List of people from Alappuzha

A list of notable people from Alappuzha:

Academia and science

 * Tessy Thomas - DRDO
 * Itty Achudan - the major contributor of ethno-medical information for the compilation of Hortus Malabaricus
 * Illiparambil Corah Chacko - geologist
 * Pallithanam Luca Matthai - pioneer of kayal cultivation in Kuttanad, and former member of Sree Moolam Popular Assembly
 * Sreedhara Panicker Somanath - Current Chairman of the Indian Space Research Organisation
 * M. S. Swaminathan - Agronomist, Agricultural Scientist

Film and stage

 * K. Madhu - film director, film producer, actor
 * Saranya Ponvannan - actor
 * Parvathy Jayaram - actor
 * Mammootty - actor
 * Navodaya Appachan (Chacko Punnoose) - film producer, director, and entrepreneur
 * Ashokan - Malayalam film actor, 1978–
 * Thoppil Bhasi - playwright, screenwriter, and film director
 * Kunchako Boban - film actor
 * Riaz M T - Film Actor
 * Rajan P. Dev - Malayalam film actor
 * Fazil - film director
 * Fahad Fazil - film actor
 * Chelangatt Gopalakrishnan - film critic and writer
 * Kunchacko - film producer and director
 * K. P. A. C. Lalitha - film actress
 * Balachandra Menon - film actor, director, script writer
 * Navya Nair - film actress in Malayalam, Tamil, and Kannada films
 * Padmarajan - film director, script writer, story writer
 * Chenganoor Raman Pillai - stage actor
 * Muthukulam Raghavan Pillai - dramatist, film actor, poet
 * Narendra Prasad - actor, playwright, and director
 * Priyadarshan - film director
 * Ratheesh - film actor
 * M. G. Sreekumar - playback singer and film music director
 * Sreekumaran Thampi - lyricist, director, producer, script writer
 * Vayalar Sarath Chandra Varma - film lyricist
 * Nedumudi Venu - film actor
 * Vinayan - film director
 * Saranya Mohan - film actor
 * Aarsha Chandini Baiju - film actress
 * Sibi Malayil - film director
 * Renji Panicker - Actor, Scriptwriter, Film Director
 * Mallika Sukumaran - Actress

Graphic arts

 * K. Shankar Pillai - cartoonist (Shankar)

Literature

 * Eleanour Sinclair Rohde - British gardener and writer on gardening
 * Joy J. Kaimaparamban - English and Malayalam author
 * Ayyappa Paniker - poet
 * Kavalam Narayana Panicker - poet
 * Parappurath (K. E. Mathai) - novelist and short story writer
 * Thakazhi Sivasankara Pillai - novelist and short story writer
 * Vayalar Ramavarma- Malayalam poet and film lyricist
 * K. P. Sasidharan- Malayalam writer and academician
 * Lopamudra R - Malayalam Poet and Translator

Music

 * Mavelikkara Velukkutty Nair - mridangam player
 * Palani Subramaniam Pillai - percussionist, played the mridangam and kanjira
 * Erickavu N. Sunil - mridangam player
 * Mavelikkara Prabhakara Varma - Carnatic singer
 * V. Dakshinamoorthy - Music Composer, Carnatic Vocalist
 * M. G. Radhakrishnan - Music Composer
 * Pathiyoor Sankarankutty - Kathakali Musician

Kathakali and other art forms

 * Mathoor Govindan Kutty - Kathakali Artist

Commerce and business

 * Bhima Bhattar - founder of Bhima Jewellers at Mullakkal, Alleppey

Judiciary

 * Justice CT Ravikumar,Judge Supreme Court of India

Politics, government, and social welfare

 * V. S. Achuthanandan - former Chief Minister and current leader of opposition of Kerala
 * K. R. Gowri Amma - Revenue Minister in the first Kerala LDF ministry, initiated the revolutionary land reforms in Kerala, Agriculture Minister in Kerala UDF Ministry
 * A. K. Antony - Three-time Chief Minister of Kerala, Former Indian Defence Minister
 * Ramesh Chennithala - politician, former Member of Parliament
 * T. K. Madhavan (1885—1930) social reformer, journalist and revolutionary
 * Pallithanam Luca Matthai - Former member of Sree Moolam Popular Assembly and pioneer of kayal cultivation in Kuttanad
 * Kavalam Madhava Panikkar - diplomat, administrator, historian
 * P. Parameswaran - director of Bharathiya Vichara Kendram and president of Vivekananda Kendram
 * Vayalar Ravi - former Home minister of Kerala, Union Cabinet Minister of Overseas Indian Affairs and Minister for Parliamentary Affairs
 * C. M. Stephen - politician and Union minister

Religion

 * Baselios Thoma Didymos I - Catholicos of the East and Malankara Metropolitan
 * Kuriakose Elias Chavara - Blessed, co-founder of CMI
 * James Kalacherry - Bishop of Changanacherry, who campaigned against the move by C. P. Ramaswami Iyer, the Diwan of Travancore in 1945, to nationalise all schools
 * Navajyothi Sree Karunakara, the founder of Santhigiri Ashram
 * Mar Thomas Kurialachery - Venerable, first bishop of what would become the Archdiocese of Changanassery, and founder of the Sisters of the Adoration of the Blessed Sacrament