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A list of the most famous Nairs.

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1 Spiritual Leaders 2 Freedom Fighters 3 Senior Political Leaders - Post Independence 4 Writers and Journalists 5 Scientists and academicians 6 Historians 7 Policy makers/administrators 8 Military personnel 9 Distinguished Police Personnel 10 Martial arts experts 11 Royal Lineages 12 Film actors and others 13 Artists and entertainers 14 Kathakali artists 15 Renowned Professors and Educationists 16 Business-persons and CEOs 17 Sports & athletics 18 Mobsters and Anti-socials 19 See also 20 References

[edit] Spiritual Leaders

Tapovan Maharaj - Swami Tapovan Maharaj (previous name Subramanian Nair) was a great Hindu sage who lived his later life in the Himalayas.

Swami Chinmayananda - (previous name Balakrishna Menon) Modern day Hindu guru and founder of Chinmaya Mission

Sree Vidyadhiraja Parama Bhattaraka Chattampi Swamikal - Hindu Sage, Social Reformer

Jagadguru Swami Sathyananda Saraswathi -(previous name Sekharan Nair)-Hindu Sage and founder of Sree Ramadasa Mission reckoned as the Greatest Karmayogi to uphold Sanatana Dharma since Swami Vivekananda

Swami Niranjananda - of the Ramakrishnan Mission Swami Ranganathananda - Headed the Ramakrishna Mission

[edit] Freedom Fighters

Billy Nair - South African anti-apartheid activist and comrade of Nelson Mandela and M. P.

Chengalath Kunhirama Menon - Renowned journalist and freedom fighter Ammu Swaminathan - (freedom fighter) N. Sreekantan Nair - (freedom fighter) G. P. Pillai - (freedom fighter)- Founder Madras Mail - News Paper K. P. Kesava Menon - Indian independence activist Velu Thampi Dalawa - Dalawa of erstwhile Travancore Kingdom, Freedom Fighter Edachena Kunkan Nair - Commander of Kerala Varma Pazhassi Raja's army in

Wyanad. Kaitheri Ambu Nambiar - Commander of Kerala Varma Pazhassi Raja's army in

Kottayam, as well as his brother-in-law. Vaikom Padmanabha Pillai - a.k.a Kuthira Pakki, Commander of the Travancore Nair

Army, which defeated Tipu Sultan. Mannathu Padmanabhan Nair - Social reformer and freedom fighter Sir Chettur Shankaran Nair - President of the Indian National Congress & member of

the Viceroy's Executive Council. K. Kelappan - a.k.a Kerala Gandhi, freedom fighter, founder of NSS. Cherumony Damodaran Nair - {freedom fighter}-INA. Sankara Narayanan Thampi - Freedom Fighter. T. M. Nair - Tharavath Madhavan Nair - Founder of Justice Party,Politician And

Physician. K P Madhavan Nair - Freedom Fighter and former All India General Secratary of

Indian National Congress Dr. G Ramachandran - Freedom Fighter and Founder of Gandhigram (Now

Gandhigram Rural University) in Madurai

[edit] Senior Political Leaders - Post Independence

Pattom Thanu Pillai - Chief Minister of Kerala. C Achutha Menon - Cheif Minister of Kerala P K Vasudevan Nair - Chief Minister of Kerala K P Unnikrishnan - Former Union Cabinet Minister O Rajagopal - Former All India Vice President of BJP

[edit] Writers and Journalists

O. Chandhu Menon - First malayalam novelist who wrote Indulekha in 1889, the first Malayalam fictional work as accepted by literary convention.

G. Sankara Kurup - Writer and Recipient of the First Jnanpith Award in 1965. Thakazhi Sivasankara Pillai - Recipient of the Jnanpith Award in 1984. "Chemmeen",

his renowned novel has been translated into more than thirty languages. M. T. Vasudevan Nair - Renowned Keralite author and screenplay writer. Recipient

of the Jnanpith Award in 1995. O. N. V. Kurup - Poet, Recipient of the Jnanpith Award for 2007 Sanjayan - One of the best known Malayalam authors. a.k.a Mannikoth Ramunni

Nair.

Changampuzha Krishna Pillai - Famous poet Edappally Raghavan Pillai - Famous poet C. Karunakara Menon - Indian journalist Chandran Nair - Singaporean poet and retired Director and Mediator of UNESCO in

