List of people from Alappuzha

A list of notable people from Alappuzha:

• A. K. Antony- Three-time Chief Minister of Kerala, current Indian Defence Minister
• V S Achuthanandan - The former Chief Minister of Kerala
• P Parameswaran - Director of Bharathiya Vichara Kendram and President of Vivekananda Kendram
• M S Swaminathan - Agriculturist
• James Kalacherry - Bishop of Changanacherry, Campaigned against the move by C. P. Ramaswami Iyer, the then Diwan of Travancore in 1945, to nationalise all schools.
• I. C. Chacko, Illiparambil - Geologist
• Navajyothi Sree Karunakara Guru, the founder of Santhigiri Ashram
• Vayalar Ravi - former Home minister of Kerala, Union Cabinet Minister of Overseas Indian Affairs and Minister for Parliamentary Affairs
• Kuriakose Elias Chavara - Blessed, Co-founder of CMI
• Bishop Kurialassery - Venerable - First Bishop of what would become the Archdiocese of Changanassery, and he founded the Sisters of the Adoration of the Blessed Sacrament.
• Vellapally Natesan - General Secretary of SNDP Yogam
• Thakazhi Sivasankara Pillai - Novelist and Short Story Writer
• K. R. Gowri Amma - Revenue Minister in the first Kerala LDF ministry, initiated the revolutionary land reforms in Kerala, Agriculture Minister in Kerala UDF Ministry
• Vayalar Ramavarma- Malayalam poet and film lyricist
• Mavelikkara Velukkutty Nair - Mridangam Maestro
• Vayalar Sarath Chandra Varma - film lyricist
• Ashokan - filim actor
• Fazil - film director
• Priyadarshan - film director
• Vinayan - film director
• Nedumudi Venu - film actor
• Mavelikkara Prabhakara Varma - musician
• Appachan Maliampurackal Chacko Punnoose (Navodaya Appachen) - Indian film producer, director, and entrepreneur
• Kunchako Boban - film actor
• Rajan P. Dev - Malayalam film actor and drama/theater personality
• Ratheesh - film actor
• Narendra Prasad
• Chelangatt Gopalakrishnan - writer and film critic
• Joy J. Kaimaparamban - English and Malayalam author
• Itty Achudan - the major contributor of ethno-medical information for the compilation of Hortus Malabaricus
• Kavalam Narayana Panicker - Poet
• K. Shankar Pillai - Cartoonist (Shankar)
• Padmarajan - film director, script writer, story writer
• K. P. A. C. Lalitha - film actress
• Muthukulam Raghavan Pillai - dramatist, film actor, poet
• Sreekumaran Thampi - lyricist, director, producer, script writer
• Ayyappa Paniker - poet
• Sardar K.M. Panikkar - diplomat, administrator, historian
• Erickavu N. Sunil - National Award Winning Mridangam Artist
• Bhima Bhattar - Founder of Bhima Jewellers at Mullakkal, Alleppey