EMINENT PERSONALITIES

• 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

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 Secretary of Indian National Congress
• Dr. G Ramachandran – Freedom Fighter and Founder of Gandhigram (Now Gandhigram Rural University) in Madurai
• [[R.Ragava Menon]]-Palakkad,freedom fighter.minister Prakasam ministry,Madras

Senior political leaders – post independence

• Pattom Thanu Pillai – Chief Minister of Kerala.
• K Karunakaran – Four times Chief Minister of Kerala, Union Miniter of Industry
• C Achutha Menon – Chief 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

Writers and journalists

• 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
• Chelangatt Gopalakrishnan- Movie Historian & Starter of Film Criticism in Malayalam
• 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.
• Rajeev PI – Editor (Gujarat), The Indian Express
• 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 – Renowned 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.
• P.K.Prakash – Writer , journalist. PUCL , Statesman, Ramnath Goenka Excellence in Journalism Award Winner.
• K. N. Panikkar – Famous Indian Historian.
• Chirayinkeezhu Ramakrishnan Nair – Famous Malayalam Lyricist.
• K. Ayyappa Paniker – Famous Poet.
• G. Sankara Kurup, Malayalam Novelist, Gyanpeeth Award Winner (1965 – Odakkuzhal- Flute)
• Thakazhi Sivasankara Pillai, Malayalam Novelist, Gyanpeeth Award Winner (1984 – Kayar (Coir))
• M.T. Vasudevan Nair, Malayalam Novelist, Gyanpeeth Award Winner (1995 – Randamoozham – Second Chance)
• Pamman – Malayalam novelist
• C. Radhakrishnan – Famous Malayalam Novelist, Scientist.
• Vyloppilli Sreedhara Menon – Famous Malayalam Poet.
• M. Leelavathy – Malayalam Writer, critic
• Jaishree Misra – Indian author
• Prof. O.N.V. Kurup, Malayalam Poem Writer, Gyanpeeth Award Winner (2007)
• Prof. Omcheri N.N. Pillai, Educationist & Writer

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, 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
• Chudukatil P. Chandrasekhar Nair (CP Chandran), Civil Engineer, George Wimpey Co LLC, Ruwi, Sultanate of Oman
• 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 Distinguished 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.
• Dr. Satish Chandra-Nair- Lineage Maharaja of Kolathunad: Clinical Scientist-First to Clone Human Immunophilin Gene (HI51) 1995, USARefer Genbank, Nair SC, Business, Education and Clinical Research Specialist.

Historians

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

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 former 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 Govt. of India.
• Shivshanker Menon, Security Adviser to the Prime Minister, Govt. of India
• T.K.A. Nair, Principal Secretary to the Prime Minister, Govt. of India.
• Dr. C.V. Anandabose, Vice Chancellor, National Museum Institute, New Delhi
• 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.
• Prof. Rajasekharan Pillai, Vice Chancellor, IGNOU
• Shashi Tharoor – Former U.N. Under-Secretary General, MP & 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, his father is Nair.
• R. Balakrishna Pillai – Kerala Politician and former 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 Chief Justice of Kerala High Court and Former Justice of Supreme Court.Former.
• 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 – MP, Central Minister for State for Energy & 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.
• V Thulasidas – Former Chief Secretary of Tripura, Former CMD of Air India. Currently Special Officer & Managing Director of the Kannur International Airport Limited