List of Ezhavas
Ezhava is a caste-based community of Kerala, India. They are also known as Ilhava, Irava, Izhava and Erava in the south of the region; as Chovas, Chokons and Chogons in Central Travancore; and as Tiyyas, Thiyyas and Theeyas in Malabar.
The following is a list of some prominent personalities who were born in the Ezhava caste.
LEGENDARY CHARACTERS
- Aromal Chekavar[1] - 16th century
- Velupillai Prabhakaran
- Kannappa Chekavar
- Aringodar
- Aromalunni
- Kotakkad Kovilakath Puthuppanathu Mooppil Vazhunnor
- Unniyarcha- 16th century warrior[1]
SCIENTISTS
SPIRITUAL LEADERS
- Narayana Guru[2]
- Bodhananda Swamikal
- Nataraja Guru
- Karunakara Guru
- Nitya Chaitanya Yati
- Vagbhatananda Gurudevar
LITERATURE
- Kumaran Asan[3] - also known as Mahakavi Kumaran Asan
- Muloor S. Padmanabha Panicker[4] - poet and a prominent social reform activist
- C. V. Kunhiraman[4] - founder of Kerala Kaumudi, journalist
- O. V. Vijayan[5][6] - Indian author (Khasakkinte Itihasam) and cartoonist
- S. K. Pottekkatt
- Narayana Guru
- Sukumar Azhikode
- K.B. Vasanthakumar
- Kovilan
- Manjula Padmanabhan
- C. V. Kunhiraman
- O. V. Usha
- M. P. Appan
- P. Valsala
- Muloor S. Padmanabha Panicker
- M. K. Sanu
- Perunnelli Krishnan Vaidyar
- Velutheri Kesavan Vaidyar
- Pallathu Raman
- Moorkoth Kunhappa
- Moorkoth Ramunni
- Moorkoth Kumaran
- Dr.K.Prasannarajan
- Mayyanad K Damodaran
- K. Sukumaran
- A. Ayyappan
- Potheri Kunjambu Vakkee
- M. K. Sanu
- M. Mukundan
- Vellayani Arjunan
- Dr.R.Gopimony
- Perumbadavam Sreedharan
- P. K. Balakrishnan
- C. V. Sreeraman
- K P Sudheera
- U. K. Kumaran
- A. P. Udhayabhanu
- K.C.Padmanabhan
- Ponkunnam Damodaran
FILM INDUSTRY
- Thilakan[7][8]
- Mukesh (actor)
- Sreenivasan (actor)
- Manoj K.Jayan
- O. Madhavan
- Devan
- Ratheesh
- Amal Neerad
- Anil Panachooran
- Vineeth Sreenivasan
- Parvathy Ratheesh
- Dharmajan Bolgatty
- Sandhya Rajendran
- Divya PadminiVishwanath
- Divyadarshan
- Vijayakumari
- Dhyan Sreenivasan
- Deepu Karunakaran
- SuchitraKarthik Kumar
- Lakshmi Priya
- Parvathy (actress)Thiruvoth Kottuvata
- Anupama Parameswaran
- Rajisha Vijayan
- V. Gopalakrishnan (actor)
- Shilpa Kavalam
- Leona Lishoy
- Sunny Wayne Sujith Unnikrishnan
- Lishoy (Actor)
- Vineeth Kumar
- Biju Pappan
- Nithya Das
- Chippy (actress) Renjith
- Kalabhavan Shaju
- Gopi Sunder
- Bijibal
- Deepak Dev
- Rahul Raj
- Chandini Sreedharan
- Deepthi Vidhu Prathap
- chandni Shaju
- Arjun Nandhakumar
- Avanthika Mohan
- Namitha Pramod
- Joshiy
- Sathyan Anthikad
- Mamta Mohandas
- Samvrutha Sunil
- Malavika Wales
- Nishanth Sagar
- Gayathri Suresh
- Gayatri Asokan
- Harisree Ashokan
- I. V. Sasi
- Indrans
- Jaya - Vijaya
- Jishnu
- Raghavan (actor)
- K. P. Kumaran
- K. R. Vijaya
- K. S. Sethumadhavan
- K. K. Rajeev
- Kalaikkal Kumaran
- Kalavoor Ravikumar
- Kaviyoor Revamma
- K. P. A. C. Lalitha
- Kunjandi
- Kuthiravattam Pappu
- Rani Chandra
- Lekshmi Pramod
- Drishya Raghunath
- Suchitra Murali
- M. K. Arjunan
- M. N. Thambi
- Mala Aravindan
- Malavika Manikuttan
- Manjari Babu
- K.G. Jayan
- M. Night Shyamalan -- Hollywood Director
- Meera Muralidharan
- Swasika Vijay
- Mythili Balachandran
- Narayanan Ramachandran
- Nimisha Suresh
- P. G. Viswambharan
- Paravoor Bharathan
- Padmaraj Ratheesh
- Pramod Pappan
- Pujappura Ravi
- V. K. Pavithran
- Rachana Narayanankutty
- M.J. Radhakrishnan
- Radhika (Malayalam actress)
- Raghavan
- Rajiv Anchal
- Ramachandra Babu
