List of people from Karnataka

This is a list of famous and notable people from Karnataka, India. 'Criteria of Name' Inclusion: Names of people whose work has been appreciated by the public has been included in the list, not considering the critical views of some people.

Arts and entertainment

Cinema

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Ambareesh Amruth Prasda Ananth Nag Aishwarya rai Anushka Shetty Arjun Sarja Arthi B. Saroja Devi B. R. Pantalu B. S. Ranga B. V. Karanth Bala Balakrishna Bharathi Bhavana Chandulal Jain Comedy Time Ganesh Darshan Tugudeep Deepika Padukone Dinesh Dwarakesh	Ganesh Hegde G. V. Iyer Geetha Girish Karnad Girish Kasaravalli Guru Dutt Isha Koppikar Jaggesh Kalpana Kalyan Kumar Kashinath Lakshmi Rai Leelavathi Lokesh M. R. Vittal M. S. Sathyu Manjula Master Manjunath Mohan Nagathihalli Chandrashekar Narasimharaju Pandari Bai Pattabhirama Reddy Pradeep Uppoor	Prakash Rai Prabhu Deva Prema Puneeth Rajkumar Puttana Kanagal Raghavendra Rajkumar Rajanikanth Rajesh Rajkumar Raju Sundaram Rakshita Ramesh Arvind Ramya Ravichandran Rockline Venkatesh Rohit Shetty Roopa Iyer Sadashiv Salian Sakshi Shivanand Sandeep Chowta Shankar Nag Shashi Kumar	Shivarajkumar Shilpa Shetty Siddalingiah Sneha Ullal Snehalatha Reddy Soundarya Srinath Sudha Rani Suman Nagarkar Suman Ranganath Sunil Shetty Sunil Kumar Desai Sudeep T. S. Nagabharana Tara Thugudeep Srinivas Tiger Prabhakar Uday Kumar Uma Shivakumar Upendra Vajramuni Vaishali Desai Vasundhara Das Vishnuvardhan Vishwanath Ayengar

Theatre

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A. S. Murthy Arundhati Nag Ashok Mandanna B. V. Karanth Bhargavi Narayana C. P. Krishnamurthy Chandrashekhar Kambara Chindodi Leela Mysugar Gangadhar Enagi Baalappa	Enagi Nataraja Garuda Sadashivarao Girish Karnad Gubbi Veeranna Jayashree K. V. Subbanna Kalpana Lokesh Makeup Nani	Master Hirannayya Mukhyamantri Chandru Nagaratnamma Prasanna Preetham Venky R. J. Anjan Setumadhavarao Manvi Shankar Nag Shivananda	Sihikahi Chandru Subbayya Naidu Subhadramma Mansoor Sudhir Umashree Vajramuni Vasanth Kavali Vishaya Jevur Yashwant Sardeshpande Sathyabhama Aroor

Ancient Architecture & Sculpture

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• Amarashilpi Jakanachari
• Gundan Anivaritachari
• Ruvari Malithamma

Modern Art, Contemporary Art - Painting, Sculpture, Puppetry, New Media Art & Art Criticism

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B.K.S. Varma B.V. Rama Murthy Biju Jose C.P.B. Prasad[1] Anil Kumar H.A[2] Chithra Mitra Dattatreya Aralikatte Kogga Kamath K.K. Hebbar K.K. Raghava	K. Venkatappa M.S. Umesh R.K. Laxman R.M. Hadpad Ramya Nagraj Surekha Sheela Gowda Yusuf Arakkal S. G. Vasudev

Music

Classical Music - Carnatic

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Bidara Krishnappa Gopala Dasa Harikesanallur Muthayya Bhagavathar Jagannatha Dasa Kadri Gopalnath Kamalesha Vittala Kanakadasa Maharaja Jayachamaraja Wadiyar Mysore Manjunath Mysore Nagaraj Mysore Sadasiva Rao S.N. Mariyappa Mysore V. Ramarathnam Mysore Vasudevacharya N. Ravikiran	Purandaradasa R.K. Padmanabha R. K. Srikanthan R.R. Keshavamurthy S. Seshagiri Rao Sripadaraya Suchetan Rangaswamy T. Chowdiah Vadiraja Vijaya Dasa Vyasatirtha Doraiswamy Iyengar Veene Sheshanna Veene Subbanna	Vittal Ramamurthy Flute V Deshikachar Smt Kshama Govind Rau Ghatam Udupa M. S. Sheela Mysore Nagamani Srinath B. Shankar Rao M.R.Doraswamy M.S.Srinivasa Murthy [M.S.Vidya] Dr.Nagavalli Nagaraj

