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	The [[Ezhava]] are a [[~~caste~~\|~~social caste~~]] in [[Kerala~~]], India,~~ making up approximately 25% of the state's population. The following is a list of notable members of the Ezhava community.		The [[Ezhava]] are a prominent [[Caste system in India\|community]] in Kerala making up approximately 25% of the state's population. The following is a list of notable members of the Ezhava community.

	== Dynasty==		== Dynasty==
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	==Legendary characters==		==Legendary characters==
	*[[Cheerappanchira]] Panicker - Martial ( Kalary) Guru of Swamy Ayyappan, Father of Malikappurathamma- 13/ 14 century.		*[[Cheerappanchira]] Panicker - Martial ( Kalary) Guru of Swamy Ayyappan, Father of Malikappurathamma- 13/ 14 century.
	*[[Itty Achudan\|Itty Achudan vaidyar]] - famous physician <ref>{{Cite book\|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=92F7DwAAQBAJ\|title=INDia's NEW CAPITALISTS: Caste, Business, and Industry in a Modern Nation\|isbn=9789351952800\|last1=Damodaran\|first1=Harish\|date=25 November 2018}}</ref>		*[[Itty Achudan\|Itty Achudan vaidyar]] - famous physician <ref>{{Cite book\|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=92F7DwAAQBAJ\|title=INDia's NEW CAPITALISTS: Caste, Business, and Industry in a Modern Nation\|isbn=9789351952800\|last1=Damodaran\|first1=Harish\|date=25 November 2018\|publisher=Hachette India }}</ref>
	*[[Aromal Chekavar]]<ref name=":0">{{Cite book\|last=Nadhapuram\|first=Kunjikkannan\|title=Vadakkan Pattukal}}</ref>		*[[Aromal Chekavar]]<ref name=":0">{{Cite book\|last=Nadhapuram\|first=Kunjikkannan\|title=Vadakkan Pattukal}}</ref>
	*[[Unniyarcha]]<ref name=":0" />		*[[Unniyarcha]]<ref name=":0" />

	==Spiritual leaders==		==Spiritual leaders==
	*[[Narayana Guru]]<ref>{{cite book \|url={{google books \|plainurl=y \|id=xNAI9F8IBOg\|page=35}} \|pages=35–39 \|title=Religion and social conflict in South Asia \|volume=22 \|series=International studies in sociology and social anthropology \|first=Bardwell L. \|last=Smith \|publisher=BRILL \|year=1976 \|isbn=978-90-04-04510-1}}</ref> (1855- 1928)		*[[Narayana Guru]]<ref>{{cite book \|url={{google books \|plainurl=y \|id=xNAI9F8IBOg\|page=35}} \|pages=35–39 \|title=Religion and social conflict in South Asia \|volume=22 \|series=International studies in sociology and social anthropology \|first=Bardwell L. \|last=Smith \|publisher=BRILL \|year=1976 \|isbn=978-90-04-04510-1}}</ref> (1855- 1928)
	*[[Malayala Swamy]] (1885-1962) - Spiritual leader in Andra Pradesh, Founder of Sri Vyasasramam in YERPED, born in Guruvayur, disciple of Sivalinga Dasa Swamikal
	*[[Vagbhatananda]] (1885-1939) - Founder of Atmavidya Sangam
	*[[Nataraja Guru]] (1895- 1973) - Founder of Narayana Gurukulam, Varkala, son of Dr. Padmanabhan Palpu
	*[[Karunakara Guru]] (1927-1999) is known as Navajyothi Karaunakara Guru, founder of Santhigiri Asramam.
	*[[Nitya Chaitanya Yati]] (1924-1999) - guru, philosopher

