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This is a list of notable people from [[Karnataka]], India. In order to be included, a person of influence needs only to have been born in Karnataka. This article can be expanded to accommodate newly surfacing information.<br />
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==Arts and entertainment==<br />
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===Cinema===<br />
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* [[Ambareesh]]<br />
* [[Ananth Nag]]<br />
* [[Aniruddha Jatkar]]<br />
* [[Aishwarya rai]]<br />
* [[Ananya Kasaravalli]]<br />
* [[Anuradha Paudwal]]<br />
* [[Anushka Shetty]]<br />
* [[Arati Ankalikar-Tikekar]]<br />
* [[Arjun Sarja]]<br />
* [[Aruna Balraj]]<br />
* [[Aarathi (Kannada actress)|Arthi]]<br />
* [[Atul Kulkarni (actor born 1965)|Atul Kulkarni]]<br />
* [[A. T. Raghu]]<br />
* [[B. Saroja Devi]]<br />
* [[B. C. Patil]]<br />
* [[B. S. Ranga]]<br />
* [[B. V. Karanth]]<br />
* [[Bala (actor)|Bala]]<br />
* [[Balakrishna (Kannada actor)|Balakrishna]]<br />
* [[Balaraj]]<br />
* [[Bank Janardhan]]<br />
* [[Bharathi Vishnuvardhan]]<br />
* [[Bhargavi Narayan]]<br />
* [[Bhavana (Kannada actress)|Bhavana]]<br />
* [[Bhavani Prakash]]<br />
* [[Bianca Desai]]<br />
* [[Chandrika (Kannada actress)|Chandrika]]<br />
* [[Chandulal Jain]]<br />
* [[Chetan Kumar]]<br />
* [[Darshan Tugudeep]]<br />
* [[Daisy Bopanna]]<br />
* [[Deepika Padukone]]<br />
* [[Devaraj]]<br />
* [[Dinesh (Kannada Actor)|Dinesh]]<br />
* [[Dingri Nagaraj (Kannada Actor)|Dingri Nagaraj]]<br />
* [[Dwarakesh]]<br />
* [[Ere Gowda]]<br />
* [[Ganesh (actor)|Ganesh]]<br />
* [[Ganesh Hegde]]<br />
* [[G. V. Iyer]]<br />
* [[Geetha (actress)|Geetha]]<br />
* [[Girish Karnad]]<br />
* [[Girish Kasaravalli]]<br />
* [[Gulshan Devaiah]]<br />
* [[Chi. Guru Dutt|Guru Dutt]]<br />
* [[Hansika Motwani]]<br />
* [[Harshika Poonacha]]<br />
* [[Hema Bellur]]<br />
* [[Hema Prabhath]]<br />
* [[Honnavalli Krishna]]<br />
* [[Jaggesh]]<br />
* [[Jayant Kaikini]]<br />
* [[Kalpana (Kannada actress)|Kalpana]]<br />
* [[Kalyan Kumar]]<br />
* [[Kashinath (actor)|Kashinath]]<br />
* [[Keerthiraj]]<br />
* [[Kunigal Nagabhushan]]<br />
* [[Lakshmi Chandrashekar]]<br />
* [[Lakshmi Rai]]<br />
* [[Leelavathi (actress)|Leelavathi]]<br />
* [[Leena Chandavarkar]]<br />
* [[Lokesh]]<br />
* [[M. S. Sathyu]]<br />
* [[Madhuri Itagi]]<br />
* [[Mandeep Roy]]<br />
* [[Manjula (Kannada actress)|Manjula]]<br />
* [[Master Hirannaiah]]<br />
* [[Master Manjunath]]<br />
* [[Michael Madhu]]<br />
* ''[[Phoonk 2|Milind Gadagkar]]''<br />
* [[Mohan (actor)|Mohan]]<br />
* [[Mysore Lokesh]]<br />
* [[Nagathihalli Chandrashekar]]<br />
* [[Narasimharaju (Kannada actor)|Narasimharaju]]<br />
* [[Negro Johnny]]<br />
* [[Nidhi Subbaiah]]<br />
* [[Nirmala Chennappa]]<br />
* [[Nishan K. P. Nanaiah]]<br />
* [[Padma Vasanthi]]<br />
* [[Padmaja Rao]]<br />
* [[Pandari Bai]]<br />
* [[Pattabhirama Reddy]], settler<br />
* [[Pooja Lokesh]]<br />
* [[Pradeep Uppoor]]<br />
* [[Prakash Rai]]<br />
* [[Prabhu Deva]], settler<br />
* [[Pramila Joshai]]<br />
* [[Kuri Prathap|Prathap]]<br />
* [[Prema (actress, born 1977)|Prema]]<br />
* [[Puneeth Rajkumar]]<br />
* [[Puttana Kanagal]]<br />
* [[Raam Reddy]]<br />
* [[Radhika Pandit]]<br />
* [[Raghavendra Rajkumar]]<br />
* [[Rajanikanth]]<br />
* [[Rajesh Krishnan]], settler<br />
* [[Dr. Rajkumar|Rajkumar]]<br />
* [[Raju Sundaram]], settler<br />
* [[Raj B. Shetty]]<br />
* [[Rakshita]]<br />
* [[Ramesh Arvind]]<br />
* [[Ramkumar|Ram Kumar]]<br />
* [[Ramu (Film Producer)|Ramu]]<br />
* [[Divya Spandana|Ramya]]<br />
* [[V. Ravichandran|Ravichandran]], settler<br />
* [[Raju Talikote]]<br />
* [[Rashmi (actress)|Rashmi]] <br />
* [[Rashmika Mandanna]]<br />
* [[Rekha Das]]<br />
* [[Rockline Venkatesh]]<br />
* [[Rohit Shetty]]<br />
* [[Roopa Iyer]], settler<br />
* [[R.T. Rama]]<br />
* [[Sarigama Viji]]<br />
* [[Sakshi Shivanand]]<br />
* [[Sanchita Shetty]]<br />
