List of Mulukanadu Brahmins
The following is a list of eminent Mulukanadu Brahmins-
Religious heads of various Peethas
- Abhinava Vidyatirtha- 35th Jagadguru of Sringeri Sharada Peetham
- Chandrashekhara Bharati III- 34th Jagadguru of Sringeri Sharada Peetham
- Sri Sacchidananda Shivabhinava Narasimha Bharathi- 33rd Jagadguru of Sringeri Sharada Peetham
- Sri Ganapati Sachchidananda Swamiji- Revered as the incarnation of Lord Dattatreya and founder of the Avadhoota Datta Peetham
- Sri Sankara Vijayendra Saraswathi- 70th Jagadguru and Junior Seer of Kanchi Kamakoti Peetham
Astrologers
- Bangalore Venkata Raman - Exponent of Vedic Astrology.
- Niranjan Babu - Exponent of Vastu Shastra
Carnatic music
- Thyagaraja - Carnatic music singer and composer. One of the Carnatic Music Trinity
- Giriraja Kavi - The grandfather of Sri Thyagaraja
- Paidala Gurumoorthy Sastry
- Manambucchavadi Venkatasubbaiyya
- Prof. Mysore V. Ramarathnam
Films
- Chittoor V. Nagiah- Telugu and Tamil actor
- Puttanna Kanagal - Kannada film director
- T. N. Seetharam
- V. K. Murthy - Bollywood cinematographer. Winner of Dada Saheb Phalke Award. He was the regular cameraman for Guru Dutt's movies
- Bellave Narahari Shastry - First Lyricist of Kannada Film Industry and Dialogue writer.
- K. R. Seetharam Shastry - Kannada film lyricist.
Politics
- H. V. Nanjundaiah - First councillor to the Maharaja of Mysore, Acting Dewan and first Vice Chancellor of the Mysore University.
- Ananth Kumar - Bharatiya Janata Party National General Secretary
Engineering
- Sir M. Vishweshwaraiah- Engineer, known for building the Krishnarajasagar Dam and the Shimsha hydroelectric project
Literature
- Ta Ra Subbarao (Ta Ra Su)- noted Kannada novelist
- S. Srikanta Sastri- Eminent Indian historian, Indologist, Polyglot
- S. R. Ramaswamy - Renowned Indian Journalist, Writer, Critic, Editor, Translator and Environmentalist
- Bellave Venkatanarnappa - Eminent Writer and founder of Kannada Sahitya Parishat
- D.V. Gundappa - Renowned writer and philosopher
- Kidi Seshappa - Eminent journalist and freedom fighter