List of Famous people born in Kochi, India

Gopalakrishnan Padmanabhan, better known by his stage name Dileep, is an Indian film actor, producer, and businessman who predominantly works in the Malayalam film industry. He has acted in more than 150 films and has won several awards, including four Kerala State Film Awards and a Filmfare Awards South.

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.

Ajmal Ameer is an Indian actor and former physician, who works in the Malayalam, Tamil, and Telugu film industries. He is known for his role as Vasanthan in political action thriller film Ko (2011). He has won two Filmfare Awards South.

Pearle Maaney is an Indian Actress, Lyricist, video jockey, DJ, Television Presenter, Model, Motivational speaker, Reality Television personality from Kerala. She is known for hosting three seasons of the Malayalam dance reality show D 4 Dance on Mazhavil Manorama, co-hosted with Govind Padmasoorya and Adil Ibrahim. In 2018, Pearle Maaney Srinish turned out to be the runner-up of the Bigg Boss Malayalam season 1 which aired on Asianet and hosted by Mohanlal.

Riyaz Khan is an Indian actor and bodybuilder who predominantly works in Malayalam and Tamil films and television series, besides acting in a few Telugu-language and Kannada films, as well as two Hindi films and two Bengali films. He debuted in the Malayalam film Sugham Sughakaram, directed by Balachandra Menon. Later, he went on to act in Tamil and Telugu films. After many years, he came back to the Malayalam film industry acting in Balettan, starring Mohanlal.

Priya Raman is an Born: Indian actress and film producer. She has appeared in Malayalam, Tamil, Telugu and Kannada cinema and in television serials of both languages. Her first film was the Rajnikanth-produced film Valli, in 1993. Her second film. Arthana, directed by I. V. Sasi and released in 1993 was her debut in Malayalam.

Nivin Pauly is an Indian film actor and producer. he is known for his work in Malayalam cinema, he is the recipient of several awards including three Filmfare South awards and two Kerala State Film Awards.