# List of people from Alappuzha

This a list of notable people from the Indian city of Alappuzha, Kerala.

## Academia and science

* Tessy Thomas - DRDO
* Itty Achudan - the major contributor of ethno-medical information for the compilation of Hortus Malabaricus
* Illiparambil Corah Chacko - geologist
* Pallithanam Luca Matthai - pioneer of kayal cultivation in Kuttanad, and former member of Sree Moolam Popular Assembly
* Sreedhara Panicker Somanath - Current Chairman of the Indian Space Research Organisation
* M. S. Swaminathan - Agronomist, Agricultural Scientist

## Arts and entertainment
### Film and stage

* K. Madhu - film director, film producer, actor
* Saranya Ponvannan - actor
* Parvathy Jayaram - actor
* Mammootty - actor
* Navodaya Appachan (Chacko Punnoose) - film producer, director, and entrepreneur
* Ashokan - Malayalam film actor, 1978–
* Thoppil Bhasi - playwright, screenwriter, and film director
* Kunchako Boban - film actor
* Riaz M T - Film Actor
* Rajan P. Dev - Malayalam film actor
* Fazil - film director
* Fahad Fazil - film actor
* Chelangatt Gopalakrishnan - film critic and writer
* Kunchacko - film producer and director
* K. P. A. C. Lalitha - film actress
* Balachandra Menon - film actor, director, script writer
* Navya Nair - film actress in Malayalam, Tamil, and Kannada films
* Padmarajan - film director, script writer, story writer
* Chenganoor Raman Pillai - stage actor
* Muthukulam Raghavan Pillai - dramatist, film actor, poet
* Narendra Prasad - actor, playwright, and director
* Ratheesh - film actor
* M. G. Sreekumar - playback singer and film music director
* Sreekumaran Thampi - lyricist, director, producer, script writer
* Vayalar Sarath Chandra Varma - film lyricist
* Nedumudi Venu - film actor
* Vinayan - film director
* Saranya Mohan - film actor
* Aarsha Chandini Baiju - film actress
* Sibi Malayil - film director
* Renji Panicker - Actor, Scriptwriter, Film Director
* Mallika Sukumaran - Actress

### Graphic arts

* K. Shankar Pillai - cartoonist (Shankar)

### Literature

* Eleanour Sinclair Rohde - British gardener and writer on gardening
* Joy J. Kaimaparamban - English and Malayalam author
* Ayyappa Paniker - poet
* Kavalam Narayana Panicker - poet
* Parappurath (K. E. Mathai) - novelist and short story writer
* Thakazhi Sivasankara Pillai - novelist and short story writer
* Vayalar Ramavarma- Malayalam poet and film lyricist
* K. P. Sasidharan- Malayalam writer and academic
* Lopamudra R - Malayalam Poet and Translator

### Music

* Mavelikkara Velukkutty Nair - mridangam player
* Palani Subramaniam Pillai - percussionist, played the mridangam and kanjira
* Erickavu N. Sunil - mridangam player
* Mavelikkara Prabhakara Varma - Carnatic singer
* V. Dakshinamoorthy - Music Composer, Carnatic Vocalist
* M. G. Radhakrishnan - Music Composer
* Pathiyoor Sankarankutty - Kathakali Musician

### Kathakali and other art forms

* Mathoor Govindan Kutty - Kathakali Artist

## Commerce and business

* Bhima Bhattar - founder of Bhima Jewellers at Mullakkal, Alleppey

## Judiciary

* Justice CT Ravikumar,Judge Supreme Court of India

## Politics, government, and social welfare

* V. S. Achuthanandan - former Chief Minister and current leader of opposition of Kerala
* K. R. Gowri Amma - Revenue Minister in the first Kerala LDF ministry, initiated the revolutionary land reforms in Kerala, Agriculture Minister in Kerala UDF Ministry
* A. K. Antony - Three-time Chief Minister of Kerala, Former Indian Defence Minister
* Ramesh Chennithala - politician, former Member of Parliament
* T. K. Madhavan (1885—1930) social reformer, journalist and revolutionary
* Pallithanam Luca Matthai - Former member of Sree Moolam Popular Assembly and pioneer of kayal cultivation in Kuttanad
* Kavalam Madhava Panikkar - diplomat, administrator, historian
* P. Parameswaran - director of Bharathiya Vichara Kendram and president of Vivekananda Kendram
* Vayalar Ravi - former Home minister of Kerala, Union Cabinet Minister of Overseas Indian Affairs and Minister for Parliamentary Affairs
* C. M. Stephen - politician and Union minister

## Religion

* Baselios Thoma Didymos I - Catholicos of the East and Malankara Metropolitan
* Kuriakose Elias Chavara - Blessed, co-founder of CMI
* James Kalacherry - Bishop of Changanacherry, who campaigned against the move by C. P. Ramaswami Iyer, the Diwan of Travancore in 1945, to nationalise all schools
* Navajyothi Sree Karunakara, the founder of Santhigiri Ashram
* Mar Thomas Kurialachery - Venerable, first bishop of what would become the Archdiocese of Changanassery, and founder of the Sisters of the Adoration of the Blessed Sacrament

## Great fathers

* Anil Abraham from Mannar who was the father to Rylen Anil