	==Literature==		==Literature==
	*[[Kumaran Asan]]<ref name=Asan>{{cite book\|last=Tharamangalam\|first=Joseph\|title=Agrarian Class Conflict: The Political Mobilization of Agricultural Labourers in Kuttanad, South India\|year=1981\|publisher=The University of British Columbia\|location=Canada\|isbn=0-7748-0126-3\|page=38\|url={{google books \|plainurl=y \|id=538cKfVv8ygC\|page=38}}}}</ref> (1873 - ~~2924~~) – also known as Mahakavi Kumaran Asan		*[[Kumaran Asan]]<ref name=Asan>{{cite book\|last=Tharamangalam\|first=Joseph\|title=Agrarian Class Conflict: The Political Mobilization of Agricultural Labourers in Kuttanad, South India\|year=1981\|publisher=The University of British Columbia\|location=Canada\|isbn=0-7748-0126-3\|page=38\|url={{google books \|plainurl=y \|id=538cKfVv8ygC\|page=38}}}}</ref> (1873 - 1924) – also known as Mahakavi Kumaran Asan
	*[[Muloor S. Padmanabha Panicker]]<ref name=Muloor>{{cite book\|last=Mathew\|first=George\|title=Communal Road To A Secular Kerala\|year=1989\|publisher=Ashok Kumar Mittal Concept Publishing Company\|location=New Delhi\|isbn=81-7022-282-6\|pages=90–110\|url={{google books \|plainurl=y \|id=1TuPeXFP0WgC=Communa\|page=90}}}}</ref> (1869-1931) – poet and prominent social reformer		*[[Muloor S. Padmanabha Panicker]]<ref name=Muloor>{{cite book\|last=Mathew\|first=George\|title=Communal Road To A Secular Kerala\|year=1989\|publisher=Ashok Kumar Mittal Concept Publishing Company\|location=New Delhi\|isbn=81-7022-282-6\|pages=90–110\|url={{google books \|plainurl=y \|id=1TuPeXFP0WgC=Communa\|page=90}}}}</ref> (1869-1931) – poet and prominent social reformer
	*[[C. V. Kunhiraman]]<ref name=Muloor /> (1871-1949) – founder of [[Kerala Kaumudi]], writer and journalist		*[[C. V. Kunhiraman]]<ref name=Muloor /> (1871-1949) – founder of [[Kerala Kaumudi]], writer and journalist
	*[[S. K. Pottekkatt]] (1913-1982) - Recipient of Jnajpith Award (ജ്ഞാനപീഠം അവാര്‍ഡ്), novelist,
	*[[Sukumar Azhikode]] (1926-2012) - Recipient of Kendra Sahithya Academy Award, writer, philosopher, Sanskrit scholar, critic and orator
	*[[O. V. Vijayan]]<ref name=OVVijayan>{{cite web\|title=The Great Malabar Novel\|url=http://www.rediff.com/news/1998/apr/30rajeev.htm\|work=Rediff.com}}</ref> (1930-2005) - Indian author ([[Khasakkinte Itihasam]]) and cartoonist		*[[O. V. Vijayan]]<ref name=OVVijayan>{{cite web\|title=The Great Malabar Novel\|url=http://www.rediff.com/news/1998/apr/30rajeev.htm\|work=Rediff.com}}</ref> (1930-2005) - Indian author ([[Khasakkinte Itihasam]]) and cartoonist

