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- Former Administration of Travancore
- Religion and spirituality
- Freedom fighters
- Politicians
- Musicians
- Painters
- Sculptor
- Performing artists, Indian dance
- Architects
- Science
- Social reformers, cultural leaders
- Literature
- Jurists
- Sports
- IT
- Entrepreneurs
- Actors and directors
- Doctors
- References
{{unsourced|date=February 2019}}{{Use dmy dates|date=February 2019}}{{Use Indian English|date=February 2019}}List of prominent people who were born/settled in Thiruvananthapuram (Trivandrum), Kerala. {{Expand list|date=November 2008}}Former Administration of Travancore - Marthanda Varma
- Sethu Lakshmi Bayi
- Dharma Raja
- Ayilyam Thirunal
- Moolam Thirunal
- Chithira Thirunal Balarama Varma
Religion and spirituality- Ayyankali
- Sri M
- Vakkom Moulavi
- Sree Narayana Guru
- Chattampi Swamikal
- Sathyananda Saraswathi
- Sade Guru Shivalingadasa Swamigal
Freedom fighters- Vakkom Abdul Khader
- Annie Mascarene
Politicians- O. Rajagopal
- Sasi Tharoor
- Vakkom Purushothaman
- Varkala Radhakrishnan
- K. Muraleedharan
- A. Sampath
- V. S. Sivakumar
- Kadakampally Surendran
- K S Sabarinathan
- G Karthikeyan
- M. Vijayakumar
- C. Jayan Babu
Musicians- Swathithirunal
- B. Sasikumar
- K. J. Yesudas
- K. S. Chithra
- Hariharan - born in Thiruvananthapuram, settled in Mumbai
- L. Athira Krishna - violinist
- Shweta Mohan
- Sujatha Mohan
- Vidhu Prathap
- M. G. Radhakrishnan - musician
- M. G. Sreekumar
- Neyyattinkara Vasudevan
- G. Venugopal
- Balabhaskar
- Prince Rama Varma
- Najim Arshad
Painters- A. Ramachandran
- Raja Ravi Varma
SculptorPerforming artists, Indian dance- Guru Gopinath
- L. Athira Krishna
- Guru Chandrasekharan
- Madavoor Vasudevan Nair
- G. S. Pradeep
Architects- Laurie Baker - architect, born in England, settled in Trivandrum
- Gopalan Nair Shankar (G. Shankar) - received Padma Shri award in 2011
Science- V. N. Krishnamurthy - ex-Dy. Director, VSSC; ex-Director, ISRO-UoP Cell
- G. Madhavan Nair - ISRO Chairman
Social reformers, cultural leaders - Ayyankali
- Vakkom Moulavi
- Narayana Guru - also a poet
- Chattampi Swamikal - also a poet and prose writer
Literature- Kumaran Asan - poet
- A. Ayyappan
- Kilimanoor Chandran
- Ulloor S. Parameswara Iyer - poet
- Sugathakumari - poet
- Murukan Kattakada
- Gopi Kottoor - poet
- O. N. V. Kurup - poet
- Mali Madhavan Nair
- V. Madhusoodhanan Nair
- George Onakkoor
- Ayyappa Paniker
- C. V. Raman Pillai
- E. V. Krishna Pillai
- Kesari Balakrishna Pillai
- N. Krishna Pillai
- Sreekanteswaram Padmanabha Pillai - author of Shabda Tharavali
- Kilimanoor Ramakanthan
- Sankar
- Sukumar
- Irayimman Thampi
- Bichu Thirumala - Malayalam poet
- Swathi Thirunal
- A. R. Raja Raja Varma
- Vijayakrishnan
- Poovachal Khader - poet
Jurists - Prof. N. R. Madhava Menon – member of Centre-State Relations Commission of the Government of India; former VC of National Law School of India, Bangalore and NUJS Kolkata
- K. S. Paripoornan – Chief Justice of Patna High Court (1994) and Justice of the Supreme Court of India (1994–1997)
Sports- Aneil Nambiar (born 1984) - Cricketer
- Padmanabhan Prasanth - Cricketer
- Prannoy Kumar(H.S.Prannoy) - Badminton player
- Rohan Prem - Cricketer
- Sanju Samson - Cricketer
IT- Kris Gopalakrishnan - CEO of Infosys
Entrepreneurs Actors and directors - Abhirami
- Ahaana Krishna
- Aishwarya Lekshmi
- Alencier Ley Lopez
- Ambika
- Annie Shaji Kailas
- Anoop Menon
- Appani Sarath
- Arthana Binu
- Arun Kumar Aravind
- Arya Rohit
- Baiju
- Bharat Gopy
- Biju Pappan
- Chippy
- Deepu Karunakaran
- Devi Ajith
- Gokul Suresh
- Indrajith Sukumaran
- Indrans
- Iniya
- Isha Sharvani
- Jagadish
- Jagathy Sreekumar
- J.C. Daniel
- Joshi
- Kalaranjini
- Kalpana
- Karamana Janardanan Nair
- Keerthy Suresh
- Kochu Preman
- Krishnakumar
- Lalitha
- Madhu
- Mallika Sukumaran
- Manikuttan
- Maniyanpilla Raju
- Manjima Mohan
- Manju Pillai
- Menaka Sureshkumar
- Mithun Ramesh
- Mohanlal
- Nandhu
- Nazriya Nazim
- Nyla Usha
- Padmini
- Poojappura Ravi
- Poornima Indrajith
- Prajesh Sen
- Pranav Mohanlal
- Prathap Pothan
- Premkumar
- Prem Nazir
- Prithviraj Sukumaran
- Priyadarshan
- Priyanka Nair
- Radha
- Ragini
- Rajasenan
- R. S. Vimal
- Saji Surendran
- Sakhi Thomas
- Sangeeth Sivan
- Sankar
- Santosh Sivan
- Sathyan
- Shaji Kailas
- Shaji N. Karun
- Shobhana
- Shyamaprasad
- Sithara
- Suchitra Murali
- Sudheer Karamana
- Sujith Vasudev
- Sukumaran
- Sukumari
- Suraj Venjaramoodu
- Suresh Gopi
- Thikkurissy Sukumaran Nair
- Thilakan
- Thulasidas
- Urvashi
- Venu Nagavally
Doctors - Padmanabhan Palpu
- C.O. Karunakaran
- M. Krishnan Nair - Founding Director of Regional Cancer Centre
- R. Kesavan Nair
- A. Marthanda Pillai - neurosurgeon, recipient of 2011 Padma Shri
- P. K. R. Warrier
- Mohammed Illias Sahadulla
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