List of people from Thiruvananthapuram

List of prominent people who were born/settled in Thiruvananthapuram (Trivandrum), Kerala.

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Kings of Travancore

• Sethu Lakshmi Bayi
• Dharma Raja
• Ayilyam Thirunal
• Moolam Thirunal
• Chithira Thirunal Balarama Varma
• Marthanda Varma
• Swathi Thirunal Rama Varma

Religion and spirituality

• Ayyankali
• Sri M
• Vakkom Moulavi
• Sree Narayana Guru
• Sathyananda Saraswathi
• Sade Guru Shivalingadasa Swamigal
• Chattampi Swamikal

Freedom fighters

• Vakkom Abdul Khader
• Annie Mascarene
• Veluthampi Dalawa

Politicians

• Thalekunnil Basheer
• M.M. Hassan
• G. Karthikeyan
• Pattom A. Thanu Pillai
• Vakkom Purushothaman
• Varkala Radhakrishnan
• A. Sampath
• O.Rajagopal

Musicians

• K. S. Chithra
• Hariharan - born in Thiruvananthapuram, settled in Mumbai
• L. Athira Krishna - violinist
• Shweta Mohan
• Sujatha Mohan
• Vidhu Prathap
• M. G. Radhakrishnan - musician
• M. G. Sreekumar
• Neyyattinkara Vasudevan
• G. Venugopal
• Nithin Raj - Singer, RJ at Radio Mirchi

Painters

• A. Ramachandran
• Raja Ravi Varma

Sculptor

• Kanayi Kunhiraman

Performing artists, Indian dance

• Guru Gopinath
• L. Athira Krishna
• Guru Chandrasekharan
• Madavoor Vasudevan Nair
• G. S. Pradeep

Architect

• 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

Social reformers, cultural leaders

• Ayyankali
• Vakkom Moulavi
• Narayana Guru - also a poet
• Chattampi Swamikal - also a poet and prose writer

Literature

• Kumaran Asan - poet
• A. Ayyappan
• Kilimanoor Chandran
• Ulloor S. Parameswara Iyer - poet
• Murukan Kattakada
• 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
• Sukumar
• Irayimman Thampi
• Bichu Thirumala - Malayalam poet
• Swathi Thirunal
• A. R. Raja Raja Varma
• Vijayakrishnan

Jurists

• Prof. 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

Sports

• Aneil Nambiar (born 1984) - cricketer
• Sanju Samson - cricketer

IT

• Kris Gopalakrishnan - CEO of Infosys

Entrepreneurs

• Gokulam Gopalan

Actors and directors

• Abhirami
• Ambika
• Arun Kumar Aravind
• Chippy
• Bharath Gopi
• Suresh Gopi
• Indrans
• Jagadish
• Joshi
• Shaji Kailas
• K.S.Chitra
• Kalaranjini
• Kalpana
• Karamana Janardanan Nair
• Karthika
• Shaji N. Karun
• Lalitha
• Madhu
• Manikuttan
• Mohanlal
• Venu Nagavally
• Priyanka Nair
• Thikkurissy Sukumaran Nair
• Prem Nazir
• Padmini
• Biju Pappan
• Prathap Pothan
• Priyadarshan
• Radha
• Ragini
• Rajasenan
• Maniyanpilla Raju
• Poojappura Ravi
• Sathyan
• Isha Sharvani
• Shobhana
• Shyamaprasad
• Sithara
• Sangeeth Sivan
• Santosh Sivan
• Jagathy Sreekumar
• Indrajith Sukumaran
• Prithviraj Sukumaran
• Sukumari
• Thilakan
• Thulasidas
• Urvashi
• Suraj Venjaramoodu

Doctors

• C.O. Karunakaran
• M. Krishnan Nair - Founding Director of Regional Cancer Centre
• R. Kesavan Nair
• Tiny Nair - Chief Cardiologist, PRS Hospital; recipient of Kerala State Best Doctor Award 2003; President, Cardiological Society of India, Kerala Chapter
• A. Marthanda Pillai MS (Neuro), MNAMS (Neuro), FRCS, former Head of Neurology dept. Govt. Medical College-TVM; neurosurgeon; presently Chairman & Managing Director, Ananthapuri Hospitals & Research Institute, Trivandrum; recipient of 2011 Padma Shri
• P. K. R. Warrier