List of people from Thiruvananthapuram

List of notable people who were born or settled in Thiruvananthapuram (Trivandrum), Kerala.

Former rulers of Travancore

 * Marthanda Varma
 * Sethu Lakshmi Bayi
 * Dharma Raja
 * Ayilyam Thirunal
 * Swathi Thirunal Rama Varma
 * Moolam Thirunal
 * Chithira Thirunal Balarama Varma

Religion and spirituality

 * Ayyankali
 * Sri Madhukarnath
 * Vakkom Moulavi
 * Sree Narayana Guru
 * Chattampi Swamikal
 * Sade Guru Shivalingadasa Swamigal

Freedom fighters

 * Vakkom Abdul Khader
 * Annie Mascarene

Politicians

 * Shashi Tharoor
 * Vakkom Purushothaman
 * Varkala Radhakrishnan
 * K. Muraleedharan
 * A. Sampath
 * V. S. Sivakumar
 * Kadakampally Surendran
 * K S Sabarinathan
 * G Karthikeyan
 * M. Vijayakumar
 * C. Jayan Babu
 * Neelalohithadasan Nadar
 * O. Rajagopal
 * Arya Rajendran

Musicians

 * Swathithirunal
 * B. Sasikumar
 * K. S. Chithra
 * M. Jayachandran
 * Bichu Thirumala
 * Hariharan
 * L. Athira Krishna - violinist
 * Vidhu Prathap
 * M. G. Radhakrishnan - music director and vocalist
 * M. G. Sreekumar
 * Neyyattinkara Vasudevan
 * V. Madhusoodanan Nair
 * G. Venugopal
 * Balabhaskar
 * Job Kurian
 * Ishaan Dev
 * Jassie Gift
 * Prince Rama Varma
 * Najim Arshad
 * Abhaya Hiranmayi
 * Akhila Anand
 * Raftaar (rapper)
 * Vinayak Sasikumar
 * Vishnu Vijay

Painters

 * A. Ramachandran
 * Raja Ravi Varma

Sculptor

 * Kanayi Kunhiraman

Performing artists, Indian dance

 * Guru Gopinath
 * Gopinath Muthukad
 * L. Athira Krishna
 * Neena Prasad
 * Guru Chandrasekharan
 * Madavoor Vasudevan Nair
 * G. S. Pradeep
 * Rajashree Warrier
 * Gayathri Govind

Architects

 * Laurie Baker - architect, born in England, settled in Trivandrum
 * Gopalan Nair Shankar (G. Shankar) - received Padma Shri award in 2011

Science

 * V. N. Krishnamurthy - ex-Dy. Director, VSSC; ex-Director, ISRO-UoP Cell
 * G. Madhavan Nair - ISRO Chairman
 * Thanu Padmanabhan - Indian theoretical physicist
 * K. S. S. Nambooripad -Mathematician

Social Reformers

 * Ayyankali
 * Vakkom Moulavi
 * Narayana Guru - also a poet
 * Chattampi Swamikal - also a poet and prose writer

Writers

 * Kumaran Asan - poet
 * A. Ayyappan
 * K. A. Beena - journalist and author
 * Kilimanoor Chandran
 * Ulloor S. Parameswara Iyer - poet
 * Sugathakumari - poet
 * Gopi Kottoor - poet
 * O. N. V. Kurup - poet
 * Mali Madhavan Nair
 * V. Madhusoodhanan Nair
 * George Onakkoor
 * Ayyappa Paniker
 * C. V. Raman Pillai
 * E. V. Krishna Pillai
 * Kesari Balakrishna Pillai
 * N. Krishna Pillai
 * Sreekanteswaram Padmanabha Pillai - author of Shabda Tharavali
 * Kilimanoor Ramakanthan
 * Sukumar
 * Irayimman Thampi
 * Bichu Thirumala - Malayalam poet
 * Swathi Thirunal
 * A. R. Raja Raja Varma
 * Vijayakrishnan
 * Poovachal Khader - poet
 * Vellayani Arjunan

