List of Famous people born in Kerala, India

Mukesh is an Indian film actor, producer, television presenter, and politician known for his work predominantly in Malayalam cinema. He is best known for his comedic roles in films. He was the chairman of Kerala Sangeetha Nataka Academy. Mukesh is the current MLA representing the Kollam constituency of Kerala state.

Pilavullakandi Thekkeparambil Usha is a retired Indian track and field athlete. She has been associated with Indian athletics since 1979. She is often called the "queen of Indian track and field".

Sujith Unnikrishnan, known by his stage name Sunny Wayne is an Indian film actor who predominantly works in Malayalam cinema. He made his acting debut in Second Show (2012). Since then, he has appeared in over 30 films.

Sasi Kalinga was an Indian actor who worked in Malayalam cinema. He acted in Paleri Manikyam: Oru Pathirakolapathakathinte Katha (2009), Pranchiyettan & the Saint (2010), Indian Rupee (2011), Adaminte Makan Abu (2011) and in Amen (2013). He died on 7 April 2020 in a private hospital in Kozhikode.

Ravi Vallathol was an Indian actor, mainly noted for his acting in many famous serials, including the first serial in Malayalam.

Anju Bobby George is a retired Indian athlete. She is India's first and only World Champion in Athletics IAAF World Athletics Final. Anju Bobby George made history when she won the bronze medal in long jump at the 2003 World Championships in Athletics in Paris. With this achievement, she became the first Indian athlete ever to win a medal in a World Championships in Athletics jumping 6.70 m. She went on to win the gold medal at the IAAF World Athletics Final in 2005, a performance she considers her best. Anju was upgraded to the gold status from silver in the 2005 World Athletics Final in Monte Carlo following the disqualification of Tatyana Kotova of Russia by the International Association of Athletics Federations, following the recent re-testing of the latter's sample collected at the 2005 World Championship in Helsinki. She was awarded the Arjuna Award in 2002. She had got 5th position with personal best score of 6.83 at the 2004 Athens Olympics.

Vellamvelly Muraleedharan is an Indian politician from Kerala representing the Bharatiya Janata Party and the current Union Minister of State for External Affairs & Parliamentary Affairs. He was the eighth State President of Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) in Kerala. He is also a Member of Parliament in the Rajya Sabha, the upper house of the Indian Parliament. He was sworn in as a Union Minister on 30 May 2019. On 12 June 2019, Muraleedharan was appointed Government Deputy Chief Whip in the Rajya Sabha.

Kattassery Joseph Yesudas is an Indian playback singer and musician who sings Indian classical, devotional and cinematic songs. Yesudas has recorded more than 50,000 songs in a number of Indian languages, including Malayalam, Tamil, Telugu, Hindi, Kannada, Bengali, Odia as well as Arabic, English, Latin, and Russian, during a career spanning more than five decades. He is often referred to as Gaanagandharvan.

Karthika Menon, better known by her stage name Bhavana Menon, is an Indian actress from Kerala, who works in South Indian film industry. She has acted in Malayalam, Tamil, Kannada, and Telugu language films. Bhavana made her acting debut in the Malayalam film Nammal in 2002. In a career spanning over a decade, she has appeared in over 80 films and has won two Kerala State Film Awards, including a Kerala State Film Award – Special Mention for Nammal and a Second Best Actress Award for Daivanamathil.

Asha Kelunni, better known by her stage name Revathi, is an Indian film actress and director, known for her works predominantly in Tamil and Malayalam cinema. She has won several accolades, including the National Film Awards in three different categories, and nine Filmfare Awards South.