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

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