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- Kings, royals and princesses Kings of Travancore
- Government Service Chief Minister Reserve Bank of India Navy Police Chief Justice of India Jurists Government Secretaries
- Scientists Defence Research and Development Organisation Indian Space Research Organisation
- Entertainment Film, television, theater, and dance Comedians, humorists, and entertainers Musicians
- Art, literature, journalism, and philosophy
- Billionaire
- Environmentalists
- Sports
- References
{{short description|Town in Tamilnadu, India}}{{more footnotes|date=December 2018}}{{good article}}The following is a list of prominent people who were born in/lived in or around Nagercoil, or for whom Nagercoil is a significant part of their identity. {{dynamic list|date=October 2018}}{{image frame
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| image1 = Neela-padmanabhan.jpg|caption1=Neela Padmanabhan
| image2 = Desigavinayagam Pillai.jpg | caption2 = Kavimani Desigavinayagam Pillai
| image3 = Jayamohan, Writer.jpg| caption3 = B. Jeyamohan
| image4 = GD Boaz.jpg| caption4= G.D.Boaz
| image5 = Madhu 2008.jpg| caption5 = Madhu
| image6 = APJwithNair.JPG| caption6= G. Madhavan Nair
| image7 = Dr. C. Sylendra Babu IPS.jpg| caption7 = C. Sylendra Babu
| image8 = Manju Warrier in KLF 2018.jpg | caption8 = Manju Warrier
| image9 = S. Ramesan Nair BNC.jpg | caption9 = S. Ramesan Nair
| image10 = Hss lawrence.jpg| caption10 = H. S. S. Lawrence
| image11 = Vinu photo 2016.jpg| caption11 = Ajayan Vinu
| image12 = Sukumari at kollam.JPG| caption12 = Sukumari
| image13 = Champakraman Pillai.jpg| caption13 = Chempakaraman Pillai
| image14 = Vijay Vasanth at the Velaikkaran Audio Launch.jpg| caption14 = Vijay Vasanth
| image15 = The Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) Chairman, Dr. K. Sivan addressing a press conference on issues related to Department of Space, in New Delhi on August 28, 2018.JPG|caption15 = Kailasavadivoo Sivan
| image16 = |caption16 = Admiral Oscar Stanley Dawson}}}} Kings, royals and princessesKings of Travancore- Marthanda Varma Kulasekhara Perumal (1729–1758)
- Balarama Varma Kulasekhara Perumal – Dharma Raja Karthika Thirunal (1758–1798)
- Balarama Varma Kulasekhara Perumal (1798–1810)
- Gouri Laksmibhai Ranee (1810–1815)
- Gouri Parvathibhai Ranee (1815–1829)
- Swathi Thirunal Rama Varma Kulasekhara Perumal (1829–1847)
- Uthram Thirunal Marthanda Varma Maharaja (1847–1860)
- Ayilyam Thirunal Rama Varma Maharaja (1860–1880)
- Visakham Thirunal Rama Varma Maharaja (1880–1885)
- Shri Moolam Thirunal Maharajah (1885–1924)
- Sethu Laksmibhai Ranee (1924–1933)
- Shri Chithira Thirunal Balarama Varma Maharajah (1933–1949) – last King of Travancore; Rajpramukh of Thiru-Kochi
[1]Government ServiceChief Minister- K. Kamaraj -Second Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu.
Reserve Bank of India- S. Venkitaramanan - 8th Governor of the Reserve Bank of India.
Navy- Admiral Oscar Stanley Dawson - 12th Chief of Naval Staff of the Indian Navy.
- Admiral Sushil Kumar - 16th Chief of Naval Staff of the Indian Navy.
Police- F. V. Arul - 2nd Central Bureau of Investigation Director.
- Walter Devaram - Former Director general of police of Tamil Nadu.
- Christopher Nelson - Former Director general of police of Tamil Nadu.
- G. Nanchil Kumaran - Former Director general of police of Tamil Nadu.
- N. Paramasivan Nair - Former Director general of police of Kerala.[2]
Chief Justice of India- N. Paul Vasanthakumar - Chief Justic of Jammu & Kashmir (2015-2017).
Jurists- Omana Kunjamma - First Indian Women Magistrate.
Government Secretaries- Y. S. Rajan - Secretary, Department of Space, Indian Space Research Organisation.
- Sheela Balakrishnan - Former Chief Secretary of Tamil Nadu.
- Girija Vaidyanathan - Chief Secretary of Tamil Nadu.
- M.G.Devashagayam - Former Chief Secretary of Harayana.
Scientists- G.D.Boaz - First Indian psychologist.
- Raja Chelliah - Indian economist and recipient of Padma Vibushan.
- Ranjan Roy Daniel - Indian cosmic-physicst and former director of Tata Institute of Fundamental Research, Recipient of Padma Bhushan.
- Subbayya Sivasankaranarayana Pillai - Indian mathematician and inventor of Pillai's conjecture, Pillai's arithmetical function, Pillai prime, Pillai sequence.
