Alphonsa De Alburqueqe
Portuguese governor of Kerala from 1506. He is credited with expanding Portuguese power to the entire coast of Kerala, Goa and Malacca in the east by force of arms and shrewd alliances. He was an able administrator and brought in a semblance of law and order and sensible civil laws.
Achutha Menon- Ayyankali
- Sahodaran Ayyappan
- Arnos Padiri
- Al-Biruni
- Aromal Chekavar
- Cabral Alvarez
- Ezhuthachan
- Gubernador Paremackel
- Herman Gundert
- Ibn Batuta
- John Neuhoff
- Knanaya Thomman
- Kunjali Marakkar
- Kayamkulam Kochunni
- K Kelappan
- Kunjan Nambiar
- Marthanda Varma
- Munroe John Colonel
- Pattom Thanu Pillai
- Govinda Menon
- Pazhassi Raja
- R. Shankar
- C. P. Ramaswamy
- Sakthan Thampuran
- Sri Narayana Guru
- Sree Sankaracharya
- Swathi Thirunal
- Thacholi Othenan
- Unniyarcha
- Veluthampi Dalawa
- Vasco De Gama
- C Kesavan
