# List of people from Kozhikode

This is a list of notable people from Calicut.

## Literature

* Cherusseri Namboothiri - Poet
* S.K. Pottekkatt - Writer
* Thikkodiyan - Writer
* N.N. Kakkad - Poet
* P. Valsala - Writer
* Akbar Kakkattil - Writer
* Punathil Kunjabdulla - Writer
* Chengalathu Kunhirama Menon - Editor and founder

## Politics

* K Kelappan - Freedom Fighter.
* KR Moopan - Social Leader.
* John Mathai- First Railway Minister of India.
* PP Ummer Koya - Ex Education Minister of Kerala.
* CH Mohammed Koya- Ex CM of Kerala.
* PM Aboobacker- Ex MLA (6 Terms)
* TP Ramakrishnan: Ex Excise and Labour Minister of Kerala.
* MK Muneer: Ex Social Welfare and Panchayath Affairs Minister of Kerala
* PM Muhammed Riyas: PWD and Tourism Minister of Kerala.
* Ahamed Devarkovil: Ex Ports, Museums, Archaeology and Archive Minister of Kerala.
* K Surendran: President of BJP Kerala State.

## Entertainment

* Mona Vasu - Cine actress
* Hareesh Perumanna - Actor
* Ansiba Hassan - Cine actress
* Kozhikode Narayanan Nair - Actor
* Santhosh Pandit - Actor
* Mamukkoya - Actor
* Parvathy Thiruvothu - Cine actress
* Biyon - Cine Actor
* Bhagyalakshmi - Cine actress
* Nandana - Cine actress
* Anagha LK - Cine actress
* Athira Patel - Cine actress
* Sajan K Ram - Film score composer
* Akhila Sasidharan - Cine actress
* Neena Kurup - Cine actress
* Monisha Unni - Cine actress
* Bindu panicker - Cine actress
* Ranjitha - Cine actress
* Avanthika Mohan - Cine actress
* Nithya Das - Cine actress
* Anjali Menon, film director
* Neeraj Madhav, Cine actor
* Mani Madhava Chakyar, Cine actor
* Ann Augustine - Actress
* Roshan Basheer - Actor
* Balan K. Nair - Cine Actor
* A. Vincent - Film Director
* Girish Puthenchery - Lyricist
* Madhupal - Actor / Director
* Prajin - Cine actress
* I.V. Sasi - Film director
* Jomol - Cine actress
* Sija Rose - Cine actress
* Maria Margaret Sharmilee - Cine actress
* Rajisha Vijayan - Cine actress
* Nellikode Bhaskaran - Actor
* Hariharan - Film director
* P. S. Nivas -(Cinematographer)- Film director
* T. Damodaran - Film script writer
* Deedi Damodaran - Film script writer
* K.P. Ummer - Cine actor
* Kozhikode Abdul Kader - Playbaack singer
* Chandini Sreedharan - Cine Actress
* Kuthiravattam Pappu - Actor
* M.S. Baburaj - Music director
* Mamukkoya - Cine actor
* P.M Taj - Dramatist & Writer
* P.V. Gangadharan - Business man & Film producer
* Sudheesh - Cine actor
* Ranjith - Cine actor, director&Writer
* Augustine - Cine actor
* Swargachitra Appachan - Producer
* Anoop Menon- Cine actor & Writer
* Manu Manjith- Lyricist
* Jenith Kachappilly - Film director
* Vinod Kozhikode - Cine Actor
* Dinanath Puthenchery - Lyricist
* Vinod Kovoor - Cine Actor
* Surabhi Lakshmi - Actress
* Sasi Kalinga - Actor
* Sreya Jayadeep - Playback Singer
* Mridula Warrier - Playback Singer
* Street Academics (Hip-hop group)
* Ronson Vincent, Actor
* Sreedevi Unni,Dance, Actress
* Mareena Michael Kurisingal Actress
* Gopika Anil Actress
* Suveeran, Film Director

## Sports

* P. T. Usha - Athlete turned Coach
* Olympian Abdurahiman - Football player, participated in the 1956 Summer Olympics
* Tom Joseph - captain of Indian volleyball team
* Roy Joseph - Indian Volleyball player
* Mayookha Johny - Indian Athlete
* V Diju - Indian Badminton Player
* Aparna Balan - Indian Badminton Player
* Arun Vishnu - Indian Badminton Player
* Prasanth Karuthadathkuni - Football player
* Jinson Johnson - Olympian, Indian Athlete
* Kishor Kumar - Former Indian Volleyball Captain
* Rehenesh TP - Football player
* Jisna Mathew - Indian
Athlete
* Jaseel P. Ismail - Badminton player
* Jiju Jacob - Football Player

## Art

* Mani Madhava Chakyar - Performance artist
* M.V. Devan - painter, sculptor
* Bhanumati Rao - Classical dancer
* Sasikrishnan - sculptor
* Gopikrishnan - cartoonist

## Religious

* Vagbhatananda - hindu religious leader
* Sheikh Abubakr Ahmad - community leader, muslim scholar
* Swami Chidananda Puri - spiritual guru
* Maxwell Valentine Noronha - Bishop
* E. K. Aboobacker Musliyar - community leader, muslim scholar
* Ibraheem Khaleel Al Bukhari - muslim scholar

## Others

* Thangam Philip - Nutritionist
* P. Vijayan - IPS officer, ADGP (Kerala Police)
* Verghese Kurien - Pioneer of white revolution
* Major Sandeep Unnikrishnan - former Indian Army officer who was martyred during the 2008 Mumbai Terror Attacks, posthumous recipient of the Ashoka Chakra
* Ravi Varma of Padinjare Kovilakam - Royal family