List of Tulu people

This is a list of notable people who belong to an ethnic Tuluva community and who natively speak Tulu language.^[1]

Rulers[edit]

K. K. Shetty freedom fighter (He was the editor of Navayuga for a short period.
K Honnayya Shetty Editor of Navayuga kannada weekly from 1929 to 1974 and editor of monthly magazine Antharanga.
Ishwar Daithota journalist editor of Udayavani, Vijaya KarnaTaka

K.S. Hegde: former Speaker of Lok Sabha; former Judge of the Supreme Court of India
Nitte Santhosh Hegde: Karnataka Lokayuktha; former Judge of the Supreme Court of India
Rohini Salian: public prosecutor
Kalmanje Jagannatha Shetty (1926–2015), former judge, Supreme Court of India

Sri Vishwesha Teertharu (Pejavara Shreegalavaru)
Bannanje Govindacharya: Vedic scholar
Ratnavarma Heggade
Veerendra Heggade: philanthropist
Sri Niranjana: writer
M.K.Seetharam Kulal: Tulu-Kannada dramatist, author, poet; Karnataka State Tulu Sahithya Academy Award (2014)
Muddana: poet
Kayyar Kinhanna Rai: poet and activist
Bola Chittaranjan Das Shetty: author

Ku Shi Haridhas Bhat : writer
Dr Gururaja Bhat : Historian and writer
B A Prabhakar Rai : writer in Tulu and kannada( Tulu Sahitya Academy award 2015)
Dr B Vivek Rai : writer, researcher
K Usha P Rai : writer in tulu and Kannada(Karnataka Sahitya Academy award 2020)
Dr Indira Hegde: writer researcher

Belle Monappa Hegde: educationist and surgeon
Dinker Belle Rai: Indian American vascular surgeon, inventor, athlete and philosopher^[2]
Devi Prasad Shetty: Philanthropist and surgeon

Kedambadi Sadananda Shekha - Plastic Surgeon Founder of Bangalore Hospital and a writer
Keambadi Prabhashankar Shekha - Indian American surgeon
Shantharam Shetty - Orthopaedic surgeon

k. Raghupathi bhat :MLA udupi Karnataka
A. Shanker Alva: former Member of Parliament, Mangalore
K. Nagappa Alva: former Member of Parliament, Rajya Sabha(1970–1976) and Health Minister, Karnataka State (1962–1967)
Janardhana Poojary:former Union Minister of State for Finance,
K. Jayaprakash Hegde: former member of parliament
V. Dhananjay Kumar: former Union Minister
Manorama Madhwaraj: former Member of Parliament, Udupi; former MLA Udupi
Lalaji Mendon: MLA, Kaup Vidhansabha
Veerappa Moily: former Chief Minister of Karnataka, member of the 16th Lok Sabha
I. Rama Rai: former Member of Parliament, Kasaragod
D. V. Sadananda Gowda Minister of Chemicals and Fertilizers, former Chief Minister of Karnataka.
Ramanath Rai: Minister for Forest, Environment and Ecology
Halady Srinivas Shetty: MLA 2013 assembly for Kundapura, Karnataka
I. M. Jayarama Shetty: former Member of Parliament, Udupi
K. K. Shetty: former Member of Parliament, Mangalore
Suresh Shetty: MLA, Andheri (East), Maharashtra
A. B. Shetty (1883–1960), politician and philanthropist
Shobha Karandlaje Member of parliament, Loksabha

Ranjith Bajpe: Indian film director and screenwriter known for his work in Tulu cinema
Ramchandra P. N.: filmmaker
Manmohan Shetty: founder of Adlabs Films^[3]
Rohit Shetty: film director and producer
Anup Bhandari: film director, music director, lyricist & playback singer

Ashwini Akkunji: national level athlete
Ashish Kumar Ballal: former captain of the Indian Field Hockey team and Arjuna awardee
Budhi Kunderan: cricketer
Mamatha Poojary: kabadi player
Nikhil Poojary: footballer
Satheesha Rai: Indian weightlifter, Olympian and Arjuna awardee
Shodhan Rai: international bodybuilder and Ekalavya Award winner
Vandana Rao: national sprinter, 90s
Vijith Shetty: Indian football player
Vikrant Shetty: United Arab Emirates cricketer
Gundibail Sunderam: cricketer
Siddhanth Thingalaya: national sprinter
Chirag Shetty Indian badminton Player
KL Rahul India cricketer

U. R. Bhat: director of Karnataka Bank
A. B. Shetty: founder of Vijaya Bank and prominent politician
Mulki Sunder Ram Shetty: Chairman of Vijaya Bank
V. P. Shetty: Chairman of JM Financial Asset Reconstruction Co. Pvt. Ltd., JM Financial Asset Management Co. Pvt. Ltd. and JM Financial Products Ltd.

Muthappa Rai: Indian businessman
A. B. Shetty (1883–1960), founder of Vijaya Bank
Manmohan Shetty, founder of Adlabs Imagica, india's first & only Theme Park.
Ajit Shetty, is a Belgian businessman. He was chairman of the board of directors of Janssen Pharmaceutica, a pharmaceutical company, with its headquarters in Beerse, Belgium
Mulki Sunder Ram Shetty , Chairman of Vijaya Bank
B. R. Shetty, CMD New Medical Centre, billionaire and Padma Shri awardee
Raj Shetty, founder of Ramee Hotels, a billionaire Hotelier from Dubai,
Devi Shetty, founder of Narayana Health,
R. N. Shetty, CMD RNS Infrastructure and hereditary administrator of Murudeshwara Shiva Temple
Deepak Shetty, Chief Executive Officer and Managing Director JCB India Limited - India and South Asia’s largest Construction Equipment Company