List of people from Kollam

The following is a list of notable people from Kollam, Kerala, India. For more details please see their respective articles.

Actors and Actresses

 * Jayan, Indian actor
 * Suresh Gopi, Indian actor and politician
 * 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
 * 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
 * Amal Neerad, Indian film director
 * G. R. Indugopan, Indian screenwriter
 * 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

 * Elamkulam Kunjan Pillai, historian and scholar
 * Azhakathu Padmanabha Kurup, Indian scholar
 * P. Madhavan Pillai, writer and translator
 * 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
 * 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,Indian administrative officer
 * R. Balakrishna Pillai, Former minister of kerala
 * K. Chandrasekhara Pillai, Indian politician
 * Thennala Balakrishna Pillai, Indian politician
 * K. B. Ganesh Kumar, Indian actor and minister
 * K. N. P. Kurup, Indian Politician
 * Kumbalathu Sanku Pillai, politician and freedom fighter
 * 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 governers of venad

Social Service

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

Stage Artist

 * Madavoor Vasudevan Nair, Kathakali artist

Journalist

 * Sreekandan Nair, Indian media personality

Religion and Spiritual

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

Sports

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