List of people from Karnataka
This is a list of famous and 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.
Arts and entertainment
Cinema
- Abhishek Varman
- Ambareesh
- Ananth Nag
- Aishwarya rai
- Anushka Shetty
- Arjun Sarja
- Arthi
- Atul Kulkarni
- A. T. Raghu
- B. Saroja Devi
- B. C. Patil
- B. S. Ranga
- B. V. Karanth
- Bala
- Balakrishna
- Bharathi
- Bhavana
- Chandulal Jain
- Chetan Kumar
- Comedy Time Ganesh
- Darshan Tugudeep
- Daisy Bopanna
- Deepika Padukone
- Devaraj
- Dwarakesh
- Ganesh Hegde
- G. V. Iyer
- Geetha
- Girish Karnad
- Girish Kasaravalli
- Gulshan Devaiah
- Guru Dutt
- Hansika Motwani
- Harshika Poonacha
- Isha Koppikar
- Jaggesh
- Jayant Kaikini
- Kalpana
- Kalyan Kumar
- Kashinath
- Lakshmi Rai
- Leelavathi
- Lokesh
- M. S. Sathyu
- Manjula
- Master Manjunath
- Milind Gadagkar
- Mohan
- Nagathihalli Chandrashekar
- Narasimharaju
- Nidhi Subbaiah
- Nishan K. P. Nanaiah
- Pandari Bai
- Pattabhirama Reddy(Settler)
- Pradeep Uppoor
- Prakash Rai
- Prabhu Deva(Settler)
- Prema
- Puneeth Rajkumar
- Puttana Kanagal
- Radhika Pandit
- Raghavendra Rajkumar
- Rajanikanth
- Rajesh Krishnan(Settler)
- Rajkumar
- Raju Sundaram(Settler)
- Rakshita
- Ramesh Arvind
- Ramya
- Ravichandran(Settler)
- Rockline Venkatesh
- Rohit Shetty
- Roopa Iyer(Settler)
- Sakshi Shivanand
- Sanchita Shetty
- Sandeep Chowta
- Shamita Shetty
- Shankar Nag
- Shashi Kumar
- Shivarajkumar
- Shilpa Shetty
- Sneha Ullal
- Soundarya
- Srimurali
- Srinath
- Sudha Rani
- Suman Nagarkar
- Suman Ranganathan
- Sunil Shetty
- Sunil Kumar Desai
- Sudeep
- T. S. Nagabharana
- Tara
- Tiger Prabhakar
- Umashri
- Upendra
- Vajramuni
- Vaishali Desai
- Vasundhara Das
- Vishnuvardhan
- Yashwant Sardeshpande
Theatre
Ancient Architecture & Sculpture
Modern Art, Contemporary Art - Painting, Sculpture, Puppetry, New Media Art & Art Criticism
Music
Classical Music - Carnatic
- Gopala Dasa
- Harikesanallur Muthayya Bhagavathar
- Jagannatha Dasa
- Kadri Gopalnath
- Jyotsna Srikanth
- Kanakadasa
- Maharaja Jayachamaraja Wadiyar
- Dr.Mysore Manjunath
- Mysore Sadasiva Rao
- Mysore V. Ramarathnam
- Mysore Vasudevacharya
- Mysore Nagaraj
- N. Ravikiran
- Purandaradasa
- R. K. Srikanthan
- R.R. Keshavamurthy
- Sripadaraya
- T. Chowdiah
- Vadiraja
- Vijaya Dasa
- Vyasatirtha
- Doraiswamy Iyengar
- Veene Sheshanna
- Vittal Ramamurthy
- Ghatam Udupa
- K. V. Krishna Prasad
- B. Shankar Rao
- Anoor Anantha Krishna Sharma
- M. S. Sheela
Classical Music - Hindustani
- Basavaraja Rajaguru (Vocal)
- Bhimsen Joshi (Vocal)
