# List of people from Thiruvananthapuram

List of notable people who were born or settled in Thiruvananthapuram (Trivandrum), Kerala.

## Former rulers of Travancore

* Marthanda Varma
* Sethu Lakshmi Bayi
* Dharma Raja
* Ayilyam Thirunal
* Swathi Thirunal Rama Varma
* Moolam Thirunal
* Chithira Thirunal Balarama Varma

## Religion and spirituality

* Ayyankali
* Sri Madhukarnath
* Vakkom Moulavi
* Sree Narayana Guru
* Chattampi Swamikal
* Sade Guru Shivalingadasa Swamigal

## Freedom fighters

* Vakkom Abdul Khader
* Annie Mascarene

## Politicians

* Shashi Tharoor
* Vakkom Purushothaman
* Varkala Radhakrishnan
* K. Muraleedharan
* A. Sampath
* V. S. Sivakumar
* Kadakampally Surendran
* K S Sabarinathan
* G Karthikeyan
* M. Vijayakumar
* C. Jayan Babu
* Neelalohithadasan Nadar
* O. Rajagopal
* Arya Rajendran

## Musicians

* Swathithirunal
* B. Sasikumar
* K. S. Chithra
* M. Jayachandran
* Bichu Thirumala
* Hariharan
* L. Athira Krishna - violinist
* Vidhu Prathap
* M. G. Radhakrishnan - music director and vocalist
* M. G. Sreekumar
* Neyyattinkara Vasudevan
* V. Madhusoodanan Nair
* G. Venugopal
* Balabhaskar
* Job Kurian
* Ishaan Dev
* Jassie Gift
* Prince Rama Varma
* Najim Arshad
* Abhaya Hiranmayi
* Akhila Anand
* Raftaar (rapper)
* Vinayak Sasikumar
* Vishnu Vijay

## Painters

* Celia Paul
* A. Ramachandran
* Raja Ravi Varma

## Sculptor

* Kanayi Kunhiraman

## Performing artists, Indian dance

* Guru Gopinath
* Gopinath Muthukad
* L. Athira Krishna
* Neena Prasad
* Guru Chandrasekharan
* Madavoor Vasudevan Nair
* G. S. Pradeep
* Rajashree Warrier
* Gayathri Govind

## Architects

* Laurie Baker - architect, born in England, settled in Trivandrum
* Gopalan Nair Shankar (G. Shankar) - received Padma Shri award in 2011

## Science

* V. N. Krishnamurthy - ex-Dy. Director, VSSC; ex-Director, ISRO-UoP Cell
* G. Madhavan Nair - ISRO Chairman
* Thanu Padmanabhan - Indian theoretical physicist
* K. S. S. Nambooripad -Mathematician

## Social Reformers

* Ayyankali
* Vakkom Moulavi
* Narayana Guru - also a poet
* Chattampi Swamikal - also a poet and prose writer

## Writers

* Kumaran Asan - poet
* A. Ayyappan
* K. A. Beena - journalist and author
* Kilimanoor Chandran
* Ulloor S. Parameswara Iyer - poet
* Sugathakumari - poet
* Gopi Kottoor - poet
* O. N. V. Kurup - poet
* Mali Madhavan Nair
* V. Madhusoodhanan Nair
* George Onakkoor
* Ayyappa Paniker
* C. V. Raman Pillai
* E. V. Krishna Pillai
* Kesari Balakrishna Pillai
* N. Krishna Pillai
* Sreekanteswaram Padmanabha Pillai - author of Shabda Tharavali
* Kilimanoor Ramakanthan
* Sukumar
* Irayimman Thampi
* Bichu Thirumala - Malayalam poet
* Swathi Thirunal
* A. R. Raja Raja Varma
* Vijayakrishnan
* Poovachal Khader - poet
* Vellayani Arjunan

## Military personnel

* Radhakrishnan Nair Harshan
* Admiral R. Hari Kumar

## Jurists

* N. R. Madhava Menon – member of Centre-State Relations Commission of the Government of India; former VC of National Law School of India University, Bangalore and NUJS Kolkata
* K. S. Paripoornan – Chief Justice of Patna High Court (1994) and Justice of the Supreme Court of India (1994–1997)

## Sports

* K.N. Ananthapadmanabhan - Umpire (ex-Cricketer)
* Aneil Nambiar (born 1984) - Cricketer
* Vinu Jose - Footballer
* Jobby Justin - Footballer
* Padmanabhan Prasanth - Cricketer
* H.S. Prannoy - Badminton player
* Raiphi Vincent Gomez - Cricketer
* P. Ranganathan - ex-cricketer
* Rohan Prem - Cricketer
* Sanju Samson - Cricketer
* Bijoy Varghese - Footballer
* Britto PM - Footballer

## IT

* Kris Gopalakrishnan - CEO of Infosys
* Raj Subramaniam - CEO of FedEx

## Actors and directors

* Abhirami
* Ahaana Krishna
* Aishwarya Lekshmi
* Alencier Ley Lopez
* Ambika
* Aneesh Ravi
* Anil Murali
* Annie Shaji Kailas
* Appani Sarath
* Arthana Binu
* Arun Kumar Aravind
* Arya Rohit
* Baiju
* Bharat Gopy
* Biju Pappan
* Biju Sopanam
* Chippy
* Deepu Karunakaran
* Devi Ajith
* Gokul Suresh
* Indrajith Sukumaran
* Indrans
* Iniya
* Isha Sharvani
* Jagadish
* Jagathy Sreekumar
* J.C. Daniel
* Joshi
* Kalaranjini
* Kalpana
* Kani Kusruti
* Karamana Janardanan Nair
* Karthika
* Keerikkadan Jose
* Keerthy Suresh
* Kochu Preman
* K. P. A. C. Azeez
* Krishnakumar
* Krishnankutty Nair
* Lalitha
* Maala Parvathi
* Madhu
* Mahesh Narayanan
* Mallika Sukumaran
* Manikuttan
* Maniyanpilla Raju
* Manjima Mohan
* Manju Pillai
* Menaka Sureshkumar
* Mithun Ramesh
* Mohanlal
* N. L. Balakrishnan
* Namitha Pramod
* Nandhu
* Nayanthara Chakravarthy
* Nazriya Nazim
* Noby Marcose
* Nyla Usha
* Padmini
* Poojappura Ravi
* Prajesh Sen
* Pranav Mohanlal
* Prathap Pothan
* Premkumar
* Prem Nazir
* Prithviraj Sukumaran
* Priyadarshan
* Priyanka Nair
* Radha
* Ragini
* Rajasenan
* Ravi Vallathol
* Rojin Thomas
* R. S. Vimal
* Saji Surendran
* Sajin Baabu
* Sakhi Thomas
* Sangeeth Sivan
* Santosh Sivan
* Sathyan
* Senthil Krishna
* Shafna
* Shaji Kailas
* Shaji N. Karun
* Shobhana
* Shyamaprasad
* Sithara
* Sona Nair
* Suchitra Murali
* Sudheer Karamana
* Sujith Vasudev
* Sukumaran
* Sukumari
* Suraj Venjaramoodu
* Suresh Gopi
* Thikkurissy Sukumaran Nair
* Thulasidas
* Urvashi
* Venu Nagavally
* Vijayakumar
* Vijayasree
* Vinduja Menon

## Doctors

* Padmanabhan Palpu
* C.O. Karunakaran
* M. Krishnan Nair - Founding Director of Regional Cancer Centre
* R. Kesavan Nair
* A. Marthanda Pillai - neurosurgeon, recipient of 2011 Padma Shri
* P. K. R. Warrier
* Mohammed Illias Sahadulla