* [[Sandeep Chowta]]<br />
* [[Sanketh Kashi]]<br />
* [[Sathyabhama (Kannada actress)|Sathyabhama]]<br />
* [[Satyajit (Kannada Actor)|Satyajith]]<br />
* [[Shamita Shetty]]<br />
* [[Shani Mahadevappa]]<br />
* [[Shankar Nag]]<br />
* [[Shanthamma]]<br />
* [[Shashi Kumar]]<br />
* [[Shivarajkumar]]<br />
* [[Shilpa Shetty]]<br />
* [[Shobaraj (Kannada Actor)|Shobraj]]<br />
* [[Shraddha Srinath]]<br />
* [[Shruti Naidu]]<br />
* [[Shylaja Nag]]<br />
* [[Sihi Kahi Chandru]]<br />
* [[Sihi Kahi Geetha]]<br />
* [[Sneha Ullal]]<br />
* [[Soundarya]]<br />
* [[Srinivas Prabhu]]<br />
* [[Sudha Baragur]]<br />
* [[Sudha Belawadi]]<br />
* [[Sudha Narasimharaju]]<br />
* [[Sunil (Kannada actor)|Sunil]]<br />
* [[Srimurali]]<br />
* [[Srinath]]<br />
* [[Sudha Rani]]<br />
* [[Sudheer (Kannada Actor)|Sudheer]]<br />
* [[Suman Nagarkar]]<br />
* [[Suman Ranganathan]]<br />
* [[Sundar Krishna Urs]]<br />
* [[Sundar Raj]]<br />
* [[Sunil Shetty]]<br />
* [[Sunil Kumar Desai]]<br />
* [[Sudeep]]<br />
* [[Syed Aman Bachchan]]<br />
* [[T. S. Nagabharana]]<br />
* [[Tara (Kannada actress)|Tara]]<br />
* [[Tiger Prabhakar]]<br />
* [[Umashri]]<br />
* [[Upendra (actor)|Upendra]]<br />
* [[Vajramuni]]<br />
* [[Vaishali Desai]]<br />
* [[Vasundhara Das]]<br />
* [[Vanishree]]<br />
* [[Vijay Kashi]]<br />
* [[Vinayak Joshi]]<br />
* [[Vishnuvardhan (actor)|Vishnuvardhan]]<br />
* [[Yashwant Sardeshpande]]<br />
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===Theatre===<br />
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* [[Arundhati Nag]]<br />
* [[Bhargavi Narayan]]<br />
* [[B. V. Karanth]]<br />
* [[Chandrashekhar Kambara]]<br />
* [[Chindodi Leela]]<br />
* [[Girish Karnad]]<br />
* [[Gubbi Veeranna]]<br />
* [[K. V. Subbanna]]<br />
* [[Kalpana (Kannada actress)|Kalpana]]<br />
* [[Lakshmi Chandrashekar]]<br />
* [[Lokesh]]<br />
* [[Master Hirannaiah]]<br />
* [[Mukhyamantri Chandru]]<br />
* [[Prasanna (theatre director)|Prasanna]]<br />
* [[Shankar Nag]]<br />
* [[Shivananda]]<br />
* [[Umashree]]<br />
* [[Vajramuni]]<br />
* [[Yashwant Sardeshpande]]<br />
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===Ancient architecture and sculpture===<br />
* [[Amarashilpi Jakanachari]]<br />
* [[Gundan Anivaritachari]]<br />
* [[Ruvari Malithamma]]<br />
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===Modern and contemporary art, art criticism===<br />
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* [[Dattatreya Aralikatte]]<br />
* [[Renuka Kesaramadu]]<br />
* [[Ashwini Bhat]]<br />
* [[Surekha (artist)|Surekha]]<br />
* [[S. G. Vasudev]]<br />
* [[Yusuf Arakkal]]<br />
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===Music===<br />
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====Classical music - Carnatic====<br />
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* [[Gopala Dasa]]<br />
* [[Muthiah Bhagavatar|Harikesanallur Muthayya Bhagavathar]]<br />
* [[Jagannatha Dasa]]<br />
* [[Kadri Gopalnath]]<br />
* [[Jyotsna Srikanth]]<br />
* [[Kanakadasa]]<br />
* [[Jayachamaraja Wodeyar|Maharaja Jayachamaraja Wadiyar]]<br />
* [[Mysore Manjunath|Dr.Mysore Manjunath]]<br />
* [[Mysore Sadasiva Rao]]<br />
* [[V. Ramarathnam|Mysore V. Ramarathnam]]<br />
* [[Mysore Vasudevacharya]]<br />
* [[Mysore brothers|Mysore Nagaraj]]<br />
* [[N. Ravikiran]]<br />
* [[Purandaradasa]]<br />
* [[R. K. Srikanthan]]<br />
* [[R.R. Keshavamurthy]]<br />
* [[Sripadaraya]]<br />
* [[T. Chowdiah]]<br />
* [[Vadiraja]]<br />
* [[Vijaya Dasa]]<br />
* [[Vyasatirtha]]<br />
* [[Doraiswamy Iyengar]]<br />
* [[Veene Sheshanna]]<br />
* [[Vittal Ramamurthy]]<br />
* [[Ghatam Udupa]]<br />
* [[K. V. Krishna Prasad]]<br />
* [[B. Shankar Rao]]<br />
* [[Anoor Anantha Krishna Sharma]]<br />
* [[M. S. Sheela]]<br />
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====Classical music - Hindustani====<br />
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* [[Basavaraja Rajaguru]], vocal<br />
* [[Bhimsen Joshi]], vocal<br />
* [[Bapu Padmanabha]], bansuri<br />