- Pandit S. Ballesh (Vocal and Shehnai)
- Ganapati Bhat (Vocal)
- Gangubai Hangal (Vocal)
- Gururao Deshpande (Vocal)
- Jayateerth Mevundi (Vocal)
- Kumar Gandharva (Vocal)
- Lalith J. Rao (Vocal)
- Madhava Gudi (Vocal)
- Mallikarjun Mansur (Vocal)
- Milind Chittal (Vocal)
- Nachiketa Sharma (Vocal)
- Nagaraja Rao Havaldar (Vocal)
- Pravin Godkhindi (Bansuri)
- Puttaraja Gawai (Vocal)
- Rajeev Taranath (Sarod)
- Sanjeev Chimmalgi (Vocal)
- Sangeetha Katti(Vocal)
- Sawai Gandharva (Vocal)
- Shobha Gurtu (Vocal)
- Smita Bellur (Vocal)
- Taranath Ram Rao Hattiangadi (Tabla)
- Pandit Venkatesh Kumar (Vocal)
- Vinayak Torvi (Vocal)
- Keshav Ginde (Flute)
- Madhav Gudi (Vocal)
- Panchakshari Gawai (Vocal)
Modern musicians
- Mysore Ananthaswamy, Bhavageete.
- P. Kalinga Rao, Bhavageete.
- Pandit Narasimhalu Vadavati
- Pandit S. Ballesh, (Shehnai and Vocal)
- Mysore Manjunath
- Pravin Godkhindi, Flute.
- Shimoga Subbanna, Sugama Sangeetha.
- C. Ashwath, Sugama Sangeetha.
- Balappa Hukkeri, Folklore.
- G.V. Atri, Bhavageete.
- Ganesh Hegde, Choreography.
- Biddu Appaiah, Composer
Film Music
- Anoop Seelin
- Arjun
- B. V. Karanth
- C. Ashwath
- G. K. Venkatesh
- G. V. Iyer(Settler)
- Gurukiran
- Pandit S. Ballesh, (Playback Singer, Music Director, Shehnai)
- Hamsalekha
- Jayant Kaikini
- Mano Murthy
- Rajan-Nagendra
- Ravichandran
- Sadhu Kokila
- Sagar S
- Sandeep Chowta
- Shankar Ganesh
- V. Harikrishna
- V. Manohar
- Vijaya Bhaskar
- Raghu Dixit
Film Singers
Dance
Fashion
Kings and Nobles
- Aliya Rama Raya
- Abbakka Rani
- Amoghavarsha I
- Basaveshwara
- Bijjala II
- Bukka Raya I
- Butuga II
- Chikkadevaraja Wodeyar
- Chamundaraya
- Chand Bibi
- Devaraya I
- Deva Raya II
- Dhruva Dharavarsha
- Durvinita
- Govinda III
- Hyder Ali
- Harihara I
- Ibrahim Adil Shah II
- Indra III
- Jayachamaraja Wodeyar
- Kempe Gowda
- Krishna III
- Krishnadeva Raya
- Krishnaraja Wodeyar IV
- Madakari Nayaka
- Mayuravarma
- Pulakesi II
- Rani Chennamma of Keladi
- Rani Chennamma of Kittur[2]
- Saluva Narasimha Deva Raya
- Sangolli Rayanna, army chief of the Kingdom of Kittur
- Tailapa II
- Tippu Sultan
- Veera Ballala II
- Veera Ballala III
- Vikramaditya II
- Vikramaditya VI
- Vishnuvardhana
Industrialists & Business People
- A. B. Shetty, Founder, Vijaya Bank.
- Ammembal Subba Rao Pai, Founder, Canara Bank.
- Arun Pudur, Founder and Group President, Celframe Corporation.
- G. R. Gopinath, Founder, Deccan Aviation.
- B. R. Shetty, NMC Group.
- Gururaj Deshpande, Tejas Networks, Sycamore Networks.
- K. V. Kamath, Managing Director & CEO, ICICI Bank.
