List of people from North Malabar

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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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