Paris. Ramesh Menon - Indian author and journalist Appu Nedungadi - Author of Kundalatha Anita Nair - Novelist,English Writer. G. Balakrishnan Nair - Professor G. Balakrishna Nair is an emeritus Sanskrit

academician, author and renowned scholar. M. Krishnan Nair - Eminent Malayalam writer, literary critic and orator. Mahakavi Pala Narayanan Nair - Renowned Malayalam poet M. P. Sankunni Nair - Renowned Malayalam poet V. Madhusoodhanan Nair - Renowned Malayalam poet Pulloottupadathu Bhaskaran Nair - Renowned Malayalam poet Preethi Nair - British author Edasseri Govindan Nair - Leading figure in modern Malayalam poetry. Preetu Nair - Indian journalist P. K. Venukuttan Nair - Vice-president of the Kerala Sangeetha Nataka Akademi. Thikkodiyan - Malayalam author C. V. Raman Pillai - Malayalam novelist Vinita Nair - American television journalist Balachandran Chullikkadu - Renowned Malayalam poet Balamani Amma - Malayalam poet P. Bhaskaran - Famous Malayalam poet Kadammanitta Ramakrishnan - Was Indian poet Kavalam Narayana Panicker - Indian dramatist and poet Pannisseri Nanu Pillai - Was a poet and scholar Vennikkulam Gopala Kurup - Was a poet from kerala Rajalakshmi - Was a Malayalam writer and poet from Kerala Sugathakumari - Is an Indian poet-Activist Kamala Das - Famous Indian writer who wrote in Malayalam and English V. K. N. - Was a pathbreaking and celebrated Malayalam writer. a.k.a Vadakkke

Koottala Narayanankutty Nair. E. Harikumar - Is a Malaylam novelist and short story writer Nisha Pillai - Indian born journalist based in London. She is one of the main news

anchor with BBC World News Shashi Tharoor - a world renowned English language writer- both fiction and non-

fiction M. P. Narayana Pillai - Writer in Malayalam Uroob - P.C.Kutty Krishna Menon,Famous Malayalam Writer. Swadeshabhimani Ramakrishna Pillai - Writer, Journalist, Newspaper editor, and

political activist. Kesari Balakrishna Pillai - Writer, Journalist Karur Neelakanta Pillai - Renowned Short Story writer. Kunjunni - Poet, Philosopher. Thinakkal Padmanabhan - Renowned Short Story writer. S. Guptan Nair - Well known Malayalam writer and Critic. K.C.S. Paniker - He was a Veteran Visual Artist and Founder Cholamandalam Artists

Village, near Chennai.

M V Nikesh Kumar - CEO of Indiavision. Son of M. V. Raghavan. Sooranad Kunjan Pillai - Scholar of Malayalam Language.Won Padmashree Award

1984. K. Shankar Pillai - Famous Indian cartoonist, Writer.Won Padma Vibhushan Award

1976. Sunil Nayar - Famous Indian American television Writer and Producer. V.K. Nayanar - Malayali journalist, essay writer, critic and short story writer. E. V. Krishna Pillai - Renowed Writer of Malayalam literature. Kainikkara Padmanabha Pillai - Malayalam Author And Actor. Kainikkara Kumara Pillai - Malayalam Teacher And Actor. K. Raghavan Pillai - Famous Writer and Scholar. K. C. Kesava Pillai - Composer of Carnatic Music,Poet,Writer. Thoppil Bhasi - Screenwriter And Film director. S. Ramesan Nair - Famous Poet and Lyricist. Vijayakrishnan - First Keralite to receive the Indian National Film Award for Best

Book on Cinema . K. N. Panikkar - Famous Indian Historian. Chirayinkeezhu Ramakrishnan Nair - Famous Malayalam Lyricist. K. Ayyappa Paniker - Famous Poet. Pamman - Malayalam novelist C. Radhakrishnan - Famous Malayalam Novelist, Scientist. Vyloppilli Sreedhara Menon - Famous Malayalam Poet. M. Leelavathy - Malayalam Writer,critic

[edit] Scientists and academicians

Prof. Neelakantan Ramachandran - Prof. Neelakantan Ramachandran, Senior Academician in Finance and Accounting from Indian Institute of Management; Adviser and consultant to many Indian and international companies.

G. Madhavan Nair - Dr. G. Madhavan Nair, Chairman, ISRO, Secretary Dept. of Space. Man behind India's Chandrayaan.

K. Radhakrishnan (scientist) - Dr.K.Radhakrishnan, Director, VSSC, Designated Chairman, ISRO.

E. Sreedharan , Dr. E. Shreedhara Menon,Indian technocrat, M.D of Delhi Metro, Chairman of Konkan Railway Project.

Mambillikalathil Govind Kumar Menon - Notable physicist and policy maker at the Tata Institute of Fundamental

Research.Former Director of ISRO.

Dr Jai Menon - IBM master scientist in the field of storage, Invented RAID Technology. He is IBM Fellow and also a Vice-President.