Military personnel

 * Radhakrishnan Nair Harshan
 * Admiral R. Hari Kumar

Jurists

 * N. R. Madhava Menon – member of Centre-State Relations Commission of the Government of India; former VC of National Law School of India University, Bangalore and NUJS Kolkata
 * K. S. Paripoornan – Chief Justice of Patna High Court (1994) and Justice of the Supreme Court of India (1994–1997)

Sports

 * K.N. Ananthapadmanabhan - Umpire (ex-Cricketer)
 * Aneil Nambiar (born 1984) - Cricketer
 * Vinu Jose - Footballer
 * Jobby Justin - Footballer
 * Padmanabhan Prasanth - Cricketer
 * H.S. Prannoy - Badminton player
 * Raiphi Vincent Gomez - Cricketer
 * P. Ranganathan - ex-cricketer
 * Rohan Prem - Cricketer
 * Sanju Samson - Cricketer
 * Bijoy Varghese - Footballer
 * Britto PM - Footballer

IT

 * Kris Gopalakrishnan - CEO of Infosys
 * Raj Subramaniam - CEO of FedEx

Actors and directors

 * Abhirami
 * Ahaana Krishna
 * Aishwarya Lekshmi
 * Alencier Ley Lopez
 * Ambika
 * Aneesh Ravi
 * Anil Murali
 * Annie Shaji Kailas
 * Appani Sarath
 * Arthana Binu
 * Arun Kumar Aravind
 * Arya Rohit
 * Baiju
 * Bharat Gopy
 * Biju Pappan
 * Biju Sopanam
 * Chippy
 * Deepu Karunakaran
 * Devi Ajith
 * Gokul Suresh
 * Indrajith Sukumaran
 * Indrans
 * Iniya
 * Isha Sharvani
 * Jagadish
 * Jagathy Sreekumar
 * J.C. Daniel
 * Joshi
 * Kalaranjini
 * Kalpana
 * Kani Kusruti
 * Karamana Janardanan Nair
 * Karthika
 * Keerikkadan Jose
 * Keerthy Suresh
 * Kochu Preman
 * K. P. A. C. Azeez
 * Krishnakumar
 * Krishnankutty Nair
 * Lalitha
 * Maala Parvathi
 * Madhu
 * Mahesh Narayanan
 * Mallika Sukumaran
 * Manikuttan
 * Maniyanpilla Raju
 * Manjima Mohan
 * Manju Pillai
 * Menaka Sureshkumar
 * Mithun Ramesh
 * Mohanlal
 * N. L. Balakrishnan
 * Namitha Pramod
 * Nandhu
 * Nayanthara Chakravarthy
 * Nazriya Nazim
 * Noby Marcose
 * Nyla Usha
 * Padmini
 * Poojappura Ravi
 * Prajesh Sen
 * Pranav Mohanlal
 * Prathap Pothan
 * Premkumar
 * Prem Nazir
 * Prithviraj Sukumaran
 * Priyadarshan
 * Priyanka Nair
 * Radha
 * Ragini
 * Rajasenan
 * Ravi Vallathol
 * Rojin Thomas
 * R. S. Vimal
 * Saji Surendran
 * Sajin Baabu
 * Sakhi Thomas
 * Sangeeth Sivan
 * Santosh Sivan
 * Sathyan
 * Senthil Krishna
 * Shafna
 * Shaji Kailas
 * Shaji N. Karun
 * Shobhana
 * Shyamaprasad
 * Sithara
 * Sona Nair
 * Suchitra Murali
 * Sudheer Karamana
 * Sujith Vasudev
 * Sukumaran
 * Sukumari
 * Suraj Venjaramoodu
 * Suresh Gopi
 * Thikkurissy Sukumaran Nair
 * Thulasidas
 * Urvashi
 * Venu Nagavally
 * Vijayakumar
 * Vijayasree
 * Vinduja Menon

Doctors

 * Padmanabhan Palpu
 * C.O. Karunakaran
 * M. Krishnan Nair - Founding Director of Regional Cancer Centre
 * R. Kesavan Nair
 * A. Marthanda Pillai - neurosurgeon, recipient of 2011 Padma Shri
 * P. K. R. Warrier
 * Mohammed Illias Sahadulla