- M.S.S. Pandian - Renowned social scientist and former Dean of Department of Social Science at Jawaharlal Nehru University.
- H. S. S. Lawrence - Special Envoy to Afghanistan.
- C. Livingstone - Indian plant taxonomist.
- Kolappa Kanakasabhapathy Pillay - Indian historian and former dean at University of Madras.
- Ajayan Vinu - Indian material scientist and professor University of Queensland.
- Sivanandi Rajadurai - Indian scientist in the field of catalysis, physical chemistry, and emission control.
Defence Research and Development Organisation- A. Sivathanu Pillai - Former chairman of DRDO.
- S. Christopher - Chairman of DRDO.
Indian Space Research Organisation- G. Madhavan Nair - 6th Chairman (2003-2009)
- Kailasavadivoo Sivan - 10th Chairman of Indian Space Research Organisation
EntertainmentFilm, television, theater, and dance- Sathyan - First Malayalam film superstar.
- Sukumari - Indian film actress.
- Manju Warrier - Malayalam film actress.
- Madhavan Nair - Malayalam film actor.
- J. C. Daniel - Father of Malayalam film industry.
- Thikkurissy Sukumaran Nair - Malayalam film director.
- Nyla Usha - Malayalam film actress.
- Manu Ramesan - Indian film composer.
- M. Rajesh - Tamil film director.
- K. R. Ramsingh - Indian theater artist.
- M. R. Gopakumar - Renowned Indian theater artist.
- Deepti Omchery Bhalla - Indian Mohiniattam dance exponent.
- Padmesh - Indian cinematographer.
- Vijay Vasanth - Indian actor.
Comedians, humorists, and entertainers- N. S. Krishnan - Tamil actor.
- Kanal Kannan - Renowned Indian action choreographer, stunt co-ordinator.
Musicians- Vijay Antony - Indian music composer, playback singer.
- K.V. Mahadevan - Composer; winner of the National Film Award for Best Music Direction (1968 & 1980).
- Neelakanta Sivan - Carnatic music composer.
- Nagercoil S. Ganesa Iyer - Prominent Carnatic musician and exponent.
- Leela Omchery - Indian classical singer, musicologist and writer.
- Nagercoil Harihara Iyer - Indian violinist.
- Bhoothapandi Arunachalam Chidambaranathan - Indian film composer and musician.
- Kamukara Purushothaman - Indian playback singer.
- R. Muttusamy - Sri lankan musician and singer.
- Neyyattinkara Vasudevan - Carnatic music vocalist.
- Poongani, Veteran villupaattu exponent.[3]
Art, literature, journalism, and philosophy- Kavimani Desigavinayagam Pillai - Tamil Renaissance poet.
- Thirunainar Kurichi Madhavan Nair - Renowned Indian poet, novelist and lyricist.
- T. V. Ramasubbaiyer - Founder of Indian Daily Newspaper Dinamalar.
- T. N. Gopakumar - Editor in chief of Asianet News
- Neela Padmanabhan - Indian writer and 2007 recipient of Sahitya Akademi Award.
- Nanjil Nadan - Indian writer and 2010 recipient of Sahitya Akademi Award.
- T. M. Chidambara Ragunathan - Indian writer and 1983 recipient of Sahitya Akademi Award.
- Thoppil Mohamed Meeran - Indian writer and 1997 recipient of Sahitya Akademi Award.
- Ponneelan - Indian writer and 1994 recipient of Sahitya Akademi Award.
- Abhilash Chandran R - Indian writer and 2014 recipient of Sahitya Akademi Yuva Puraskar Award.
- Rajasekharan Parameswaran - Indian painter.
- David Davidar - English novelist.
- B. Jeyamohan - Indian writer and literary critic.
- S. Ramesan Nair - Indian poet.
- Aravindan Neelakandan - Indian columnist at Swarajya
Billionaire- G.S.K. Velu - Founder and chairman of Trivitron Healthcare.
- H. Vasanthakumar - Founder and director of Vasanth & Co.
- Harris Nadar - Travancore millionaire.
Environmentalists- Jivanayakam Cyril Daniel - Indian naturalist.
- A. J. T. Johnsingh - Former director of Wildlife Institute of India.
- S. S. Davidson - Indian environmentalist.
Sports- Ramanathan Krishnan - Retired Indian tennis player and Wimbledon semifinalist in 1960 & 1961.
- Thalaivan Sargunam - Indian cricketer.
- Antony Dhas - Indian cricketer.
References1. ^{{cite web|url=http://pazhayathu.blogspot.ae/2009/02/kings-of-travancore-1663-to-1949.html|title=kings of Travancore 1663 TO 1949|website=pazhayathu.blogspot.ae}}
2. ^[https://www.thehindu.com/news/cities/Thiruvananthapuram/trailblazing-police-officer-laid-to-rest/article5144851.ece "Trailblazing police officer laid to rest"]
3. ^[https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/tamil-nadu/veteran-villupaattu-exponent-dead/article25415308.ece "Veteran villupaattu exponent dead - The Hindu"]
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