List of people from Thrissur

The following is a list of prominent people born / settled in areas coming under the present day Thrissur District, Kerala.

Science and academia

 * Pulickel Ajayan
 * George Menachery
 * Mani Menon
 * K. N. Panikkar
 * K. Radhakrishnan
 * Sankaranarayana
 * P. N. Vinayachandran

Beauty pageants

 * Rahul Rajasekharan
 * Vishnu Raj Menon

Economy and business

 * M. A. Yousuf Ali
 * Joy Alukkas
 * Kochouseph Chittilappilly
 * John Matthai
 * K. P. Karunakara Menon
 * PNC Menon (Originally from Palakkad district, later migrated to Thrissur with his parents)
 * K. N. Raj
 * P. Mohamed Ali
 * T. S. Kalyanaraman
 * M. P. Ramachandran

Spiritual leaders

 * Swami Bhoomananda Tirtha
 * Mar George Alapatt
 * Mar Raphael Cheenath
 * Pulikkottil Joseph Mar Dionysious I (Mar Thoma X)
 * Pulikkottil Joseph Mar Dionysious II
 * Euphrasia Eluvathingal
 * Canisius Thekkekara
 * Alex Kaliyanil
 * Franco Mulakkal
 * Mar Aprem Mooken
 * Cyril Mar Baselios I
 * Swami Ranganathananda
 * Antony Thachuparambil
 * Mar Jacob Thoomkuzhy
 * Mar Andrews Thazhath
 * Mar Raphael Thattil
 * Paulose II, Catholicos of the East
 * Mariam Thresia Chiramel

Literature

 * Balamani Amma
 * Sukumar Azhikode
 * P. Bhaskaran
 * Sarah Joseph
 * Kovilan
 * K. Kunchunniraja
 * Lalitha Lenin
 * Madampu Kunjukuttan
 * Kunjunni Mash
 * George Menachery
 * M. K. Ramachandran
 * K. Satchidanandan
 * C. V. Sreeraman
 * Kamala Surayya
 * Kodungallur Kunjikkuttan Thampuran
 * Attoor Ravi Varma
 * R Ramachandran
 * V. K. N.
 * M. N. Vijayan
 * M. Leelavathy
 * Attoor Krishna Pisharody
 * N. V. Krishna Warrier
 * Madhavan Ayyappath
 * V. K. Sreeraman
 * Vijayarajamallika

Politics

 * R. Bindu
 * P. R. Francis
 * P. P. George
 * K. Karunakaran (Originally from Kannur district, migrated to Thrissur for treating his visual disorder)
 * C. Achutha Menon
 * C. N. Jayadevan
 * Panampilly Govinda Menon
 * Joseph Mundassery
 * K. P. Prabhakaran
 * K. P. Rajendran
 * Therambil Ramakrishnan
 * Rajaji Mathew Thomas
 * V. M. Sudheeran
 * M.P Vincent
 * E. Ikkanda Warrier
 * V. V. Raghavan
 * K. Muraleedharan
 * K. Radhakrishnan (politician)
 * Anil Akkara
 * A. C. Moideen

Performing artists

 * Ammannur Madhava Chakyar
 * Kalamandalam Gopi
 * Kalamandalam Hyderali
 * Kalamandalam Appukutty Poduval

Singers

 * Bombay Sisters
 * Gayatri Asokan
 * P Jayachandran
 * KK
 * Asha G Menon
 * Unni Menon
 * Jyotsna Radhakrishnan
 * Pradip Somasundaran
 * Vaishnav Girish

Malayalam film industry

 * Omar Lulu
 * K. J. Joy
 * Sathish Kalathil
 * Premji
 * Sathyan Anthikkad
 * Ramu Kariat
 * Mala Aravindan
 * Bombay Sisters
 * Edavela Babu
 * Bahadoor
 * Bharathan
 * P. Bhaskaran
 * Biju Menon
 * Sudha Chandran
 * Devan
 * Gopika
 * Innocent
 * Johnson
 * Santhosh Jogi
 * Alphons Joseph
 * Mejo Joseph
 * pramod Pappan
 * Rima Kallingal
 * Kamal
 * Yusuf Ali Kechery
 * Lena
 * A. K. Lohithadas
 * Mallika
 * Kalabhavan Mani
 * P. N. Menon
 * Renuka Menon
 * Sindhu Menon
 * Unni Mukundan
 * Narain
 * Ouseppachan
 * Pavithran
 * Philomina
 * T. G. Ravi
 * Shankar
 * Sheela
 * Mohan Sithara
 * Sreenath
 * Oduvil Unnikrishnan
 * Samyuktha Varma
 * K. R. Vijaya
 * Geetha Vijayan
 * Vani Viswanath
 * Manju Warrier
 * C. I. Paul
 * Akku Akbar
 * Priyanandanan
 * Rafeeq Ahammed
 * Lal Jose
 * V. K. Sreeraman
 * Tovino Thomas
 * Anupama Parameswaran
 * Jyothi Krishna
 * Rachana Narayanankutty
 * Gayathri Suresh
 * Aparna Balamurali
 * Malavika Menon
 * Malavika Wales
 * Irshad
 * Lijo Jose Pellissery
 * Joju George
 * Shivaji Guruvayoor
 * Bhavana
 * Kalabhavan Mani
 * N F Varghese
 * Sadiq
 * Franco

Sports

 * Jo Paul Ancheri
 * C. V. Pappachan
 * I. M. Vijayan
 * Rino Anto
 * Shreyas Iyer
 * Sandeep Warrier
 * Rahul Kannoly Praveen
 * Nihal Sarin
 * Vibin Mohanan
 * Sachin Suresh