# List of people from Kollam

The following is a list of notable people from Kollam, Kerala, India. For more details please see their respective articles.

## Film and media
### Actors and Actresses

* Jayan, Indian actor
* Suresh Gopi, Indian actor and politician
* Urvashi (actress), Indian actress
* Jayabharathi, Indian actress
* Kottarakkara Sreedharan Nair, Indian Actor
* Kollam G. K. Pillai, Indian actor
* Murali (Malayalam actor), Indian actor
* Balachandra Menon, Indian actor and director
* Sai Kumar (Malayalam actor), Indian actor
* Kalaranjini, Indian actress
* Anusree, Indian actress
* Mallika Sukumaran, Malayalam actress
* Narendra Prasad, Malayalam actor
* Aranmula Ponnamma, Malayalam actress
* K. B. Ganesh Kumar, Indian actor and minister
* Shobha Mohan, Indian actress
* Jalaja, Indian actress
* Ambili Devi, Malayalam film actress
* Jayakumar Parameswaran Pillai, Indian television actor
* P. Balachandran, Indian actor
* Anu Mohan, Indian actor
* Vinu Mohan, Indian actor
* Vijay Babu, Indian actor and producer
* Uma Nair, television actress
* Baby Ameya, Indian child actress
* Kundara Johnny, Indian actor
* Aima Rosmy Sebastian, Indian actress
* Shiju Abdul Rasheed, Indian actor
* Noorin Shereef, Indian actress
* Vineeth Mohan, Indian actor
* Mukesh, Indian actor and politician
* Jameela Malik, Indian actress
* K. P. A. C. Sunny, Indian actor
* Divyadarshan, Indian actor
* Vinitha Koshy, Indian actress
* O. Madhavan, theatre personality
* Geetha Salam, Indian actor

### Directors, Producers and Script-writers

* Rahul Riji Nair, Indian film director
* East Coast Vijayan, Indian film producer and lyricist
* K. Ravindranathan Nair, Indian film producer
* Amal Neerad, Indian film director
* G. R. Indugopan, Indian screenwriter
* K. P. Nambiathiri, Indian cinematographer
* R. Sarath, Indian film director and screenwriter
* Anwar Rasheed, Indian film director and producer
* Sajan K. Mathew, Indian film director
* Shaji N Karun, Malayalam movie director
* James Albert, screenwriter and director
* Girish Gangadharan, Indian cinematographer
* Ansar Shah, Indian cinematographer
* M. A. Nishad, Indian film director

### Sound Engineers

* Resul Pookutty, Oscar Award winner, sound engineer
* Tony Babu, Indian film sound designer

## Literature and writing

* Azhakathu Padmanabha Kurup, Indian scholar
* P. Madhavan Pillai, writer and translator
* O. N. V. Kurup, Indian writer
* N. P. Nayar, Indian writer
* Sooranad Kunjan Pillai, Indian writer
* S. Guptan Nair, Indian scholar and writer
* Panmana Ramachandran Nair, Malayalam language writer
* Kurissery Gopala Pillai, Indian writer
* Elamkulam Kunjan Pillai, historian and scholar
* Sugathakumari, Indian poet
* K. C. Kesava Pillai, Indian writer
* C. N. Sreekantan Nair, Indian writer
* Lalithambika Antharjanam, Indian writer
* Pamman, Indian writer
* Krishnabhaskar Mangalasserri, Indian writer
* C. V. Kunhiraman, Indian writer
* Thirunalloor Karunakaran, Indian writer
* Vidhu Vincent, Indian writer
* Cheri Viswanath, Indian writer
* Samuel (cartoonist), Indian writer
* P. Bhaskaranunni, Malayalam scholar and literary critic

## Bureaucrats and Politicians

* Gopal Krishna Pillai, Indian administrative officer
* Vennikkulam Gopala Kurup, Indian Politician
* K. Chandrasekhara Pillai, Indian politician
* Thennala Balakrishna Pillai, Indian politician
* R. Balakrishna Pillai, Former minister of kerala
* Kumbalathu Sanku Pillai, politician and freedom fighter
* Eswara Pillai Chandrasekharan Nair
* K. B. Ganesh Kumar, Indian actor and minister
* K. N. P. Kurup, Indian Politician
* G. Janardhana Kurup, Indian lawyer and politician
* P. R. Madhavan Pillai, Indian politician
* V. P. Ramakrishna Pillai, Indian politician
* N. K. Premachandran, member of Lok Sabha representing Kollam Lok Sabha constituency.
* Rajmohan Unnithan, Indian politician
* E. K. Pillai, Indian politician
* G. S. Jayalal, Indian politician
* P. Aisha Potty, Indian politician and the MLA
* C. Kesavan, Chief minister of erstwhile travancore-cochin(1950–52)
* R. Sankar, former chief minister of kerala
* M. A. Baby, politician
* C. V. Padmarajan, Indian politician and advocate
* P. K. Gurudasan, politician and MLA
* Baby John, politician
* M. Noushad, politician
* A. A. Rahim, politician
* T. M. Varghese, politician and freedom fighter
* J. Chinchu Rani, politician
* Henry Austin (Indian politician), politician

## Business and commerce

* B. Ravi Pillai, businessman
* Rajan Pillai, businessman
* K. Ravindranathan Nair, Indian businessman
* Thangal Kunju Musaliar, industrialist & educational visionary
* Sohan Roy, Indian entrepreneur

## Rulers and Nobles

* Vira Ravi Ravi Varma, Raja of Venad
* Ettuveetil Pillamar, Landlords and governors of Venad

## Social Service

* N. P. Nayar, Administrator of Azad Hind
* Kumbalathu Sanku Pillai, politician and freedom fighter
* Lalithambika Antharjanam, Social reformer

## Stage Artist

* Mukundan Pillai, Kathaprasangam Artist
* Madavoor Vasudevan Nair Rama Kurup, Kathakali artist

## Journalist

* Sreekandan Nair, Indian media personality

## Religion and Spiritual

* Chattampi Swamikal, Hindu sage
* Matha Amrithananda Mayi, spiritual leader

## Sports

* Tinu Yohannan, international cricket
* Suresh Babu, Indian long jumper
* Olympian T. C. Yohannan, athlete
* Akshay Kodoth, Indian cricketer