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This is a list of notable people from Karnataka.
Founder and Architect of Bengaluru
- Nada Prabhu Kempe Gowda
Scientists
- M. Visvesvarayya - engineer and statesman
- Bangalore Puttaiya Radhakrishna - geologist
- Krishnaswamy Kasturirangan - astrophysicist, former Chairman of ISRO, member of Rajya Sabha
- C. N. R. Rao - Indian Institute of Science (Material Sciences)
Politicians
- H. D. Deve Gowda - former Prime Minister
- H. D. Kumaraswamy - former chief minister of Karnataka
- Gundu Rao - former Chief Minister
- Siddaramaiah - former Chief Minister
- B S Yediyurappa - Chief Minister
- Ramalinga Reddy - former State Home Minister and various ministry, seven time MLA from Bangalore
- D. K. Shivakumar - minister of medical education
- B.Vaikunta Vaikunta Baliga - former Law Minister; former Speaker, Mysore State
- S.Bangarappa - former Chief Minister
- S. R. Bommai - former Chief Minister
- Kamaladevi Chattopadhyaya
- George Fernandes - former Defence Minister
- Kengal Hanumanthaiah - former Chief Minister
- Ramakrishna Hegde - former Chief Minister
- Qamar ul Islam - former Housing and Labour Minister
- Basappa Danappa Jatti - former Vice-President
- M.N. Jois - former M.L.C, Deputy Speaker of Legislative Council - Mysore State
- Mallikarjun Kharge - former State Minister (various portfolios); former Union Labour Minister in the Manmohan Singh Government; current leader of Opposition in Lok Sabha
- S. M. Krishna - former External Affairs Minister of India; former Governor of Maharashtra; former Chief Minister of Karnataka
- H.N.Ananth Kumar - former Union Minister and MP
- Kadidal Manjappa - former Chief Minister
- Veerappa Moily - Minister of Petroleum and Natural Gas; former Chief Minister
- K. H. Muniyappa - union minister of state for railways
- S. Nijalingappa - former Chief Minister
- Nandan Nilekani - Chairman of the Unique Identification Authority of India (UIDAI)
- J. H. Patel - former Chief Minister
- Veerendra Patil - former Chief Minister
- M. A. M. Ramaswamy - Rajya Sabha MP and industrialist
- K. C. Reddy - former Chief Minister
- Dharam Singh - former Chief Minister
- Devaraj Urs - former Chief Minister
- H. Vishwanath - former Minister
- B. S. Yeddyurappa - current Chief Minister
Kannada writers
- Kuvempu – poet, Jnanpith awardee
- U. R. Ananthamurthy – Kannada writer, thinker and Jnanpith awardee
- Da Ra Bendre – poet, Jnanpith awardee
- S. L. Bhyrappa - writer, novelist
- V. K. Gokak – writer, Jnanapith awardee
- Masti Venkatesh Iyengar – Jnanpith awardee
- T. P. Kailasam – Kannada writer, playwright
- Chandrashekhar Kambar - Jnanapith awardee for his contributions to Kannada literature
- K. Shivaram Karanth – Kannada writer, Jnanapith awardee
- Girish Karnad – Kannada writer, playwright, actor, Jnanpith awardee
- K. S. Nissar Ahmed – Kannada poet
- Sudha Murthy
Other writers
- Mahesh Dattani - English playwright and Sahitya Akademi award winner
- Ramachandra Guha - historian and Sahitya Akademi award winner
- Anita Nair - English author of the books Ladies Coupe and Mistress
- Malathi Rao - English-language writer, Sahitya Akademi award winner
- Madhuri Vijay - English-language writer, Pushcart Prize winner
Entrepreneurs
- G. R. Gopinath - founder of Deccan Aviation and Deccan 360
- Kiran Mazumdar - founder of Biocon, a biotechnology company
- N. R. Narayana Murthy - founder of Infosys
- Nandan Nilekani - Co founder of Infosys
- V. G. Siddhartha - founder of Café Coffee Day
- K Prakash Shetty - Founder and Chairman of MRG Group
- Palakshi amma - Entrepreneur
Sportspersons
Athletics
- Ashwini Nachappa - former athlete
Auto Racing
- Arjun Maini - Asian Le Mans Series and Deutsche Tourenwagen Masters Driver
