Famous People with Name Kalam

Kalamandalam Neelakantan Nambisan            Origin/Culture/Country: Indian

Kalamandalam Neelakantan Nambisan: was a trend-setter Kathakali musician who played a crucial role in remoulding the aesthetics of singing for the classical dance-drama of Kerala, south India [1]. Nambisan imbibed a set of fresh musical ideas from his epoch-making guru Mundaya Venkitakrishna Bhagavatar, developed them to sound even better and handed them over to a set of disciples, most of whom gained name and fame sooner or later. [2]Nambisan's weighty yet part-nasal music, which marked a quantum transition of Kathakali songs from its original Sopanam base to more of the Carnatic style, had such cascading effect on Kathakali music that it has since sounded radically different by becoming more ornate, sophisticated and bhava-oriented than ever. His prominent disciples at the Kerala Kalamandalam include virtually the who is who of the Kathakali music of the Kalluvazhi style: Kalamandalam Unnikrishna Kurup, Kalamandalam Gangadharan, Ramankutty Varrier, Madambi Subramanian Namboodiri, Kalamandalam Sankaran Embranthiri, Kalamandalam Hyderali, Venmani Haridas, Kalamandalam Subramanian, Kalanilayam Unnikrishnan and Kalamandalam Bhavadasan, Kottakkal Narayanan and Kottakkal Madhu.

Kalambay "Bibey" Mutombo            Origin/Culture/Country: African

Kalambay "Bibey" Mutombo: was a Congolese footballer and manager. He was born in Kinshasa.

Shamsuddin Abul Kalam            Origin/Culture/Country: Muslim

Shamsuddin Abul Kalam: an author of Bengali literature in Bangladesh, was a famous novelist. He was born in Barisal.At first, his name was 'Abul Kalam Shamsuddin', but the editor of Daily Azad had the same name, so Shamsuddin adapted to the current form of his name. He was born in 1926 in Kamdevpur village under Nolsiti Thana in Barisal district. His father's name was Akram Ali Munsi, mother's name was Meherunnessa. He had four sisters( Jahanara Begum, Raushonara Begum, Momtaj Begum, Saida Akhtar) and he was the only son of his parents. He matriculated from Barisal Zila School in 1941, and completed his IA from Brajomohan College in 1943, and BA from Calcutta University in 1946