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List of people from Thiruvananthapuram 
Summary
List of notable people who were born or settled in Thiruvananthapuram (Trivandrum), Kerala.
Former rulers of Travancore edit
Religion and spirituality edit
Freedom fighters edit
Politicians edit
Musicians edit
- Swathithirunal
- B. Sasikumar
- K. S. Chithra
- M. Jayachandran
- Bichu Thirumala
- Hariharan
- L. Athira Krishna - violinist
- Vidhu Prathap
- M. G. Radhakrishnan - music director and vocalist
- M. G. Sreekumar
- Neyyattinkara Vasudevan
- V. Madhusoodanan Nair
- G. Venugopal
- Balabhaskar
- Job Kurian
- Ishaan Dev
- Jassie Gift
- Prince Rama Varma
- Najim Arshad
- Abhaya Hiranmayi
- Akhila Anand
- Raftaar (rapper)
- Vinayak Sasikumar
- Vishnu Vijay
Painters edit
Sculptor edit
Performing artists, Indian dance edit
Architects edit
- Laurie Baker - architect, born in England, settled in Trivandrum
- Gopalan Nair Shankar (G. Shankar) - received Padma Shri award in 2011
Science edit
- V. N. Krishnamurthy - ex-Dy. Director, VSSC; ex-Director, ISRO-UoP Cell
- G. Madhavan Nair - ISRO Chairman
- Thanu Padmanabhan - Indian theoretical physicist
- K. S. S. Nambooripad -Mathematician
Social Reformers edit
- Ayyankali
- Vakkom Moulavi
- Narayana Guru - also a poet
- Chattampi Swamikal - also a poet and prose writer
Writers edit
- Kumaran Asan - poet
- A. Ayyappan
- K. A. Beena - journalist and author[1]
- Kilimanoor Chandran
- Ulloor S. Parameswara Iyer - poet
- Sugathakumari - poet
- Gopi Kottoor - poet
- O. N. V. Kurup - poet
- Mali Madhavan Nair
- V. Madhusoodhanan Nair
- George Onakkoor
- Ayyappa Paniker
- C. V. Raman Pillai
- E. V. Krishna Pillai
- Kesari Balakrishna Pillai
- N. Krishna Pillai
- Sreekanteswaram Padmanabha Pillai - author of Shabda Tharavali
- Kilimanoor Ramakanthan
- Sukumar
- Irayimman Thampi
- Bichu Thirumala - Malayalam poet
- Swathi Thirunal
- A. R. Raja Raja Varma
- Vijayakrishnan
- Poovachal Khader - poet
Military personnel edit
Jurists edit
- N. R. Madhava Menon – member of Centre-State Relations Commission of the Government of India; former VC of National Law School of India University, Bangalore and NUJS Kolkata
- K. S. Paripoornan – Chief Justice of Patna High Court (1994) and Justice of the Supreme Court of India (1994–1997)
Sports edit
- K.N. Ananthapadmanabhan - Umpire (ex-Cricketer)
- Aneil Nambiar (born 1984) - Cricketer
- Vinu Jose - Footballer
- Jobby Justin - Footballer
- Padmanabhan Prasanth - Cricketer
- H.S. Prannoy - Badminton player
- Raiphi Vincent Gomez - Cricketer
- P. Ranganathan - ex-cricketer
- Rohan Prem - Cricketer
- Sanju Samson - Cricketer
- Bijoy Varghese - Footballer
- Britto PM - Footballer
IT edit
- Kris Gopalakrishnan - CEO of Infosys
- Raj Subramaniam - CEO of FedEx
Actors and directors edit
- Abhirami
- Ahaana Krishna
- Aishwarya Lekshmi
- Alencier Ley Lopez
- Ambika
- Aneesh Ravi
- Anil Murali
- Annie Shaji Kailas
- Appani Sarath
- Arthana Binu
- Arun Kumar Aravind
- Arya Rohit
- Baiju
- Bharat Gopy
- Biju Pappan
- Biju Sopanam
- Chippy
- Deepu Karunakaran
- Devi Ajith
- Gokul Suresh
- Indrajith Sukumaran
- Indrans
- Iniya
- Isha Sharvani
- Jagadish
- Jagathy Sreekumar
- J.C. Daniel
- Joshi
- Kalaranjini
- Kalpana
- Kani Kusruti
- Karamana Janardanan Nair
- Karthika
- Keerikkadan Jose
- Keerthy Suresh
- Kochu Preman
- K. P. A. C. Azeez
- Krishnakumar
- Krishnankutty Nair
- Lalitha
- Maala Parvathi
- Madhu
- Mahesh Narayanan
- Mallika Sukumaran
- Manikuttan
- Maniyanpilla Raju
- Manjima Mohan
- Manju Pillai
- Menaka Sureshkumar
- Mithun Ramesh
- Mohanlal
- N. L. Balakrishnan
- Namitha Pramod
- Nandhu
- Nayanthara Chakravarthy
- Nazriya Nazim
- Noby Marcose
- Nyla Usha
- Padmini
- Poojappura Ravi
- Prajesh Sen
- Pranav Mohanlal
- Prathap Pothan
- Premkumar
- Prem Nazir
- Prithviraj Sukumaran
- Priyadarshan
- Priyanka Nair
- Radha
- Ragini
- Rajasenan
- Ravi Vallathol
- Rojin Thomas
- R. S. Vimal
- Saji Surendran
- Sajin Baabu
- Sakhi Thomas
- Sangeeth Sivan
- Santosh Sivan
- Sathyan
- Senthil Krishna
- Shafna
- Shaji Kailas
- Shaji N. Karun
- Shobhana
- Shyamaprasad
- Sithara
- Sona Nair
- Suchitra Murali
- Sudheer Karamana
- Sujith Vasudev
- Sukumaran
- Sukumari
- Suraj Venjaramoodu
- Suresh Gopi
- Thikkurissy Sukumaran Nair
- Thulasidas
- Urvashi
- Venu Nagavally
- Vijayakumar
- Vijayasree
- Vinduja Menon
Doctors edit
- Padmanabhan Palpu
- C.O. Karunakaran
- M. Krishnan Nair - Founding Director of Regional Cancer Centre
- R. Kesavan Nair
- A. Marthanda Pillai - neurosurgeon, recipient of 2011 Padma Shri
- P. K. R. Warrier
- Mohammed Illias Sahadulla
References edit
- ^ "ദലിതരും സ്ത്രീകളും ഇപ്പോഴും അടിമകൾ : കെ എ ബീന" [Dalits and women still slaves : KA Bina] (in Malayalam). Manorama Online. 4 January 2017. Retrieved 5 April 2023.