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	===Chief Ministers===		===Chief Ministers===
	*[[C. Kesavan]] - former Chief Minister of [[Travancore–Cochin\|Travancore-Cochin]]<ref>{{cite web \|url=http://pib.nic.in/feature/feyr98/fe0898/f0308982.html \|title=Some prominent leaders of the freedom struggle in Kerala \|first=Perrunna K. N. \|last=Nair \|publisher=Press Information Bureau, Government of India \|access-date=2011-11-03}}{{dubious\|date=November 2011}}</ref>		*[[C. Kesavan]] - former Chief Minister of [[Travancore–Cochin\|Travancore-Cochin]]<ref>{{cite web \|url=http://pib.nic.in/feature/feyr98/fe0898/f0308982.html \|title=Some prominent leaders of the freedom struggle in Kerala \|first=Perrunna K. N. \|last=Nair \|publisher=Press Information Bureau, Government of India \|access-date=2011-11-03}}{{dubious\|date=November 2011}}</ref>
	*[[R. Sankar]]<ref>{{cite news \|url=~~http~~://~~articles.~~timesofindia.indiatimes.com/~~2002-07-17~~/thiruvananthapuram/~~27327328_1_leader~~-~~communities~~-~~kerala~~\|archive-url=https://archive.today/20120707014459/http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2002-07-17/thiruvananthapuram/27327328_1_leader-communities-kerala\|url-status=~~dead~~\|archive-date=7 July 2012\|title=Bridging the Nair-Ezhava divide \|first=P. K. \|last=Surendran \|agency=TNN \|date=17 July 2002 \|newspaper=[[The Times of India]]\|access-date=2011-11-15}}</ref> – former Chief Minister of Kerala.		*[[R. Sankar]]<ref>{{cite news \|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/thiruvananthapuram/Bridging-the-Nair-Ezhava-divide/articleshow/16299583.cms\|archive-url=https://archive.today/20120707014459/http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2002-07-17/thiruvananthapuram/27327328_1_leader-communities-kerala\|url-status=live\|archive-date=7 July 2012\|title=Bridging the Nair-Ezhava divide \|first=P. K. \|last=Surendran \|agency=TNN \|date=17 July 2002 \|newspaper=[[The Times of India]]\|access-date=2011-11-15}}</ref> - former Chief Minister of Kerala. First [[Indian National Congress\|Congress]] leader to become Chief Minister, and first Ezhava to hold the post.
	*[[V. S. Achuthanandan]] - former Chief Minister of Kerala		*[[V. S. Achuthanandan]]-former Chief Minister of Kerala, veteran [[Communist Party of India (Marxist)\|Communist]] leader.
	*[[Pinarayi Vijayan]]<ref>{{Cite web\|title='Some people remind me of my caste quite often,' says Kerala CM Pinarayi Vijayan\|url=https://scroll.in/latest/908057/some-people-remind-me-of-my-caste-quite-often-says-kerala-cm-pinarayi-vijayan}}</ref> - incumbent Chief Minister of Kerala.		*[[Pinarayi Vijayan]]<ref>{{Cite web\|title='Some people remind me of my caste quite often,' says Kerala CM Pinarayi Vijayan\|date=3 January 2019 \|url=https://scroll.in/latest/908057/some-people-remind-me-of-my-caste-quite-often-says-kerala-cm-pinarayi-vijayan}}</ref> - incumbent Chief Minister of Kerala.

	~~== Political Leaders==~~
	*[[A. P. Udhayabhanu]] - former KPCC President, freedom fighter, writer, editor - [[Indian National Congress\|Congress]] party selected him as the Chief Minister of Kerala, but he declined.
	*[[Vayalar Ravi]] - former AICC Gen. Secretary, CWC member, Union Cabinet minister, former State Home minister, former KPCC president, founder of KSU, NSU and Youth Congress
	*[[K. R. Gowri Amma]] - Communist Party leader ([[Communist Party of India (Marxist)\|CPM]]) leader, Minister in the first Kerala ministry in 1957.
	*[[Veliyam Bhargavan]] - Communist Party leader ([[Communist Party of India\|CPI]]) former state secretary
	*[[Pannyan Raveendran]] - CPI former state secretary. MP.
	*[[V. M. Sudheeran]] - former KPCC President, former Speaker, former state Minister'
	*[[Mullappally Ramachandran]] - KPCC President, former Union minister.
	*[[V. Muraleedharan]] - former BJP State President, Union minister
	* [[K. Surendran (politician)\|K. Surendran]] - BJP State President