- Ramu Kariat
- Ravi K. Chandran
- Raveendran
- Rani Chandra
- Rima Kallingal
- Akhila Sasidharan
- Rekha Ratheesh
- S. L. Puram Sadanandan
- Sabari Chandran
- Sadhika Venugopal
- T T Sainoj
- Saji Surendran
- Saju Navodaya
- Salim Kumar
- Santhakumari (Malayalam actress)
- Sanusha
- Sanoop Santhosh
- Sarayu (actress)
- Shaji N. Karun
- Shammi Thilakan
- Shobi Thilakan
- Sithara (singer)
- Sneha Divakaran
- Sonu Sisupal
- Sreeja Chandran
- Sreekala Sasidharan
- Suja Karthika
- Sundar Das
- Surabhi Lakshmi
- T. Damodaran
- Vani Viswanath
- V. K. Sreeraman
- Vidhu Prathap
- Vijayasree
- Vivek Gopan
POLITICS
- C. Kesavan[9] – Former Chief Minister of former princely state of Travancore-Cochin
- R. Sankar[10] – former Chief Minister of Kerala
- V. M. Sudheeran[11]
- Vayalar Ravi[12] - Former Union Cabinet Minister of Overseas Indian Affairs
- Pinarayi Vijayan Honorable Chief Minister of Kerala
- V. S. Achuthanandan Former Chief Minister of Kerala
- Vakkom Purushothaman
- V. M. Sudheeran
- Vellapally Natesan
- K.K.Shylaja Teacher Honorable Minister
- M.M.Mani Honorable Minister
- A.K Saseendran Honorable Minister
- V.S.Sunilkumar Honorable Minister
- K.Raju Honorable Minister
- P.Thilothaman Honorable Minister
- Kadakampally Surendran Honorable Minister
- T.P.Ramakrishnan Honorable Minister
- Thushar Vellappally
- K. R. Gowri Amma
- P.JayarajanCPIM state committee member
- M.V.JayarajanCPIM state committee member
- K.SudhakaranKPCC Member
- Vayalar Ravi
SOCIAL REFORMERS
- Arattupuzha Velayudha Panicker, original name Kalisseril Velayutha Chekavar[13]
- Padmanabhan Palpu[14]
- T. K. Madhavan
ARTS
- Kanayi Kunhiraman
- Narayanan Ramachandran canvas painter
- Prakash Anchal Design Editor, Gulf Today, UAE.
- V. Sambasivan
ECONOMISTS and DIPLOMATS
- K. N. Raj
- M K Bhadrakumar
References
- 1 2 Paniker, K. Ayyappa (1997). Medieval Indian Literature: An Anthology, Volume 2. New Delhi: Sahitya Akademi. p. 361. ISBN 81-260-0365-0.
- ↑ Smith, Bardwell L. (1976). Religion and social conflict in South Asia. International studies in sociology and social anthropology. 22. BRILL. pp. 35–39. ISBN 978-90-04-04510-1.
- ↑ Tharamangalam, Joseph (1981). Agrarian Class Conflict: The Political Mobilization of Agricultural Labourers in Kuttanad, South India. Canada: The University of British Columbia. p. 38. ISBN 0-7748-0126-3.
- 1 2 Mathew, George (1989). Communal Road To A Secular Kerala. New Delhi: Ashok Kumar Mittal Concept Publishing Company. pp. 90–110. ISBN 81-7022-282-6.
- ↑ "The Great Malabar Novel". Rediff.com.
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- ↑ Nair, Perrunna K. N. "Some prominent leaders of the freedom struggle in Kerala". Press Information Bureau, Government of India. Retrieved 2011-11-03.
- ↑ Surendran, P. K. (17 July 2002). "Bridging the Nair-Ezhava divide". Times of India. TNN. Retrieved 2011-11-15.
- ↑ "Congress's own clean crusader is back". Indian Express. Retrieved 20 December 2015.
- ↑ "The Rediff Interview: Union Minister Vayalar Ravi 'It is Brahminical arrogance'". Rediff.com.
- ↑ Krishanan IAS, NR (1967). Izhavar Annum Innum. Trissur: Seena Publications. p. 119.
- ↑ Lukose, Ritty A. (2010). "Recasting the Secular: Religion and Education in Kerala, India". In Mines, Diane P.; Lamb, Sarah. Everyday Life in South Asia (2nd ed.). Indiana University Press. pp. 209–210. ISBN 9780253354730.
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