- Kiran Mazumdar-Shaw, Biocon India Ltd.
- N. R. Narayana Murthy, Infosys Technologies, Ltd.
- N S Narendra, founder of FirePro
- Nandan Nilekani, Infosys Technologies, Ltd.
- Phaneesh Murthy, iGATE Global Solutions, Ltd.
- R. N. Shetty, Murdeshwar Group.
- T. M. A. Pai, Co-founder, Syndicate Bank.
- Nithin Kamath, Zerodha
- V. G. Siddhartha, Cafe Coffee Day.
- Vaman Srinivas Kudva, Co-founder, Syndicate Bank.
- Vijay Mallya, UB Group
- Vijay Sankeshwar, Vijayanand Group.
- Vittal Mallya, UB Group
- Pradeep Kar, Microland.
- Supreeth Shankarghal, QF Assets
- Ashok Kheny, NICE
- Thumbay Moideen - Founder Thumbay Group & Gulf Medical University
Health care
- Dr. Devi Prasad Shetty, Cardiovascular Surgeon.
- Dr. M. C. Modi, Eye Surgeon.
- Dr. C. N. Manjunath - Cardiologist
- Dr. Sharan Patil, Orthopaedic Surgeon.
- Dr. Y. G. Parameshwara
Science and technology
Science
- C. N. R. Rao, Chemistry.
- C. R. Rao, Statistics.
- M. C. Modi, Ophthalmology.
- Narayan Hosmane, Biochemistry, Cancer Research.
- Raja Ramanna, Physics.
- Roddam Narasimha, Aerospace, Atmospheric Sciences.
- U. R. Rao, Space Science.
- M.L. Kulkarni - pediatrician
- B. N. Suresh
- S. K. Shivkumar
- K. N. Shankara
- S. G. Balekundri
- Nandan Nilekani
- Sudha Murthy
- Vivek Kulkarni
- Narayan Hosmane
- Gururaj Deshpande
Mathematics
Technology
- Arun Netravali, Bell Lab.
- Kumar Malavalli, Co-founder, Brocade Communication Systems.
- Sir M. Visvesvaraya
Economics
Literature
Classical writers
- Nripatunga Amoghavarsha
- Asaga
- Ranna - 10th-century poet.
- Janna
- Adikavi Pampa
- Sri Ponna
- Shivakotiacharya
- Muddana - 19th-century poet and author.
- Andayya - 13th-century writer.
- Gangadevi - 14th-century poet and author.
- Kumaravyasa
- Harihara
- Lakshmisha (Jaimeni Bharatha in Kannada)
- Raghavanka
- Rudrabhatta
- Basavanna
- Akka Mahadevi
- Sarvajna
- Tirumalamba
- Purandaradasa
- Kanakadasa
- Shishunaala Sharif Saheba
- Trivikrama Panditacharya
- Narayana Panditacharya
- Kumudendu Muni - Author of Siribhoovalaya
- Shishunala Sharif, first Muslim poet in Kannada literature
Modern writers
- A.N. Krishna Rao
- Anupama Niranjana
- B. G. L. Swamy
- B. M. Srikantaiah
- Beechi, a comedian from Bellary District
- Chandrashekhara Kambara
- Da. Ra. Bendre
- D. Javare Gowda
- Jayalakshmi Seethapura
- D. V. Gundappa
- G. P. Rajarathnam
- Girish Karnad
- Gopalakrishna Adiga
- Gorur Ramaswamy Iyengar
- Ha Ma Nayak
- K. S. Narasimhaswamy
- K. S. Nissar Ahmed
- K. Anantharamu
- Kota Shivarama Karanth
- Kuvempu
- M. Govinda Pai
- Maasti Venkatesh Ayengar
- Maya Kamath, political cartoonist
- P. Lankesh
- Panchakshari Hiremath
- A.K. Ramanujan
- Poornachandra Tejaswi
- P. T. Narasimhachar
- R. C. Hiremath
- R. K. Narayan(Settler)
- Raja Rao
- S. Srikanta Sastri
- S. L. Bhyrappa
- S. R. Ramaswamy
- Shatavadhani Dr. R. Ganesh
- Shashi Deshpande
- T. P. Kailasam
- T. R. Subba Rao
- T. N. Srikantaiah
- U. R. Ananthamurthy
- V. K. Gokak
- Yashwant Chittal
- Ferdinand Kittel
- Dinakara Desai
- Narayanacharya
- Venkatesh Galaganath
Politicians
- K.C. Reddy, Former Chief Minister
- Kadidal Manjappa, Former Chief Minister
- Kengal Hanumanthaiah, Former Chief Minister
- Shantaveri Gopala Gowda, Socialist Leader, Former MLA,
- S. Nijalingappa, Former Chief Minister
- Devaraj Urs, Former Chief Minister
- Kamaladevi Chattopadhyaya, Freedom Fighter
- Basappa Danappa Jatti, Former Vice-President
- Gudleppa Hallikeri, Freedom Fighter & Former Chairman of the Legislative Council.
