Notable People
- Kottarakkara Thampuran, the King of Kottarakkara in the sixteenth century) was the father of the classical art form of Kathakali.
- Malayalam novelists Lalithambika Antharjanam, Kakkanadan and writer & hypnotist Johnson Eyeroor.
- KP Kottarakkara - a film story writer, director, producer and actor.
- Vedabhandu (1901–1995) - Arya Samaj worker and scholar of Hindu Vedas .
- Oyur Kochu Govinda Pillai (1916–2008) - master performer of Kathakali.
- Kottarakara Sreedharan Nair (1922–1986) - actor.
- Murali (actor) (1954–2009).
- R. Balakrishna Pillai, Former Minister, MLA, MP and Panchayat President, Chairman of the Kerala Congress (B)
- Kalakshethram Vijayasenan, film choreographer, social worker, disciple of Guru GopinadhSangeeth nataka academy member
- Bobby Kottarakkara - Malayalam actor.
- K. B. Ganesh Kumar - actor and politician
- Saikumar - Malayalam actor.
- Kottarakara Ganga and Bhadra - Noted Kathakali Artist
- Sabin Satheesh - politician (founder & chairman) Karunakara Vidhya Yojana National Rural Self-employment Training Centre and Gramman Grama Sree Kerala State (NRSTC)
- A.J. Thomaskutty, Superintendent of Police, Thiruvananthapuram Rural District
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