List of people from Kollam

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The following is a list of notable people from Kollam, Kerala, India.

Aerial view of Kollam city

Film and media

Actors and Actresses

Shri Suresh Gopi, a famous Indian actor and politician with ancestral roots in Kollam, assumed charge as the Minister of State for Tourism in India on 11 June 2024

• Jayan, Indian actor
• Suresh Gopi, Indian actor and politician^[1]
• Mohanlal, famous Indian actor
• Urvashi (actress), Indian actress
• Jayabharathi, Indian actress
• Kottarakkara Sreedharan Nair, Indian Actor
• Kollam G. K. Pillai, Indian actor
• Murali (Malayalam actor), Indian actor
• Balachandra Menon, Indian actor and director
• Sai Kumar (Malayalam actor), Indian actor
• Kalaranjini, Indian actress
• Anusree, Indian actress
• Mallika Sukumaran, Malayalam actress
• Narendra Prasad, Malayalam actor
• Aranmula Ponnamma, Malayalam actress
• K. B. Ganesh Kumar, Indian actor and minister
• Shobha Mohan, Indian actress
• Jalaja, Indian actress
• Ambili Devi, Malayalam film actress
• Jayakumar Parameswaran Pillai, Indian television actor
• P. Balachandran, Indian actor
• Anu Mohan, Indian actor
• Vinu Mohan, Indian actor
• Vijay Babu, Indian actor and producer
• Uma Nair, television actress
• Baby Ameya, Indian child actress
• Kundara Johnny, Indian actor
• Aima Rosmy Sebastian, Indian actress
• Shiju Abdul Rasheed, Indian actor
• Noorin Shereef, Indian actress
• Vineeth Mohan, Indian actor
• Mukesh, Indian actor and politician
• Jameela Malik, Indian actress
• K. P. A. C. Sunny, Indian actor
• Divyadarshan, Indian actor
• Vinitha Koshy, Indian actress
• O. Madhavan, theatre personality
• Geetha Salam, Indian actor

Directors, Producers and Script-writers

• Rahul Riji Nair, Indian film director
• East Coast Vijayan, Indian film producer and lyricist
• K. Ravindranathan Nair, Indian film producer
• G. R. Indugopan, Indian screenwriter
• Amal Neerad, Indian film director
• K. P. Nambiathiri, Indian cinematographer
• R. Sarath, Indian film director and screenwriter
• Anwar Rasheed, Indian film director and producer
• Sajan K. Mathew, Indian film director
• Shaji N Karun, Malayalam movie director
• James Albert, screenwriter and director
• Girish Gangadharan, Indian cinematographer
• Ansar Shah, Indian cinematographer
• M. A. Nishad, Indian film director

Sound Engineers

• Resul Pookutty, Oscar Award winner, sound engineer
• Tony Babu, Indian film sound designer

Literature and writing

• Azhakathu Padmanabha Kurup, Indian scholar
• P. Madhavan Pillai, writer and translator
• Vennikkulam Gopala Kurup, Indian Politician
• O. N. V. Kurup, Indian writer
• N. P. Nayar, Indian writer
• Sooranad Kunjan Pillai, Indian writer
• S. Guptan Nair, Indian scholar and writer
• Panmana Ramachandran Nair, Malayalam language writer
• Kurissery Gopala Pillai, Indian writer
• Elamkulam Kunjan Pillai, historian and scholar
• Sugathakumari, Indian poet
• K. C. Kesava Pillai, Indian writer
• C. N. Sreekantan Nair, Indian writer
• Lalithambika Antharjanam, Indian writer
• Pamman, Indian writer
• Krishnabhaskar Mangalasserri, Indian writer
• C. V. Kunhiraman, Indian writer
• Thirunalloor Karunakaran, Indian writer
• Vidhu Vincent, Indian writer
• Cheri Viswanath, Indian writer
• Samuel (cartoonist), Indian writer
• P. Bhaskaranunni, Malayalam scholar and literary critic

Bureaucrats and Politicians

Gopal Krishna Pillai, retired Indian Administrative Service officer and the former Home Secretary in the Government of India

• Gopal Krishna Pillai, Indian administrative officer
• K. Chandrasekhara Pillai, Indian politician
• Thennala Balakrishna Pillai, Indian politician
• R. Balakrishna Pillai, Former minister of kerala
• Kumbalathu Sanku Pillai, politician and freedom fighter
• Eswara Pillai Chandrasekharan Nair, Indian politician and former Minister of Kerala
• K. B. Ganesh Kumar, Indian actor and minister
• K. N. P. Kurup, Indian Politician
• G. Janardhana Kurup, Indian lawyer and politician
• P. R. Madhavan Pillai, Indian politician
• V. P. Ramakrishna Pillai, Indian politician
• N. K. Premachandran, member of Lok Sabha representing Kollam Lok Sabha constituency.
• Rajmohan Unnithan, Indian politician
• E. K. Pillai, Indian politician
• G. S. Jayalal, Indian politician
• P. Aisha Potty, Indian politician and the MLA
• C. Kesavan, Chief minister of erstwhile travancore-cochin(1950–52)
• R. Sankar, former chief minister of kerala
• M. A. Baby, politician
• C. V. Padmarajan, Indian politician and advocate
• P. K. Gurudasan, politician and MLA
• Baby John, politician
• M. Noushad, politician
• A. A. Rahim, politician
• T. M. Varghese, politician and freedom fighter
• J. Chinchu Rani, politician
• Henry Austin (Indian politician), politician

Business and commerce

• B. Ravi Pillai, businessman
• Rajan Pillai, businessman
• K. Ravindranathan Nair, Indian businessman
• Thangal Kunju Musaliar, industrialist & educational visionary
• Sohan Roy, Indian entrepreneur

Rulers and Nobles

• Vira Ravi Ravi Varma, Raja of Venad
• Ettuveetil Pillamar, Landlords and governors of Venad

Social Service

• N. P. Nayar, Administrator of Azad Hind
• Kumbalathu Sanku Pillai, politician and freedom fighter
• Lalithambika Antharjanam, Social reformer

Stage Artist

• Mukundan Pillai, Kathaprasangam Artist
• Madavoor Vasudevan Nair Rama Kurup, Kathakali artist

Law

• Karunakaran Babu, Kerala High Court Judge

Journalist

• Sreekandan Nair, Indian media personality

Religion and Spiritual

• Chattampi Swamikal, Hindu sage
• Matha Amrithananda Mayi, spiritual leader

Sports

Tinu Yohannan, former Indian cricketer

• Tinu Yohannan, international cricket
• Suresh Babu, Indian long jumper
• Olympian T. C. Yohannan, athlete
• Akshay Kodoth, Indian cricketer