Classical Music - Hindustani

Abdulla Khaja (Bansuri) Anupama Gudi-Mangalvede(Vocal) Arjunsa Nakod (Vocal) Ashok Huggannanavar (Vocal) Bale Khan (Sitar) Bapu Padmanabha(Bansuri) Basavaraja Rajaguru (Vocal) Balachandra Nakod (Vocal) Bhimsen Joshi (Vocal) Dhananjaya Hegde (Vocal) Dattatreya Velankar, (Vocal) Fayyaz Khan (Sarangi) Ganapati Bhat (Vocal) Gangubai Hangal (Vocal) Gururao Deshpande (Vocal) Gayatri Gudi (vocal) Govind Rotti (Vocal) Hanumanna Nayak Dore (Vocal) I.N. Kalaburgi (Vocal) Jayateerth Mevundi (Vocal) Kaivalya Kumar Gurav (Vocal) Keerti Kumar Badseshi (Vocal) Koushik Aithal (Vocal) Krishna Hangal (Vocal)	Kumar Gandharva (Vocal) Lalith J. Rao (Vocal) Madhava Gudi (Vocal) Madhava Rao Nayak (Vocal) Mallikarjun Mansur (Vocal) Nachiketa Sharma (Vocal) Nagaraja Rao Havaldar (Vocal) Omkarnath Havaldar (Vocal) Panchakshari Gawai (Vocal) Panchakshari Swami Mattigatti (Vocal) Parameshwara Hegde(Vocal) Puttaraj Gawai (Vocal) Prasanna Madhava Gudi Pravin D. Rao (Tabla, Keyboards) Pravin Godkhindi (Bansuri) Puttaraja Gawai (Vocal) Raghavendra Gudi (Vocal) Raghavendra Nakod(Tabla) Raghunath Nakod (Tabla) Rajabhau Sontakke (Vocal) Rajguru Guruswami Kalikeri (Vocal) Rajashekhara Mansur (Vocal) Rajeev Taranath (Sarod) Rajendra Kulkarni (Bansuri) Rajendra Nakod (Tabla) Rajesh K.S Bansuri(Indian Bamboo Flute) Ramesh H Kulkarni(Vocal)	Ravindra Katoti (Harmonium) Ravindra Yavagal (Tabla) Sanjeev Chimmalgi (Vocal) Sangameshwara Gurav(Vocal) Sangeetha Katti(Vocal) Sawai Gandharva (Vocal) Shantaram Hegde (Vocal) Sheikh Hannumiya (Vocal) Sheshagiri Gudi (Vocal) Sheshagiri Hanagal (Tabla) Shobha Gurtu (Vocal) Shreedhar Kulkarni (Vocal) Shripati Padigar (Vocal) Shyamala G Bhave Smita Bellur (Vocal) Srinivas Kulkarni(Tabla & Drums) Taranath Ram Rao Hattiangadi (Tabla) Vageesha Bhat (Vocal) Venkatesh Godkhindi (Bansuri) Venkatesh Kumar (Vocal) Vinayak Torvi (Vocal) Gopalakrishna Hegde, Kallabhag(Tabla) Udayraj Karpoor (Tabla) Vishwanath Nakod (Tabla) Vyasamurthy Katti (Harmonium) K.S.Naik (Bansuri)

Modern musicians

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• K.S.Rajesh Flute Artiste & Music Composer
• Bapu Padmanabha, Bamboo Flute.
• C. Ashwath, Sugama Sangeetha.
• Balappa Hukkeri, Folklore.
• G.V. Atri, Bhavageete.
• Ganesh Hegde, Choreography.
• Dr N Raghu,Music Composer/Musicologist/Broadcaster/Radio Playwright.
• Mysore Ananthaswamy, Bhavageete.
• P. Kalinga Rao, Bhavageete.
• Pravin D. Rao, Tabla and Keyboard.
• Pravin Godkhindi, Flute.
• Shimoga Subbanna, Sugama Sangeetha.
• Gopalakrishna Hegde,Kallabhag,Tabla
• Aravinda Huilagolkar, Gadag Hindustani vocalist
• Sameer Rao Flautist
• SAADHANE-RajguruGuruswamiKalikeri, Composer/Singer/Writer
• Upasana Mohan, Bhavageete

