# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/k-b-ganesh-kumar
# Generated: 2026-08-13T16:03:57.049Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/k-b-ganesh-kumar"
name: "K. B. Ganesh Kumar"
slug: "k-b-ganesh-kumar"
description: "Keezhoote Balakrishna Ganesh Kumar, known as K. B. Ganesh Kumar, is an Indian politician, actor and television host. He is the chairperson of the Kerala Congress (B). He served as the Minister for Transport in the Government of Kerala from 2001 to 2003 and again from December 2023 to May 2026. He also served as the Minister for Forests, Environment, Sports and Cinema from 2011 to 2013. He was a member of the Kerala Legislative Assembly representing the Pathanapuram Assembly constituency from 2001 to 2026. He made his debut as an actor in the film Irakal (1985) directed by K. G. George. He has starred in over 100 Malayalam films, performing a variety of roles."
tagline: "Indian actor and politician"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/K._B._Ganesh_Kumar_(2011).jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "India"
  isoCode: "IN"
category:
  name: "Actors"
  slug: "actors"
profileType:
  name: "Actor"
  slug: "actor"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q33999"
birthDate: "1966-05-25"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           51.99
  momentum:             15
  historical:           6.7024
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     60
  profileCompleteness:  85
  trendDirection:       "BREAKOUT"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "FACEBOOK"
    url:       "https://www.facebook.com/KBGaneshkumar"
    handle:    "KBGaneshkumar"
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1432906/"
    handle:    "nm1432906"
  - platform:  "WEBSITE"
    url:       "http://www.kbganeshkumar.net"
sources:
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    title: "کے بی گنیش کمار"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "ك. بي. غانيش كومار"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%83._%D8%A8%D9%89._%D8%AC%D8%A7%D9%86%D9%8A%D8%B4_%D9%83%D9%88%D9%85%D8%A7%D8%B1"
    title: "ك. بى. جانيش كومار"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/K._B._Ganesh_Kumar"
    title: "K. B. Ganesh Kumar"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ml.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%B4%95%E0%B5%86.%E0%B4%AC%E0%B4%BF._%E0%B4%97%E0%B4%A3%E0%B5%87%E0%B4%B7%E0%B5%8D_%E0%B4%95%E0%B5%81%E0%B4%AE%E0%B4%BE%E0%B5%BC"
    title: "കെ.ബി. ഗണേഷ് കുമാർ"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ta.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%AE%95%E0%AF%80._%E0%AE%AA%E0%AE%BE._%E0%AE%95%E0%AE%A3%E0%AF%87%E0%AE%B7%E0%AF%8D_%E0%AE%95%E0%AF%81%E0%AE%AE%E0%AE%BE%E0%AE%B0%E0%AF%8D"
    title: "கீ. பா. கணேஷ் குமார்"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://te.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%B0%95%E0%B1%86.%E0%B0%AC%E0%B0%BF._%E0%B0%97%E0%B0%A3%E0%B1%87%E0%B0%B7%E0%B1%8D_%E0%B0%95%E0%B1%81%E0%B0%AE%E0%B0%BE%E0%B0%B0%E0%B1%8D"
    title: "కె.బి. గణేష్ కుమార్"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q13219724"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"
  - url: "https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1130917"
    title: "K. B. Ganesh Kumar"
    type:  "DATABASE"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump