Ambat Sivarama Menon
 Ambat Sivarama Menon was a pre-independence Indian politician. He was the second of four children and only son of Ambat Ikkali Amma and Champathil Nanu Mannadiar. He was born in 1870.Graduating from Madras Law College he practised at the Madras High Court and won acclaim as a brilliant advocate. His forceful arguments ready replies to judges'querries vast knowledge and prodigeous memory were all legendary. No wonder he was referred to as a walking encyclopedia.