Prominent persons

Many people active in Kerala politics like A. K. Gopalan (Founder leader of Communist Party in Kerala), E. K. Nayanar (Chief Minister for longest duration in Kerala), K. Karunakaran Former CM of Kerala and Congress leader, E. Ahamed (Minister of State for Railways and IUML all India leader), M. V. Raghavan (MVR cmp-state leader), P. K. Sreemathy Teacher , (Health Minister in the Kerala government), Pinarayi Vijayan (CPI-M State Leader) have their roots in this district. Other people tracing their origin to this district include Jimmy George (Late) Peravoor (Volleyball player), Sreenivasan (actor) (Malayalam film artist), Moorkoth Ramunni (First Fighter Pilot from Kerala), Samvrutha Sunil ( Malayalam film actress), Bhaskarn.P. ( Politician), T. Padmanabhan , Vineeth ( Malayalam/Tamil/Telugu film artist), and Swadeshabhimani Ramakrishna Pillai . Mr.K.V.Nikesh Kumar Nair is an eminent person hailing from Talipramba of Kannur district.