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This list of Nairs contains prominent members of the Nair community of southern India. (However the list is not complete)

Swami Chinmayananda – (previous name Balakrishna Menon) Modern day Hindu guru and founder of Chinmaya Mission
Sree Vidyadhiraja Parama Bhattaraka Chattampi Swamikal – Hindu sage, social reformer

Velu Thampi Dalawa – Dalawa of erstwhile Travancore Kingdom and a freedom fighter
K. Kelappan – a.k.a. Kerala Gandhi, freedom fighter, founder of the Nair Service Society

Lt General K P Candeth.^[1]^{[full citation needed]} – Lieutenant General in the Indian Army during Indo-Pak war

Kudamaloor Karunakaran Nair – prominent Kathakali exponent
Kavalappara Narayanan Nair – prominent Kathakali exponent
Madavoor Vasudevan Nair – prominent Kathakali exponent
Pattikkamthodi Ravunni Menon – prominent Kathakali exponent
Guru Kelu Nair – prominent Kathakali exponent
Kalamandalam Padmanabhan Nair – prominent Kathakali exponent
Kalamandalam Krishnan Nair – a renowned Kathakali artiste; won Padma Shri Award 1971

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 * [[Ranjitha]] born SriValli - Actress from Menon sub caste
 * [[Archana Nair]] - Miss Kerala 2009
-* [[Chandran Nair]]
+* [[Chandran Nair]] - a poet
 * [[Mira Nair]] - film director and producer
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 * [[C. P. Krishnan Nair]]- the Founder-Chairman of the [[Leela Group of Hotels]]
 * [[Chandran Nair]]
+* [[Rajmohan Pillai]]
+* [[Shan Nair]] - Nuclear Physicist and Founder of [[Nair & Co.]]
 ==See also==