* [[Pandit S. Ballesh]], vocal and [[shehnai]]<br />
* [[Ganapati Bhat]], vocal<br />
* [[Gangubai Hangal]], vocal<br />
* [[Gururao Deshpande]], vocal<br />
* [[Jayateerth Mevundi]], vocal<br />
* [[Kumar Gandharva]], vocal<br />
* [[Lalith J. Rao]], vocal<br />
* [[Madhava Gudi]], vocal<br />
* [[Mallikarjun Mansur]], vocal<br />
* [[Milind Chittal]], vocal<br />
* [[Nachiketa Sharma]], vocal<br />
* [[Nagaraja Rao Havaldar]], vocal<br />
* [[Pravin Godkhindi]], bansuri<br />
* [[Puttaraja Gawai]], vocal<br />
* [[Rajeev Taranath]], sarod<br />
* [[Sanjeev Chimmalgi]], vocal<br />
* [[Sangeetha Katti]], vocal<br />
* [[Sawai Gandharva]], vocal<br />
* [[Shobha Gurtu]], vocal<br />
* [[Smita Bellur]], vocal<br />
* [[Taranath Rao|Taranath Ram Rao Hattiangadi]], tabla<br />
* [[Pandit Venkatesh Kumar]], vocal<br />
* [[Vinayak Torvi]], vocal<br />
* [[Keshav Ginde]], flute<br />
* [[Madhav Gudi]], vocal<br />
* [[Ganayogi Panchakshara Gawai|Panchakshari Gawai]], vocal<br />
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====Modern musicians====<br />
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*[[Mysore Ananthaswamy]], bhavageete<br />
*[[P. Kalinga Rao]], bhavageete<br />
* [[Pandit Narasimhalu Vadavati]]<br />
*[[Pandit S. Ballesh]], [[shehnai]] and [[vocal]]<br />
*[[Mysore Manjunath]]<br />
*[[Pravin Godkhindi]], flute<br />
*[[Shimoga Subbanna]], Sugama Sangeetha<br />
*[[C. Aswath|C. Ashwath]], Sugama Sangeetha<br />
*[[Balappa Hukkeri]], folklore<br />
*[[G.V. Atri]], bhavageete<br />
*[[Ganesh Hegde]], choreography<br />
*[[Biddu Appaiah]], composer <br />
*[[Bapu Padmanabha]], flute<br />
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====Film music====<br />
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*[[Anoop Seelin]]<br />
*[[Arjun Sarja|Arjun]]<br />
*[[B. V. Karanth]]<br />
*[[C. Aswath|C. Ashwath]]<br />
*[[G. K. Venkatesh]]<br />
*[[G. V. Iyer]], settler<br />
*[[Gurukiran]]<br />
*[[Pandit S. Ballesh]], [[playback singer]], [[music director]], [[shehnai]]<br />
*[[Hamsalekha]]<br />
*[[Jayant Kaikini]]<br />
*[[Mano Murthy]]<br />
*[[Rajan–Nagendra]]<br />
*[[V. Ravichandran|Ravichandran]]<br />
*[[Sadhu Kokila]]<br />
*[[Sandeep Chowta]]<br />
*[[Shankar–Ganesh]]<br />
*[[V. Harikrishna]]<br />
*[[V. Manohar]]<br />
*[[Vijaya Bhaskar]]<br />
*[[Raghu Dixit]]<br />
*[[Bapu Padmanabha]] <br />
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====Film singers====<br />
*[[Nanditha (singer)|Nanditha]]<br />
*[[Dr. Rajkumar|Rajkumar]]<br />
*[[Rajesh Krishnan]]<br />
*[[Vijay Prakash]]<br />
*[[Chetan Sosca]]<br />
<br />
===Dance===<br />
* [[Maya Rao]] (1928-2014), Kathak Guru and founder of NIKC, Bangalore<ref name=toijuly>{{cite web | title = Maya Rao took forbidden dance to a new level | url = http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/kannada/music/Maya-Rao-took-forbidden-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 />
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===Fashion===<br />
*[[Deepika Padukone]]<br />
*[[Prasad Bidapa]]<br />
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==Kings and nobles==<br />
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*[[Aliya Rama Raya]]<br />
*[[Abbakka Rani]]<br />
*[[Amoghavarsha|Amoghavarsha I]]<br />
*[[Basaveshwara]]<br />
*[[Bijjala II]]<br />
*[[Bukka Raya I]]<br />
*[[Butuga II]]<br />
*[[Chikkadevaraja Wodeyar]]<br />
*[[Chamundaraya]]<br />
*[[Chand Bibi]]<br />
*[[Devaraya|Devaraya I]]<br />
*[[Deva Raya II]]<br />
*[[Dhruva Dharavarsha]]<br />
*[[Durvinita]]<br />
*[[Govinda III]]<br />
*[[Hyder Ali]]<br />
*[[Harihara I]]<br />
*[[Ibrahim Adil Shah II]]<br />
*[[Indra III]]<br />
*[[Jayachamaraja Wodeyar Bahadur|Jayachamaraja Wodeyar]]<br />
*[[Kempe Gowda]]<br />
*[[Krishna III]]<br />
*[[Krishnadeva Raya]]<br />
*[[Krishnaraja Wodeyar IV]]<br />
*[[Madakari Nayaka]]<br />
*[[Mayuravarma]]<br />
*[[Pulakesi II]]<br />
*[[Keladi Chennamma|Rani Chennamma]] of [[Keladi]]<br />
*[[Rani Chennamma]] of [[Kittur]]<ref>{{cite web<br />