- M.N. Jois,Freedom Fighter,Former M.L.C, Dy Speaker of Legislative Councile,
- Bantwal Vaikunta Baliga, Former Law Minister, & Former Speaker, Mysore State
- Gundu Rao, Former Chief Minister
- Ramakrishna Hegde, Former Chief Minister
- Sudheendra Kulkarni
- Prabhakar Kore, member of Rajya Sabha from Karnataka
- S.R.Kanti, Former Chief Minister
- Neeraj Patil - Mayor of Lambeth district of London.
- S.R.Bommai, Former Chief Minister
- Veerendra Patil, Former Chief Minister
- S.Bangarappa, Former Chief Minister
- Veerappa Moily, Former Chief Minister
- H.D. Deve Gowda, Former Prime Minister
- J.H.Patel, Former Chief Minister
- George Fernandes, Former Defense Minister
- S.M. Krishna, Governor of Maharashtra & Former Chief Minister
- Dharam Singh, Former Chief Minister
- H.D.Kumaraswamy, Former Chief Minister
- B.S.Yediyurappa, Former Chief Minister, MP
- D.V. Sadananda Gowda, Former Chief Minister and present union Statistics and Program implementation minister
- Jagadish Shettar,Former Chief Minister
- Siddaramaiah, Chief Minister
- Ramesh Jigajinagi, Former Home Minister, Currently Union Minister of state for drinking water and sanitation and M.P
- M.P. Prakash, Former deputy Chief Minister
- Oscar Fernandes, Former Union Minister
- Jaffer Sharief,Former Union Minister
- Margaret Alva,Former Union Minister
- U. Srinivas Mallya, Former Member of Parliament
- H.N.Ananth Kumar, Union Minister for chemicals and fertilizers & M.P.
- Mallikarjun Kharge,Ex Home Minister, former Union Railway Minister
- K.H. Muniyappa, former Union minister of state for Railways
- V.S.Acharya,Ex Minister for Home affairs & Medical Education
- H.Vishwanath, Former Minister & former M.P
- Vatal Nagaraj, Ex MLA
- Vishweshwara Hegde, Former Education Minister
Bureaucrats
- C B Muthamma, first woman IFS officer
- C. G. Somiah, Comptroller and Auditor General of India (1990-1996)
- Shankar Bidari,IPS, DG & IPG, Karnataka.
- Abdul Rahman Infant, IPS, DG & IGP, Karnataka.
- Dr.M.H.Marigowda, Former Director of Horticulture.
- H. T. Sangliana, Former Police Officer, and M.P. Lok Sabha.
- Daya Nayak
- Kempaiah
Cooperative movement
- S. K. Amin Founder of South Kanara District Co-Operative Fish Marketing Federation
Religion and philosophy
- Sarvajna
- Sree Sree Shivakumara Swamiji - Karnataka Ratna, highest civilian awarded by the state
- Kanaka Dasa - The great saint.
