# List of people from North Malabar

This is a list of notable people from North Malabar, a historical and cultural area including the former French exclaves of Pondicherry. North Malabar is now administratively at the northern end of Kerala, India.
* Pazhassi Raja (1753–1805), freedom fighter and prince regent of Kottayam princely state
* Cherusseri Namboothiri (c. 1375–c. 1475), poet
* Aromal Chekavar, legendary hero and warrior from the 12th century
* Thacholi Othenan, legendary hero from the 1600s
* Unniyarcha, 12th century warrior
* Chandu Chekavar, 12th century warrior
* A. K. Gopalan (1904–1977), politician, communist leader, MP
* K. Kelappan (1889–1971), social reformer and journalist
* E. K. Nayanar (1919–2004), politician, communist leader and Chief Minister of Kerala
* K. P. R. Gopalan (1906–1997), politician, Naxalite communist leader and MPA
* M. V. Raghavan (1933–2014), politician, communist leader and MPA
* Sankaran Moopan, 18th century chief commander of Pazhassi Raja
* Karayi Krishnan Gurukkal, 19th century scholar
* Dewan E.K Krishnan (1841–1907) 19th century deputy collector
* Janaki Ammal (1897–1984), cytogenetics and phytogeography
* Meenakshi Amma, Kalaripayattu guru and Padma Shri
* Choorayi Kanaran (1812–1876), first deputy collector of India, 19th century
* Rao Sahib Ayyathan Gopalan (1863–1948), social reformer
* Ayyathan Janaki Ammal (1881–1945), first female doctor in Kerala
* I. K. Kumaran (1903–1999), 20th century Mahe freedom fighter
* Vagbhatananda (1885–1939), Hindu social reformer
* Keeleri Kunhikannan (1858–1939), martial arts trainer and circus owner
* S. K. Pottekkatt (1913–1982), Malayalam writer
* Mithavaadi Krishnan, social reformer
* Potheri Kunjambu Vakil (1857–1919), social reformer, writer, royal family lawyer
* Muliyil Krishnan (1845–1901), writer
* Ponnapuramkottayil Kelu Moopan, 17th century warrior
* K. Karunakaran (1918–2010), politician, congress leader and Chief Minister of Kerala
* E. Ahmed (1938–2017), politician, Muslim League leader and Central Cabinet Minister
* Moorkoth Kumaran (1874–1941), teacher and short story writer
* Moorkoth Ramunni (1915–2009), pilot and bureaucrat
* Moorkoth Kunhappa (1905–1993), journalist, editor, novelist
* M. N. Nambiar (1919–2008), film actor and spiritual leader
* Verghese Kurien (1921–2012), social entrepreneur and founder of Amul
* Sreenivasan (born 1956), film actor, screenwriter, director, and producer
* Kannur Rajan (1949–1995), music composer
* Kuroolli Chekon, 20th century Thiyya warrior
* Kaithapram Damodaran Namboothiri (born 1950), lyricist, music director, actor, singer, screenwriter, and performer of carnatic music
* Gireesh Puthenchery (1961–2010), lyricist and screenwriter
* Vineeth (born 1969), film actor and classical dancer
* K. Raghavan (1913–2013), music composer
* A. T. Ummer (1933–2001), music composer
* Vengayil Kunhiraman Nayanar (1861–1914), journalist, writer, landowner
* Vijay K. Nambiar (born 1943), diplomat
* O. M. Nambiar (1932–2021), athletics coach and winner of the Dronacharya award
* Lt. General Satish Nambiar (born 1936), general and commander of the UNPROFOR force in the former Yugoslavia 1992–93
* Pinarayi Vijayan (born 1944), politician, communist leader, MPA, Chief Minister of Kerala
* Kalingalmadom Rarichan Moopan, social leader
* Kodiyeri Balakrishnan (1953–2022), politician, communist leader, MPA
* Sukumar Azhikode (1926–2012), writer philosopher
* M. Night Shyamalan (born 1970), film director, screenwriter, and producer
* M. Mukundan (born 1942), writer, social activist
* Kavya Madhavan (born 1984), film actress
* Samvrutha Sunil (born 1986), film actress
* Captain C. P. Krishnan Nair (1922–2014), businessman, hotelier