Mani Menon - Eminent Surgeon, [Detroit, U.S.A.] N. R. Madhava Menon - Famous legal educator, founder VC of (NUJS) in West

Bengal, founder National Law School of India University in Bangalore. M. S. Valiathan - Famous Cardiac surgeon, Former Vice Chancellor, Manipal

University.Won Padmashree Award 1985. R. Kesavan Nair - Kerala's First Civil Surgeon. K. C. Sreedharan Pillai - Indian mathematician

Dr. N.Unnikrishnan Nair -Famous Indian Statistician and Former Vice Chancellor ,Cochin University of science and technology

M. Krishnan Nair - Leading Oncologist. He received the Padmashree Award. Sreekanteswaram Padmanabha Pillai - Lexicographer and Scholar P. K. Venugopalan Nambiar - Indian agricultural scientist credited with the

development of the first hybrid variety of black pepper in the world. Dinesh Nair - leading British chemical engineer and Head of GlaxoSmithKline's

Centre of Excellence for Sustainable Manufacture. G. Balakrish Nair - An eminent Indian microbiologist. At present, he is the Director

of National Institute of Cholera & Enteric Diseases (NICED, ICMR), Kolkata, India. G. Balakrishnan Nair - Emeritus Sanskrit academician. Anil Nair - Researcher on Alzheimer's Disease and neurology at Boston University. Kookal Ramunni Krishnan - Physician Elamkulam Kunjan Pillai - Historian K. N. Panikkar - Famous Indian Marxist Historian Gopinath Kartha - Famous Crystallographer, Scientist. Remi Chandran - Environmental Policy Analyst R. V. G. Menon - Famous Environmentalist From Kerala. Kottayan Katankot Venugopal - Famous Advocate of Supreme Court. Mallor Govinda Pillai - He was eminent Advocate who Specialized in Criminal

Cases. Dr.Chandrathil Gouri Krishnadas Nair - Won Padmashree Award 2001. Parameswaran Kuttapp Panikkar - Famous Civil Servant.Won Padma Shri Award

1959. Dr.Madempath Kalathil Krishna Menon - Famous Physician. Won Padma Shri

Award1973. Dr.Narayana Balakrish Nair - Famous Physician. Won Padma Shri Award1984. K. Ramunni Menon - Former Vice-Chancellor,Madras University. V. N. Rajasekharan Pillai - Currently Vice-Chancellor of the IGNOU. K. Radhakrishnan (engineer) - Currently Chief Engineer,of KSEB. Jaishankar Menon - IBM Master Scientist in the field of storage. Gita Gopinath - full professor at Harvard University's Department of Economics Dr.A.SreekumarMenon Manaagement specialist , Researcher and Author of award

winning Management books Dr.Arun Sreekumar Distiguished Cancer Scientist working in U.S.A Dr. M. A. Atmanand, Director, National Institute of Ocean Technology, Chennai,

India Dr S Madhavan Pillai, An eminent researcher in Ayurveda, former Director of Central

Research Institute of Panchakarma, Cheruthuruthi, Kerala, India.

[edit] Historians

Dr. Sooranad Kunjan Pillai - Historian and Linguist Dr. A. Sreedhara Menon - Famous Historian and Ex Registrar - Kerala University

[edit] Policy makers/administrators

C. V. Devan Nair - Third President of Singapore P.G.N. Unnithan - Last Dewan of Travancore.

Raja Kesavadas - Dewan of Travancore during the reign of Dharma Raja. K. P. S. Menon (senior) - a.k.a Kumara Padmanabha Shivashankar Menon - India's

first Foreign secretary. Panampilly Govinda Menon Chief Minister of Trvancore and Kochi and Union

Minister for Law and Railways Prakash Karat - General Secretary of the Communist Party of India (Marxist) (CPM). K M Chandrasekhar - Cabinet Secretary to the Indian Govt. S. Ramachandran Pillai - Politburo Member of the CPM. Shivshankar Menon - India's Former Foreign Secretary.Currently National Security

Advisor. Mayankote Kelath Narayanan - Former National Security Advisor. Vijay K. Nambiar - The Chef de Cabinet (Chief of Staff) in the U.N. He holds the

rank of Under-Secretary-General. Shashi Tharoor - Former U.N. Under-Secretary General & Former India's Minister of

State for External Affairs V. K. Krishna Menon - First Defence Minister of India, High commissioner of India

in London, former cabinet minister. V. P. Menon - The man behind the reunification of India with Sardar Patel C. Achutha Menon - Former Chief Minister of Kerala Lakshmi N. Menon - First Woman Foreign Minister of India (1957–66). Vinod C Menon - Member of the National Disaster Management Authority (NDMA) N. R. Pillai - India's first secretary of external affairs K R Menon - India's First Finance

Secrtary-http://republicnotes.indian-coins.com/1%20rupee/1.K.R.K.Menon.htm Dileep Nair - Former United Nations Under-Secretary-General for Internal Oversight

Services. Vijay Nair - One of the nominees of the Leader of the Opposition to the Senate of Fiji. Damodran Nair - Former MP, Fiji. C. M. Padmanabhan Nair - Indian politician V. K. B. Nair - First South Indian to head UP Police. A. M. Nair - a.k.a Nair San, freedom fighter Gengadharan Nair - Malaysian High Court judge P. K. Vasudevan Nair - Former Chief Minister of Kerala And Politician. E. K. Nayanar - He is the Longest Serving Chief Minister of Kerala. K. Karunakaran - 4 time chief minister of Kerala, one time Indian union minister for

Industry M. G. Ramachandran - a.k.a. M.G.R, Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu from 1977-1987.

