This is a list of notable members of the Nair community of southern India.
Arts and entertainment
- Anusree, actress
- Adoor Bhasi, actor
- Bhavana, actress
- Dileep, actor and producer
- Suresh Gopi, actor and producer[1]
- Bharat Gopy, actor, director, and producer[2]
- Janardhanan, actor and producer
- Jayabharathi, actress
- Jayan, actor
- K. B. Ganesh Kumar, actor and politician[3]
- K. P. A. C. Lalitha, actress
- Anoop Menon, actor, director, and screenwriter
- Biju Menon, actor
- Mohanlal, actor and producer[4]
- Unni Mukundan, actor
- Balan K. Nair, actor
- Kozhikode Narayanan Nair, movie actor
- M. T. Vasudevan Nair, author, screenplay writer, and film director
- Navya Nair, actress
- Sudev Nair, actor and model
- Thikkurissy Sukumaran Nair, actor
- K. Omanakutty, musical artist
- C. V. Raman Pillai, author and playwright[5]
- N. N. Pillai, playwright and actor
- Narendra Prasad, actor, playwright, director, and literary critic
- Priyadarshan, filmmaker
- M. G. Radhakrishnan, musical artist
- Maniyanpilla Raju, actor and producer
- Ranjith, film director, screenwriter, and actor
- Shobana, actress and dancer[6]
- M. G. Soman, actor
- M. G. Sreekumar, playback singer and music producer
- Sukumaran, actor and producer
- Indrajith Sukumaran, actor and playback singer
- Prithviraj Sukumaran, actor, film director, and producer
- Keerthy Suresh, actress
- Irayimman Thampi, playwright[7]
- Travancore Sisters, actresses and dancers[6]
- Oduvil Unnikrishnan, actor
- Vijayaraghavan, actor
- Vineeth, actor[6]
Military personnel
- Kunhiraman Palat Candeth, Padma Bhushan recipient[8][9]
- Sarath Chand, vice chief of staff of Indian Army[10]
- R. Hari Kumar, admiral and Chief of the Naval Staff, Indian Navy[11]
- Harshan R. Nair, Ashoka Chakra recipient
- Neelakantan Jayachandran Nair, Ashoka Chakra recipient[12]
- Lakshmi Sahgal, chief of Jhansi Rani Regiment of the Indian National Army[13]
- Sandeep Unnikrishnan, Ashoka Chakra recipient[14]
Policymakers and administrators
- Velu Thampi Dalawa, diwan of Travancore and freedom fighter[15]
- Jyotindra Nath Dixit, former national security adviser
- K. Kelappan, freedom fighter, founder of the Nair Service Society[16]
- Raja Kesavadas, diwan of Travancore[17]
- V. P. Menon, constitutional adviser and political reforms commissioner during British rule in India[18]
- C. Madhavan Nair, lawyer and judge[18]
- K. Sankaran Nair, second director of Research and Analysis Wing[19]
- P. K. Narayana Panicker, president and general secretary of the Nair Service Society
- G. Parameswaran Pillai, dewan and chief secretary of Travancore and president Nair Service Society
- Mannathu Padmanabha Pillai, freedom fighter and social reformer[20]
- R. Balakrishna Pillai, former minister of Kerala[21]
Politicians
- Kodiyeri Balakrishnan, politician and newspaper editor
- Ramesh Chennithala, former home minister of Kerala[22]
- A. K. Gopalan, communist leader and first opposition leader of Loksabha[23]
- Prakash Karat, politician[24]
- A. R. Menon, doctor, politician, first minister of Health in Kerala
- C. Achutha Menon, former chief minister of Kerala
- K. P. S. Menon, diplomat[18]
- V. K. Krishna Menon, Indian diplomat, architect of Non-Aligned Movement[25]
- C. Sankaran Nair, former president of Indian National Congress[26]
- Devan Nair, president of Singapore
- P. K. Vasudevan Nair, former chief minister of Kerala
- M. K. Narayanan, governor of West Bengal[18]
- E. K. Nayanar, former chief minister of Kerala[27]
- K. M. Panikkar, diplomat, historian, and novelist[28]
- Pattom A. Thanu Pillai, former chief minister of Kerala[29]
- M. V. Raghavan, politician[30]
- M. G. Ramachandran, actor and former chief minister of Tamil Nadu[31]
- Shashi Tharoor, author, member of Parliament, former Under-Secretary-General of the United Nations[32]
Spiritual leaders
- Swami Chinmayananda, spiritual leader and founding father of Vishwa Hindu Parishad[33]
- Tapovan Maharaj[34]
- Devasahayam Pillai, Roman Catholic saint[35]
- Chattampi Swamikal, Hindu sage, social reformer[36]
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