Film Music

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• Anoop Seelin
• Arjun
• B. V. Karanth
• C. Ashwath
• G. K. Venkatesh
• G. V. Iyer
• Gurukiran
• Hamsalekha
• Jayant Kaikini
• Mano Murthy
• Rajan-Nagendra
• Ravichandran
• Sadhu Kokila
• Sagar S
• Sandeep Chowta
• Shankar Ganesh
• V. Harikrishna
• V. Manohar
• Vijaya Bhaskar
• Raghu Dixit

Fashion

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• Deepika Padukone
• Prasad Bidapa

Classical Dance

Dr.Maya Rao
Narmada

Nirupama Rjendra

Rajendra T D

U S Krishna Rao

ChandrabhagaDevi

Dr.Vasundhara Doraswamy - Vasundhara Performing Arts Centre, Mysore - Karnataka,India.

Great Kings and Nobles

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Aliya Rama Raya Abbakka Rani Amoghavarsha I Basaveshwara Bijjala II Bukka Raya I Chand Bibi Deva Raya II Dhruva Dharavarsha Durvinita Govinda III Gajendra Gattahalli 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 Saluva Narasimha Deva Raya Sangolli Rayanna of Kittur Tailapa II Tippu Sultan Veera Ballala II Veera Ballala III Vikramaditya II Vikramaditya VI Vishnuvardhana

Industrialists

Thumbay Moideen, Founder President, Thumbay Group, Gulf Medical University, GMC Hospitals. M. Sachidananda Moorthy, I. A. S., First MD Hiranyakeshi Coop Sugar Factory, Sankeshwar, CMD NGEF Ltd, KEB Chairman (1976–1979) A. B. Shetty, Founder, Vijaya Bank. Uday Shetty, Founder, www.icodecity.com - e Employment exchange. Ammembal Subba Rao Pai, Founder, Canara Bank. Captain G. R. Gopinath, Founder, Deccan Aviation. Azim Premji, Wipro Technologies, Ltd. 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. Mark Mascarenhas, WorldTel. N. R. Narayana Murthy, Infosys Technologies, Ltd. Nandan Nilekani, Infosys Technologies, Ltd. Phaneesh Murthy, iGATE Global Solutions, Ltd. R. N. Shetty, Murdeshwar Group. T. M. A. Pai, Co-founder, Syndicate Bank. Upendra Ananth Pai, Co-founder, Syndicate Bank. V. G. Siddhartha, Cafe Coffee Day. Vaman Srinivas Kudva, Co-founder, Syndicate Bank. Vijay Mallya, UB Group Vijay Sankeshwar, Vijayanand Group. Umesh Hegde Unchalli, Food Processing and Export. Pradeep Kar, Microland. Umesh Vaidyamath, INSZoom Ashok Kheny , NICE S.S.Patil, Patil Group of Industries back to top

Health care

• Dr. Devi Prasad Shetty, Cardiovascular Surgeon.
• Dr. M. C. Modi, Eye Surgeon.
• Dr. Sharan Patil, Orthopaedic Surgeon.
• Dr. Y. G. Parameshwara
• Dr. M. S. Rajanna
• Dr. Shekar patil,oncologist
• Dr.M.M.Joshi, Opthamalogist
• Dr.Mohan K Rao, Endocrinologist
• Dr.Prasanna Kumar, Endocrinologist

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.
• B. N. Suresh
• S. K. Shivkumar
• K. N. Shankara
• Shri Vadiraj Raghavendra Katti, Padmashree awardee 2003, Fellow of Instituition of Engineers (FIE), India,ISRO,(ISAC) Bangalore

Mathematics

• Bhaskaracharya
• Leelavati
• Mahaviracharya
• Shakuntala Devi

Technology

• Arun Netravali, Bell Lab.
• B.V. Jagadeesh, Co-founder, Exodus Communications.
• Kumar Malavalli, Co-founder, Brocade Communication Systems.
• Mallikarjuna Bennur, General Motors.
• Sir M. Visvesvaraya.