|url=http://news.oneindia.in/2007/09/11/pratibha-unveils-kittur-rani-chennamma-statue.html<br />
|title=Pratibha unveils Kittur Rani Chennamma statue<br />
|access-date=2008-08-26<br />
}}</ref><br />
*[[Saluva Narasimha Deva Raya]]<br />
*[[Sangolli Rayanna]], army chief of the Kingdom of [[Kittur]]<br />
*[[Tailapa II]]<br />
*[[Tippu Sultan]]<br />
*[[Veera Ballala II]]<br />
*[[Veera Ballala III]]<br />
*[[Vikramaditya II]]<br />
*[[Vikramaditya VI]]<br />
*[[Vishnuvardhana]]<br />
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==Industrialists and businesspeople==<br />
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* [[A. B. Shetty]], founder of [[Vijaya Bank]]<br />
* [[Ammembal Subba Rao Pai]], founder of [[Canara Bank]]<br />
* [[B. R. Shetty]], [[NMC Health|NMC Group]]<br />
* [[G. R. Gopinath]], founder of [[Deccan Aviation]]<br />
* [[Gururaj Deshpande]], venture capitalist<br />
* [[K. V. Kamath]], managing director and CEO of [[ICICI Bank]]<br />
* [[Kiran Mazumdar-Shaw]], [[Biocon|Biocon India Ltd.]]<br />
* [[N. R. Narayana Murthy]], [[Infosys|Infosys Technologies, Ltd.]]<br />
* [[N S Narendra]], founder of [[Firepro Systems (India)|FirePro]]<br />
* [[Nandan Nilekani]], [[Infosys|Infosys Technologies, Ltd.]]<br />
* [[Phaneesh Murthy]], [[IGATE|iGATE Global Solutions, Ltd.]]<br />
* [[R. N. Shetty]], Murdeshwar Group<br />
* [[T. M. A. Pai]], co-founder of [[Syndicate Bank]] and [[Manipal Academy of Higher Education]]<br />
* [[V. G. Siddhartha]], [[Cafe Coffee Day]]<br />
* [[Vaman Srinivas Kudva]], co-founder of [[Syndicate Bank]]<br />
* [[Vijay Mallya]], [[UB Group]]<br />
* [[Vijay Sankeshwar]], Vijayanand Group<br />
* [[Vittal Mallya]], UB Group<br />
* [[Pradeep Kar]], [[Microland]]<br />
* [[Ashok Kheny]], NICE<br />
* [[Thumbay Moideen]], founder of [[Thumbay Group]] and [[Gulf Medical University]]<br />
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==Health care==<br />
*Dr. [[H. Sudarshan Ballal]]<br />
*Dr. [[C. N. Manjunath]], cardiologist <br />
*Dr. [[M. C. Modi]], eye surgeon<br />
*Dr. [[Sharan Patil]], orthopaedic surgeon<br />
*Dr. [[Y. G. Parameshwara]]<br />
*Dr. [[Devi Shetty]], cardiovascular surgeon<br />
<br />
==Science and technology==<br />
'''Science'''<br />
<br />
*[[C. N. R. Rao]], chemistry<br />
*[[C. R. Rao]], statistics<br />
*[[N. K. Naik]], Professor Emeritus at IIT Bombay<br />
*[[Dr. Murugappa Channaveerappa Modi|M. C. Modi]], ophthalmology<br />
*[[Narayan Hosmane]], biochemistry, cancer research<br />
*[[Raja Ramanna]], physics<br />
*[[Roddam Narasimha]], aerospace, atmospheric sciences<br />
*[[U. R. Rao]], space science<br />
*[[M.L. Kulkarni]], pediatrician<br />
*[[B. N. Suresh]]<br />
*[[S. K. Shivkumar]]<br />
*[[K. N. Shankara]]<br />
*[[S. G. Balekundri]]<br />
*[[Nandan Nilekani]]<br />
*[[Sudha Murthy]]<br />
*[[Vivek Kulkarni]]<br />
*[[Narayan Hosmane]]<br />
*[[Gururaj Deshpande]]<br />
<br />
'''Mathematics'''<br />
<br />
*<br />
*<br />
*<br />
*<br />
*<br />
* [[D. C. Pavate]]<br />
* [[Mahavira (mathematician)|Mahaviracharya]]<br />
* [[Shakuntala Devi]]<br />
<br />
'''Technology'''<br />
<br />
*[[Arun Netravali]], Bell Lab<br />
*[[Kumar Malavalli]], co-founder of Brocade Communication Systems<br />
*[[Visvesvaraya|Sir M. Visvesvaraya]]<br />
<br />
'''Engineering'''<br />
<br />
*[[Rajeshwari Chatterjee]], Karnataka's first female engineer<ref name=Jayaram>{{cite news|title=The nuts and bolts of a superachiever|url=http://www.hindu.com/thehindu/mp/2002/04/18/stories/2002041800540200.htm|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20030701073631/http://www.hindu.com/thehindu/mp/2002/04/18/stories/2002041800540200.htm|url-status=dead|archive-date=1 July 2003|access-date=15 March 2014|date=18 April 2002|newspaper=[[The Hindu]]|author=A. Jayaram}}</ref><br />
*[[S. S. Murthy]], Electrical engineer<br />
<br />
'''Economics'''<br />
<br />
<br />
* [[N. S. Subba Rao]]<br />
<br />
==Literature==<br />
