List of people from Thiruvananthapuram
List of notable people who were born or settled in Thiruvananthapuram (Trivandrum), Kerala.
Former rulers of Travancore
Religion and spirituality
Freedom fighters
Politicians
Musicians Darsan Raman
- Swathithirunal
- B. Sasikumar
- K. S. Chithra
- M. Jayachandran
- Bichu Thirumala
- Hariharan - born in Thiruvananthapuram, settled in Mumbai
- 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
- Raftaar (rapper)
- Vinayak Sasikumar
- Vishnu Vijay
Painters
Sculptor
Performing artists, Indian dance
Architects
- Laurie Baker - architect, born in England, settled in Trivandrum
- Gopalan Nair Shankar (G. Shankar) - received Padma Shri award in 2011
Science
- V. N. Krishnamurthy - ex-Dy. Director, VSSC; ex-Director, ISRO-UoP Cell
- G. Madhavan Nair - ISRO Chairman
- Thanu Padmanabhan - Indian theoretical physicist
Social Reformers
- Ayyankali
- Vakkom Moulavi
- Narayana Guru - also a poet
- Chattampi Swamikal - also a poet and prose writer
Writers
- Kumaran Asan - poet
- A. Ayyappan
- 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
- Sankar
- Sukumar
- Irayimman Thampi
- Bichu Thirumala - Malayalam poet
- Swathi Thirunal
- A. R. Raja Raja Varma
- Vijayakrishnan
- Poovachal Khader - poet
Military personnel
Jurists
- N. R. Madhava Menon – member of Centre-State Relations Commission of the Government of India; former VC of National Law School of India, 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
- 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
- Kris Gopalakrishnan - CEO of Infosys
Actors and directors
- Abhirami
- Ahaana Krishna
- Aishwarya Lekshmi
- Alencier Ley Lopez
- Ambika
- Aneesh Ravi
- Anil Murali
- Annie Shaji Kailas
- Anoop Menon
- 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
- Lalitha
- Maala Parvathi
- Madhu
- Madhupal
- 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
- Sankar
- 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
- 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
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