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The following people were born or based their life in Bijapur:
- Bhāskara II
- Basava – philosopher and a social reformer (Born in Ingaleshwar)
- Ranna (ರನ್ನ) – one of the earliest poets of Kannada language
- Satyanatha Tirtha, 17th century Hindu philosopher and saint and 20th peetadhipathi of Uttaradi Math of Dvaita Vedanta.
- Basappa Danappa Jatti
- Aravind Malagatti
- S. R. Kanthi
- M. B. Patil Minister for Water Resources, Government of Karnataka
- Venkanna H. Naik
- Amirbai Karnataki
- Aluru Venkata Rao
- M. M. Kalburgi
- Sunil Kumar Desai – One of the finest filmmaker of Kannada film industry
- Rajeshwari Gayakwad, cricketer
- Jyoti Gogte