List of people from Nagercoil

The following is a list of prominent people who were born in/lived in or around Nagercoil, or for whom Nagercoil is a significant part of their identity.

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Kings, royals and princesses[edit | edit source]

Kings of Travancore[edit | edit source]

Marthanda Varma Kulasekhara Perumal (1729–1758)
Balarama Varma Kulasekhara Perumal – Dharma Raja Karthika Thirunal (1758–1798)
Balarama Varma Kulasekhara Perumal (1798–1810)
Gouri Laksmibhai Ranee (1810–1815)
Gouri Parvathibhai Ranee (1815–1829)
Swathi Thirunal Rama Varma Kulasekhara Perumal (1829–1847)
Uthram Thirunal Marthanda Varma Maharaja (1847–1860)
Ayilyam Thirunal Rama Varma Maharaja (1860–1880)
Visakham Thirunal Rama Varma Maharaja (1880–1885)
Shri Moolam Thirunal Maharajah (1885–1924)
Sethu Laksmibhai Ranee (1924–1933)
Shri Chithira Thirunal Balarama Varma Maharajah (1933–1949) – last King of Travancore; Rajpramukh of Thiru-Kochi

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Government Service[edit | edit source]

Reserve Bank of India[edit | edit source]

S. Venkitaramanan - 18th Governor of the Reserve Bank of India.

Navy[edit | edit source]

Admiral Oscar Stanley Dawson - 12th Chief of Naval Staff of the Indian Navy.
Admiral Sushil Kumar - 16th Chief of Naval Staff of the Indian Navy.
Admiral Nilakanta Krishnan - Indo-Pakistani War of 1971.

Police[edit | edit source]

F. V. Arul - 2nd Central Bureau of Investigation Director.
Walter Devaram - Former Director general of police of Tamil Nadu.
Christopher Nelson - Former Director general of police of Tamil Nadu.
G. Nanchil Kumaran - Former Director general of police of Tamil Nadu.
N. Paramasivan Nair - Former Director general of police of Kerala.^[2]
Joel Davis - Director general of police, Hyderabad.
Dr.C. Sylendra Babu - Former Director general of police of Tamil Nadu.

Chief Justice of State[edit | edit source]

N. Paul Vasanthakumar - Chief Justice of Jammu & Kashmir (2015-2017).

Jurists[edit | edit source]

Omana Kunjamma - First Indian Women Magistrate.

Diplomats[edit | edit source]

Bijay Selvaraj - Indian Ambassador to UK, Egypt, and Bangladesh.

Government Secretaries[edit | edit source]

Nilakanta Mahadeva Ayyar CIE - Former Governor of Bengal and Chief Secretary to the Government of India.
Y. S. Rajan - Secretary, Department of Space, Indian Space Research Organisation.
Sheela Balakrishnan - Former Chief Secretary of Tamil Nadu.
Girija Vaidyanathan - Chief Secretary of Tamil Nadu.
M. G. Devashagayam - Former Chief Secretary of Haryana.

Scientists[edit | edit source]

Dr.Subbayya Sivasankaranarayana Pillai inventions in mathematics work are considered to be the very best achievements in Indian Mathematics since Ramanujan

G.D.Boaz - First Indian psychologist.
Raja Chelliah - Indian economist and recipient of Padma Vibushan.
Ranjan Roy Daniel - Indian cosmic-physicist and former director of Tata Institute of Fundamental Research, Recipient of Padma Bhushan.
Subbayya Sivasankaranarayana Pillai - Indian mathematician and inventor of Pillai's conjecture, Pillai's arithmetical function, Pillai prime, Pillai sequence.
M.S.S. Pandian - Renowned social scientist and former Dean of Department of Social Science at Jawaharlal Nehru University.
H. S. S. Lawrence - Special Envoy to Afghanistan.
C. Livingstone - Indian plant taxonomist.
Kolappa Kanakasabhapathy Pillay - Indian historian and former dean at University of Madras.
Ajayan Vinu - Indian material scientist and professor University of Queensland.

Defence Research and Development Organisation[edit | edit source]

A. Sivathanu Pillai - Former chairman of DRDO.
S. Christopher - Chairman of DRDO.

Indian Space Research Organisation[edit | edit source]

G. Madhavan Nair - 6th Chairman (2003-2009)
Kailasavadivoo Sivan - 10th Chairman of Indian Space Research Organisation
Nambi Narayanan - Aerospace Scientist and Founder of Cryogenic Engine in India.

Entertainment[edit | edit source]

Film, television, theater, and dance[edit | edit source]

Gopakumaran Nair Mathar Ramakrishnan Nair (a.k.a.) M.R.Gopakumar, Renowned Indian theater artist.

