Notable Residents
The British faced the first resistance from India in 1803 from Pazhassi Raja who was the ruler of Pazhassi kingdom which is in the present Kannur district.
The Kannur district was host to many Kerala politicians, including A. K. Gopalan, greatest leader of the Communist Party of India (Marxist) and first opposition leader of Loksabha, E. K. Nayanar, three time Chief Minister of Kerala, K. Karunakaran, former Chief Minister of Kerala and Congress leader, E. Ahamed, Minister of State for Railways, M. V. Raghavan, former Minister, P. K. Sreemathy, Health Minister, and Pinarayi Vijayan, former Minister.
Other notable people tracing their origin to this district include film actor Sreenivasan, Vineeth, Samvrutha Sunil and Manju Warrier, writers Sanjayan and T. Padmanabhan, sportsmen V P Sathyan (football) and Jimmy George (volleyball) and Fighter pilot Moorkoth Ramunni. K.T. Arun is a notable artist and creative director hailing from the district. C. P. Krishnan Nair a businessman and founder of Leela group of Hotels, also born and brought up in Kannur.
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