List of people from Palakkad district

This is a list of notable people from Palakkad district in Kerala state, India. The list includes celebrities in the fields of literature, arts, dance, drama, music, films and politics.

Literary personalities

 * P. R. Pisharoty (Kollengode, father of remote sensing in India)
 * Kunjan Nambiar
 * Olappamanna
 * O V Vijayan
 * Akkitham Achuthan Namboothiri
 * Malayattoor Ramakrishnan
 * Shashi Tharoor
 * O M C Narayanan Nambudiripad
 * Anita Nair
 * K. S. Sethumadhavan

Art, dance, drama, music, sports and film personalities

 * Kaushik Menon, playback singer
 * M.S.Viswanathan, composer and playback singer
 * M. D. Ramanathan, carnatic
 * V T Bhattathiripad, drama
 * Chembai Vaidyanatha Bhagavathar, carnatic
 * Keezhpadam Kumaran Nair, kathakali
 * Ramankutty Nair, kathakali artist
 * P. Leela, playback singer
 * Palghat Mani Iyer, mrudangam
 * Unni Menon, playback singer
 * Swarnalatha, playback singer
 * P. Unnikrishnan, carnatic and playback singer
 * Stephen Devassy, pianist, composer, arranger
 * Kutty, cartoonist
 * Shyamaprasad, film director, actor, producer, screenwriter, writer
 * PU Chitra, athlete
 * K.S. Sethumadhavan, film director
 * Major Ravi, film director
 * Gautham Vasudev Menon film director
 * Anumol, actress
 * Raghuvaran, actor
 * Kalamandalam Kesavan, actor
 * Madhupal, actor
 * Street Academics, hip-hop group
 * V. A. Shrikumar Menon, film director
 * Manikandan Pattambi, film actor
 * Parvathy Nambiar, actress
 * Alathur Brothers, carnatic
 * M. G. Ramachandran, Tamil actor and former chief minister
 * Govind Padmasoorya, Indian television presenter
 * Lakshmy Ramakrishnan, actress, screenwriter, director fashion designer

Social, political and administrative personalities

 * Sir Chettur Sankaran Nair, lawyer, statesman, only Keralite to become President of the Indian National Congress
 * K P Kesava Menon, idealist, founder of Mathrubhoomi
 * Shivshankar Menon, international diplomat
 * T. N. Seshan, former chief election commissioner
 * Shashi Tharoor, Under-Secretary General, UN, Loksabha MP, Congress Working Committee member
 * Prakash Karat, former CPM General Secretary
 * E Sreedharan, engineer, Delhi Metro Rail Corporation
 * M K Narayanan, chief of Indian Intelligence Bureau
 * V P Menon, officer of British India Administration
 * Kunhiraman Palat Candeth, lieutenant general in the Indian Army
 * K Sankaranarayanan governor of state