthakumar - Chief Justice of Jammu & Kashmir (2015-2017).

### Jurists

* Omana Kunjamma - First Indian Women Magistrate.

### Diplomats

* Bijay Selvaraj - Indian Ambassador to UK, Egypt, and Bangladesh.

### Government Secretaries

* Nilakanta Mahadeva AyyarCIE - Former Governor of Bengal and Chief Secretary to the Government of India.
* Y. S. Rajan - Secretary, Department of Space, Indian Space Research Organisation.
* Sheela Balakrishnan - Former Chief Secretary of Tamil Nadu.
* Girija Vaidyanathan - Chief Secretary of Tamil Nadu.
* M. G. Devashagayam - Former Chief Secretary of Haryana.

## Scientists

* G.D.Boaz - First Indian psychologist.
* Raja Chelliah - Indian economist and recipient of Padma Vibushan.
* Ranjan Roy Daniel - Indian cosmic-physicist and former director of Tata Institute of Fundamental Research, Recipient of Padma Bhushan.
* Subbayya Sivasankaranarayana Pillai - Indian mathematician and inventor of Pillai's conjecture, Pillai's arithmetical function, Pillai prime, Pillai sequence.
* M.S.S. Pandian - Renowned social scientist and former Dean of Department of Social Science at Jawaharlal Nehru University.
* H. S. S. Lawrence - Special Envoy to Afghanistan.
* C. Livingstone - Indian plant taxonomist.
* Kolappa Kanakasabhapathy Pillay - Indian historian and former dean at University of Madras.
* Ajayan Vinu - Indian material scientist and professor University of Queensland.
* Sivanandi Rajadurai - Indian scientist in the field of catalysis, physical chemistry, and emission control.

### Defence Research and Development Organisation

* A. Sivathanu Pillai - Former chairman of DRDO.
* S. Christopher - Chairman of DRDO.

### Indian Space Research Organisation

* G. Madhavan Nair - 6th Chairman (2003-2009)
* Kailasavadivoo Sivan - 10th Chairman of Indian Space Research Organisation
* Nambi Narayanan - Aerospace Scientist and Founder of Cryogenic Engine in India.

## Entertainment
### Film, television, theater, and dance

* Sathyan - First Malayalam film superstar.
* Sukumari - Indian film actress.
* Manju Warrier - Malayalam film actress.
* Madhavan Nair - Malayalam film actor.
* J. C. Daniel - Father of Malayalam film industry.
* Thikkurissy Sukumaran Nair - Malayalam film director.
* Nyla Usha - Malayalam film actress.
* Manu Ramesan - Indian film composer.
* M. Rajesh - Tamil film director.
* K. R. Ramsingh - Indian theater artist.
* M. R. Gopakumar - Renowned Indian theater artist.
* Deepti Omchery Bhalla - Indian Mohiniattam dance exponent.
* Padmesh - Indian cinematographer.
* Vijay Vasanth - Indian actor.
* Menaka Suresh - Indian actress.
* Bala Singh - Indian actor

### Comedians, humorists, and entertainers

* N. S. Krishnan - Tamil actor.
* Kanal Kannan - Renowned Indian action choreographer, stunt co-ordinator.

### Musicians

* Vishwas Nicholas - Singer/Songwriter/Composer (Guinness World Record Holder).
* Vijay Antony - Indian music composer, playback singer.
* K.V. Mahadevan - Composer; winner of the National Film Award for Best Music Direction (1968 & 1980).
* Neelakanta Sivan - Carnatic music composer.
* Nagercoil S. Ganesa Iyer - Prominent Carnatic musician and exponent.
* Leela Omchery - Indian classical singer, musicologist and writer.
* Nagercoil Harihara Iyer - Indian violinist.
* Bhoothapandi Arunachalam Chidambaranathan - Indian film composer and musician.
* Kamukara Purushothaman - Indian playback singer.
* R. Muttusamy - Sri lankan musician and singer.
* Neyyattinkara Vasudevan - Carnatic music vocalist.
* Poongani, Veteran villupaattu exponent.

## Art, literature, journalism, and philosophy

* Kavimani Desigavinayagam Pillai - Tamil Renaissance poet.
* Thirunainar Kurichi Madhavan Nair - Renowned Indian poet, novelist and lyricist.
* T. V. Ramasubbaiyer - Founder of Indian Daily Newspaper Dinamalar.
* Amsi Narayanapilla - Renowned Malayalam Poet.
* T. N. Gopakumar - Editor in chief of Asianet News
* Aiyappan Pillai - Renowned Malayalam Author.
* Neela Padmanabhan - Indian writer and 2007 recipient of Sahitya Akademi Award.
* Nanjil Nadan - Indian writer and 2010 recipient of Sahitya Akademi Award.
* T. M. Chidambara Ragunathan - Indian writer and 1983 recipient of Sahitya Akademi Award.
* Thoppil Mohamed Meeran - Indian writer and 1997 recipient of Sahitya Akademi Award.
* Ponneelan - Indian writer and 1994 recipient of Sahitya Akademi Award.
* Rajasekharan Parameswaran - Indian painter.
* David Davidar - English novelist.
* B. Jeyamohan - Indian writer and literary critic.
* S. Ramesan Nair - Indian poet.
* Aravindan Neelakandan - Indian columnist at Swarajya

## Entrepreneurs and businessmen

* H. Vasanthakumar - Founder and director of Vasanth & Co.

## Environmentalists

* Jivanayakam Cyril Daniel - Indian naturalist.
* A. J. T. Johnsingh - Former director of Wildlife Institute of India.
* S. S. Davidson - Indian environmentalist.

## Sports

* Ramanathan Krishnan - Retired Indian tennis player and Wimbledon semifinalist in 1960 & 1961.
* Thalaivan Sargunam - Indian cricketer.
* Antony Dhas - Indian cricketer.