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<p></p> <p><b>New page</b></p><div>{{Short description|Notable People from Bengaluru}}<br /> {{Use dmy dates|date=February 2019}}<br /> {{Use Indian English|date=February 2019}}<br /> {{More citations needed|date=May 2017}} <br /> This is a &#039;&#039;&#039;list of notable people from [[Bengaluru]]&#039;&#039;&#039;.<br /> {{Dynamic list}}<br /> <br /> == Founder and Architect of Bengaluru ==<br /> *Nada Prabhu [[Kempe Gowda]]<br /> <br /> == Scientists ==<br /> {{div col|colwidth=22em}}<br /> * [[C V Raman]] – Nobel Prize in Physics (1930), Bharat Ratna (1954)<br /> * [[M. Visvesvarayya]] – Bharat Ratna, in 1955, Indian civil engineer, statesman, Diwan of Mysore<br /> * [[C. N. R. Rao]] – Bharat Ratna (2014) [[Indian Institute of Science]] (Material Sciences) Bharat Ratna (2014)<br /> * [[H Narasimhaiah]] – Indian physicist, educator, writer, freedom fighter and rationalist Padma Bhushan (1984)<br /> * [[Bangalore Puttaiya Radhakrishna]] – geologist<br /> * [[Kumble R. Subbaswamy]] – physicist <br /> * [[Sachidananda Kangovi]] - Aerospace engineer, IT executive, and author<br /> {{div col end}}<br /> <br /> == Politicians ==<br /> {{div col|colwidth=22em}}<br /> * [[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]] - former Chief Minister<br /> * [[Ramalinga Reddy]] - former State Home Minister and various ministry, seven time MLA from Bangalore<br /> * [[D. K. Shivakumar]] - former 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 /> * [[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 /> * [[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 /> <br /> {{div col end}}<br /> <br /> == Kannada writers ==<br /> {{div col|colwidth=22em}}<br /> * [[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 /> {{div col end}}<br /> <br /> == Other writers ==<br /> {{div col|colwidth=22em}}<br /> * [[Mahesh Dattani]] – English playwright and Sahitya Akademi award winner <br /> * [[Ramachandra Guha]] – historian and Sahitya Akademi award winner<br /> * [[Sangu Mandanna]] – English-language writer<br /> * [[Anita Nair]] – English author of the books &#039;&#039;Ladies Coupe&#039;&#039; and &#039;&#039;Mistress&#039;&#039;<br /> * [[Malathi Rao]] – English-language writer, Sahitya Akademi award winner<br /> * [[Madhuri Vijay]] – English-language writer, [[Pushcart Prize]] winner<br /> {{div col end}}<br /> <br /> == Entrepreneurs ==<br /> {{div col|colwidth=22em}}<br /> * [[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 /> {{div col end}}<br /> <br /> == Sportspersons ==<br /> <br /> === Athletics ===<br /> {{div col|colwidth=22em}}<br /> * [[Ashwini Nachappa]] – former athlete<br /> {{div col end}}<br /> <br /> === Badminton ===<br /> {{div col|colwidth=22em}}<br /> * [[Prakash Padukone]] – [[badminton]] player<br /> * [[Ashwini Ponnappa]]<br /> {{div col end}}<br /> <br /> === Billiards ===<br /> {{div col|colwidth=22em}}<br /> * [[Pankaj Arjan Advani|Pankaj Advani]] – billiards and snooker World Champion<br /> {{div col end}}<br /> <br /> === Cricket ===<br /> {{div col|colwidth=22em}}<br /> * [[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&#039;s highest wicket taker, former Indian National Cricket Team coach<br /> * [[Abhimanyu Mithun]] – Indian cricketer<br /> * [[Devdutt Padikkal]] – Ranji player<br /> {{Div col end}}<br /> * [[Manish Pandey]] – Indian cricketer<br /> * [[Venkatesh Prasad]] – retired [[Fast bowling|fast bowler]]; India&#039;s former bowling coach<br /> * [[E. A. S. Prasanna|Erapalli Prasanna]] – retired off spinner<br /> * [[KL Rahul]] – Indian cricketer<br /> * [[Javagal Srinath]] – retired fast bowler, match referee<br /> * [[Robin Uthappa]] – Indian cricketer<br /> * [[Vellaswamy Vanitha]] – former Indian woman cricketer <br /> * [[Sadanand Viswanath]] – former Indian [[wicket-keeper]]<br /> * [[Gundappa Vishwanath|Gundappa Ranganath Vishwanath]] – former Indian cricket captain (1979–1980)<br /> <br /> === Hockey ===<br /> {{div col|colwidth=22em}}<br /> * [[Ashish Ballal]] – hockey goalkeeper<br /> * [[Arjun Halappa]] – [[India men&#039;s national field hockey team|Indian hockey team]]<br /> {{div col end}}<br /> <br /> === Motorsports ===<br /> {{div col|colwidth=22em}}<br /> * [[Arjun Maini]] – [[Asian Le Mans Series]] and [[Deutsche Tourenwagen Masters]] driver <br /> * [[Akhil Rabindra]] – [[GT4 European Series]] driver<br /> {{div col end}}<br /> <br /> * [[Nikhil Pai]] – Indian rallying co-driver<br /> * [[Shreyas Hareesh]] – Indian motorcycle racer<br /> <br /> === Swimming ===<br /> {{div col|colwidth=22em}}<br /> * [[Nisha Millet]] – Olympian at Sydney Olympics 2000<br /> {{div col end}}<br /> <br /> === Tennis ===<br /> * [[Rohan Bopanna]]<br /> <br /> == Entertainers ==<br /> <br /> === Kannada and Indian cinema ===<br /> {{div col|colwidth=22em}}<br /> * [[Dino Morea]] – actor, supermodel<br /> * [[Ramesh Aravind]] - actor<br /> * [[Sandeep Chowta]] - music director, producer<br /> * [[Guru Dutt]] - actor, director, producer<br /> * [[Dwarkeesh]] - actor, comedian<br /> * [[Nicole Faria]] (born 1990) – actress, model, [[Miss Earth 2010]]<br /> * [[Hamsalekha]] - music director, lyricist, dramatist<br /> * [[Jaggesh]] - actor<br /> * [[Amoghavarsha JS]] - filmmaker<br /> * [[Kalpana (Kannada actress)|Kalpana]] - actress, Minugutare<br /> * [[Puttanna Kanagal]] - 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 /> * [[Bangalore Latha]] - playback singer<br /> * [[Malashree]] - actress<br /> * [[Manjula (actress)|Manjula]] - actress<br /> * [[Nithya Menen]] - actress<br /> * [[Anant Nag]] - actor, brother of Shankar Nag<br /> * [[Shankar Nag]] - actor, producer, director<br /> * [[Nayanthara]] - actress, producer (born in Bengaluru from Malayali ancestry)<br /> * [[Deepika Padukone]] - model, actress<br /> * [[Prema (actress, born 1977)|Prema]] - actress<br /> * [[Prakash Raj]] - actor, director, producer<br /> * [[Rajinikanth]] - actor<br /> * [[Dr. Rajkumar]] - actor, singer, producer<br /> * [[Puneeth Rajkumar]] - actor, son of [[Dr. Rajkumar]]<br /> * [[Raghavendra Rajkumar]] - actor, son of Dr. Rajkumar<br /> * [[Shiva Rajkumar]] - actor, son of Dr. Rajkumar<br /> * [[Ramya (actress)|Ramya]] - actress, politician<br /> * [[Kiran Rao]] - producer, screenwriter, and director<br /> * [[Ravichandran (Kannada actor)|V. Ravichandran]] - actor, director, producer, music director, editor<br /> * [[Anushka Sharma]] - actress<br /> * [[Soundarya]] - actress<br /> * [[Srinath (Kannada actor)|Srinath]] - actor, Pranaya Raja, &#039;&#039;Shubha Mangala&#039;&#039;<br /> * [[Sudeepa]] - actor, director, producer, singer, host<br /> * [[Darshan Thoogudeep]] - actor<br /> * [[Chi. Udayashankar]] - dialogue writer and lyricist<br /> * [[Upendra (actor)|Upendra]] - director, actor, producer<br /> * [[Rockline Venkatesh]] - actor, film producer<br /> * [[Dr. Vishnuvardhan]] - actor, singer<br /> * [[Yash (actor)|Yash]] - actor<br /> {{div col end}}<br /> <br /> == Architects ==<br /> {{div col|colwidth=22em}}<br /> * [[K. Jaisim]]<br /> * [[Kamal Sagar]]<br /> {{div col end}}<br /> <br /> ==Spiritual leaders==<br /> {{div col|colwidth=22em}}<br /> *[[Shivakumara Swami]]<br /> *[[Balagangadharanatha Swamiji]]<br /> {{div col end}}<br /> <br /> == Other notable people ==<br /> &lt;!---♦♦♦ Please keep the list in alphabetical order by LAST NAME ♦♦♦---&gt; <br /> {{div col|colwidth=22em}}<br /> * [[R. K. Baliga]] – founder of the [[Electronics City]] in Bangalore<br /> * [[Shakuntala Devi]] – known as the &quot;human calculator&quot;<br /> * [[Trivikrama Mahadeva]] – organiser of funerals for tens of thousands of paupers <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&lt;ref name=toijuly&gt;{{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}}&lt;/ref&gt; <br /> * Major [[Sandeep Unnikrishnan]] AC, (15 March 1977 – 28 November 2008) – military officer <br /> * Dr [[H. N. Shubhada]] – educationalist <br /> * [[Veeranarayana Pandurangi]] – Sanskrit scholar{{div col end}}<br /> <br /> == See also ==<br /> * [[List of people by India state]]<br /> * [[List of people from Karnataka]]<br /> <br /> ==References==<br /> {{reflist}}<br /> <br /> {{Bengaluru topics}}<br /> <br /> [[Category:People from Bengaluru| ]]<br /> [[Category:Lists of Indian people by populated place|Bangalore]]<br /> [[Category:Lists of people from Karnataka|Bangalore]]<br /> [[Category:Bengaluru-related lists|People]]</div>

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