Tamil Superstar, producer and politician. R. Balakrishna Pillai - Kerala State Minister for various ministries A. K. Gopalan - Former opposition leader of Loksabha. Pattom A. Thanu Pillai - Former Chief Minister of Kerala Paravur T. K. Narayana Pillai - First Chief Minister of Travancore-Cochin. C. Achutha Menon - Former Chief Minister of Kerala K. P. Karunakara Menon - Ex President of Nair Service Society Ramesh Chennithala - Indian National Congress party leader, President Kerala

Pradesh Congress Committee (KPCC). P. Krishna Pillai - Kerala's First Communist.Founder of the Communist movement in

Kerala, popularly known as "Sakhavu". O. Rajagopal - First BJP leader from Kerala to became union minister N. P. Nayar - Freedom fighter and Administrator, Azad Hind Dal

Jyotindra Nath Dixit - Diplomat,Foreign secretary And Former National Security Advisor.

N. Sreekantan Nair - Founder member of the State Congress, Politician, Freedom Fighter, Trade Unionist

K. Jayakumar - Currently the Additional Chief Secretary, Government of kerala Kavalam Madhava Panikkar a.k.a Sardar K M Panikker - Was an Indian

Administrator and Diplomat, Prime Minister of Patiala and Kashmir Kingdoms. K.G.Marar - Leader of Kerala unit of Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) for over two

decades, until his death in 1995. M.T.Ramesh - State General Secretary of BJP in Kerala. Nirupama Rao - Currently Foreign Secretary of India. A. R. Pillai - Freedom Fighter who worked in Germany. G. K. Pillai - Currently Home Secretary of India. B. Sandhya - I.G of Kerala Police. Jayaram Padikkal - Former DGP of Kerala Police. K. Sankaranarayanan - Currently Governor of Jharkhand.Former Minister of Kerala. K.P.R. Gopalan - He was Freedom Fighter and Communist Leader. Kodiyeri Balakrishnan - Politburo member of CPM.Currently Home and Tourism

Minister. M.V. Raghavan - Founder of CMP.Former minister of Kerala. G. Sudhakaran - Politician and Minister. P. K. Sreemathy - Politician and Presently Health Minister. Thennala G. Balakrishna Pillai - Politician And Member of Rajya Sabha. N. K. Premachandran - Politician And Minister. M. Vijayakumar - Politician And Minister. K. Govindan - Deputy Managing Director (retd), State Bank of India V. Balakrishna Eradi - Former Justice of Supreme Court.Former Chief Justice of

Kerala High Court. P. Govinda Pillai - a veteran of Communist Party of India, marxist leader and

ideologue from Kerala Madhav Das Nalapat - holder of the UNESCO Peace Chair. K. Muraleedharan - Politician. R.B. Sreekumar - Former Gujarat State Director General of Police. Thiruvanchoor Radhakrishnan - Politician. K.C. Venugopal - Indian Politician. K Vijay Kumar - Former Chief of Tamil Nadu Special Task Force. Vaikom Viswan - Politician. Koliyakode N. Krishnan Nair - Ex. MLA, Politician and President Kerala State

Cooperative Bank.

[edit] Military personnel

See also: List of notable Nairs in the Indian Army

Lt General K P Candeth - Lieutenant General in the Indian Army during Indo-Pak war.

Captain Lakshmi Sehgal (INA) - An ex-officer of the INA and the Minister of Women's affairs in the Azad Hind Government.

Lt General Satish Nambiar - First Force Commander and Head of Mission of UNPROFOR, the UNPF in the former Yugoslavia.

Major Sandeep Unnikrishnan - Ashok Chakra recipient. Col. Neelakantan Jayachandran Nair - Ashok Chakra recipient. Lt General G.M. Nair - Military Secretary of India since February 2010. Air Marshal Narayan Menon - former Air Officer-in-Charge (Personnel) with the

Indian Air Force. Maj Gen V.N. Parameswaran Pillai - Last GOC of Travancore Nair Army. Lt Cdr Rahul Nair - Part of Sagar Pawan team, Indian Navy. Radhakrishnan Nair Harshan - Ashok Chakra recipient

[edit] Distinguished Police Personnel

K Chandrasekharan Nair - Ex Inspector General Of Kerala, in whose name Chandrasekharan Nair Stadium in Triavndrum is dedicated for his Services to Sports.

K Shankaran Nair - Former Chief of RAW (Indian Intelligence Agency) and Member of Imperial Police Service

C M Radhakrishnan Nair - Former Chief of Central Intelligence Agency (CBI) K Mohandas - Former Director General of Police, Tamilnadu K Vijaya Kumar - Director General of Central Reserve Police Force, CRPF

[edit] Martial arts experts

Thacholi Othenan - Better known as Udayana Kurup of Thacholi Manikoth House. Legendary hero from North Kerala, who lived in the 16th century. Belonged to the Nair tharavadu of Manikkoth.

Putumanna Kandaru Menon - Chaver from Valluvanadu who nearly succeeded in assassinating the Zamorin.

Kadathanadan Ambadi - Legendary hero from North Kerala.

