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
Beauty pageants Rahul Rajasekharan Vishnu Raj Menon
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) Geevarghese Philoxenos II Pulikkottil Joseph Mar Dionysious II Euphrasia Eluvathingal Canisius Thekkekara Alex Kaliyanil Franco Mulakkal Mar Aprem Mooken Awgin Kuriakose 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 Thrissur R. Vaidyanatha Bhagavathar 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 N F Varghese Sadiq Franco Naslen
Sports Jo Paul Ancheri I. M. Vijayan Rino Anto Shreyas Iyer Sandeep Warrier Rahul Kannoly Praveen Nihal Sarin Vibin Mohanan Sachin Suresh