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The [[Ezhava]] are a prominent [[Caste system in India|community]] in Kerala making up approximately 25% of the state's population. The following is a list of notable members of the Ezhava community.

== Dynasty==

* [[Mannanar]]<ref>{{Cite book|last=Pullappilly|first=Cyriac|title=Religion and Social Conflict in South Asia|pages=32}}</ref>

==Legendary characters==
*[[Cheerappanchira]] Panicker - Martial ( Kalary) Guru of Swamy Ayyappan, Father of Malikappurathamma- 13/ 14 century.
*[[Itty Achudan|Itty Achudan vaidyar]] - famous physician <ref>{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=92F7DwAAQBAJ|title=INDia's NEW CAPITALISTS: Caste, Business, and Industry in a Modern Nation|isbn=9789351952800|last1=Damodaran|first1=Harish|date=25 November 2018|publisher=Hachette India }}</ref>
*[[Aromal Chekavar]]<ref name=":0">{{Cite book|last=Nadhapuram|first=Kunjikkannan|title=Vadakkan Pattukal}}</ref>
*[[Unniyarcha]]<ref name=":0" />

==Spiritual leaders==
*[[Narayana Guru]]<ref>{{cite book |url={{google books |plainurl=y |id=xNAI9F8IBOg|page=35}} |pages=35–39 |title=Religion and social conflict in South Asia |volume=22 |series=International studies in sociology and social anthropology |first=Bardwell L. |last=Smith |publisher=BRILL |year=1976 |isbn=978-90-04-04510-1}}</ref> (1855- 1928)

==Literature==
*[[Kumaran Asan]]<ref name=Asan>{{cite book|last=Tharamangalam|first=Joseph|title=Agrarian Class Conflict: The Political Mobilization of Agricultural Labourers in Kuttanad, South India|year=1981|publisher=The University of British Columbia|location=Canada|isbn=0-7748-0126-3|page=38|url={{google books |plainurl=y |id=538cKfVv8ygC|page=38}}}}</ref> (1873 - 1924) – also known as Mahakavi Kumaran Asan
*[[Muloor S. Padmanabha Panicker]]<ref name=Muloor>{{cite book|last=Mathew|first=George|title=Communal Road To A Secular Kerala|year=1989|publisher=Ashok Kumar Mittal Concept Publishing Company|location=New Delhi|isbn=81-7022-282-6|pages=90–110|url={{google books |plainurl=y |id=1TuPeXFP0WgC=Communa|page=90}}}}</ref> (1869-1931) – poet and prominent social reformer
*[[C. V. Kunhiraman]]<ref name=Muloor /> (1871-1949) – founder of [[Kerala Kaumudi]], writer and journalist
*[[O. V. Vijayan]]<ref name=OVVijayan>{{cite web|title=The Great Malabar Novel|url=http://www.rediff.com/news/1998/apr/30rajeev.htm|work=Rediff.com}}</ref> (1930-2005) - Indian author ([[Khasakkinte Itihasam]]) and cartoonist

==Politics==
===Chief Ministers===
*[[C. Kesavan]] - former Chief Minister of [[Travancore–Cochin|Travancore-Cochin]]<ref>{{cite web |url=http://pib.nic.in/feature/feyr98/fe0898/f0308982.html |title=Some prominent leaders of the freedom struggle in Kerala |first=Perrunna K. N. |last=Nair |publisher=Press Information Bureau, Government of India |access-date=2011-11-03}}{{dubious|date=November 2011}}</ref>
*[[R. Sankar]]<ref>{{cite news |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/thiruvananthapuram/Bridging-the-Nair-Ezhava-divide/articleshow/16299583.cms|archive-url=https://archive.today/20120707014459/http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2002-07-17/thiruvananthapuram/27327328_1_leader-communities-kerala|url-status=live|archive-date=7 July 2012|title=Bridging the Nair-Ezhava divide |first=P. K. |last=Surendran |agency=TNN |date=17 July 2002 |newspaper=[[The Times of India]]|access-date=2011-11-15}}</ref> - former Chief Minister of Kerala. First [[Indian National Congress|Congress]] leader to become Chief Minister, and first Ezhava to hold the post.
*[[V. S. Achuthanandan]]-former Chief Minister of Kerala, veteran [[Communist Party of India (Marxist)|Communist]] leader.
*[[Pinarayi Vijayan]]<ref>{{Cite web|title='Some people remind me of my caste quite often,' says Kerala CM Pinarayi Vijayan|date=3 January 2019 |url=https://scroll.in/latest/908057/some-people-remind-me-of-my-caste-quite-often-says-kerala-cm-pinarayi-vijayan}}</ref> - incumbent Chief Minister of Kerala.

==Social reformers==
*[[Padmanabhan Palpu]]<ref>{{cite book |pages=209–210 |first=Ritty A. |last=Lukose |chapter=Recasting the Secular: Religion and Education in Kerala, India |title=Everyday Life in South Asia |editor1-first=Diane P. |editor1-last=Mines |editor2-first=Sarah |editor2-last=Lamb |edition=2nd |publisher=Indiana University Press |year=2010 |isbn=9780253354730 |chapter-url={{google books |plainurl=y |id=828fOvb61wIC|page=209}}}}</ref>
*[[Arattupuzha Velayudha Panicker]], ne 'Mangalam Vazhunnor Velayudha Perumal' <ref>{{cite book|last=Krishanan IAS|first=NR|title=Izhavar Annum Innum|publisher=Seena Publications|year=1967|location=Trissur|page=119}}</ref>
*[[T. K. Madhavan]]<ref>{{Cite book|url={{google books |plainurl=y |id=xNAI9F8IBOgC|page=38}}|title=Pullapilly, Cyriac K. (1976). "The Izhavas of Kerala and their Historic Struggle for Acceptance in the Hindu Society". In Smith, Bardwell L. Religion and Social Conflict in South Asia. International studies in sociology and social anthropology. 22. Netherlands: E. J. Brill. ISBN 978-90-04-04510-1|isbn=9004045104|last1=Smith|first1=Bardwell L.|year=1976|publisher=BRILL }}</ref>

==References==
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[[Category:Lists of Indian people by community|Ezhava]]
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[[Category:Lists of people from Kerala|Ezhavas]]

List of Ezhavas - Revision history

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