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===Classical writers===<br />
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* [[Amoghavarsha I|Nripatunga Amoghavarsha]]<br />
* [[Asaga]]<br />
* [[Ranna (Kannada poet)|Ranna]], 10th-century poet<br />
* [[Janna]]<br />
* [[Adikavi Pampa]]<br />
* [[Sri Ponna]]<br />
* [[Shivakotiacharya]]<br />
* [[Muddana]], 19th-century poet and author<br />
* [[Andayya]], 13th-century writer<br />
* [[Gangadevi]], 14th-century poet and author<br />
* [[Kumaravyasa]]<br />
* [[Harihara (poet)|Harihara]], poet<br />
* [[Lakshmisha]] (Jaimeni Bharatha in Kannada)<br />
* [[Raghavanka]]<br />
* [[Rudrabhatta]]<br />
* [[Lord Basava|Basavanna]]<br />
* [[Akka Mahadevi]]<br />
* [[Sarvajna]]<br />
* [[Tirumalamba]]<br />
* [[Purandaradasa]]<br />
* [[Kanakadasa]]<br />
* [[Trivikrama Panditacharya]]<br />
* [[Narayana Panditacharya]]<br />
* [[Kumudendu Muni]], author of ''[[Siribhoovalaya]]''<br />
* [[Shishunaala Sharif Saheba]], first Muslim poet in Kannada literature<br />
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===Modern writers===<br />
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* [[A.N. Krishna Rao]]<br />
* [[Anupama Niranjana]]<br />
* [[Aravind Adiga]], won the [[Man Booker Prize]] in 2008<br />
* [[B. G. L. Swamy]]<br />
* [[B. M. Srikantaiah]]<br />
* [[Beechi]], comedian from Bellary District<br />
* [[Chandrashekhara Kambara]]<br />
* [[D.R. Bendre|Da. Ra. Bendre]]<br />
* [[Javare Gowda|D. Javare Gowda]]<br />
* [[Jayalakshmi Seethapura]]<br />
* [[D. V. Gundappa]]<br />
* [[G. P. Rajarathnam]]<br />
* [[Girish Karnad]]<br />
* [[Gopalakrishna Adiga]]<br />
* [[Gorur Ramaswamy Iyengar]]<br />
* [[Ha Ma Nayak]]<br />
* [[H. S. Krishnaswamy Iyengar]]<br />
* [[K. S. Narasimhaswamy]]<br />
* [[K. S. Nissar Ahmed]]<br />
* [[K. Anantharamu]]<br />
* [[K. Shivaram Karanth|Kota Shivarama Karanth]]<br />
* [[Kuvempu]]<br />
* [[M. Govinda Pai]]<br />
* [[Maasti Venkatesh Ayengar]]<br />
* [[Maya Kamath]], political cartoonist<br />
* [[P. Lankesh]]<br />
* [[Panchakshari Hiremath]]<br />
* [[A.K. Ramanujan]]<br />
* [[Poornachandra Tejaswi]]<br />
* [[P. T. Narasimhachar]]<br />
* [[R. C. Hiremath]]<br />
* [[R. K. Narayan]], settler<br />
* [[Raja Rao]]<br />
* [[S. Srikanta Sastri]]<br />
* [[S. L. Bhyrappa]]<br />
* [[Shatavadhani Ganesh|Shatavadhani Dr. R. Ganesh]]<br />
* [[Shashi Deshpande]]<br />
* [[T. P. Kailasam]]<br />
* [[T. R. Subba Rao]]<br />
* [[T. N. Srikantaiah]]<br />
* [[U. R. Ananthamurthy]]<br />
* [[V. K. Gokak]]<br />
* [[Yashwant Chittal]]<br />
* [[Ferdinand Kittel]]<br />
* [[Dinakara Desai]]<br />
* [[Galaganatha|Venkatesh Galaganath]]<br />
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==Politicians==<br />
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<br />
* [[K.C. Reddy]], former Chief Minister<br />
* [[Kadidal Manjappa]], former Chief Minister<br />
* [[Kengal Hanumanthaiah]], former Chief Minister<br />
* [[Siddaramaiah]], former Chief Minister<br />
* [[Shantaveri Gopala Gowda]], Socialist leader, former MLA<br />
* [[S. Nijalingappa]], former Chief Minister <br />
* [[Devaraj Urs]], former Chief Minister<br />
* [[Kamaladevi Chattopadhyaya]], freedom fighter<br />
* [[Basappa Danappa Jatti]], former [[Vice-President]]<br />
* [[Gudleppa Hallikeri]], freedom fighter, former Chairman of the Legislative Council.<br />
* [[M.N. Jois]], freedom fighter, former M.L.C, Dy Speaker of Legislative Council<br />
* [[Bantwal Vaikunta Baliga]], former Law Minister; former Speaker, Mysore State<br />
* [[Gundu Rao]], former Chief Minister<br />
* [[Ramakrishna Hegde]], former Chief Minister<br />
* [[Sudheendra Kulkarni]]<br />
* [[Prabhakar Kore]], member of Rajya Sabha from Karnataka<br />
* [[S.R.Kanti]], former Chief Minister<br />
* [[Neeraj Patil]], Mayor of Lambeth district of London<br />
* [[S.R.Bommai]], former Chief Minister<br />
* [[Veerendra Patil]], former Chief Minister<br />
* [[S.Bangarappa]], former Chief Minister<br />
* [[Veerappa Moily]], former Chief Minister<br />
