The following is a list of notable people from Kollam, Kerala, India.
Film and media Actors and Actresses
Jayan, Indian actor Suresh Gopi, Indian actor and politician Mohanlal, famous Indian actor Urvashi (actress), Indian actress Jayabharathi, Indian actress Kottarakkara Sreedharan Nair, Indian Actor Kollam G. K. Pillai, Indian actor Murali (Malayalam actor), Indian actor Balachandra Menon, Indian actor and director Sai Kumar (Malayalam actor), Indian actor Kalaranjini, Indian actress Anusree, Indian actress Mallika Sukumaran, Malayalam actress Narendra Prasad, Malayalam actor Aranmula Ponnamma, Malayalam actress K. B. Ganesh Kumar, Indian actor and minister Shobha Mohan, Indian actress Jalaja, Indian actress Ambili Devi, Malayalam film actress Jayakumar Parameswaran Pillai, Indian television actor P. Balachandran, Indian actor Anu Mohan, Indian actor Vinu Mohan, Indian actor Vijay Babu, Indian actor and producer Uma Nair, television actress Baby Ameya, Indian child actress Kundara Johnny, Indian actor Aima Rosmy Sebastian, Indian actress Shiju A R, Indian actor Noorin Shereef, Indian actress Vineeth Mohan, Indian actor Mukesh, Indian actor and politician Jameela Malik, Indian actress K. P. A. C. Sunny, Indian actor Divyadarshan, Indian actor Vinitha Koshy, Indian actress O. Madhavan, theatre personality Geetha Salam, Indian actor Kollam thulasi, Indian actor
Directors, Producers and Script-writers Rahul Riji Nair, Indian film director East Coast Vijayan, Indian film producer and lyricist K. Ravindranathan Nair, Indian film producer G. R. Indugopan, Indian screenwriter Amal Neerad, Indian film director K. P. Nambiathiri, Indian cinematographer R. Sarath, Indian film director and screenwriter Anwar Rasheed, Indian film director and producer Sajan K. Mathew, Indian film director Shaji N Karun, Malayalam movie director James Albert, screenwriter and director Girish Gangadharan, Indian cinematographer Ansar Shah, Indian cinematographer M. A. Nishad, Indian film director
Sound Engineers Resul Pookutty, Oscar Award winner, sound engineer Tony Babu, Indian film sound designer
Literature and writing
Azhakathu Padmanabha Kurup, Indian scholar P. Madhavan Pillai, writer and translator Vennikkulam Gopala Kurup, Indian Politician O. N. V. Kurup, Indian writer N. P. Nayar, Indian writer Sooranad Kunjan Pillai, Indian writer S. Guptan Nair, Indian scholar and writer Panmana Ramachandran Nair, Malayalam language writer Kurissery Gopala Pillai, Indian writer Elamkulam Kunjan Pillai, historian and scholar Sugathakumari, Indian poet K. C. Kesava Pillai, Indian writer C. N. Sreekantan Nair, Indian writer Lalithambika Antharjanam, Indian writer Pamman, Indian writer Krishnabhaskar Mangalasserri, Indian writer C. V. Kunhiraman, Indian writer Thirunalloor Karunakaran, Indian writer Vidhu Vincent, Indian writer Cheri Viswanath, Indian writer Samuel (cartoonist), Indian writer P. Bhaskaranunni, Malayalam scholar and literary critic
Bureaucrats and Politicians
Gopal Krishna Pillai, Indian administrative officer K. Chandrasekhara Pillai, Indian politician Thennala Balakrishna Pillai, Indian politician R. Balakrishna Pillai, Former minister of kerala Kumbalathu Sanku Pillai, politician and freedom fighter Eswara Pillai Chandrasekharan Nair, Indian politician and former Minister of Kerala K. B. Ganesh Kumar, Indian actor and minister K. N. P. Kurup, Indian Politician
G. Janardhana Kurup, Indian lawyer and politician P. R. Madhavan Pillai, Indian politician V. P. Ramakrishna Pillai, Indian politician N. K. Premachandran, member of Lok Sabha representing Kollam Lok Sabha constituency. Rajmohan Unnithan, Indian politician P. C. Vishnunadh, Indian politician C. R. Mahesh, Indian politician E. K. Pillai, Indian politician G. S. Jayalal, Indian politician P. Aisha Potty, Indian politician and the MLA C. Kesavan, Chief minister of erstwhile travancore-cochin(1950–52) R. Sankar, former chief minister of kerala M. A. Baby, politician C. V. Padmarajan, Indian politician and advocate P. K. Gurudasan, politician and MLA Baby John, politician M. Noushad, politician A. A. Rahim, politician T. M. Varghese, politician and freedom fighter J. Chinchu Rani, politician Henry Austin (Indian politician), politician
Business and commerce B. Ravi Pillai, businessman Rajan Pillai, businessman K. Ravindranathan Nair, Indian businessman Thangal Kunju Musaliar, industrialist & educational visionary Sohan Roy, Indian entrepreneur
Rulers and Nobles Vira Ravi Ravi Varma, Raja of Venad Ettuveetil Pillamar, Landlords and governors of Venad
Social Service N. P. Nayar, Administrator of Azad Hind Kumbalathu Sanku Pillai, politician and freedom fighter Vijayan K. Pillai, professor at the School of Social Work in the University of Texas at Arlington, USA Lalithambika Antharjanam, Social reformer
Stage Artist Mukundan Pillai, Kathaprasangam Artist Madavoor Vasudevan Nair Rama Kurup, Kathakali artist
Law
Karunakaran Babu, Kerala High Court Judge
Journalist Sreekandan Nair, Indian media personality
Religion and Spiritual Chattampi Swamikal, Hindu sage Matha Amrithananda Mayi, spiritual leader
Sports
Tinu Yohannan, international cricket Suresh Babu, Indian long jumper Olympian T. C. Yohannan, athlete Akshay Kodoth, Indian cricketer
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