	==Social reformers==		==Social reformers==
	*[[Padmanabhan Palpu]]<ref>{{cite book \|pages=209–210 \|first=Ritty A. \|last=Lukose \|chapter=Recasting the Secular: Religion and Education in Kerala, India \|title=Everyday Life in South Asia \|editor1-first=Diane P. \|editor1-last=Mines \|editor2-first=Sarah \|editor2-last=Lamb \|edition=2nd \|publisher=Indiana University Press \|year=2010 \|isbn=9780253354730 \|chapter-url={{google books \|plainurl=y \|id=828fOvb61wIC\|page=209}}}}</ref>		*[[Padmanabhan Palpu]]<ref>{{cite book \|pages=209–210 \|first=Ritty A. \|last=Lukose \|chapter=Recasting the Secular: Religion and Education in Kerala, India \|title=Everyday Life in South Asia \|editor1-first=Diane P. \|editor1-last=Mines \|editor2-first=Sarah \|editor2-last=Lamb \|edition=2nd \|publisher=Indiana University Press \|year=2010 \|isbn=9780253354730 \|chapter-url={{google books \|plainurl=y \|id=828fOvb61wIC\|page=209}}}}</ref>
	*[[Arattupuzha Velayudha Panicker]], ne 'Mangalam Vazhunnor Velayudha Perumal' <ref>{{cite book\|last=Krishanan IAS\|first=NR\|title=Izhavar Annum Innum\|publisher=Seena Publications\|year=1967\|location=Trissur\|page=119}}</ref>		*[[Arattupuzha Velayudha Panicker]], ne 'Mangalam Vazhunnor Velayudha Perumal' <ref>{{cite book\|last=Krishanan IAS\|first=NR\|title=Izhavar Annum Innum\|publisher=Seena Publications\|year=1967\|location=Trissur\|page=119}}</ref>
	*[[Ayyathan Gopalan]] - founder of Sugunavardhini movement, leader of Bhehmo Samaj		*[[T. K. Madhavan]]<ref>{{Cite book\|url={{google books \|plainurl=y \|id=xNAI9F8IBOgC\|page=38}}\|title=Pullapilly, Cyriac K. (1976). "The Izhavas of Kerala and their Historic Struggle for Acceptance in the Hindu Society". In Smith, Bardwell L. Religion and Social Conflict in South Asia. International studies in sociology and social anthropology. 22. Netherlands: E. J. Brill. ISBN 978-90-04-04510-1\|isbn=9004045104\|last1=Smith\|first1=Bardwell L.\|year=1976\|publisher=BRILL }}</ref>
	*[[T. K. Madhavan]]<ref>{{Cite book\|url={{google books \|plainurl=y \|id=xNAI9F8IBOgC\|page=38}}\|title=Pullapilly, Cyriac K. (1976). "The Izhavas of Kerala and their Historic Struggle for Acceptance in the Hindu Society". In Smith, Bardwell L. Religion and Social Conflict in South Asia. International studies in sociology and social anthropology. 22. Netherlands: E. J. Brill. ISBN 978-90-04-04510-1\|isbn=9004045104\|last1=Smith\|first1=Bardwell L.\|year=1976~~}}</ref>~~
	*[[Sahodaran Ayyappan]]
	*[[Moorkoth Kumaran]]

	~~==Cinema==~~
	*[[Namitha Pramod]]<ref>[https://www.deccanchronicle.com/130818/entertainment-mollywood/article/namitha-pramod-shooting-star] {{dead link\|~~date~~=~~May 2021~~}}</ref> ~~- Malayalam film actor.~~
	*[[Ratheesh]] - Actor in late 1970s and 1980s.
	*[[Thilakan]] - Actor
	*[[Ramu Kariat]]- Film director.
	*[[I. V. Sasi]] - Film director. Malayalam, Tamil and Hindi
	*[[Sreenivasan]] - Film director, actor, screenplay writer and producer
	*[[Mukesh (actor)]] - Actor and politician, MLA.
	*[[Devan (actor)]]- Actor in Malayalam, Tamil and Telugu

	==References==		==References==

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The [[Ezhava]] are a [[caste|social caste]] in [[Kerala]], India, making up approximately 25% of the state's population. The following is a list of notable members of the Ezhava community.

== Dynasty==

* [[Mannanar]]<ref>{{Cite book|last=Pullappilly|first=Cyriac|title=Religion and Social Conflict in South Asia|pages=32}}</ref>

==Legendary characters==
*[[Cheerappanchira]] Panicker - Martial ( Kalary) Guru of Swamy Ayyappan, Father of Malikappurathamma- 13/ 14 century.
*[[Itty Achudan|Itty Achudan vaidyar]] - famous physician <ref>{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=92F7DwAAQBAJ|title=INDia's NEW CAPITALISTS: Caste, Business, and Industry in a Modern Nation|isbn=9789351952800|last1=Damodaran|first1=Harish|date=25 November 2018}}</ref>
*[[Aromal Chekavar]]<ref name=":0">{{Cite book|last=Nadhapuram|first=Kunjikkannan|title=Vadakkan Pattukal}}</ref>
*[[Unniyarcha]]<ref name=":0" />

