Famous People with Name Menon

Biju Menon            Origin/Culture/Country: Indian

Biju Menon: a Malayalam film actor who has appeared in such films as Meghamalhar, Madhuranombarakaatu, Shivam, and Mannar Mathai Speaking. In 1997, he won the Kerala State Award's Second Best Actor (equivalent to "Supporting Role") for his role as Akhilachandran in Krishnagudiyil Oru Pranayakalathu. He is married to the Malayalam actress Samyuktha Varma. He also acts as an antagonist in Tamil films as well and has been successive in films like Majaa and Thambi.

Maruthur Gopala Ramachandran Menon            Origin/Culture/Country: Indian

Maruthur Gopala Ramachandran Menon: popularly known as MGR (Tamil: ???.??.???,Malayalam:??.??.???), or Puratchi Thalaivar (??????? ??????Tamil: Revolutionary Leader), was a leading actor in Tamil films and Chief Minister of the Indian state of Tamil Nadu from 1977 until his death.Making his film debut in 1935, in the film Sati Leelavati[4], directed by Ellis Dungan, an American born film director [5], MGR did get his big breakthrough in the 1947 film Rajakumari, written by Karunanidhi. He rose to stardom by playing characters that portrayed him as the saviour of the poor. His movies were the medium of communication for the Dravidian movement.[citation needed] For the next twenty-five years he remained one of the biggest celebrity in Tamil cinema. He was shot by fellow actor Mohan R. Radha,

N. R. Madhava Menon            Origin/Culture/Country: Indian

N. R. Madhava Menon: a legal educator from India. He was instrumental in setting up the National Law School of India University in Bangalore, and was its founder-director. He has run other law schools based on the NLSIU model, most notably the West Bengal National University of Juridical Sciences (NUJS) in West Bengal, Calcutta. He is currently the Director at the National Judicial Academy, Bhopal, an institute for training of judges. Madhava Menon has worked for nearly five decades to improve Indian legal education.As a member of the Legal Education Committee of the Bar Council of India and later as the first Secretary of the Bar Council Trust, Dr. Menon influenced the shaping of legal education policies.

Anjolie Ela Menon            Origin/Culture/Country: Indian

Anjolie Ela Menon: one of India's leading contemporary female artists. Her paintings are in several major collections. Most recently (2006), a major work "Yatra" was acquired by the Asian Art Museum of San Francisco, California. Her preferred medium is oil on masonite, though she has also worked in other media, including glass (pictures of glass sculptures) and water colour. She is a well known muralist. She was awarded the Padma Shree in 2000. She lives and works in New Delhi.

Vyloppilli Sreedhara Menon            Origin/Culture/Country: Indian

Vyloppilli Sreedhara Menon: was a prominent Malayalam poet.He was born on 11-5-1911,at Thrippunithura. He was also a school teacher. His poems depict real life and internal conflicts of human beings.