Azhagam Perumal - Indian Actor
Sathyan - First Malayalam film superstar.
Sukumari - Indian film actress.
Manju Warrier - Malayalam film actress.
Madhavan Nair - Malayalam film actor.
J. C. Daniel - Father of Malayalam film industry.
Thikkurissy Sukumaran Nair - Malayalam film director.
Nyla Usha - Malayalam film actress.
Manu Ramesan - Indian film composer.
M. Rajesh - Tamil film director.
K. R. Ramsingh - Indian theater artist.
M. R. Gopakumar - Renowned Indian theater artist.
Deepti Omchery Bhalla - Indian Mohiniattam dance exponent.
Padmesh - Indian cinematographer.
Vijay Vasanth - Indian actor.
Menaka Suresh - Indian actress.
Bala Singh - Indian actor
Aarav - Indian Actor

Comedians, humorists, and entertainers[edit | edit source]

N. S. Krishnan - Tamil actor.
Kanal Kannan - Renowned Indian action choreographer, stunt co-ordinator.

Musicians[edit | edit source]

Vishwas Nicholas - Singer/Songwriter/Composer (Guinness World Record Holder).^[3]

Vijay Antony - Indian music composer, playback singer.
K.V. Mahadevan - Composer; winner of the National Film Award for Best Music Direction (1968 & 1980).
Neelakanta Sivan - Carnatic music composer.
Nagercoil S. Ganesa Iyer - Prominent Carnatic musician and exponent.
Leela Omchery - Indian classical singer, musicologist and writer.
Nagercoil Harihara Iyer - Indian violinist.
Bhoothapandi Arunachalam Chidambaranathan - Indian film composer and musician.
Kamukara Purushothaman - Indian playback singer.
R. Muttusamy - Sri lankan musician and singer.
Neyyattinkara Vasudevan - Carnatic music vocalist.
Poongani, Veteran villupaattu exponent.^[4]

Art, literature, journalism, and philosophy[edit | edit source]

Rajasekharan Parameswaran, Renowned Indian Paint and art director.

Kavimani Desigavinayagam Pillai - Tamil Renaissance poet.
Thirunainar Kurichi Madhavan Nair - Renowned Indian poet, novelist and lyricist.
T. V. Ramasubbaiyer - Founder of Indian Daily Newspaper Dinamalar.
Amsi Narayanapilla - Renowned Malayalam Poet.
T. N. Gopakumar - Editor in chief of Asianet News
Aiyappan Pillai - Renowned Malayalam Author.
Neela Padmanabhan - Indian writer and 2007 recipient of Sahitya Akademi Award.
Nanjil Nadan - Indian writer and 2010 recipient of Sahitya Akademi Award.
T. M. Chidambara Ragunathan - Indian writer and 1983 recipient of Sahitya Akademi Award.
Thoppil Mohamed Meeran - Indian writer and 1997 recipient of Sahitya Akademi Award.
Ponneelan - Indian writer and 1994 recipient of Sahitya Akademi Award.
Rajasekharan Parameswaran - Indian painter.
David Davidar - English novelist.
B. Jeyamohan - Indian writer and literary critic.
S. Ramesan Nair - Indian poet.
Aravindan Neelakandan - Indian columnist at Swarajya

Entrepreneurs and businessmen[edit | edit source]

H. Vasanthakumar - Founder and director of Vasanth & Co.

Environmentalists[edit | edit source]

Jivanayakam Cyril Daniel - Indian naturalist.
A. J. T. Johnsingh - Former director of Wildlife Institute of India.
S. S. Davidson - Indian environmentalist.

Sports[edit | edit source]

Ramanathan Krishnan - Retired Indian tennis player and Wimbledon semifinalist in 1960 & 1961.
Thalaivan Sargunam - Indian cricketer.
Antony Dhas - Indian cricketer.

References[edit | edit source]

↑ "kings of Travancore 1663 TO 1949". pazhayathu.blogspot.ae.
↑ "Trailblazing police officer laid to rest"
↑ "Vishwas Nicholas — Live Your Dreamzz — Kritik — Pop — Rock". 30 January 2022.
↑ "Veteran villupaattu exponent dead - The Hindu"

[1] "kings of Travancore 1663 TO 1949". pazhayathu.blogspot.ae.

[2] "Trailblazing police officer laid to rest"

[3] "Vishwas Nicholas — Live Your Dreamzz — Kritik — Pop — Rock". 30 January 2022.

[4] "Veteran villupaattu exponent dead - The Hindu"

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