==Spiritual leaders==
*[[Narayana Guru]]<ref>{{cite book |url={{google books |plainurl=y |id=xNAI9F8IBOg|page=35}} |pages=35–39 |title=Religion and social conflict in South Asia |volume=22 |series=International studies in sociology and social anthropology |first=Bardwell L. |last=Smith |publisher=BRILL |year=1976 |isbn=978-90-04-04510-1}}</ref> (1855- 1928)
*[[Malayala Swamy]] (1885-1962) - Spiritual leader in Andra Pradesh, Founder of Sri Vyasasramam in YERPED, born in Guruvayur, disciple of Sivalinga Dasa Swamikal
*[[Vagbhatananda]] (1885-1939) - Founder of Atmavidya Sangam
*[[Nataraja Guru]] (1895- 1973) - Founder of Narayana Gurukulam, Varkala, son of Dr. Padmanabhan Palpu
*[[Karunakara Guru]] (1927-1999) is known as Navajyothi Karaunakara Guru, founder of Santhigiri Asramam.
*[[Nitya Chaitanya Yati]] (1924-1999) - guru, philosopher

==Literature==
*[[Kumaran Asan]]<ref name=Asan>{{cite book|last=Tharamangalam|first=Joseph|title=Agrarian Class Conflict: The Political Mobilization of Agricultural Labourers in Kuttanad, South India|year=1981|publisher=The University of British Columbia|location=Canada|isbn=0-7748-0126-3|page=38|url={{google books |plainurl=y |id=538cKfVv8ygC|page=38}}}}</ref> (1873 - 2924) – also known as Mahakavi Kumaran Asan
*[[Muloor S. Padmanabha Panicker]]<ref name=Muloor>{{cite book|last=Mathew|first=George|title=Communal Road To A Secular Kerala|year=1989|publisher=Ashok Kumar Mittal Concept Publishing Company|location=New Delhi|isbn=81-7022-282-6|pages=90–110|url={{google books |plainurl=y |id=1TuPeXFP0WgC=Communa|page=90}}}}</ref> (1869-1931) – poet and prominent social reformer
*[[C. V. Kunhiraman]]<ref name=Muloor /> (1871-1949) – founder of [[Kerala Kaumudi]], writer and journalist
*[[S. K. Pottekkatt]] (1913-1982) - Recipient of Jnajpith Award (ജ്ഞാനപീഠം അവാര്‍ഡ്), novelist,
*[[Sukumar Azhikode]] (1926-2012) - Recipient of Kendra Sahithya Academy Award, writer, philosopher, Sanskrit scholar, critic and orator
*[[O. V. Vijayan]]<ref name=OVVijayan>{{cite web|title=The Great Malabar Novel|url=http://www.rediff.com/news/1998/apr/30rajeev.htm|work=Rediff.com}}</ref> (1930-2005) - Indian author ([[Khasakkinte Itihasam]]) and cartoonist

==Politics==
===Chief Ministers===
*[[C. Kesavan]] - former Chief Minister of [[Travancore–Cochin|Travancore-Cochin]]<ref>{{cite web |url=http://pib.nic.in/feature/feyr98/fe0898/f0308982.html |title=Some prominent leaders of the freedom struggle in Kerala |first=Perrunna K. N. |last=Nair |publisher=Press Information Bureau, Government of India |access-date=2011-11-03}}{{dubious|date=November 2011}}</ref>
*[[R. Sankar]]<ref>{{cite news |url=http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2002-07-17/thiruvananthapuram/27327328_1_leader-communities-kerala|archive-url=https://archive.today/20120707014459/http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2002-07-17/thiruvananthapuram/27327328_1_leader-communities-kerala|url-status=dead|archive-date=7 July 2012|title=Bridging the Nair-Ezhava divide |first=P. K. |last=Surendran |agency=TNN |date=17 July 2002 |newspaper=[[The Times of India]]|access-date=2011-11-15}}</ref> – former Chief Minister of Kerala.
*[[V. S. Achuthanandan]] - former Chief Minister of Kerala
*[[Pinarayi Vijayan]]<ref>{{Cite web|title='Some people remind me of my caste quite often,' says Kerala CM Pinarayi Vijayan|url=https://scroll.in/latest/908057/some-people-remind-me-of-my-caste-quite-often-says-kerala-cm-pinarayi-vijayan}}</ref> - incumbent Chief Minister of Kerala.

