Famous People with Name Menon

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.

Lakshmi N. Menon            Origin/Culture/Country: Indian

Lakshmi N. Menon: was born in Tiruvananthapuram, the child of Rama Varma Thampan and Madhavikutty Amma. In 1930 she married Prof. V.K. Nandan Menon, who had been vice chancellor of the University of Travancore and Patna University and director of the Indian Institutes of P

Sashi Menon            Origin/Culture/Country: Indian

Sashi Menon: a former professional tennis player from India. He enjoyed most of his tennis success while playing doubles. During his career he won 3 doubles titles.

Kumara Padmanabha Sivasankara Menon            Origin/Culture/Country: Indian

Kumara Padmanabha Sivasankara Menon: was a pioneering career diplomat in the Indian Civil Service, (later Indian Foreign/Administrative Service).He secured the first rank in the Civil Services examination. He served as District Magistrate in Trichy, Foreign officer in NWFP and Sri Lanka, Ambassador of India to the Soviet Union (in 1952-61) and China and as independent India's first Foreign Secretary.