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This is a '''list of notable people from [[Karnataka]]'''.<br />
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== Founder and Architect of Bengaluru==<br />
*Nada Prabhu [[Kempe Gowda]]<br />
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== Scientists==<br />
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* [[M. Visvesvarayya]] - engineer and statesman<br />
* [[Bangalore Puttaiya Radhakrishna]] - geologist<br />
* [[Krishnaswamy Kasturirangan]] - [[astrophysicist]], former Chairman of [[ISRO]], member of [[Rajya Sabha]]<br />
* [[C. N. R. Rao]] - [[Indian Institute of Science]] (Material Sciences)<br />
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== Politicians ==<br />
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* [[H. D. Deve Gowda]] - former [[Prime Minister]]<br />
* [[H. D. Kumaraswamy]] - former chief minister of Karnataka<br />
* [[Gundu Rao]] - former Chief Minister<br />
* [[Siddaramaiah]] - former Chief Minister<br />
* [[B S Yediyurappa]] - Chief Minister<br />
* [[Ramalinga Reddy]] - former State Home Minister and various ministry, seven time MLA from Bangalore<br />
* [[D. K. Shivakumar]] - minister of medical education<br />
* [[B.Vaikunta Vaikunta Baliga]] - former Law Minister; former Speaker, Mysore State<br />
* [[S.Bangarappa]] - former Chief Minister<br />
* [[S. R. Bommai]] - former Chief Minister<br />
* [[Kamaladevi Chattopadhyaya]]<br />
* [[George Fernandes]] - former Defence Minister<br />
* [[Kengal Hanumanthaiah]] - former Chief Minister<br />
* [[Ramakrishna Hegde]] - former Chief Minister<br />
* [[Qamar ul Islam]] - former Housing and Labour Minister<br />
* [[Basappa Danappa Jatti]] - former [[Vice-President]]<br />
* [[M.N. Jois]] - former M.L.C, Deputy Speaker of Legislative Council - Mysore State<br />
* [[Mallikarjun Kharge]] - former State Minister (various portfolios); former Union Labour Minister in the [[Manmohan Singh]] Government; current leader of Opposition in Lok Sabha<br />
* [[S. M. Krishna]] - former External Affairs Minister of India; former Governor of Maharashtra; former Chief Minister of Karnataka<br />
* [[H.N.Ananth Kumar]] - former Union Minister and MP<br />
* [[Kadidal Manjappa]] - former Chief Minister<br />
* [[Veerappa Moily]] - Minister of Petroleum and Natural Gas; former Chief Minister<br />
* [[K. H. Muniyappa]] - union minister of state for railways<br />
* [[S. Nijalingappa]] - former Chief Minister<br />
* [[Nandan Nilekani]] - Chairman of the Unique Identification Authority of India (UIDAI)<br />
* [[J. H. Patel]] - former Chief Minister<br />
* [[Veerendra Patil]] - former Chief Minister<br />
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* [[M. A. M. Ramaswamy]] - Rajya Sabha MP and industrialist<br />
* [[K. C. Reddy]] - former Chief Minister<br />
* [[Dharam Singh]] - former Chief Minister<br />
* [[Devaraj Urs]] - former Chief Minister<br />
* [[H. Vishwanath]] - former Minister<br />
* [[B. S. Yeddyurappa]] - current Chief Minister<br />
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== Kannada writers ==<br />
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* [[Kuvempu]] – poet, Jnanpith awardee<br />
* [[U. R. Ananthamurthy]] – Kannada writer, thinker and Jnanpith awardee<br />
* [[Da Ra Bendre]] – poet, Jnanpith awardee<br />
* [[S. L. Bhyrappa]] - writer, novelist<br />
* [[V. K. Gokak]] – writer, Jnanapith awardee<br />
* [[Masti Venkatesh Iyengar]] – Jnanpith awardee<br />
* [[T. P. Kailasam]] – Kannada writer, playwright<br />
* [[Chandrashekhar Kambar]] - Jnanapith awardee for his contributions to Kannada literature <br />
* [[K. Shivaram Karanth]] – Kannada writer, Jnanapith awardee<br />
* [[Girish Karnad]] – Kannada writer, playwright, actor, Jnanpith awardee<br />
* [[K. S. Nissar Ahmed]] – Kannada poet<br />
* [[Sudha Murthy]]<br />
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== Other writers ==<br />
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* [[Mahesh Dattani]] - English playwright and Sahitya Akademi award winner<br />
* [[Ramachandra Guha]] - historian and Sahitya Akademi award winner<br />
* [[Anita Nair]] - English author of the books ''Ladies Coupe'' and ''Mistress''<br />
