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North Malabar North Malabar refers to the geographic area of southwest India covering the state of Kerala's present day Kasaragod, Kannur, and Wayanad District, Wayanad districts, and the taluks of Vatakara, Koyilandy, and Thamarassery in the Kozhikode Distri ...

, a historical and cultural area including the former French exclaves of Pondicherry. North Malabar is now administratively at the northern end of

Kerala Kerala ( ; ) is a state on the Malabar Coast of India. It was formed on 1 November 1956, following the passage of the States Reorganisation Act, by combining Malayalam-speaking regions of the erstwhile regions of Cochin, Malabar, South ...

, India. * Pazhassi Raja (1753–1805), freedom fighter and prince regent of Kottayam princely state *

Cherusseri Namboothiri Cherusseri Namboothiri (Malayalam:ചെറുശ്ശേരി നമ്പൂതിരി) is a 15th-century Malayalam poet who belonged to Kolathunadu, in present-day North Malabar region of Kerala. He was a court poet of Udaya Varma (1446� ...

(c.1375–c.1475), poet * Aromal Chekavar, Legendary hero and warrior from the 12th century. *

Thacholi Othenan Vadakkan Pattukal (literally, ''the songs of the north'') are a collection of Malayalam ballads from the medieval period. The songs present stories of heroes such as Aromal Chekavar and Thacholi Othenan, and heroines like Unniyarcha. The storie ...

, legendary hero from the 1600s * 00s *

Unniyarcha Unniyarcha (sometimes spelled "Uñnįarcha") is a legendary warrior and heroine 16th century mentioned in the ''Vadakkan Pattukal'', a set of historical ballads from northern Kerala, a state in southwestern India. She was a member of a Thiyya ...

-12th Century warrior *

Chandu Chekavar Chandu Chekavar (''Chathiyan Chanthu'', also known as Chandu Panicker), was a sixteenth-century warrior of the Chekavar family from the Hindu Thiyyar caste, mentioned in the folk songs of Northern Kerala called ''Vadakkan Pattukal''. He belongs t ...

-12th Century Warrior *

A. K. Gopalan Ayillyath Kuttiari Gopalan (1 October 1904 – 22 March 1977), popularly known as A. K. Gopalan or AKG, was an Indian communist politician. He was one of 16 Communist Party of India members elected to the first Lok Sabha in 1952. Later he beca ...

(1904–1977), politician, communist leader, MP *

K. Kelappan Koyapalli Kelappan (24 August 1889 – 7 October 1971) was an Indian politician, independence activist, educationist and journalist. During the Indian independence movement, he was the lead figure of Indian National Congress in Kerala and was p ...

(1889–1971), social reformer and journalist * E. K. Nayanar (1919–2004), politician, communist leader and Chief Minister of Kerala * K. P. R. Gopalan (1906–1997), politician. Naxalite communist leader and MPA *

M. V. Raghavan Melathu Veettil Raghavan (5 May 1933 – 9 November 2014) was a veteran Communist leader and a former Minister in Kerala state of India. He was the General Secretary of the Communist Marxist Party, an alliance partner in the United Democratic Fr ...

(1933–2014), politician, communist leader and MPA *

Sankaran Moopan Pullambil Sankaran Mooppan was an ancient chief commander of the Pazhassi Raja Pazhassi Raja () (3 January 1753 – 30 November 1805) was known as Kerala Varma and was also known as Cotiote Rajah and Pychy Rajah. He was a warrior Hindu pri ...

18th century an ancient chief commander of pazhassi raja * Karayi Krishnan Gurukkal 19th Century scholar. * Dewan E.K Krishnan (1841-1907) 19th century deputy collector. *

Janaki Ammal Edavalath Kakkat Janaki Ammal (4 November 1897 – 7 February 1984) was an Indian botanist who worked on plant breeding, cytogenetics and phytogeography. Her most notable work involved studies on sugarcane and the eggplant (brinjal). She also ...

(1897-1984) cytogenetics and phytogeography *

Meenakshi Amma Meenakshi Amma Gurukkal (born 1942) is a practitioner and teacher of Kalaripayattu, the traditional martial arts form of Kerala, India. In 2017, she received Padma Shri, India's fourth highest civilian award. Biography Meenakshi Amma Thiyya c ...

kalaripayattu guru and padmasree. * Choorayi Kanaran (1812-1876) first deputy collector of India, 19th century. * Rao Sahib Ayyathan Gopalan (1863-1948), social reformer * Ayyathan Janaki Ammal (1881-1945) first female doctor in kerala * I. K. Kumaran (1903-1999) 20th century mahe freedom fighter. *

Vagbhatananda Vayaleri kunhikannan Gurukkal-''(Vagbhatananda)'' (1885 – October 1939) was a Hindu religious leader and Social reformer in British India. He was the founder of the Atmavidya Sangham, which was fundamentally a group of professionals and in ...