[edit] Royal Lineages

Zamorin - Maharajah of Ernād, the largest Kingdom in pre-independent Kerala. Lost power when Tipu Sultan invaded Malabar in 1766. Also known as Nediyirippu Swaroopam.

Maharajah of Travancore - Ruler of the second largest Kingdom in pre-independent Kerala. Known as Nāyar of Venād till 13th century AD, and after that the Raja of Venād.

Maharajah of Kolathunād - Better known as Kolathiri. Believed to be the representatives of the ancient Nāyar kings, perhaps the oldest aristocracy in the world.[1]

Raja of Chirakkal – Unnithiries of Kolathiri of Kerala.

Valluvakonāthiri Moopil Nāyar - Former ruler of Valluvanad. Also known as Vallodi.

Raja of Kadathanad - Former ruler of Kadathanad. Also known as Polarthiri or Pola Swaroopam , the former rulers of Polanad (Present Kozhikode/ Calicut). Lineage of Nambiars.

Njavakkatt Kartha - Former ruler of Meenachil

Kavalappara Swaroopam - Ruler was known as Kavalappara Moopil Nair.

Nedungadi - Former ruler of Nedunganad (South Malabar).

Ettuveetil Pillamar - Before their destruction ruled most of the South Travancore. Kurumbranad - Maharaja of Vadakara - and 30 koottams (Vadakara, Koilandy

Koottam, Moodadi Koottam , Tacholi Koottam, Balussery koottam, Wayanad), also known as Vadakara Vazhunoor.

Kurumbranad - Maharaja of Vadakara - and 30 koottams (Vadakara, Koilandy Koottam, Moodadi Koottam , Tacholi Koottam, Balussery koottam, Wayanad), also known as Vadakara Vazhunoor.

Papu Kovil Swaroopam - Raja of Beypore.

Parappanad Swaroopam - Raja of Parappanad (north parappanad south parappanad)

Tanoor Swaroopam - Ruler of Tirur, Tanoor of Present Malappuram District.

Arakkal Royal Family - Only Muslim Royal Family in Kerala having dissented from Nair / Kolathiri background.

Alladathu Swaroopam - Nileswaram Royal Family - (dissented from Kolathiri- Nediyirippu Swaroopam.

Mavila Idom - Better known as Mavila Nambiars, former rulers of East Kannur, with capital place Mavilai. Now the family having 7 ‘Thavazhis’. Mavila Nambiar captivated 22 Forts around the places. Mavila R. Nambiar a.k.a. Ayaz Khan conquered Nayakas of Ikkeri and Defeated the Governor of Tippu Sulthan. After the rule for years he transferred his Kingdom to British Presidency at Bombay. Mavila Theyyam (Mavila Chamundi) is very famous among Theyyam of Kerala.

Nalu Veetil Nambiar - Four families of small kingdom of north Kerala.

Kaitheri Kovilakom - Root family of Kaitheri Kovilakathu Ambu Nambiar, the Commander of Padinjare Koviliakathu Kerala Varma Pazhashi Raja Thampuran, the Ruler of Pazhassi Kovilam, who also the Brother-in-Law of the King (attached to Kolathiries )

Kottayam Royal Family – Root family of Padinjare Kovilakathu (Pazhashi) Kerala Varma Pazhashi Raja Thampuran, and the Kizhakke Kovilakathu (Thalipparamba) Mootha Thumpuran, founded by Harishchandra Perumal, with Shri Porkkeli Bhagavathi as principle family deity, also dissented from Kolathiri.

[edit] Film actors and others

R. Madhavan Nair - a.k.a. Madhu, famous Malayalam in early Malayalam Cinema. V. Gopinathan Nair - a.k.a. Bharath Gopi, Malayalam film actor. Mohanlal Vishwanathan Nair - simply known as Mohanlal, Malayalam Superstar.

Hindi and Tamil film actor.Won Padma Shri Award 2001. Adoor Gopalakrishnan - Six-time National Award winning Indian film director, script

writer, and producer. Director of PFI. Dileep - Malayalam Superstar N. N. Pillai - A legend in Malayalam theater. Was a playwright, actor, director and

orator. Balachandra Menon - Malayalam film director, actor, script writer, lyricist, and

producer. Suresh Gopi - Malayalam - action hero. Birth name: Suresh G. Nair Adithya alias Adithya Menon - Malayalam- Tamil- Telugu. Birth name: Anil Shekar

Menon Vijayaraghavan - Malayalam film actor. Suraj Venjaramood - Malayalam film actor. Bharathan - Film director. P. Padmarajan Pillai - a.k.a. Padmarajan Film director, Script Writer, Novelist. G. Aravindan Nair - a.k.a. Aravindan, National Award winning Film director. Navya Nair - Tamil, Malayalam, and Kannada film actress K. S. Chithra - Six time National film awards winning singer. Kottarakkara Sreedharan Nair - Malayalam film actor. Thikkurisi Sukumaran Nair - First Malayalam film Superstar in 1950s.Won Padma