* [[L. G. Havanur]], former Law Minister<br />
* [[H.D. Deve Gowda]], former [[prime minister]]<br />
* [[J.H.Patel]], former Chief Minister<br />
* [[George Fernandes]], former Defense Minister<br />
* [[S.M. Krishna]], Governor of Maharashtra, former Chief Minister<br />
* [[Dharam Singh]], former Chief Minister<br />
* [[H.D.Kumaraswamy]], former Chief Minister<br />
* [[B.S.Yediyurappa]], former Chief Minister, MP<br />
* [[D.V. Sadananda Gowda]], former Chief Minister and present union Statistics and Program implementation minister <br />
* [[Jagadish Shettar]], former Chief Minister<br />
* [[Ramesh Jigajinagi]], former Home Minister, currently Union Minister of state for drinking water and sanitation and M.P<br />
* [[M.P. Prakash]], former deputy Chief Minister<br />
* [[Oscar Fernandes]], former Union Minister<br />
* [[Jaffer Sharief]], former Union Minister<br />
* [[Margaret Alva]], former Union Minister<br />
* [[U. Srinivas Mallya]], former Member of Parliament <br />
* [[H.N.Ananth Kumar]], Union Minister for chemicals and fertilizers & M.P.<br />
* [[Mallikarjun Kharge]], former Home Minister, former Union Railway Minister<br />
* [[K.H. Muniyappa]], former Union minister of state for Railways<br />
* [[V.S.Acharya]], former Minister for Home affairs & Medical Education<br />
* [[H.Vishwanath]], former Minister, former M.P<br />
* [[Vatal Nagaraj]], former MLA<br />
* [[Vishweshwara Hegde]], former Education Minister<br />
* [[Bhagwanth Khuba]], Member of Parliament, [[Bidar]]<br />
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==Bureaucrats==<br />
* [[C B Muthamma]], first woman IFS officer<br />
* [[C. G. Somiah]], Comptroller and Auditor General of India (1990-1996)<br />
* [[Shankar Bidari]], IPS, DG & IPG, [[Karnataka]]<br />
* [[Abdul Rahman Infant]], IPS, DG & IGP, Karnataka<br />
*[[Dr.M.H.Marigowda]], former Director of Horticulture<br />
* [[H. T. Sangliana]], former police officer, and M.P. Lok Sabha<br />
* [[Daya Nayak]]<br />
* [[Kempaiah]]<br />
* [[Veeranna Aivalli]]<br />
*[[Vivek Kulkarni]]<br />
<br />
==Cooperative movement==<br />
* [[S. K. Amin]], founder of South Kanara District Co-Operative Fish Marketing Federation<br />
<br />
==Religion and philosophy==<br />
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* [[Sarvajna]]<br />
* [[Sree Sree Shivakumara Swamiji]], Karnataka Ratna, highest civilian awarded by the state<br />
* [[Kanaka Dasa]], saint<br />
* [[Basavanna]], founder of Veerashaivism, social reformer<br />
* [[Purandara Dasa]], saint<br />
* [[Vidyaranya]], 12th Shankaracharya of [[Sringeri]], spiritual guide to Vijayanagar Empire<br />
* [[Allama Prabhu]]<br />
* [[Madhvacharya]]<br />
* [[Mangesh V. Nadkarni]]<br />
* [[Raghavendra Swami]]<br />
* [[Akka Mahadevi]]<br />
* [[Jayatirtha]]<br />
* [[Sripadaraya]]<br />
* [[Vyasatirtha]]<br />
* [[Vadirajatirtha]]<br />
* [[Madhvacharya]]<br />
* [[Naraharitirtha]]<br />
* [[Padmanabha Tirtha]]<br />
* [[Raghaveshwara Bharathi]]<br />
* [[Raghunatha Tirtha]]<br />
* [[Raghuvarya Tirtha]]<br />
* [[Raghuttama Tirtha]]<br />
* [[Gangadharendra Saraswati]]<br />
* [[Balagangadharanatha Swamiji]]<br />
* [[Shivamurthy Shivacharya Mahaswamiji]]<br />
* [[Satyavrata Tirtha]]<br />
* [[Satyanidhi Tirtha]]<br />
* [[Satyanatha Tirtha]]<br />
* [[Satyapriya Tirtha]]<br />
* [[Satyabodha Tirtha]]<br />
* [[Satyasandha Tirtha]]<br />
* [[Satyadharma Tirtha]]<br />
* [[Satyadhyana Tirtha]]<br />
* [[Satyapramoda Tirtha]]<br />
* [[Shishunala Sharifa]]<br />
* [[Jaggi Vasudev]], founder of Isha Foundation<br />
*[[Siddharudha Swami]]<br />
*[[Narayan Maharaj]]<br />
*[[Narayanacharya]]<br />
*[[Dattatreya#Travels|Dattatreya]]<br />
*[[Kaadsiddheshwar]]<br />
*[[Keshavashram]]<br />
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==Yoga==<br />
<br />
* [[Tirumalai Krishnamacharya]], known as "the father of modern yoga" and reviver of [[Hatha yoga]]<br />
* [[B.K.S. Iyengar]]<br />
* [[Geeta Iyengar]]<br />
* [[Jaggi Vasudev]]<br />
