People from Palakkad district

Indian social activist

Indian distance runner

Indian dancer

Indian civil engineer

Indian mathematician (1918-2000)

Swarnalatha (29 April 1973 – 12 September 2010) was an Indian playback singer. In a career spanning almost 22 years (from 1987 until her death), she recorded over 10,000 songs in many Indian languages, including Tamil, Telugu, Malayalam, Kannada, Hindi, Urdu, Bengali, Oriya, Punjabi, and Badaga. She is specifically recognized by the title "Queen of Tones in India".

Indian sprinter

Anumol is an Indian actress, predominantly acting in Malayalam and Tamil films. She appeared in Malayalam films such as Chayilyam (2014), Ivan Megharoopan (2012), Akam (2011), Vedivazhipadu (2013) and Jamna Pyari (2015). Her performance as Kuruvammal in 2023 Tamil web-series Ayali applauded by Critics and Audience.

Indian writer

Indian actress

Indian cartoonist

Indian Air Force test pilot

Raghuvaran Velayuthan Nair (11 December 1958 – 19 March 2008) was an Indian actor who predominantly acted in films made in South India. He has acted in more than 200 Tamil, Telugu, Malayalam, Kannada and Hindi films. According to the Hindustan Times, "the actor had carved a niche for himself with his special style and voice modulation."

Indian playback singer (1934-2005)

Indian musician (1912-1981)

Indian scientist

Indian artist (1925–2013)

dancer

Indian physicist

actress

Chembai Vaidyanatha Bhagavatar (born Vaidyanatha Iyer, 28 August 1896 – 16 October 1974) was an Indian Carnatic music singer from Kerala. He was born in Vatakara, Kerala, and moved to Palakkad kottayi along with his family during his childhood. He is popularly known as Chembai, or sometimes simply as Bhagavatar. Chembai was noted for his powerful voice and majestic style of singing. His first public performance was in 1904, when he was nine. A recipient of several titles and honours (including the Madras Music Academy's Sangeetha Kalanidhi in 1951), he was known for his encouragement of upcomi

Indian actress

actor

Indian physician and academic administrator

Indian composer

Kathakali exponenet (1927-2007)

Indian ornithologist

Indian performer

Indian singer (1936-2014)

Indian musicologist and music educator

Indian dancer

Indian artist (born 1939)

Indian activist

Indian actor

political worker and Indian freedom fighter