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This is a list of notable people from Bangalore.
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
- Gundu Rao - former Chief Minister
- Siddaramaiah - Chief Minister of Karnataka
- 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 Stat
- 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 - former 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
- Ramachandra Guha - Renowned historian and Sahitya Akademi award winner
- Mahesh Dattani - English playwright 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
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
- V. G. Siddhartha - founder of Café Coffee Day
Sportspersons
Athletics
- Ashwini Nachappa - former athlete
Badminton
Billiards
- Pankaj Advani - billiards and snooker World Champion
Cricket
- Vijay Bhardwaj
- Raghuram Bhat - left-arm spinner
- Roger Binny - 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.Considered as wall of Indian team during his tenure,one of the great player in Indian cricket.
- Dodda Ganesh - medium pacer
- Sunil Joshi - retired all rounder
- Syed Kirmani - retired Wicket Keeper
- Vinay Kumar
- Anil Kumble - leg spinner, Test Captain, India's highest wicket taker, Former Indian National Cricket Team Coach.He has taken all 10wkts against Pakistan.
- Venkatesh Prasad - retired fast bowler; India's former bowling coach
- Erapalli Prasanna - retired off spinner
- Shantha Rangaswamy - former India Women's Cricket Team Captain
- Javagal Srinath - retired fast bowler, match referee
- Robin Uthappa
- Gundappa Ranganath Vishwanath - former Indian cricket captain (1979–80)
- Karun Nair
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
- Rajkumar - actor, only Kannada actor to receive Dada Saheb Phalke Award, singer, cultural icon
- Rajinikanth- actor
- Vishnuvardhan - actor, Sahasa Simha
- Girish Kasaravalli - director
- Dwarkeesh - actor, comedian
- Hamsalekha - music director, lyricist, dramatist
- Jaggesh - actor
- Puttanna Kanagal - late director
- Kashinath - actor
- Feroz Khan - actor, editor, producer, director
- Sanjay Khan - producer, director and actor
- Malashree - actor
- Anant Nag - actor, brother of Shankar Nag
- Shankar Nag - late actor, producer, director
- Deepika Padukone - model, actress
- Prema - actress
- Puneet Rajkumar - actor, youngest son of Dr. Rajkumar
- Raghavendra Rajkumar - actor, second son of Dr. Rajkumar
- Ramya - actress, Politician
- Ramesh Aravind - actor
- Kiran Rao - producer, screenwriter, and director
- V. Ravichandran - actor, director, producer, music director, editor
- Shiva Rajkumar-Actor, First son of Dr.Rajkumar
- Soundarya - late actress, also acted in other South Indian films.
- Sreenath - actor, Pranaya Raja, 'Shubha Mangala'
- Sudeep - actor, director
- Narasimha raju - actor, Comedian.
- Darshan Thoogudeep - actor
- Upendra - director, actor, producer
- Rockline Venkatesh - actor, film producer
- Nithya Menon - South Indian Actress
Architects
Spiritual leaders
Others
- R. K. Baliga - founder of the Electronics City in Bangalore
- Shakuntala Devi - known as the "human calculator"
- Lakshmi Menon - first internationally successful Indian model
- A. N. Prahlada Rao - Kannada crossword writer
- Supreeth Shankarghal, Hedge Fund Manager
- Maya Rao (1928-2014) - Kathak Guru; founder of Natya Institute of Kathak and Choreography[1]
See also
References
- ^ GS Kumar (August 25, 2014). "Maya Rao took forbidden dance to a new level". The Times of India. Retrieved 2014-09-01.