* [[Malladihalli Sri Raghavendra Swamiji]]<br />
* [[Pattabhi Jois]]<br />
<br />
==Wildlife and environment==<br />
* [[Hanumappa Sudarshan]]<br />
* [[Ullas Karanth]], tiger conservation<br />
* [[Krupakar-Senani]]<br />
* [[Vandana Shiva]]<br />
<br />
==Historians, epigraphists and archaeologists==<br />
* [[S.R. Rao|Dr. Shikaripura Ranganatha Rao]]<br />
* [[Dr. B.A. Saletore]]<br />
* [[P. B. Desai]]<br />
* [[P. Gururaja Bhat]]<br />
* [[G. S. Gai]]<br />
* [[A. N. Narasimhia]]<br />
* [[B. L. Rice]]<br />
* [[S. Srikanta Sastri]]<br />
<br />
==Social service==<br />
<br />
*[[Sree Sree Shivakumara Swamiji]]<br />
*[[S. K. Amin]]<br />
*[[Malladihalli Sri Raghavendra Swamiji]]<br />
*[[Sudha Murthy]]<br />
* [[Tulsi Gowda]]<br />
*[[Veerendra Heggade]]<br />
*[[Saalumarada Thimmakka]]<br />
<br />
==Sports==<br />
<br />
===Cricket===<br />
<br />
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<br />
* [[Vijay Bhardwaj]]<br />
* [[Raghuram Bhat]]<br />
* [[Roger Binny]]<br />
* [[Stuart Binny]]<br />
* [[Bhagwat Chandrasekhar]]<br />
* [[Deepak Chougule]]<br />
* [[Rahul Dravid]]<br />
* [[Doddanarasaiah Ganesh]]<br />
* [[David Johnson (cricketer, born 1971)|David Johnson]]<br />
* [[Sunil Joshi]]<br />
* [[Syed Kirmani]]<br />
* [[Vinay Kumar]]<br />
* [[Anil Kumble]]<br />
* [[Sanjay Manjrekar]]<br />
* [[Abhimanyu Mithun]]<br />
* [[Manju Nadgoda]]<br />
* [[Manish Pandey]]<br />
* [[Brijesh Patel]]<br />
* [[Venkatesh Prasad]]<br />
* [[E.A.S. Prasanna]]<br />
* [[KL Rahul]] <br />
* [[A. Ramakrishnappa]]<br />
* [[Shantha Rangaswamy]]<br />
* [[Barrington Rowland]]<br />
* [[Ganesh Satish]]<br />
* [[Sujith Somasunder]]<br />
* [[Javagal Srinath]]<br />
* [[Robin Uthappa]]<br />
* [[Gundappa Vishwanath]]<br />
* [[Sadanand Viswanath]]<br />
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===Hockey===<br />
* [[B. P. Govinda]] (former captain, Arjun award)<br />
* [[M. P. Ganesh]] (former captain, Arjun Award)<br />
* [[Ashish Ballal]]<br />
* [[Arjun Halappa]]<br />
* [[Sommayya Maneypande|M M Somaiya]] (former captain)<br />
<br />
===Football===<br />
* [[Vinoth Kumar]]<br />
* [[Xavier Vijay Kumar]]<br />
* [[N.S. Manju]]<br />
* [[Kuppuswami Sampath]]<br />
* [[Shankar Sampingiraj]]<br />
* [[Karma Tsewang]]<br />
* [[Sanjeeva Uchil]] (Represented [[India national football team|India]] in [[1948 Summer Olympics|1948 Olympics]])<br />
<br />
===Athletics===<br />
*[[Ashwini Nachappa]]<br />
*[[J. J. Shobha]]<br />
*[[Vandana Rao]]<br />
*[[Vandana Shanbagh]] <br />
*[[Vikas Gowda]] <br />
*[[Girisha Nagarajegowda]] Para-athletics<br />
<br />
===Badminton===<br />
*[[Prakash Padukone]]<br />
*[[Anup Sridhar]]<br />
*[[Ashwini Ponnappa]]<br />
<br />
===Tennis===<br />
*[[Rohan Bopanna]]<br />
*[[Poojashree Venkatesh]]<br />
*[[Srinath Prahlad]]<br />
<br />
===Others===<br />
*[[C.C. Machaiah]], former boxer, Olympian and coach, 1978 Arjuna Awardee<br />
*[[Chetan Baboor]], Table Tennis<br />
*[[Nisha Millet]], Swimming<br />
*[[Pankaj Arjan Advani|Pankaj Advani]], Billiards<br />
*[[Malathi Krishnamurthy Holla]]<br />
<br />
==Military==<br />
* [[Ajjamada B Devaiah]], Pilot in Indian air force, Maha Vir Chakra (posthumous), war martyr.<br />
* [[Kodandera Madappa Cariappa|Field Marshal K.M. Cariappa]], Commander-in-Chief, Indian Armed Forces<br />
* Gen.[[K. S. Thimayya]], Chief of Staff, Indian Army<br />
* Gen. [[Apparanda Aiyappa|A C Iyappa]], Prisoner-of-War in World War II, [[Indian Army]], [[Bharat Electronics Limited|BEL]] chief.<br />
* Air Marshal [[C D Subbaiah]], VrC, PVSM, World War II fighter pilot, [[Indian Army]].<br />
* [[Ramesh Halagali]], AVSM, SM, Deputy Chief of [[Indian Army]].<br />
* [[Major M C Muthanna]], killed by terrorists in Jammu and Kashmir, Shaurya Chakra awardee.<br />
* Major [[Sandeep Unnikrishnan]], killed in action during the November 2008 Mumbai attacks, consequently awarded the Ashoka Chakra, [[Indian Army]]<br />
<br />
==Judiciary==<br />
*Justice [[Manepalli Narayana Rao Venkatachaliah]], retired Chief Justice of the Supreme Court<br />