(1885-1939) Hindu social reformer *

Keeleri Kunhikannan Keeleri Kunjikannan (1858–1939) was an Indian martial arts trainer and gymnast. He was one of the earliest circus owners in India. Life Kunhikannan was born in Thalassery in 1858. He was the gymnastic instructor of BEMP school, Thalassery. Hi ...

(1858-1939) martial art gurukkal and cercus experter *

S. K. Pottekkatt Sankarankutty Kunjiraman Pottekkatt (14 March 1913 – 6 August 1982) was an Indian writer of Malayalam literature and a politician from Kerala, India. He was also a great traveller among the Keralites, who wrote many travelogues for the peopl ...

(1913-1982) an Malayalam literature *

Mithavaadi Krishnan Changaramkumarath Krishnan Vakkeel was a community leader, banker, social reformer, and journalist from Kerala, India. He was a champion of implementing the revolutionary socialist reforms proposed by Sree Narayana Guru for the upliftment of th ...

social reformer. * Potheri Kunjambu Vakil (1857-1919) social reformer, writer, royal family loyer * Muliyil Krishnan (1845-1901) written. * Narikkuni Unnirikutty Vaidyar (1849-1909) 19th century scholar * Ponnapuramkottayil Kelu Moopan 17th century warrior *

K. Karunakaran Kannoth Karunakaran (5 July 1918 – 23 December 2010) was an Indian politician and member of the Indian National Congress (INC). He served as the Chief Minister of Kerala four times during the late 1970s through the mid 1990s. He is the ...

(1918–2010), politician, congress leader and Chief Minister of Kerala * E. Ahmed (1938-2017), politician, Muslim League leader and Central Cabinet Minister *

Moorkoth Kumaran Moorkoth Kumaran (1874–1941) was a social reformer, a teacher and a short story writer in Malayalam. Kumaran came from a Thiyya family of Thalassery, Kannur. He was a disciple of Narayana Guru and wrote the first biography of Guru. He initiated ...

(1874–1941), teacher and short-story writer *

Moorkoth Ramunni Moorkoth Ramunni (15 September 1915 – 9 July 2009) was a Malayalee fighter pilot in the Royal Indian Air Force, and the first Indian Administrative officer from Dharmadam village. the youngest son of Moorkoth Kumaran. He was an aviator from K ...

(1915–2009), pilot and bureaucrat *

Moorkoth Kunhappa Murkoth Kunhappa was a bureaucrat and, later, a journalist. He was born on May 14, 1905, and was the eldest son of Moorkoth Kumaran, a popular Malayalam short story writer and social reformer. He was an associate editor of ''Malayala Manorama'', a ...

(1905–1993), journalist, editor, novelist *

M. N. Nambiar Manjeri Narayanan Nambiar (7 March 1919 – 19 November 2008) was an Indian actor who worked predominantly in Tamil cinema, known mostly for his villain roles in an eight decade long career. He has also appeared in a few Malayalam films. ...

(1919–2008), film actor and spiritual leader *

Verghese Kurien Verghese Kurien (26 November 1921 - 9 September 2012), known as the "Father of the White Revolution" in India, was a social entrepreneur whose "billion-litre idea", Operation Flood, made dairy farming India's largest self-sustaining industry an ...

(1921–2012), social entrepreneur and founder of Amul * Sreenivasan (born 1956), film actor, screenwriter, director, and producer *

Kannur Rajan Kannur Rajan (24 June 1940 – 7 April 1995) was a music composer from Kerala, India. Though his songs are less in numbers, they are noted as emotional and nostalgic in the Malayalam film songs. He was the father-in-law of currently famous mu ...

(1949–1995), music composer *

Kuroolli Chekon Kurooli Chekon, known as Kadathanadan Simham, was a Thiyya warrior who lived in the 19th century in Vadakara(1869-1913), North Malabar, who fought against the oppression by the British Government ga, Rialtas a Shoilse gd, Riaghaltas a Mhò ...

, 20th century Kadathanad robinhood. * Kaithapram Damodaran Namboothiri (born 1950), lyricist, music director, actor, singer, screenwriter, and performer of

carnatic music Carnatic music, known as or in the Dravidian languages, South Indian languages, is a system of music commonly associated with South India, including the modern Indian states of Karnataka, Andhra Pradesh, Telangana, Kerala and Tamil Nadu, an ...

