List of Ezhavas

Ezhava is the largest caste based community of Kerala, India. Here is a list of some prominent personalities who are born in the Ezhava caste. Template:Notabilityquestioned

Goddess

• Maalikapurathamma

Saint Prophet and Guru

• Sree Narayana Guru

Spiritual leaders

• Dharmaskandha
• Karunakara Guru
• Nataraja Guru
• Vagbhatananda Gurudevar
• Swami Prakashananda, Current Madathipathi of Sivagiri Mutt
• Swami Saswathikananda, Former Madathipathi of Sivagiri Mutt
• Bodhananda Swamikal
• Swami Swaroopananda, Former Madathipathiof Sivagiri Mutt
• Paravoor Sreedharan Thanthrikal
• Guru Nitya Chaitanya Yati

Martial arts

• Aromal Chekavar
• Kuroolli Chekon also known as Kadathanadan Simham
• Manakkadan Kunhambu Gurikkal
• Keeleri Kunhikannan
• Arattupuzha Velayudha Panicker
• Unniyarcha

Social reformers

• Kumaran Asan
• Sahodaran Ayyappan
• Manakkadan Kunhambu Gurikkal
• Mithavaadi Krishnan
• T. K. Madhavan
• Padmanabhan Palpu

Political leaders

• V. S. Achuthanandan, Former Chief Minister of Kerala
• K. R. Gowri Amma, First woman Minister in Kerala
• K. Babu, Excise Minister of Kerala
• E. Balanandan, Former Polit Bureau Member of C. P. I(M)
• Veliyam Bharghavan, Former State Secretary of C. P. I
• C. K. Chandrappan, State secretary, CPI, Former M. P
• J. Chitharanjan
• K. Damodaran
• Nettur P. Damodaran
• K. P. Dhanapalan, Current M. P from Chalakkudy Constituency
• Babu Divakaran, Former Minister of Kerala
• C. Divakaran, Current Minister for Food, Kerala
• T. K. Divakaran, Former Minister of Kerala
• Susheela Gopalan, Fourth woman Minister in Kerala
• P. K. Gurudasan, Current Minister for Labour, Kerala
• P. Karunakaran, Current M. P from Kasaragod Constituency
• C. Kesavan, Former Chief Minister of Erstwhile Princely State of Travancore-Cochin
• N. N. Krishnadas, Former M. P
• T. K. Madhavan
• C. K. Manisankar, Current Deputy Mayor, Kochi
• C. V. Padmarajan, Former Minister of Kerala
• K. Pankajakshan, Former All India General Secretary of R. S. P
• K. P. Prabhakaran, Former Minister of Kerala
• Adoor Prakash, Health Minister of Kerala
• Varkala Radhakrishnan, Former Speaker of Kerala
• M. K. Raghavan, Former Minister of Kerala, Former General Secretary, S. N. D. P Yogam & S. N. Trusts
• K. P. Rajendran, Current Minister for Revenue, Kerala
• Mullappally Ramachandran, Current Union Minister of State for Home
• T. K. Ramakrishnan, Former Home Minister of Kerala
• Mullakkara Ratnakaran, Current Minister for Agriculture, Kerala
• Pannyan Raveendran, Former State Assistant Secretary of C. P. I
• Vayalar Ravi, Current Union Cabinet Minister for Civil Aviation & Overseas Indian Affairs
• R. Sankar, Former Chief Minister of Kerala, Former General Secretary, S. N. D. P. Yogam, Former Secretary, S. N. Trusts
• Kadavoor Sivadasan, Former Minister of Kerala
• P. S. Sreenivasan, Former Revenue Minister of Kerala
• K. Sudhakaran, Current M. P from Kannur Constituency
• V. M. Sudheeran, Former Speaker, Minister of Kerala
• R. Sugathan
• V. Velankutty Master
• Pinarayi Vijayan, Current State Secretary & Polit Bureau Member of C. P. I(M)
• Benoy Viswam, Current Minister for Forests, Kerala

Medicine

• Itty Achudan, Source Provider to the compilation of 'Hortus Malabaricus'
• Perunnelli Krishnan Vaidyar
• Dr. Sivakumar, senior neurosurgeon, Baby Memorial Hospital, Calicut
• Dr. K. Jagadeesan, transplant surgeon, recipient of B. C. Roy award, Founder-Director of K. J. Hospital and Chairman of K. J. Research Foundation. He served as the Honorary Surgeon to the President of India. Presently he is the President of International Medical Sciences Academy and Overseas Advisor to the Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Glasgow.
• Dr. Jayaprakash, internationally recognized Ayurveda doctor, instrumental in popularizing Ayurveda in Europe and Middle East
• C. R. Kesavan Vaidyar, Founder of Chandrika Soap
• Dr. Suseela Prabhakaran Founder Director of Regional Institute of Ophthalmology, Adviser in Ophthalmology to the Government of Kerala. Currently Chief of Divya Prabha Eye Hospital, Trivandrum.
• Dr. V.K. Vijayan, Director, Vallabhbhai Patel Chest Institute, University of Delhi, Delhi 110007

