List of people from Kerala
The following is a list of notable people from Kerala, India. The names are classified according to the person's major area of work. For more details please see their respective articles. Ancient rulers and kings. Early Cheras. The Cheras are referred to as Kedalaputo (Sanskrit: "Kerala Putra") in the Emperor Ashoka's Pali edicts (3rd century BCE). The earliest Graeco-Roman accounts referring to the Cheras are by Pliny the Elder in the 1st century CE, in the Periplus of the 1st century CE, and by Claudius Ptolemy in the 2nd century CE. Greeks  and Romans are called "Yavanas" in early Indian literature. Venad Swaroopam (Later Cheras). Rulers of Venad trace their origin to the Vel family related to the Ay chiefs of the ancient southern India (c. 1st - 4th century AD). Venad - ruled by hereditary chiefs, acting with the help of a military entourage - emerged as a chiefdom in the state of the Cheras of Kodungallur in c. 8th century. Mushika Kingdom (Ezhimalai). The Mushika kingdom was a kingdom in the early historic south India in present-day Kerala, India, ruled by a royal dynasty of the same name. Its dominions, for most  of its recorded history, covered the present-day regions of northern Kerala, Tulunadu and Coorg (southern Karnataka), between the western slopes of the Western Ghats in the east and the Arabian Sea in the west. Kola Swarupam (Chirakkal Rajah). Kolattunādu (Kola Swarupam, as Kingdom of Cannanore in foreign accounts, Chirakkal (Chericul) in later times) was one of the three most powerful feudal kingdoms on the Malabar Coast during the arrival of Portuguese India Armadas, the others being Zamorin's Calicut and Quilon. The Kolathiris are praised as Vadakkan Perumals ("Kings of the North") by the noted "Keralolpathi". Kolathiri were also  known as Chirakkal Raja or King of Chirakkal. Arrakal Kingdom. Arakkal kingdom (Kingdom of Cannanore, Sultanate of Laccadive and Cannanore) was a former city-state on the Malabar Coast, ruled by a dynasty of the same name. The ruling King was called Ali Raja ("the Sea Ruler") and the ruling queen was called Arakkal Beevi. The royal family is said to be originally a branch of the Kolattiri, descended from a princess of that family who converted to Islam. They owed allegiance to the Kolattiri rulers, whose ministers they had been at one time. The Arakkal family was the only  Muslim royal family of Kerala to control parts of the coast and Lakshadweep. Samoothiri of Kozhikode. Zamorin of Calicut (Saamoothiri, സാമൂതിരി) – rulers of Malabar from the 14th and 18th century AD. At the peak of their reign, the Samoothiris ruled over a region from Kollam (Quilon) to Panthalayini Kollam (Koyilandy). Kings of Travancore. In the 18th century, Marthanda Varma (1706–1758), of the Trippappoor, successfully developed the centralised state of Travancore. Varma routed all of major Nair nobles in Travancore, organised a standing army, defeated most of the chiefdoms in central Kerala, entered into strategic alliances with Europeans, supported Kerala merchants  (Syrian Christian) in the place of the Europeans, and eventually formed one of the first modern states of southern India. Chief Ministers. From Tamil Nadu. 1. M G Ramachandran, 3rd CM of Tamil Nadu 2. V N Janaki Ramachandran, 4th CM of Tamil Nadu Award winners. Bharat Ratna. The Bharat Ratna is the highest civilian award of the Republic of India. Padma Vibhushan. The Padma Vibhushan is India's second highest civilian honour. Padma Bhushan. The Padma Bhushan is India's third highest civilian honour. (This is not a complete list.) Padma Shri. The Padma Shri is India's fourth  highest civilian honour. (This is not a complete list.) National Medal of Science. The National Medal of Science is an honor bestowed by the President of the United States to individuals in science and engineering who have made important contributions to the advancement of knowledge in the fields of behavioral and social sciences, biology, chemistry, engineering, mathematics and physics. Academy Awards. The Academy Awards also known as the Oscars are a set of 24 awards for artistic and technical merit in the film industry, given annually by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS), to recognize excellence in  cinematic achievements as assessed by the Academy's voting membership. Booker Prize. The Man Booker Prize for Fiction (formerly known as the Booker–McConnell Prize and commonly known simply as the Booker Prize) is a literary prize awarded each year for the best original novel written in the English language and published in the UK. The four key Kunhali Marakkars: | url = http://www.hindu.com/mp/2006/12/23/stories/2006122300530300.htm Journalists. </ref> editorial page writer with "The Times of India" Artists, architects, painters, sculptors. Painters Architects Sculptors Cartoonists