Nambiar (Nair subcaste)
Nambiār, also known as Nambiyār, is a subcaste of the Nair caste in Kerala, India. The majority of them were the Jenmimar of the Malabar region.
In earlier days, Nambiar women, like most women of Nair clans of North Malabar would not marry Nair men of South Malabar.
Notable people
- A. C. N. Nambiar – Indian Nationalist
- Ayillyath Kuttiari Gopalan Nambiar – politician
- E. P. Jayarajan Nambiar – politician
- K. P. P. Nambiar – businessman
- P. M. Kunhiraman Nambiar – freedom fighter
- M. N. Nambiar – actor
- Kannavath Sankaran Nambiar – richest Landlord
- Rahul Nambiar – singer
- P. K. Venugopalan Nambiar – agricultural scientist
- Satish Nambiar – retired Indian army general
- Bejoy Nambiar – director