K. P. Prabhakaran (died 11 August 2009) was a communist politician and trade unionist from Kerala, India.
He was a senior leader of the Communist Party of India, served as Health Minister of Kerala for one period.
[1] Prabhakaran became an activist of Balasangham, the pioneer movement of the Communist Party in Kerala, in the early 1940s.
He suffered police violence when engaging in trade union struggles amongst toddy workers in Enamavu.
[1] In his later years, he served as vice-president of the Kerala State Committee of the All India Trade Union Congress.