Kunchan Nambiar
 Kalakkathu Kunchan Nambiar(Malayalam: കുഞ്ചൻ നമ്പ്യാർ kuñcan Nampyār) was an early Malayalam language poet performer satirist and the inventor of local art form Ottamtullal. He is often considered as the master of Malayalam satirist poetry.Kunchan Nambiar spent his early childhood at Killikkurussimangalam his boyhood at Kudamalur and youth at Ambalappuzha. In 1748 he moved to the court of King Marttanda Varma of Travancore Kingdom and later to the court of his successor Dharma Raja.