- Basavanna - Founder of Veerashaivism, social reformer
- Purandara Dasa - The great saint.
- Vidyaranya - 12th Shankaracharya of Sringeri, spiritual guide to Vijayanagar Empire.
- Allama Prabhu
- Madhvacharya
- Mangesh V. Nadkarni
- Raghavendra Swami
- Akka Mahadevi
- Jayatirtha
- Sripadaraya
- Vyasatirtha
- Vadirajatirtha
- Naraharitirtha
- Padmanabha Tirtha
- Raghaveshwara Bharathi
- Gangadharendra Saraswati
- Balagangadharanatha Swamiji
- Shivamurthy Shivacharya Mahaswamiji
- Sadhguru founder of Isha Foundation.
- Siddharudha Swami
- Narayan Maharaj
- Dattatreya
- Kaadsiddheshwar
- Keshavashram
Yoga
- Tirumalai Krishnamacharya - known as "the father of modern yoga" and reviver of Hatha Yoga.
- B.K.S. Iyengar
- Geeta Iyengar
- Jaggi Vasudev
- Malladihalli Sri Raghavendra Swamiji
- Pattabhi Jois
Wildlife and Environment
- Hanumappa Sudarshan
- Ullas Karanth, Tiger conservation.
- Krupakar-Senani
- Vandana Shiva
Historians, Art Historians, Epigraphists and Archaeologists
- Dr. Shikaripura Ranganatha Rao
- Dr. B.A. Saletore
- P. B. Desai
- P. Gururaja Bhat
- G. S. Gai
- A. N. Narasimhia
- B. L. Rice
Social Service
- Sree Sree Shivakumara Swamiji
- S. K. Amin
- Malladihalli Sri Raghavendra Swamiji
- Sudha Murthy
- Tulsi Gowda
- Veerendra Heggade
- Saalumarada Thimmakka
Sports
Cricket
- Vijay Bhardwaj
- Raghuram Bhat
- Roger Binny
- Stuart Binny
- Bhagwat Chandrasekhar
- Deepak Chougule
- Rahul Dravid
- Doddanarasaiah Ganesh
- David Johnson
- Sunil Joshi
- Syed Kirmani
- Vinay Kumar
- Anil Kumble
- Sanjay Manjrekar
- Abhimanyu Mithun
- Manju Nadgoda
- Manish Pandey
- Brijesh Patel
- Venkatesh Prasad
- E.A.S. Prasanna
- KL Rahul
- A. Ramakrishnappa
- Shantha Rangaswamy
- Barrington Rowland
- Ganesh Satish
- Sujith Somasunder
- Javagal Srinath
- Robin Uthappa
- Gundappa Vishwanath
- Sadanand Viswanath
Hockey
- B. P. Govinda (former captain, Arjun award)
- M. P. Ganesh (former captain, Arjun Award)
- Ashish Ballal
- Arjun Halappa
- M M Somaiya (former captain)
Athletics
- Ashwini Nachappa, Athletics
- J. J. Shobha, Athletics
- Vandana Rao, Athletics
- Vandana Shanbagh,athlete, Olympion, Arjuna awardee
- Vikas Gowda, discus thrower
- Girisha Nagarajegowda, men's high jump F-42 category, Jump (F42) – Paralympics Silver
Badminton
Tennis
Others
- C.C. Machaiah, former boxer, Olympian and coach, 1978 Arjuna Awardee
- Chetan Baboor, Table Tennis
- Nisha Millet, Swimming
- Pankaj Advani, Billiards
- Malathi Krishnamurthy Holla
Military
- Ajjamada B Devaiah, Pilot in Indian air force, Maha Vir Chakra (posthumous), war martyr.
- Field Marshal K.M. Cariappa, Commander-in-Chief, Indian Armed Forces
- Gen.K. S. Thimayya, Chief of Staff, Indian Army
- Gen. A C Iyappa, Prisoner-of-War in World War II, Indian Army, BEL chief.