- Akhil Rabindra - GT4 European Series Driver
Badminton
- Prakash Padukone - badminton player
- Ashwini Ponnappa
Billiards
- Pankaj Advani - billiards and snooker World Champion
Cricket
- Mayank Agarwal - Indian cricketer
- John Bean - English first-class cricketer and British Army officer
- Vijay Bhardwaj - former Indian allrounder
- Raghuram Bhat - former Indian left-arm spinner
- Roger Binny - former Indian all rounder
- Stuart Binny - all rounder
- B. S. Chandrasekhar - Wisden Cricketer of the Year in 1972
- Rahul Dravid - batsman, former India Captain and has taken highest number of catches in international cricket
- Dodda Ganesh - former medium pacer
- Sunil Joshi - retired all rounder
- Syed Kirmani - retired wicket-keeper
- Prasidh Krishna - fast bowler
- Veda Krishnamurthy - Indian woman cricketer
- Vinay Kumar - medium pacer
- Anil Kumble - leg spinner, Test Captain, India's highest wicket taker, former Indian National Cricket Team coach
- Abhimanyu Mithun - Indian cricketer
- Karun Nair - Indian cricketer
- Devdutt Padikkal - Ranji player
- Manish Pandey - Indian cricketer
- Venkatesh Prasad - retired fast bowler; India's former bowling coach
- Erapalli Prasanna - retired off spinner
- KL Rahul - Indian cricketer and Kings XI Punjab captain.
- Shantha Rangaswamy - former India Women's Cricket Team captain
- Javagal Srinath - retired fast bowler, match referee
- Robin Uthappa - Indian cricketer
- Sadanand Viswanath - former Indian wicket-keeper
- Gundappa Ranganath Vishwanath - former Indian cricket captain (1979–80)
Hockey
- Ashish Ballal - hockey goalkeeper
- Arjun Halappa - Indian hockey team
Swimming
- Nisha Millet - Olympian at Sydney Olympics 2000
Tennis
- Mahesh Bhupathi - first Indian to win a Grand Slam tournament
- Rohan Bopanna
Entertainers
Kannada and Indian cinema
- Anushka Sharma - Actress (North Indian but grew up in Bangalore)
- Dr. Rajkumar - actor, singer, producer
- Sandeep Chowta - Music Director, Producer
- Sudeep - actor, director, producer, singer, host
- Dr. Vishnuvardhan -actor, singer
- Ramesh Aravind - actor
- Guru Dutt - actor, director, producer
- Dwarkeesh - actor, comedian
- Chi. Udayashankar - dialogue writer and lyricist
- Bangalore Latha - playback singer
- Hamsalekha - music director, lyricist, dramatist
- Brodha V - Music producer, rapper, hip hop artist and lyricist
- Jaggesh - actor
- Puttanna Kanagal - late director
- Girish Kasaravalli - director
- Kashinath - actor
- Feroz Khan - actor, editor, producer, director
- Sanjay Khan - producer, director and actor
- Malashree - actress
- Nithya Menen - actress
- Anant Nag - actor, brother of Shankar Nag
- Shankar Nag - late actor, producer, director
- Deepika Padukone - model, actress
- Prema - actress
- Rajinikanth - actor
- Puneeth Rajkumar - actor, son of Dr. Rajkumar
- Raghavendra Rajkumar - actor, son of Dr. Rajkumar
- Shiva Rajkumar - actor, son of Dr. Rajkumar
- Ramya - actress, politician
- Kiran Rao - producer, screenwriter, and director
- V. Ravichandran - actor, director, producer, music director, editor
- Soundarya - actress
- Sreenath - actor, Pranaya Raja, Shubha Mangala
- Darshan Thoogudeep - actor
- Upendra - director, actor, producer
- Rockline Venkatesh - actor, film producer
- Yash - actor
- Amoghavarsha JS - filmmaker
Architects
Spiritual leaders
Notable people
- R. K. Baliga - founder of the Electronics City in Bangalore
- Shakuntala Devi - known as the "human calculator"
- Trivikrama Mahadeva - organiser of funerals for tens of thousands of paupers
- Lakshmi Menon - Indian model
- Thomas Mohan (born 1959) - wildlife photographer and civil engineer
- Maya Rao (1928-2014) - Kathak Guru; founder of Natya Institute of Kathak and Choreography[1]
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