List of people from Bangalore

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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]

• NASEER HUMAYUN - FOUNDER OF INDIAN DESIGNS EXPORTS PVT LTD GROUP

References

↑ GS Kumar (25 August 2014). ofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/kannada/music/Maya-Rao-tookforbidden-dance-to-a-new-level/articleshow/40863459.cms "Maya Rao took forbidden dance to a new level". The Times of India. Retrieved 1 September 2014. {{cite web}}: Check |url= value (help)

[toijuly-1] GS Kumar (25 August 2014). ofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/kannada/music/Maya-Rao-tookforbidden-dance-to-a-new-level/articleshow/40863459.cms "Maya Rao took forbidden dance to a new level". The Times of India. Retrieved 1 September 2014. {{cite web}}: Check |url= value (help)

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