- Air Marshal C D Subbaiah, VrC, PVSM, World War II fighter pilot, Indian Army.
- Ramesh Halagali, AVSM, SM, Deputy Chief of Indian Army.
- Major M C Muthanna, killed by terrorists in Jammu and Kashmir, Shaurya Chakra awardee.
- Major Sandeep Unnikrishnan, killed in action during the November 2008 Mumbai attacks, consequently awarded the Ashoka Chakra, Indian Army
Judiciary
- Justice Manepalli Narayana Rao Venkatachaliah, Retired Chief Justice of the Supreme Court
- Justice N Y Hanumanthappa, Chief Justice of Orissa High Court and Ex-Member of Parliament, Chitra Durga
- Justice Santhosh Hegde, Retired Supreme Court Judge
- Justice H.L.Dattu, Retired Chief Justice of the Supreme Court
- Justice V. Gopala Gowda, Supreme Court Judge
- Chief Justice of India P. B. Gajendragadkar from Gajendragad
Award Winners
Bharat Ratna
- Sir M. Visvesvaraya in 1955.
- Bhimsen Joshi in 2008.
- C.N.R. Rao in 2014.
Jnanpith Award
- Kuvempu for his epic Sri Ramayana Darshanam in 1969.
- D. R. Bendre for his anthology of poems Naku Thanthi in 1974.[3]
- K. Shivaram Karanth for his novel Mookajjiya Kanasugalu in 1977.
- Masti Venkatesha Iyengar for his historical novel Chikkaveera Rajendra in 1983.
- V. K. Gokak for Bharatha Sindhu Rashmi in 1990.
- U. R. Ananthamurthy for his monumental contributions in 1994.
- Girish Karnad for his monumental contributions to Kannada literature and for contributions to Kannada theatre (Yayati)in 1998.
- Chandrashekhara Kambara for his monumental contributions to Kannada literature in 2010.
Saraswati Samman
- S. L. Bhyrappa for his novel Mandra in 2010.
Others
- Shakuntala Devi, calculating prodigy and also called human computer.
- Naa Someswara, a Doctor and quiz master of 'Thatt anta hEli'
- G. S. Paramasivaiah - One of the founders of Karnataka University.
- K B Ganapathy, Editor of Mysooru Mithra and Star of Mysore
- Aluru Venkata Rao
- Huilgol Narayana Rao
- Ravi Belagere
- Mayurasharma
- Pulakesi I
- Krishna Deva Raya
- Kumara Rama
- Somesvara I
- Belawadi Mallamma
- Kittur Chennamma
- Attimabbe
- Raghavendra Acharya
- Pandita Ramabai - Reformer for women's education, Sanskrit scholar, Christian Bible translator into Marathi.
- Saraswati Gangadhar
- Shivram Dattatreya Phadnis, cartoonist
- A.N.Prahlada Rao, Crossword writer, created 40,000 crosswords, Name mentioned in LIMCA Book of Records 2015
See also
- List of Kannada poets
- List of people from Bangalore
- Kannadigas
- Tuluva
- Kodava people
- Konkani people
- Lists of Indians by state
- List of Lingayats
- Kannada people
- Recipients of the Karnataka Ratna
- People from Uttara Kannada District
- People from Belgaum District
- People from Bagalkot District
- People from Bellary District
- People from Bidar District
- People from Bijapur District
- People from Gadag District
- People from Gulbarga District
- People from Haveri District
- People from Koppal District
- People from Raichur District
References
- ↑ GS Kumar (August 25, 2014). "Maya Rao took forbidden dance to a new level". The Times of India. Retrieved 2014-09-01.
- ↑ "Pratibha unveils Kittur Rani Chennamma statue". Retrieved 2008-08-26.
- ↑ "Jnanpeeth Awardees from Karnataka". Retrieved 2008-08-27.
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