* [[Malathi Rao]] - English-language writer, Sahitya Akademi award winner<br />
* [[Madhuri Vijay]] - English-language writer, [[Pushcart Prize]] winner<br />
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== Entrepreneurs ==<br />
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* [[G. R. Gopinath]] - founder of Deccan Aviation and Deccan 360<br />
* [[Kiran Mazumdar]] - founder of [[Biocon]], a [[biotechnology]] company<br />
* [[N. R. Narayana Murthy]] - founder of [[Infosys]]<br />
* [[Nandan Nilekani]] - Co founder of [[Infosys]]<br />
* [[V. G. Siddhartha]] - founder of [[Café Coffee Day]]<br />
* [[K Prakash Shetty]] - Founder and Chairman of MRG Group<br />
* [[Palakshi amma]] - Entrepreneur <br />
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== Sportspersons ==<br />
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=== Athletics ===<br />
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* [[Ashwini Nachappa]] - former athlete<br />
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=== Auto Racing ===<br />
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* [[Arjun Maini]] - [[Asian Le Mans Series]] and [[Deutsche Tourenwagen Masters]] Driver <br />
* [[Akhil Rabindra]] - [[GT4 European Series]] Driver<br />
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=== Badminton ===<br />
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* [[Prakash Padukone]] - [[badminton]] player<br />
* [[Ashwini Ponnappa]]<br />
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=== Billiards ===<br />
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* [[Pankaj Arjan Advani|Pankaj Advani]] - billiards and snooker World Champion<br />
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=== Cricket ===<br />
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* [[Mayank Agarwal]] - Indian cricketer<br />
* [[John Bean (cricketer)|John Bean]] - English first-class cricketer and British Army officer<br />
* [[Vijay Bhardwaj]] - former Indian allrounder<br />
* [[Raghuram Bhat]] - former Indian left-arm spinner<br />
* [[Roger Binny]] - former Indian [[all rounder]]<br />
* [[Stuart Binny]] - all rounder<br />
* [[B. S. Chandrasekhar]] - Wisden Cricketer of the Year in 1972<br />
* [[Rahul Dravid]] - [[batsman]], former India Captain and has taken highest number of catches in international cricket<br />
* [[Dodda Ganesh]] - former medium pacer<br />
* [[Sunil Joshi]] - retired all rounder<br />
* [[Syed Kirmani]] - retired [[wicket-keeper]]<br />
* [[Prasidh Krishna]] - fast bowler<br />
* [[Veda Krishnamurthy]] - Indian woman cricketer<br />
* [[Vinay Kumar]] - medium pacer<br />
* [[Anil Kumble]] - [[leg spinner]], Test Captain, India's highest wicket taker, former Indian National Cricket Team coach<br />
* [[Abhimanyu Mithun]] - Indian cricketer<br />
* [[Karun Nair]] - Indian cricketer<br />
* [[Devdutt Padikkal]] - Ranji player<br />
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* [[Manish Pandey]] - Indian cricketer<br />
* [[Venkatesh Prasad]] - retired [[Fast bowling|fast bowler]]; India's former bowling coach<br />
* [[E. A. S. Prasanna|Erapalli Prasanna]] - retired off spinner<br />
* [[KL Rahul]] - Indian cricketer and Kings XI Punjab captain.<br />
* [[Shantha Rangaswamy]] - former India Women's Cricket Team captain<br />
* [[Javagal Srinath]] - retired fast bowler, match referee<br />
* [[Robin Uthappa]] - Indian cricketer<br />
* [[Sadanand Viswanath]] - former Indian [[wicket-keeper]]<br />
* [[Gundappa Vishwanath|Gundappa Ranganath Vishwanath]] - former Indian cricket captain (1979–80)<br />
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=== Hockey ===<br />
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* [[Ashish Ballal]] - hockey goalkeeper<br />
* [[Arjun Halappa]] - [[India men's national field hockey team|Indian hockey team]]<br />
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=== Swimming ===<br />
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* [[Nisha Millet]] - Olympian at Sydney Olympics 2000<br />
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=== Tennis ===<br />
* [[Mahesh Bhupathi]] - first Indian to win a Grand Slam tournament<br />
* [[Rohan Bopanna]]<br />
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== Entertainers ==<br />