*Justice [[N Y Hanumanthappa]], Chief Justice of Orissa High Court and Ex-Member of Parliament, Chitra Durga<br />
*Justice [[Santhosh Hegde]], retired Supreme Court Judge<br />
*Justice [[H. L. Dattu|H.L.Dattu]], retired Chief Justice of the Supreme Court<br />
*Justice [[Venkate Gopala Gowda|V. Gopala Gowda]], Supreme Court Judge<br />
* [[Chief Justice of India]] [[P. B. Gajendragadkar]], from [[Gajendragad]]<br />
<br />
==Award winners==<br />
<br />
===Bharat Ratna===<br />
* [[Sir M. Visvesvaraya]], 1955<br />
* [[Bhimsen Joshi]], 2008<br />
* [[C.N.R. Rao]], 2014<br />
<br />
===Jnanpith Award===<br />
* [[Kuvempu]], for his epic ''[[Sri Ramayana Darshanam]]'', in 1969<br />
* [[D. R. Bendre]], for his anthology of poems ''[[Naku Thanthi]]'', in 1974<ref>{{cite web<br />
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* [[K. Shivaram Karanth]], for his novel ''[[Mookajjiya Kanasugalu (novel)|Mookajjiya Kanasugalu]]'', in 1977<br />
* [[Masti Venkatesha Iyengar]], for his historical novel ''[[Chikkaveera Rajendra]]'', in 1983<br />
* [[V. K. Gokak]], for ''Bharatha Sindhu Rashmi'', in 1990<br />
* [[U. R. Ananthamurthy]], for his monumental contributions, in 1994<br />
* [[Girish Karnad]], for his monumental contributions to Kannada literature and for contributions to Kannada theatre (Yayati), in 1998<br />
* [[Chandrashekhara Kambara]], for his monumental contributions to Kannada literature, in 2010<br />
<br />
===Saraswati Samman===<br />
* [[S. L. Bhyrappa]], for his novel ''Mandra'', in 2010<br />
<br />
==Militants==<br />
*[[Iqbal Bhatkal]]<br />
*[[Kafeel Ahmed]], 2007 London car bombing<br />
*[[Riyaz Bhatkal]]<br />
*[[Yasin Bhatkal]]<br />
<br />
==Others==<br />
* [[Shakuntala Devi]], calculating prodigy; "called human computer"<br />
* [[N. Someswara]], doctor and quiz master of ''[[Thatt Antha Heli]]''<br />
* [[Aluru Venkata Rao]]<br />
* [[Huilgol Narayana Rao]]<br />
* [[Ravi Belagere]]<br />
* [[Mayurasharma]]<br />
* [[Pulakesi I]]<br />
* [[Krishna Deva Raya]]<br />
* [[Kudroli Ganesh]], magician<br />
* [[Kumara Rama]]<br />
* [[Somesvara I]]<br />
* [[Belawadi Mallamma]]<br />
* [[Kittur Chennamma]]<br />
* [[Attimabbe]]<br />
* [[Gajendragarh#Vedanta.2C Nyaya.2C Vyakaran|Raghavendra Acharya]]<br />
* [[Pandita Ramabai]], reformer for women's education, Sanskrit scholar, Christian Bible translator into Marathi<br />
* [[Saraswati Gangadhar]]<br />
* [[Shivram Dattatreya Phadnis]], cartoonist<br />
* [[A. N. Prahlada Rao]], crossword writer; created 40,000 crosswords; name mentioned in LIMCA Book of Records 2015<br />
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==See also==<br />
* [[List of Indian poets#Kannada|List of Kannada poets]]<br />
* [[List of people from Bangalore]]<br />
* [[Kannadigas]]<br />
* [[Tuluva]]<br />
* [[Kodava people]]<br />
* [[Konkani people]]<br />
* [[Lists of Indians by state]]<br />
* [[List of Lingayats]]<br />
* [[:Category:Kannada people|Kannada people]]<br />
* [[:Category:Recipients of the Karnataka Ratna|Recipients of the Karnataka Ratna]]<br />
* [[:Category:People from Uttara Kannada|People from Uttara Kannada District]]<br />
* [[:Category:People from Belgaum|People from Belgaum District]]<br />
* [[:Category:People from Bagalkot|People from Bagalkot District]]<br />
* [[:Category:People from Bellary|People from Bellary District]]<br />
* [[:Category:People from Bidar|People from Bidar District]]<br />
* [[:Category:People from Bijapur, Karnataka|People from Bijapur District]]<br />
* [[:Category:People from Gadag district|People from Gadag District]]<br />
* [[:Category:People from Gulbarga|People from Gulbarga District]]<br />
* [[:Category:People from Haveri|People from Haveri District]]<br />
* [[:Category:People from Koppal|People from Koppal District]]<br />
* [[:Category:People from Raichur|People from Raichur District]]<br />
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==References==<br />
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