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Sir .M. Visvswarya

Literature

Classical literateurs

Nripatunga Amoghavarsha Ranna Janna Adikavi Pampa Sri Ponna Shivakotiacharya Muddana Andayya Gangadevi Kumaravyasa Harihara Lakshmisha (Jaimeni Bharatha in Kannada)	Raghavanka Rudrabhatta Basavanna Akka Mahadevi Sarvajna Tirumalamba Purandaradasa Kanakadasa Shishunaala Sharif Saheba Trivikrama Panditacharya Narayana Panditacharya

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Modern literateurs

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Ambale KrishnaShastry A.N. Krishna Rao Anupama Niranjana Adya Rangacharya Arya B. G. L. Swamy B. M. Srikantaiah B. T. Desai Beechi Chandrashekhara Kambara Da. Ra. Bendre D. Javare Gowda D. V. Gundappa G. B. Joshi (Jadabharata) G. P. Rajarathnam Girish Karnad Gopalakrishna Adiga Prof. Rajashekhar Bhoosnurmath	Gorur Ramaswamy Iyengar P.M. Giriraju Ha Ma Nayak K. S. Narasimhaswamy K. S. Nissar Ahmed K. V. Tirumalesh K. Anantharamu Kota Shivarama Karanth Kuvempu Lavanya Sankaran M. Govinda Pai M. Mariyappa Bhat M. V. Seetaramiah Maasti Venkatesh Ayengar Mena Ramakrishna Bhat P. Lankesh Panchakshari Hiremath	Panje Mangesh Rao SAADHANE-RajguruGuruswamiKalikeri T. N. Mallappa. Judge High Court of Mysore (1947–1954), Vedavedanta VidyaVachaspathi Poornachandra Tejaswi P. T. Narasimhachar R. K. Narayan Raja Rao S. L. Bhyrappa Shatavadhani Dr.R.Ganesh S. V. Parameshwara Bhatt Samsa Shashi Deshpande T. P. Kailasam T. R. Subba Rao T. N. Srikantaiah U. R. Ananthamurthy V. K. Gokak H. S. Venkatesha Murthy H. R. Chandrasekhar

Politicians

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K.C. Reddy, Former Chief Minister Kadidal Manjappa, Former Chief Minister Gudlappa D Hallikeri, Freedom Fighter & Former Chairman of the Legislative Council of Karnataka. S. Shivappa, Former Opposition Leader Devaraj Urs, Former Chief Minister Basappa Danappa Jatti, Former Vice-President B.Vaikunta Vaikunta Baliga, Former Law Minister, & Former Speaker, Mysore State M Krishnappa, Former M.L.C. George Fernandes, Former Defense Minister H.D. Deve Gowda, Former Prime Minister Kamaladevi Chattopadhyaya Kengal Hanumanthaiah, Former Chief Minister Ramakrishna Hegde, Former Chief Minister Vishweshwara Hegde, Sitting Primary education Minister J.H.Patel, Former Chief Minister Gundu Rao, Former Chief Minister S Nijalingappa, Former Chief Minister Rao Bahadur S.N. Angadi, Former M.L.A, Deputy Speaker of Bombay Assembly, DLB Chairman - Freedom Fighter M.N. Jois, Former M.L.C, Deputy Speaker of Legislative Council - Mysore State, Eminent Freedom Fighter Veerendra Patil, Former Chief Minister S.R.Bommai, Former Chief Minister S.M. Krishna, Governor of Maharashtra & Former Chief Minister

Dharam Singh, Former Chief Minister Byre Gowda, Former Cabinet Minister B Sriramulu, Former Cabinet Minister, now Chief of BRS Party B.N. Bacche Gowda, Former Cabinet Minister Siddaramaiah, Former Deputy Chief Minister Veerappa Moily, Former Chief Minister S.Bangarappa, Former Chief Minister . H.N.Ananth Kumar, Former Union Minister & M.P. H.D.Kumaraswamy, Former Chief Minister B.S.Yediyurappa, Former Chief Minister K.H. Muniyappa, Union minister of state for Railways Mallikarjun Kharge, Former State Minister (various portfolios), Current Union Labour Minister in the Manmohan Singh Government K.N. Nage Gowda, Former Cabinet Minister Qamar ul Islam, Former Housing & Labour Minister H.Vishwanath, Former Minister K. Puttaswamy, Former Minister, MLA (1952-1977) H.K.Patil, Former Textile, Water Resource, Agriculture, Law & Parliamentary Affairs minister D.R.Patil, Former MLA, Former President All India Co-operative Spinning Mills Federation - Mumbai, Chirman APMC Jayalalitha, Present Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu V.S.Acharya, Minister for Medical Education of Karnataka Shamanur Shivashankarappa, Davangere MLA and senior Congress leader M. A. M. Ramaswamy, Rajya Sabha MP and Industrialist S. K. Amin, Ex-vice president of the South Kanara District Congress Committee and MLA Veershetty Kushnoor,Former M.L.A.,Cabinet Minister,Member of Parliament L.A Ravi Subramanya,Basavanagudi M.L.A Veerendra Patil ,Former Chief Minister Chandrashekhar Patil Ravoor ,Former MLA, Gulbarga back to top