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=== Kannada and Indian cinema ===<br />
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* [[Anushka Sharma]] - Actress (North Indian but grew up in Bangalore) <br />
* [[Dr. Rajkumar]] - actor, singer, producer<br />
* [[Sandeep Chowta]] - Music Director, Producer<br />
* [[Sudeep]] - actor, director, producer, singer, host<br />
* [[Dr. Vishnuvardhan ]]-actor, singer<br />
* [[Ramesh Aravind]] - actor<br />
* [[Guru Dutt]] - actor, director, producer<br />
* [[Dwarkeesh]] - actor, comedian<br />
* [[Chi. Udayashankar]] - dialogue writer and lyricist<br />
* [[Bangalore Latha]] - playback singer<br />
* [[Hamsalekha]] - music director, lyricist, dramatist<br />
* [[Brodha V]] - Music producer, rapper, hip hop artist and lyricist<br />
* [[Jaggesh]] - actor<br />
* [[Puttanna Kanagal]] - late director<br />
* [[Girish Kasaravalli]] - director<br />
* [[Kashinath (actor)|Kashinath]] - actor<br />
* [[Feroz Khan (actor, born 1939)|Feroz Khan]] - actor, editor, producer, director<br />
* [[Sanjay Khan]] - producer, director and actor<br />
* [[Malashree]] - actress<br />
* [[Nithya Menen]] - actress<br />
* [[Anant Nag]] - actor, brother of Shankar Nag<br />
* [[Shankar Nag]] - late actor, producer, director<br />
* [[Deepika Padukone]] - model, actress<br />
* [[Prema (actress, born 1977)|Prema]] - actress<br />
* [[Rajinikanth]] - actor<br />
* [[Puneeth Rajkumar]] - actor, son of [[Rajkumar (actor)|Dr. Rajkumar]]<br />
* [[Raghavendra Rajkumar]] - actor, son of Dr. Rajkumar<br />
* [[Shiva Rajkumar]] - actor, son of Dr. Rajkumar<br />
* [[Ramya]] - actress, politician<br />
* [[Kiran Rao]] - producer, screenwriter, and director<br />
* [[V. Ravichandran]] - actor, director, producer, music director, editor<br />
* [[Soundarya]] - actress<br />
* [[Sreenath]] - actor, Pranaya Raja, ''Shubha Mangala''<br />
* [[Darshan Thoogudeep]] - actor<br />
* [[Upendra (actor)|Upendra]] - director, actor, producer<br />
* [[Rockline Venkatesh]] - actor, film producer<br />
* [[Yash (actor)|Yash]] - actor<br />
* [[Amoghavarsha JS]] - filmmaker<br />
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== Architects ==<br />
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* [[K. Jaisim]]<br />
* [[Kamal Sagar]]<br />
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==Spiritual leaders==<br />
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*[[Nataraja Guru]]<br />
*[[Ravi Shankar (spiritual leader)|Ravi Shankar]]<br />
*[[Swami Sukhabodhananda]]<br />
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== Notable people ==<br />
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* [[R. K. Baliga]] - founder of the [[Electronics City]] in Bangalore<br />
* [[Shakuntala Devi]] - known as the "human calculator"<br />
* [[Trivikrama Mahadeva]] - organiser of funerals for tens of thousands of paupers <br />
* [[Lakshmi Menon (model)|Lakshmi Menon]] - Indian model<br />
* [[Thomas Mohan]] (born 1959) - wildlife photographer and civil engineer<br />
* [[Maya Rao]] (1928-2014) - Kathak Guru; founder of Natya Institute of Kathak and Choreography<ref name=toijuly>{{cite web | title = Maya Rao took forbidden dance to a new level | url = http://times ofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/kannada/music/Maya-Rao-tookforbidden-dance-to-a-new-level/articleshow/40863459.cms |author=GS Kumar|date= 25 August 2014| access-date = 2014-09-01 | work = The Times of India}}</ref> <br />
{{div col end}}• NASEER HUMAYUN - FOUNDER OF INDIAN DESIGNS EXPORTS PVT LTD GROUP<br />
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== See also ==<br />
* [[List of people by India state]]<br />
* [[List of people from Karnataka]]<br />
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==References==<br />
{{reflist}}<br />
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{{Bangalore topics}}<br />
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[[Category:People from Bangalore| ]]<br />
[[Category:Lists of people by city in India|Bangalore]]<br />
[[Category:Bangalore-related lists|people]]<br />
[[Category:Lists of people from Karnataka|people from Bangalore]]</div>
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