Shri Award1973. Karamana Janardanan Nair - Malayalam film actor. Jayaraaj Rajasekharan Nair - Malayalam film director Anaitha Nair - Indian actress known for her role in Chak De! India. K. V. M. Krishnan Nair - a.k.a. Jayan, one of the most famous Malayalam Superstars. Oduvil Unnikrishna Menon - a.k.a. Oduvil Unnikrishnan, Malayalam film actor. Vineeth - Malayalam film actor Travancore sisters - Lalitha, Padmini and Ragini Some of the most famous of classical

Malayalam actresses, especially Padmini P. N. Menon - Film maker Sreekumaran Thampi - Lyricist, director, producer and scenarist in Malayalam Film

Industry Biju Menon - Malayalam And Tamil Film Actor Unni Menon - Singer in Malayalam, Telugu and Tamil Kay Kay Menon - Hindi Film Actor Shweta Menon - Hindi and Malayalam Actress, Model Renuka Menon - Malayalam, Tamil And Kannada Actress Parvathy Omanakuttan Nair - Former Miss India & Miss World 2nd Place Lakshmi Menon - Famous Indian American Model. Sheetal Menon - Hindi film Actress and Model Parvathi Menon - South Indian actress Parvathy Jayaram - South Indian actress Balan K. Nair - Malayalam film actor Raghuvaran - Tamil, Malayalam, Kannada, Telugu and Hindi film actor. K. Bhaskaran Nair - a.k.a. Adoor Bhasi, Malayalam film actor.

Anoop Menon - Malayalam film actor M. G. Radhakrishnan - Senior music director in the South Indian film and music

industries. M. G. Sreekumar - Two time National Award winning Indian playback singer and

music director. M. G. Ramachandran Nair - a.k.a. M.G.R. Tamil producer and politician. Chief

Minister of Tamil Nadu from 1977-1987. Bhavana Balachandran - Famous South Indian actress K. B. Ganesh Kumar - Malayalam film actor Indrajith Sukumaran Nair - Malayalam film actor, son of Sukumaran Nair. Prithviraj Sukumaran Nair - Malayalam film actor, son of Sukumaran Nair. Sukumaran Nair - Malayalam film actor. one of the most famous Malayalam

Superstars K Sukumar Nair - a.k.a. Babu - Indian Film Director - acclaimed feature film on the

life of Freedom Fighter Bhagat Singh (Shaheed-E-Azam). P. V. Jagadish Kumar - a.k.a. Jagdish, Malayalam film actor. K.Thulasidharan Nair - a.k.a. Kollam Thulasi, Malayalam film actor. Murali Krishna Pillai - a.k.a. Murali, Malayalam film actor. Nedumudi Venu - Malayalam film actor Aranmula Ponnamma - South Indian actress Saikumar Sreedharan Nair - Malayalam film actor Vaikom Chandrasekharan Nair - Malayalam film writer Kalamandalam Ramankutty Nair - Malayalam film actor and Kathakali expert Shivam Nair - Indian film director Priyadarshan Nair - Malayalam, Tamil and Hindi film director N. Sankaran Nair - Malayalam film director Krishnakumar Kunnath - K.K - Leading Indian playback singer,He is prominent

Singer in Hindi, Tamil and Telugu Madhupal - Actor, Director and story writer Major Ravi - Film Director (Former Commando in Indian Army) Shishir Kurup - Indian American actor Rajeev Menon - Tamil film director Gautham Menon - Tamil film director, producer Suresh Menon - Hindi film Actor Sindhu Menon - Malayalam and Kannada actress P. Jayachandran - Playback Singer, Actor. M. N. Nambiar - Tamil film actor Narain (actor) - Malayalam and Tamil actor. Renjith - Malayalam film director Shaji Kailas - Malayalam film director G. Venugopal - Malayalam Playback Singer Madhu Balakrishnan - Indian playback singer Sujatha Mohan - Indian playback singer, Grand Daughter of Paravur TK Narayana

Pillai P. Leela - Indian playback singer Jyotsna Radhakrishnan - Malayalam playback singer Shweta Mohan - Indian playback singer Asha G Menon - Malayalam playback singer Gopal Menon - Documentary filmmaker Sankaradi - Malayalam film actor

Narendra Prasad - Malayalam film actor Sukumari - Malayalam actress M. Jayachandran - Malayalam Music Director M. G. Soman - Malayalam actor, one of the most famous Superstars Shobhana - Famous Indian Actress and Dancer K. P. A. C. Lalitha - Famous Malayalam Actress Monisha - Famous Malayalam Actress Revathy - Famous Malayalam and Tamil Actress Rhea Pillai - Indian model Shyamaprasad - Malayalam film director. Ashokan - Malayalam Film Actor Shankar - One of the Superstar of Malayalam Cinema in 1980s Radha - Kannada,Tamil,Malayalam and Hindi Actress Ambika - Tamil,Malayalam and Kannada Actress Maniyanpilla Raju - Malayalam Film Actor and Producer Venu Nagavalli - Malayalam Film Actor and Director Anuradha Menon - Is an Indian television Actress and theatre artist.Lola Kutty,the

