This is a list of notable people from North Malabar, a historical and cultural area including the former French exclaves of Pondicherry. North Malabar is now administratively at the northern end of Kerala, India.
- Pazhassi Raja (1753–1805), freedom fighter and prince regent of Kottayam princely state
- Cherusseri Namboothiri (c.1375–c.1475), poet
- Thacholi Othenan, legendary hero from the 1500s
- Unniyarcha -16th Century warrior
- Chandu Chekavar -16th Century Warrior
- A. K. Gopalan (1904–1977), politician, communist leader, MP
- K. Kelappan (1889–1971), social reformer and journalist
- E. K. Nayanar (1919–2004), politician, communist leader and Chief Minister of Kerala
- K. P. R. Gopalan (1906–1997), politician. Naxalite communist leader and MPA
- M. V. Raghavan (1933–2014), politician, communist leader and MPA
- K. Karunakaran (1918–2010), politician, congress leader and Chief Minister of Kerala
- E. Ahmed (1938-2017), politician, Muslim League leader and Central Cabinet Minister
- Moorkoth Kumaran (1874–1941), teacher and short-story writer
- Moorkoth Ramunni (1915–2009), pilot and bureaucrat
- Moorkoth Kunhappa (1905–1993), journalist, editor, novelist
- M. N. Nambiar (1919–2008), film actor and spiritual leader
- Verghese Kurien (1921–2012), social entrepreneur and founder of Amul
- Sreenivasan (born 1956), film actor, screenwriter, director, and producer
- Kannur Rajan (1949–1995), music composer
- Kaithapram Damodaran Namboothiri (born 1950), lyricist, music director, actor, singer, screenwriter, and performer of carnatic music
- Gireesh Puthenchery (1961–2010), lyricist and screenwriter
- Vineeth (born 1969), film actor and classical dancer
- K. Raghavan (1913–2013), music composer
- A. T. Ummer (1933-2001), music composer
- Vengayil Kunhiraman Nayanar (1861-1914), journalist, writer, landowner
- Vijay K. Nambiar (born 1943), diplomat
- O. M. Nambiar (born 1932), athletics coach and winner of the Dronacharya award
- Lt. General Satish Nambiar (born 1936), general and commander of the UNPROFOR force in the former Yugoslavia 1992-93[citation needed]
- Pinarayi Vijayan (born 1944), politician, communist leader, MPA, Chief Minister of Kerala
- Kodiyeri Balakrishnan (born 1953), politician, communist leader, MPA
- Sukumar Azhikode (1926–2012), writer philosopher
- M. Night Shyamalan (born 1970), film director, screenwriter, and producer
- M. Mukundan (born 1942), writer, social activist
- Kavya Madhavan (born 1984), film actress
- Samvrutha Sunil (born 1986), film actress
- Captain C. P. Krishnan Nair (1922–2014), businessman, hotelier
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