Famous Persons From Kannur

• E. Ahamed - Former Minister of State for Railways
• Salim Ahamed - Film director, screenwriter, film producer
• Sukumar Azhikode - Writer
• N. E. Balaram
• Kaithapram Damodaran - Lyricist, music director, actor, singer, screenwriter, and performer of Carnatic music
• M. V. Devan
• Jimmy George - Volleyball Player
• A. K. Gopalan - Politician, former leader of the Communist Party of India (Marxist) and first opposition leader in the Lok Sabha
• T. Govindan
• K. Karunakaran - Former Chief Minister of Kerala and Congress leader
• Shamna Kasim - Actor
• Vineeth Kumar - Actor
• Major General CK Lakshmanan - First Malayali Olympian
• Sruthi Lakshmi - Actor
• Tintu Lukka - Athlete
• V. K. Krishna Menon
• Geetu Mohandas Actor
• Mamta Mohandas - Actor
• Malavika Mohanan- Actor
• C. P. Krishnan Nair - Businessman and founder of Leela group of hotels
• M. N. Nambiar - Actor
• K. P. P. Nambiar - Industrialist and technocrat
• E. K. Nayanar - Former three time Chief Minister of Kerala
• T. Padmanabhan - Writer
• Ronald Lynsdale Pereira - Admiral from the Pereira family of Burnacherry Kannur
• Azhikodan Raghavan
• K. Raghavan - Music Composer
• M. V. Raghavan - Former Minister
• Pazhassi Raja - Ruler of the Pazhassi Kingdom in present-day Kannur District
• Kannur Rajan - Music Composer
• T.V. Rajesh
• Kadannappalli Ramachandran - Minister of Port of Kerala
• Moorkoth Ramunni - Fighter Pilot
• Sanjayan - Writer
• Mattannoor Sankarankutty - Percussionist
• Sanoop Santhosh - Actor
• V. P. Sathyan - Footballer
• P. K. Sreemathy - MP
• Sreenivasan - Actor
• Dhyan Sreenivasan - Actor
• Vineeth Sreenivasan - Actor, Singer, Film Director
• Samvrutha Sunil - Actor
• Nivetha Thomas - Actor
• Pinarayi Vijayan - Former CPIM General Secretary and Chief Minister of Kerala.
• Vineeth - Actor
• Manju Warrier - Actor (Originally from Thrissur, lived in Kannur during her schooling)