Popular Channel V VJ is her alter ego Undapakru – Malayalam Flim Actor. Archana Nair - Model and Miss Kerala 2009. Jayabharathy - Malayalam Film Actress. Karthika Nair - Telugu Film Actress. Ranjini Haridas - Model and Miss Kerala2000. Bhama - Malayalam Film Actress. Vinayan - Malayalam Film Director. Anjali Menon - Malayalam Film Director. Suresh Unnithan - Malayalam Film Director. Nithya Menon - Malayalam Film Actress. Jyothirmayi - Malayalam, Tamil, Hindi, Telugu,and English Actress. Urvashi (actress) - Malayalam actress. Kalaranjini - Malayalam Actress. Kalpana - Malayalam Actress. Manju Pillai - Malayalam Film And Television Serial Actress. Seema (actress) - Malayalam Actress. P.Vijayakrishnan - Film critic,writer,member of Indian Film Censor Board, Secretary

of Kerala Children's Film Society First National Award winner for Best Book on Cinema,Jury member,Malayalam Film Director.

Murali Nair - Indian Film Director And Screenwriter. 1999 Cannes Film Festival. Rajasenan - Malayalam Film Director. Renji Panicker - Malayalam Film Script Writer And Director. Viji Thampi - Malayalam Film Director. Prashant Pillai - Music Producer. V.M. Vinu - Malayalam Film Director. Mallika Sukumaran - Malayalam Film Actress. Bindu Panicker - Malayalam Film Actress. V. G. Muralikrishnan - Malayalam Film Actor. Janardhanan (actor) - Malayalam Film Actor. Adoor Bhavani - Malayalam Film Actress. Adoor Pankajam - Malayalam Film Actress. Bichu Thirumala - An Indian Lyricist.

Suchitra Pillai-Malik - actress, model, anchor, singer and veejay. Santhosh Sivan - Indian Film Director and Cinematographer. Sangeeth Sivan - Indian Film Director. Sobha - Tamil, Malayalam actress. National Award winner. Priyanka Nair - Malayalam And Tamil Film Actress.

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[edit] Artists and entertainers

Mrinalini Sarabhai - Classical Dancer, Vadakkath Tharavadu, Anakkara. Smitha Rajan - leading exponent of Mohiniyattam. L. Athira Krishna - Violin prodigy K. S. Pillai - Political cartoonist Ash Nair - Malaysian alternative musician Sunanda Nair - leading exponent of Mohiniyattam Irayimman Thampi - Famous Carnatic musician as well as a music composer. Guru Gopinath - Epic personality of Indian dancing, Founder of Kerala Natanam. Gopinath Muthukad - Is a world famous magician Sreevalsan - Is an Indian Carnatic vocalist Kalamandalam Kalyanikutty Amma - epoch-making Mohiniyattam danseuse from

Kerala.

[edit] Kathakali artists

Vazhenkada Kunchu Nair - Prominent Kathakali exponent.Won Padma Shri Award 1971.

Vazhenkada Vijayan Nair - Prominent Kathakali exponent. Kottakkal Sivaraman - Famous for his Stree Vesham (female role) in Katahkali Kudamaloor Karunakaran Nair - Prominent Kathakali exponent. Kavalappara Narayanan Nair - Prominent Kathakali exponent. Madavoor Vasudevan Nair - Prominent Kathakali exponent. Pattikkamthodi Ravunni Menon - Prominent Kathakali exponent. Guru Kelu Nair - Prominent Kathakali exponent. Kalamandalam Padmanabhan Nair - Prominent Kathakali exponent. Kalamandalam Ramankutty Nair - Kathakali dancer Kalamandalam Krishnan Nair - One of the most renowned Kathakali artistes of any

time.Won Padma Shri Award1970. Keezhpadam Kumaran Nair - One of the most revolutionary Kathakali artistes in the

history of the classical dance-drama. Mattannur Sankarankutty Marar - Thayambaka expert. Chenganoor Raman Pillai - Prominent Kathakali exponent. Guru Kunchu Kurup - Famous Kathakali exponent And Padma Shri Awardee. Vadakke Manalath Govindan Nair - a.k.a Kalamandalam Gopi, one of the most

famous Kathakali artistes from Kerala.

[edit] Renowned Professors and Educationists

Prof. Dr. N R Madhava Menon - Founder National Law School University - Bangalore, India

Rukmini Bhaya Nair - Professor of Linguistics and English at the Indian Institute of Technology, Delhi.