Bureaucrats

• M. Sachidananda Moorthy, I. A. S., First MD, Hiranyakeshi Coop Sugar Factory, Sankeshwar, Belgaum. CMD NGEF Ltd, KEB Chairman
• M. Subramanyam, I. A. S.
• M.S. Raguraman, IPS, Former D.G. & I.G.P.
• Dr.K.Sreenivasan, IPS, Former D.G. & I.G.P.
• B.N.Garudhachar, IPS, Former D.G. & I.G.P.
• Dr Yellapa Reddy, IFS, Former Secretary, Environment and Forest.
• M.C.Antin,Former Chief Engineer (General), Mysore State.
• J.C.Lynn, IAS, Former Chief Secretary, Karnataka.
• Dr.M.H.Marigowda, Former Director of Horticulture.
• H. T. Sangliana, Former Police Officer, and M.P. Lok Sabha.
• Gopal B. Hosur, IPS, Inspector General of Police (IGP), ADGP Intelligence, Karnataka State
• Daya Nayak
• Kempaiah

Cooperative movement

• Shri. K. H Patil Former Co-Operative minister, who was instrumental to bring Co-Operative movement in north Karnataka
• S. K. Amin Founder of South Kanara District Co-Operative Fish Marketing Federation
• Veershetty Kushnoor,Former Chairman of All India Cooperative banks federation,Former Chairman of Karnataka State Cooperative Apex Bank limited,Bangalore,Former Minister of Cooperatives,Government of Karnataka,Former Member of Parliament.
• B.S.Vishwanathan,Chairman of National Cooperative Union of India,Chairman of Karnataka state land development Bank limited,Former M.L.C.
• M.P.Machaiah (late), Retired as Deputy Secretary, Kodagu District Cooperative Central Bank. Played a crucial role in strengthening the Cooperative movement in Coorg district. An upright officer widely respected by farmers.
• Halappa B Achar,koppal district, KSCMF chairman and IFFCO director worked grassroot level for the development the PACS of the koppal and raichur district

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
• Ramanujacharya - Offered asylum in Karnataka
• Mangesh V. Nadkarni
• Raghavendra Swami
• Akka Mahadevi
• Jayatirtha
• Sripadaraya
• Vyasatirtha
• Vadirajatirtha
• Naraharitirtha
• Padmanabha Tirtha
• Prof. Sangayya Bhoosnurmath - Author of "Shunya Sampadane" and "Bhavya Manava"

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Yoga

• Akshata Hallikeri
• B.K.S. Iyengar
• Geeta Iyengar
• Jaggi Vasudev
• Malladihalli Sri Raghavendra Swamiji
• Pattabhi Jois
• Prashant Iyengar
• R. Sharath
• Saraswathi Rangaswamy
• Shree Ayengar
• T.K. Sribhashyam
• T.K.V. Desikachar
• Tirumalai Krishnamacharya

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Wildlife and Environment

• Hanumappa Sudarshan
• Ullas Karanth, Tiger conservation.
• Sanjay Gubbi
• Nerain Jain
• D.V Girish
• Chinnappa
• Krupakar-Senani
• Vandana Shiva

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Historians, Art Historians, Epigraphists and Archaeologists

• Dr. B.A. Saletore
• Dr. Jyotsna Kamat
• Dr. Krisnanand L. Kamat
• Dr. P.B. Desai
• P. Gururaja Bhat
• Dr. R.H. Kulkarni
• Dr. Suryanath U. Kamat
• G. S. Gai
• Anil Kumar H.A[3]
• A. N. Narasimhia
• B. L. Rice
• R. Shama Shastri

