page_title: List of people from Kerala
section_title: Padma Shri
hierarchical_section_title: List of people from Kerala / Award winners / Padma Shri
caption_attribution_description: English: K.J. Yesudas, a renowned Indian playback singer during the opening ceremony of Nishagandhi Dance Festival, 2011. The event took place at Kanakakkunnu Palace, Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala.
context_page_description: The following is a list of notable people from Kerala, India. The names are classified according to the person's major area of work.
context_section_description: The Padma Shri is India's fourth highest civilian honour. (This is not a complete list.)
  Perakath Verghese Benjamin – Medicine (1955)
  Guru Kunchu Kurup – Arts (1965)
  Kandathil Mammen Cherian – Literature & Education (1965)
  C.K. Nair Alias V. Kunchu Nair – Arts (1971)
  Thikkurissi Sukumaran Nair – Arts, poet and actor (1973)
  Mani Madhava Chakyar – Arts, Koodiyattam and Chakyar Koothu (1974)
  K.J. Yesudas – Arts, classical singer and musician (1975)
  Vaikom Muhammad Basheer – Literature & Education (1982)
  Manathoor Devasia Valsamma, M. D. Valsamma – Sports (1983)
  Adoor Gopalakrishnan –  Arts (1984); director, screenwriter, producer
  P. T. Usha – Sports (1985)
  Bharath Gopi – Arts (1991); actor
  P. I. Mohammed Kutty (Mammootty) – Arts (1998); actor
  Viswanathan Mohanlal – Arts (2001); actor
  Rajagopalan Krishnan Vaidyan – Ayurveda (2003)
  Shobana Chandrakumar – Arts (2006); actress and Bharatanatyam dancer
  Sugathakumari – Literature & Education (2006)
  T. K. Alex – Science and Technology (2007)
  Thilakan – Arts, actor (2009)
  K. Viswanathan – Social Service (2009)
  Palpu Pushpangadan – Science and Engineering (2010)
  Resul Pokutty – Arts (2010); sound editor
  K. S. Chithra – Arts (2005); singer
  Balachandra Menon – Arts (2007); acting, direction, script writer
  Shaji N.Karun – Arts (2011); director/cinematographer
  Jose Chacko Periappuram – Medicine (2011); first heart transplant Kerala
  Gopalan Nair Shankar – Science and Engineering (2011); architecture
  Kalamandalam Sivan Namboodiri – Arts (2012); Indian classical dance – Kutiyattam
  Soman Nair Priyadarsan – Arts (2012); cinema direction
  J. Hareendran Nair – Medicine (2012); Ayurveda
  Pepita Seth – Literature and Education (2012)
  Madhu – Arts (2013)
  Padma Shri Kalamandalam Kshemavathy – Arts; dance
  K. P. Haridas – Medicine (2015); surgery
  Jayaram – Arts, cinema acting
  N. Balakrishnan Nair – Medicine (1984)
  R.K. Krishna Kumar – contributions to Indian trade and industry (2009)
  K. K. Muhammed – Others - Archaeology (2019)
caption: Dr. K. J. Yesudas
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