[edit] Business-persons and CEOs

Prakash Chandran - CEO of Siemens Malaysia Sameer Nair - CEO of NDTV Imagine. Nadakkal Parameswaran Pillai - Founder of Indian coffee houses in Kerala Dr. Jai Menon - Director Technology and Customer Service at Bharti Airtel, and

Group CIO Bharti Enterprises Bhaskar Menon - Chairman & CEO of EMI Group. Rajeev Chandrasekhar - CEO of Asianet-Independent Rajya Sabha MP from

Karnataka. G. A. Menon - Founder of Toonz Animation USA,Chairman of 14 companies across

the globe C. P. Krishnan Nair - Founder of the Leela Group of Hotels. Rajmohan Pillai - An Indian Businessman,Currently the Chairman of Beta Industries. Sunalini Menon - Asia's First Women Professional in the field of Coffee

Tasting.Coffee quality Control Export. Gopala Pillai - Former Chairman And Managing Director of FACT. Mohanlal - Film Productions,Star Hotels,Seafood Exporting Company,Etc. M V Nikesh Kumar - CEO of Indiavision. Vinod B Nair - Founder Director of Enzen Group - a Fulbright Scholar, Entrepreneur,

Mentor and IIM Alumnus Mavila Vishwanathan Nair - Chairman and Managing Director of Union Bank of

India. Priyadarshan -Film production,ad film company etc. Vineet Nayar - CEO and wholetime Member of the Board of Directors of HCL

Technologies. Dileep (actor) - Film Producer. E. Sreedharan - Managing Director of DMRC. Dileep Nair - Former Managing Director of DBS Bank,Singapore and UN Under

Secretary General for Internal Oversight Services. Dr. Suresh Menon - Chief Scientific Officer, Novartis Healthcare Pvt Ltd. Suresh Menon - CEO of Sushma Multimedia - feature film maker, ad film maker,

digital studio, documentary film maker, corporate film maker, etc. Captain Rajeev Nair - Functional Director - Kerala State Electronics Development

Corporation Ltd (KELTRON), Master Mariner Dr. Unnikrishnan. T - Infrastructure Specialist, Associates with KINFRA,

Government of kerala.Management resource personnel.

[edit] Sports & athletics

V. P. Sathyan - Former Captain of the India national football team. Jeevandran Nair - Malaysian cricketer. Sreekumar Nair - Indian cricketer. Abhishek Nayar - Indian cricketer.

U. Vimal Kumar - Indian Badminton Player, Winner of French Open 1983 & 84. P Balakrishnan Nair - Former Malaysian cricketer. Ramesh Menon - Former Malaysian cricketer. Sachin Nair - Indian cricketer. Vinan Nair - Indian cricketer. Rajagopal Menon - Indian cricketer. Narendra Menon - Indian cricketer. Satish Menon - Indian cricketer. Nitin Menon - Indian cricketer. Renjith Menon - Indian cricketer. Prashanth Menon - Indian cricketer. Krishnan Nair Ajayan - Indian Football player. Sreesanth Santhakumaran Nair - Indian cricketer. O. M. Nambiar - A Renowned Indian athletics coach.Who was awarded Dronacharya

award in 1985. Aneil Nambiar - Player, Middlesex and Oxfordshire.[2]

Anil Nair - Cypriot cricketer. Part of the squad which participated in European 3rd Division Championships 2007.

Roopa Unnikrishnan - Indian Rifle Shooter [3]

C. Jayashankar Menon - Indian Basketball player. First Asian Allstar player from India.

Dinesh Nair - One of the seven Assistant Referees from India given International recognition by FIFA.[3]

Balram Nair - Retired football referee from Fiji. Nitan Menon - Bahraini cricketer. Divyesh Nambiar - Bahraini cricketer. Anjali Nair - Qatari cricketer. Atul Menon - Qatari cricketer. Monisha Nair - Omani cricketer. Arjun Menon - Coach of Singapore U-15 cricket team. Adhir Menon - Player, Singapore U-15 cricket team. Madhav Menon - Player, Hong Kong U-15 cricket team. Rajeev Nambiar - Ranji Trophy player for Services. Kodoth Padhinhareveettil Krishnakumar Nambiar - Ranji Trophy player for Kerala. Jayamohan Thampi - Former Ranji Trophy player for Kerala. V.Suresh - Former Ranji Trophy player for Kerala. Deepak Menon - Malaysian cricketer from Malacca. Anil Nair - Cypriot cricketer. Part of the squad which participated in European 3rd

Division Championships 2007. Dilip Nair - Player, German national cricket team. Part of the squad which

participated in ECC Championships 2000. Rajeev Kumar Radhakrishnan Nair - Player, Indonesian national cricket team. Took

part in 2007 ICC EAP Cricket Trophy. Arunjith Sivadasan Nair - Indian Athlete. Sanjeev Nair - Indian Athlete. Nirmala Nair - Indian Athlete. Shashi Menon - Tennis player. Along with Amritraj brothers, took India to World

Cup Finals for the second time in 1974. Sandeep Nair - Player, Fiji national futsal team.

[edit] Mobsters and Anti-socials

Bada Rajan - An Indian Mobster and Underworld Don from Mumbai. He was the Co-Founder of Mumbai underworld.Chhota Rajan was his Chief Lieutenant.

Sukumara Kurup - One of the most wanted criminal Subhash Bhaskar Nair - One of the most wanted criminal in Gujarat. Killed in

encounter with police.