* Gireesh Puthenchery (1961–2010), lyricist and screenwriter * Vineeth (born 1969), film actor and classical dancer *

K. Raghavan K. Raghavan (2 December 1913 – 19 October 2013), also fondly called Raghavan Master, was a Malayalam music composer and Carnatic Vocalist. Along with G. Devarajan, V. Dakshinamoorthy and Baburaj, Raghavan is often credited for the renaissance ...

(1913–2013), music composer *

A. T. Ummer Anjukandy Thalakkal Ummer ( ml, അഞ്ചുകണ്ടി തളയ്ക്കൽ ഉമ്മർ) (10 March 1933 – 18 October 2001) was a Malayalam music composer from Kerala, India. He is known for composing many soft melodies for 174 ...

(1933-2001), music composer *

Vengayil Kunhiraman Nayanar Vengayil Kunhiraman Nayanar (1860 – 14 November 1914) was a Malayali essayist and short story writer, and a prominent landlord of Malabar district. Vengayil family Nayanar was born in an aristocratic Nair family known as "Vengayil" in Chiracka ...

(1861-1914), journalist, writer, landowner *

Vijay K. Nambiar Chenicheri Vijay Nambiar (born August 1943) is a retired Indian diplomat and served as the UN Secretary General's Special Advisor on Myanmar. He was Chef de Cabinet (Chief of Staff) under UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon from 1 January 2007 to F ...

(born 1943), diplomat * O. M. Nambiar (1932-2021), athletics coach and winner of the

Dronacharya award The Dronacharya Award, officially known as Dronacharya Award for Outstanding Coaches in Sports and Games, is sports coaching honour of the Republic of India. The award is named after Drona, often referred as "Dronacharya" or "Guru Drona", a ch ...

* Lt. General Satish Nambiar (born 1936), general and commander of the

UNPROFOR The United Nations Protection Force (UNPROFOR; also known by its French acronym FORPRONU: ''Force de Protection des Nations Unies'') was the first United Nations peacekeeping force in Croatia and in Bosnia and Herzegovina during the Yugoslav War ...

force in the former Yugoslavia 1992-93 * Pinarayi Vijayan (born 1944), politician, communist leader, MPA, Chief Minister of Kerala * Kalingalmadom Rarichan Moopan - Social Leader. *

Kodiyeri Balakrishnan Kodiyeri Balakrishnan (16 November 1953 – 1 October 2022) was an Indian politician of the Communist Party of India (Marxist). He was the secretary of the CPI(M) Kerala State Committee from 2015 to 2022. He stepped down from the position of st ...

(born 1953), politician, communist leader, MPA *

Sukumar Azhikode Koloth Thattarath Sukumaran, popularly known as Sukumar Azhikode (26 May 1926 – 24 January 2012) was an Indian academic, orator, critic and writer of Malayalam literature, known for his contributions to Malayalam language and insights on Indian ...

(1926–2012), writer philosopher *

M. Night Shyamalan Manoj Nelliyattu M. Night Shyamalan ( ; born August 6, 1970) is an Indian-American filmmaker and actor. He is best known for making original films with contemporary supernatural plots and twist endings. He was born in Mahé, India, and raise ...

(born 1970), film director, screenwriter, and producer *

M. Mukundan Maniyambath Mukundan, (born 10 September 1942) commonly known as M. Mukundan, is an Indian writer of Malayalam literature. Many of his early works are set in Mahé (Mayyazhi) which has earned him the moniker, ''Mayyazhiyude Kathakaaran''. He is ...

(born 1942), writer, social activist *

Kavya Madhavan Kavya Madhavan (born 19 September 1984) is a former Indian actress, who appeared predominantly in Malayalam films. She made her debut in 1991 as a child artist in '' Pookkalam Varavayi''. Her debut role as a lead actress was in Lal Jose's '' ...

(born 1984), film actress *

Samvrutha Sunil Samvritha Sunil (born 31 October 1986) is an Indian actress who appears in Malayalam films. She made her debut in 2004 through the film ''Rasikan'' directed by Lal Jose before which she had also appeared as a junior artist in the film '' Ayal ...

(born 1986), film actress * Captain

C. P. Krishnan Nair Captain Chittarath Poovakkatt Krishnan Nair (9 February 1922 – 17 May 2014) was an Indian businessman who founded The Leela Group. He was a 2010 recipient of the Padma Bhushan, given by Government of India. He was sometimes popularly known a ...

(1922–2014), businessman, hotelier

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