Artists and actors

• Manoj Night Shyamalan Hollywood Director
• Amal Neerad Film Director
• Biju Pappan Film Actor
• Deepak Dev music director
• Gopi Sundar music director
• Devan (actor) Film Actor
• Gayatri Asokan Singer
• Harisree Ashokan Film Actor
• I. V. Sasi Film Director
• Joshy Film Director
• K. P. Kumaran Script writer, Film Director
• K. K. Rajeev Film/Serial Director
• Kannur Rajan
• Kaviyoor Revamma Singer
• Kedamangalam Sadanandan famous story teller, native of North Paravur
• K. R. Vijaya
• Kuthiravattom Pappu Film Actor
• M. K. Arjunan Music Director
• Manoj K. Jayan Film Actor
• Mythili Film Actres
• Rima Kallingal Film Actres
• Mukesh Film Actor
• O. Madhavan Drama, Film Director
• P. G. Viswambaran Film Director
• Paravoor BharathanFilm Actor
• Pavithran Film Director
• Rajeev Anchal Film Director
• Rahul Raj (composer)
• Ramachandra Babu Cinematographer . Tamil
• Ramu Karyat Film Director
• Rani Chandra Film Actress
• Ratheesh Film Actor
• Ravi K Chandran Cinematographer
• S. L. Puram Sadanandan Drama Artist, Director
• Sainoj Late Playback Singer
• Saji Surendran Film Director
• Salim Kumar Film Actor ( National & State Award for Best Actor 2011)
• Samvrutha Sunil Film Actress
• Sanusha Film Actress (Father Thiyya, Mother Namboothiri)
• Sathyan Anthikkad Film Director
• Shaji N. Karun Film Director
• Shibu Chakravarthy Music Director
• Sreenivasan Film Actor, Script writer, Film Director
• T. Damodaran Producer, Script writer
• Thilakan Film Actor
• V. Sambasivan Story telling
• Vidhu Prathap Singer
• Vijayasree Film Actress
• Vineeth Sreenivasan Film Actor, Singer

Literature

• Kumaran Asan
• C. V. Kunhiraman
• C. N. Karunakaran
• Velutheri Kesavan Vaidyar
• Perunnelli Krishnan Vaidyar
• Thottathil Kesavan Vaidyan - Disciple of Perunnelli.
• Pallathu Raman
• Moorkoth Kumaran
• Moorkoth Kunhappa
• M. V. Devan
• S. K. Pottakkat - Second Malayali to win the Jnanapith Award
• M. P. Appan
• Sukumar Azhikode
• M. K. Sanu
• O. V. Vijayan
• M. Mukundan
• N. K. Damodaran
• Perumbadavam Sreedharan
• C. V. Sreeraman
• P. K. Balakrishnan
• Kovilan
• M. K. Kumaran
• Nettur P Damodaran
• A. P. Udhayabhanu
• K. Damodaran
• K. P. Appan
• Muthukulam PARVATHI AMMA Poet
• Kanayi Kunhiraman
• Manjula Padmanabhan
• Moorkoth Ramunni
• Punaloor Balan
• Pattathuvila Karunakaran
• V. Balakrishnanauthor
• Anil Panachooran
• Punaloor Balan
• S. N. Sadasivan

Sports

• Suresh Babu Former Olympian
• Aparna Balan
• Prasanth Parameswaran Cricketer
• Chitra K. Soman

Scientists

• A. Aiyappan
• Vainu Bappu
• K. Damodaran
• K. S. Manilal
• Thanu Padmanabhan
• VK Vijayan, Director, Vallabhbhai Patel Chest Instirute, University of Delhi, Delhi 110007

Freedom fighters

• A. P. Udhayabhanu
• C. Kesavan
• I. K. Kumaran (Mahe Gandhi)
• Nettur. P. Damodaran

Business figures

• Ajit Balakrishnan, Chairman Rediff. com
• Arun Balakrishnan, Chairman and Managing director of Hindustan Petroleum Corporation.
• P. V. Gangadharan, Managing editor Mathrubhumi Daily Director, India Vision TV
• C. R. Kesavan Vaidyar, Chandrika Ayurvedics
• Pradeep Kumar, MD, Kelvin Business Forms (P) Ltd. , Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala
• Satish Kumar, CEO & Managing Director Petrofuel Taznania Limited, Chairman IMark Global Limited,
• K. Muraleedharan, Managing Director, SFC Group of companies, Abudhabi
• Vellapally Natesan, General Secretary - S. N. D. P Yogam, Secretary - S. N. Trusts
• P Rajendran, COO and Co-Founder of NIIT
• S. D. Shibulal, CEO and MD of Infosys ( Richest Ezhava and second richest Malayali in the world )
• Prathap Suthan, National Creative Director, Cheil Worldwide

Journalists

• C. V. Kunhiraman
• M. K. Kumaran
• N. K. Damodaran
• Nettur P Damodaran
• K. Raveendran
• Moorkoth Kunhappa
• Rajeev Srinivasan
• Harry, Amritha TV
• Laby, Manorama TV.

Bureaucrats and Police officers

• K. S. Money IAS, Secretary General, National Human Rights Commission of India
• Dr. K. N. Raj, Former Vice Chancellor, Delhi University, New Delhi and Economist of international fame.
• Dr. R. Prasannan, Former Secretary, Kerala Legislative Assembly
• Dr. P. Mohan, Current H. O. D, Department of Commerce and Management Science, University of Calicut
• K. Radhakrishnan, Former Chief Engineer and Member (Generation), KSEB

Economists

• Dr. K. N. Raj
• Dr. M Sarngadharan, Director, CONSPI Academy of Management Studies, Thiruvananathapuram, Formerly Head of the department of Commerce, University of Kerala; Formerly Administrator, Sree Narayana Dharmasangham, Sivagiri, Varkala, Kollam
• K S Bahuleyan

Military

• Air Marshal Sadhashivan Radhakrishnan Senior Air Staff Officer (SASO) of the IAF’s Training Command, Bangalore.
• Moorkoth Ramunni He was the first pilot from Kerala of the Royal Air Force(Later Indian Air Force). He also fought against Japan in the IInd world war.

Judiciary

• Justice K. Bhaskaran Former Chief Justice of Kerala in whose tenure Justice K. G. Balakrishnan was inducted into judicial service
• P. Vijayaraghavan Famous criminal lawyer of Kollam