== Political Leaders==
*[[A. P. Udhayabhanu]] - former KPCC President, freedom fighter, writer, editor - [[Indian National Congress|Congress]] party selected him as the Chief Minister of Kerala, but he declined.
*[[Vayalar Ravi]] - former AICC Gen. Secretary, CWC member, Union Cabinet minister, former State Home minister, former KPCC president, founder of KSU, NSU and Youth Congress
*[[K. R. Gowri Amma]] - Communist Party leader ([[Communist Party of India (Marxist)|CPM]]) leader, Minister in the first Kerala ministry in 1957.
*[[Veliyam Bhargavan]] - Communist Party leader ([[Communist Party of India|CPI]]) former state secretary
*[[Pannyan Raveendran]] - CPI former state secretary. MP.
*[[V. M. Sudheeran]] - former KPCC President, former Speaker, former state Minister'
*[[Mullappally Ramachandran]] - KPCC President, former Union minister.
*[[V. Muraleedharan]] - former BJP State President, Union minister
* [[K. Surendran (politician)|K. Surendran]] - BJP State President

==Social reformers==
*[[Padmanabhan Palpu]]<ref>{{cite book |pages=209–210 |first=Ritty A. |last=Lukose |chapter=Recasting the Secular: Religion and Education in Kerala, India |title=Everyday Life in South Asia |editor1-first=Diane P. |editor1-last=Mines |editor2-first=Sarah |editor2-last=Lamb |edition=2nd |publisher=Indiana University Press |year=2010 |isbn=9780253354730 |chapter-url={{google books |plainurl=y |id=828fOvb61wIC|page=209}}}}</ref>
*[[Arattupuzha Velayudha Panicker]], ne 'Mangalam Vazhunnor Velayudha Perumal' <ref>{{cite book|last=Krishanan IAS|first=NR|title=Izhavar Annum Innum|publisher=Seena Publications|year=1967|location=Trissur|page=119}}</ref>
*[[Ayyathan Gopalan]] - founder of Sugunavardhini movement, leader of Bhehmo Samaj
*[[T. K. Madhavan]]<ref>{{Cite book|url={{google books |plainurl=y |id=xNAI9F8IBOgC|page=38}}|title=Pullapilly, Cyriac K. (1976). "The Izhavas of Kerala and their Historic Struggle for Acceptance in the Hindu Society". In Smith, Bardwell L. Religion and Social Conflict in South Asia. International studies in sociology and social anthropology. 22. Netherlands: E. J. Brill. ISBN 978-90-04-04510-1|isbn=9004045104|last1=Smith|first1=Bardwell L.|year=1976}}</ref>
*[[Sahodaran Ayyappan]]
*[[Moorkoth Kumaran]]

==Cinema==
*[[Namitha Pramod]]<ref>[https://www.deccanchronicle.com/130818/entertainment-mollywood/article/namitha-pramod-shooting-star] {{dead link|date=May 2021}}</ref> - Malayalam film actor.
*[[Ratheesh]] - Actor in late 1970s and 1980s.
*[[Thilakan]] - Actor
*[[Ramu Kariat]]- Film director.
*[[I. V. Sasi]] - Film director. Malayalam, Tamil and Hindi
*[[Sreenivasan]] - Film director, actor, screenplay writer and producer
*[[Mukesh (actor)]] - Actor and politician, MLA.
*[[Devan (actor)]]- Actor in Malayalam, Tamil and Telugu

==References==
{{Reflist}}

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[[Category:Lists of Indian people by community|Ezhava]]
[[Category:Ezhava|*]]
[[Category:Lists of people from Kerala|Ezhavas]]