Famous Persons from Ponnāni, Kerala, India
- Pt ajaymohan - Born on May 10, 1965 - Politician
- Suresh Chandra Menon - Born on October 24, 1957 - Film director, Actor, and Screenwriter
- E. Harikumar - Born on July 13, 1943 - Writer - Kerala Sahitya Akademi Award (died: March 24, 2020)
- T. K. Padmini - Born on May 12, 1940 - Artist (died: May 11, 1969)
- P. T. Mohana Krishnan - Born on March 27, 1935 - Politician (died: January 10, 2020)
- M. G. S. Narayanan - Born on August 20, 1932 - Historian (died: January 10, 2020)
- Namboothiri - Born on September 13, 1925 - Cartoonist, and Painter (died: July 7, 2023)
- E. K. Imbichi Bava - Born on July 20, 1917 - Politician (died: April 11, 1995)
- Uroob - Born on June 8, 1915 - Author - Sahitya Akademi Award (died: July 10, 1979)
- K. Damodaran - Born on February 25, 1912 - Freedom fighter, and Author (died: July 3, 1976)
- Premji - Born on September 23, 1908 - Actor - National Film Award for Best Actor | Kerala State Film Award for Best Actor (died: August 10, 1998)