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<p></p> <p><b>New page</b></p><div>{{moresources|date=February 2019}}<br /> {{Use dmy dates|date=February 2019}}<br /> {{Use Indian English|date=February 2019}}<br /> A list of notable people from [[Alappuzha]]:<br /> <br /> ==Academia and science==<br /> * [[Tessy Thomas]] - DRDO<br /> * [[Itty Achudan]] - the major contributor of ethno-medical information for the compilation of &#039;&#039;Hortus Malabaricus&#039;&#039;<br /> * [[Illiparambil Corah Chacko]] - geologist<br /> * [[Pallithanam Luca Matthai]] - pioneer of kayal cultivation in Kuttanad, and former member of Sree Moolam Popular Assembly<br /> <br /> ==Arts and entertainment==<br /> <br /> ===Film and stage===<br /> * [[K. Madhu]] - film director, film producer, actor<br /> * [[Saranya Ponvannan]] - actor<br /> * [[Parvathy Jayaram]] - actor<br /> * [[Mammootty]] - actor<br /> * [[Navodaya Appachan]] (Chacko Punnoose) - film producer, director, and entrepreneur<br /> * [[Ashokan (actor)|Ashokan]] - Malayalam film actor, 1978–<br /> * [[Thoppil Bhasi]] - playwright, screenwriter, and film director<br /> * [[Kunchako Boban]] - film actor<br /> * [[Riaz M T]] - Film Actor<br /> * [[Rajan P. Dev]] - Malayalam film actor <br /> * [[Fazil (director)|Fazil]] - film director<br /> * [[Fahad Fazil]] - film actor<br /> * [[Chelangatt Gopalakrishnan]] - film critic and writer<br /> * [[Kunchacko]] - film producer and director <br /> * [[K. P. A. C. Lalitha]] - film actress<br /> * [[Balachandra Menon]] - film actor, director, script writer<br /> * [[Navya Nair]] - film actress in [[Malayalam cinema|Malayalam]], [[Tamil cinema|Tamil]], and [[Kannada film]]s<br /> * [[Padmarajan]] - film director, script writer, story writer<br /> * [[Chenganoor Raman Pillai]] - stage actor<br /> * [[Muthukulam Raghavan Pillai]] - dramatist, film actor, poet<br /> * [[Narendra Prasad]] - actor, playwright, and director<br /> * [[Priyadarshan]] - film director<br /> * [[Ratheesh]] - film actor<br /> * [[M. G. Sreekumar]] - playback singer and film music director<br /> * [[Sreekumaran Thampi]] - lyricist, director, producer, script writer<br /> * [[Vayalar Sarath Chandra Varma]] - film lyricist<br /> * [[Nedumudi Venu]] - film actor<br /> * [[Vinayan]] - film director<br /> * [[Saranya Mohan]] - film actor<br /> <br /> ===Graphic arts===<br /> * [[K. Shankar Pillai]] - cartoonist (Shankar)<br /> <br /> ===Literature===<br /> * [[Eleanour Sinclair Rohde]] - British gardener and writer on gardening<br /> * [[Joy J. Kaimaparamban]] - English and Malayalam author<br /> * [[Ayyappa Paniker]] - poet<br /> * [[Kavalam Narayana Panicker]] - poet<br /> * [[Parappurath]] (K. E. Mathai) - novelist and short story writer<br /> * [[Thakazhi Sivasankara Pillai]] - novelist and short story writer<br /> * [[Vayalar Ramavarma]]- Malayalam poet and film lyricist<br /> * [[K. P. Sasidharan]]- Malayalam writer and academician<br /> * [[Lopamudra R]] - Malayalam Poet and Translator<br /> <br /> ===Music===<br /> * [[Mavelikkara Velukkutty Nair]] - [[mridangam]] player<br /> * [[T S Nandakumar]] - percussionist, mridangam player<br /> * [[Palani Subramaniam Pillai]] - percussionist, played the mridangam and [[kanjira]]<br /> * [[Erickavu N. Sunil]] - mridangam player<br /> * [[Mavelikkara Prabhakara Varma]] - [[Carnatic music|Carnatic]] singer<br /> <br /> ==Commerce and business==<br /> * [[Bhima Bhattar]] - founder of [[Bhima Jewellers]] at [[Mullakkal]], Alleppey<br /> <br /> ==Politics, government, and social welfare ==<br /> * [[V. S. Achuthanandan]] - former Chief Minister and current leader of opposition of Kerala<br /> * [[K. R. Gowri Amma]] - Revenue Minister in the first Kerala LDF ministry, initiated the revolutionary [[land reforms]] in Kerala, Agriculture Minister in Kerala UDF Ministry<br /> * [[A. K. Antony]] - Three-time Chief Minister of Kerala, Former Indian Defence Minister<br /> * [[Ramesh Chennithala]] - politician, former Member of Parliament<br /> * [[T. K. Madhavan]] (1885—1930) social reformer, journalist and revolutionary<br /> * [[Pallithanam Luca Matthai]] - Former member of Sree Moolam Popular Assembly and pioneer of kayal cultivation in Kuttanad<br /> * [[Kavalam Madhava Panikkar]] - diplomat, administrator, historian<br /> * [[P. Parameswaran]] - director of [[Bharathiya Vichara Kendram]] and president of [[Vivekananda Kendram]]<br /> * [[Vayalar Ravi]] - former Home minister of Kerala, Union Cabinet Minister of Overseas Indian Affairs and Minister for Parliamentary Affairs<br /> * [[C. M. Stephen]] - politician and Union minister<br /> <br /> ==Religion==<br /> * [[Baselios Thoma Didymos I]] - [[Catholicos of the East and Malankara Metropolitan]]<br /> * [[Kuriakose Elias Chavara]] - Blessed, co-founder of CMI<br /> * [[James Kalacherry]] - Bishop of Changanacherry, who campaigned against the move by C. P. Ramaswami Iyer, the Diwan of Travancore in 1945, to nationalise all schools <br /> * [[Karunakara Guru|Navajyothi Sree Karunakara]], the founder of [[Santhigiri Ashram]]<br /> * [[Mar Thomas Kurialachery]] - [[Venerable]], first bishop of what would become the Archdiocese of Changanassery, and founder of the Sisters of the Adoration of the Blessed Sacrament&lt;ref&gt;{{cite web | title = Bishop Thomas Kurialacherry|url= http://www.churchesinindia.com/bishop_thomas_kurialacherry.html}}&lt;/ref&gt;<br /> <br /> == References ==<br /> {{Reflist}}<br /> {{Clear}}<br /> <br /> {{DEFAULTSORT:Alappuzha, List of people from}}<br /> [[Category:People from Alappuzha district| ]]<br /> [[Category:Lists of people by city in India]]<br /> [[Category:Lists of people from Kerala]]</div>

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