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Social Service

• Sri Shivamurthy Murugharajendra Sharanaru
• Sri Sri Sri Shivarathri Deshikendra Mahaswamiji
• Dr. Deenabandhu Gudlappa Hallikeri., MBBS MS., Hubli
• Chaya Srivatsa
• K.R. Rama Moorthy
• Sree Sree Shivakumara Swamiji
• S. K. Amin
• Malladihalli Sri Raghavendra Swamiji
• Sudha Murthy
• Veerendra Heggade
• Pearl Borpuzari

Sports

Cricket

• Budhi Kunderan
• E.A.S. Prasanna
• Gundappa Vishwanath
• Javagal Srinath
• Rahul Dravid
• Anil Kumble
• Roger Binny
• Syed Kirmani
• Brijesh Patel
• Venkatesh Prasad
• Bhagwat Chandrasekhar
• Sunil Joshi
• Raghuram Bhat
• Vijay Bhardwaj
• David Johnson
• Doddanarasaiah Ganesh
• M. Chinnaswamy
• Robin Uthappa
• Sadanand Viswanath
• Sujith Somasunder
• Manish Pandey
• Stuart Binny
• Vinay Kumar
• Deepak Chougule
• A. Ramakrishnappa
• Abhimanyu Mithun
• Barrington Rowland
• Ganesh Satish

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Hockey

• B. P. Govinda (former captain, Arjun award)
• M. P. Ganesh (former captain, Arjun Award)
• Ashish Ballal
• Arjun Halappa
• M M Somaiya (former captain)
• Len Aiyappa
• Sandeep Michael
• V.R.Raghunath
• R K Shetty (president of ihf)

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Football

• KV Varadaraj, Legendary 'Six-footer' Olympian Football

Athletics

• Ashwini Nachappa, Athletics
• J. J. Shobha, Athletics
• Vandana Rao, Athletics
• Vandana Shanbagh,athlete, Olympion, Arjuna awardee
• Vikas Gowda, discus thrower
• Pramila Ganapathy ,heptathlon

Badminton

• Prakash Padukone
• Anup Sridhar
• Aparna Popat
• Ashwini Ponnappa

Tennis

• Mahesh Bhupathi
• Rohan Bopanna
• Poojashree Venkatesh
• Srinath Prahlad

Others

• Chetan Baboor, Table Tennis
• Nisha Millet, Swimming
• Pankaj Advani, Billiards
• Malathi Krishnamurthy Holla

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Motorsports

• Sujith Kumar,Rallying

Military

• Field Marshal K.M. Cariappa, Commander-in-Chief, Indian Armed Forces
• Gen.K. S. Thimayya, Chief of Staff, Indian Army

Judiciary

• P. Mahadevayya, Devaan Bahadduur Raajadharma Praveena, Chief Justice of High Court of Mysore(1932–1934)
• T. N. Mallappa. Judge High Court of Mysore (1947–1954), Vedavedanta VidyaVachaspathi
• M. Sadashivayya, Chief Justice, High Court of Mysore (1969–1970)
• M. Sadananda Swamy, Chief Justice of High Court of Guwahati
• Justice N Y Hanumanthappa, Chief Justice of Orissa High Court and Ex-Member of Parliament, Chitra Durga
• Justice N. S. Lokur, Retired Chief Justice, The Bombay High Court
• Justice Shivaraj V. Patil , Retired Supreme Court Judge
• Justice M N Venkatachalaiah, Retired Supreme Court Chief Justice
• Justice Santhosh Hegde, Retired Supreme Court Judge
• Justice Basavaraj Malimath, Retired Chief Justice, Kerala High Court

Others

• Mysore Nagaraja, The President of New York Metropolitan Transport Authority's Capital Construction
• A.N.Prahlada Rao, Crossword writer, created 18,000 crosswords
• PROF.N.C.PARAPPA, An Eminent Physical Educationist, Ex Registrar Bangalore University Bangalore. Winner of Karnataka Rajyotsava award-2001 and H.C Buck National award -1985

See also

• List of Kannada poets
• List of people of North Karnataka
• List of people from Bangalore
• Kannadigas
• Tuluva
• Kodava
• Konkani people
• Lists of Indians by state