This is a list of notable people from Calicut.
Literature Cherusseri Namboothiri - Poet S.K. Pottekkatt - Writer Thikkodiyan - Writer N.N. Kakkad - Poet P. Valsala - Writer Akbar Kakkattil - Writer Punathil Kunjabdulla - Writer Chengalathu Kunhirama Menon - Editor and founder
Politics K Kelappan - Freedom Fighter. KR Moopan - Social Leader. John Mathai- First Railway Minister of India. PP Ummer Koya - Ex Education Minister of Kerala. CH Mohammed Koya- Ex CM of Kerala. PM Aboobacker- Ex MLA (6 Terms) TP Ramakrishnan: Ex Excise and Labour Minister of Kerala. MK Muneer: Ex Social Welfare and Panchayath Affairs Minister of Kerala PM Muhammed Riyas: PWD and Tourism Minister of Kerala. Ahamed Devarkovil: Ex Ports, Museums, Archaeology and Archive Minister of Kerala. K Surendran: President of BJP Kerala State.
Entertainment Mona Vasu - Cine actress Hareesh Perumanna - Actor Ansiba Hassan - Cine actress Kozhikode Narayanan Nair - Actor Santhosh Pandit - Actor Mamukkoya - Actor Parvathy Thiruvothu - Cine actress
Biyon - Cine Actor Bhagyalakshmi - Cine actress Nandana - Cine actress Anagha LK - Cine actress Athira Patel - Cine actress Sajan K Ram - Film score composer Akhila Sasidharan - Cine actress Neena Kurup - Cine actress Monisha Unni - Cine actress Bindu panicker - Cine actress Ranjitha - Cine actress Avanthika Mohan - Cine actress Nithya Das - Cine actress Anjali Menon, film director Neeraj Madhav, Cine actor Mani Madhava Chakyar, Cine actor Ann Augustine - Actress Roshan Basheer - Actor Balan K. Nair - Cine Actor A. Vincent - Film Director Girish Puthenchery - Lyricist Madhupal - Actor / Director Prajin - Cine actress I.V. Sasi - Film director Jomol - Cine actress Sija Rose - Cine actress Maria Margaret Sharmilee - Cine actress Rajisha Vijayan - Cine actress Nellikode Bhaskaran - Actor Hariharan - Film director P. S. Nivas -(Cinematographer)- Film director T. Damodaran - Film script writer Deedi Damodaran - Film script writer K.P. Ummer - Cine actor Kozhikode Abdul Kader - Playbaack singer Chandini Sreedharan - Cine Actress Kuthiravattam Pappu - Actor M.S. Baburaj - Music director Mamukkoya - Cine actor P.M Taj - Dramatist & Writer P.V. Gangadharan - Business man & Film producer Sudheesh - Cine actor Ranjith - Cine actor, director&Writer Augustine - Cine actor Swargachitra Appachan - Producer Anoop Menon- Cine actor & Writer Manu Manjith- Lyricist Jenith Kachappilly - Film director Vinod Kozhikode - Cine Actor Dinanath Puthenchery - Lyricist Vinod Kovoor - Cine Actor Surabhi Lakshmi - Actress
Sasi Kalinga - Actor Sreya Jayadeep - Playback Singer Mridula Warrier - Playback Singer
Street Academics (Hip-hop group) Ronson Vincent, Actor Sreedevi Unni, Dance, Actress Mareena Michael Kurisingal Actress Gopika Anil Actress Suveeran, Film Director
Sports P. T. Usha - Athlete turned Coach Olympian Abdurahiman - Football player, participated in the 1956 Summer Olympics Tom Joseph - captain of Indian volleyball team Roy Joseph - Indian Volleyball player Mayookha Johny - Indian Athlete V Diju - Indian Badminton Player Aparna Balan - Indian Badminton Player Arun Vishnu - Indian Badminton Player Prasanth Karuthadathkuni - Football player Jinson Johnson - Olympian, Indian Athlete Kishor Kumar - Former Indian Volleyball Captain Rehenesh TP - Football player Jisna Mathew - Indian Athlete Jaseel P. Ismail - Badminton player Jiju Jacob - Football Player
Art Mani Madhava Chakyar - Performance artist M.V. Devan - painter, sculptor Bhanumati Rao - Classical dancer Sasikrishnan - sculptor Gopikrishnan - cartoonist
Religious Ayyathan Gopalan - Renaissance leader and social reformer, Doctor, Writer. Ayyathan Janaki Ammal -First women doctor and surgeon of Kerala, First Malayali Lady Doctor. Vagbhatananda - hindu religious leader Sheikh Abubakr Ahmad - community leader, muslim scholar Maxwell Valentine Noronha - Bishop E. K. Aboobacker Musliyar - community leader, muslim scholar Ibraheem Khaleel Al Bukhari - muslim scholar
Others Thangam Philip - Nutritionist P. Vijayan - IPS officer, ADGP (Kerala Police) Verghese Kurien - Pioneer of white revolution Major Sandeep Unnikrishnan - former Indian Army officer who was martyred during the 2008 Mumbai Terror Attacks, posthumous recipient of the Ashoka Chakra Ravi Varma of Padinjare Kovilakam - Royal family
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