Medical and health experts

• Dr. H. Sudarshan - graduated from Bangalore Medical College. Went on to win the Right Livelihood Award
  Right Livelihood Award
  The Right Livelihood Award, also referred to as the "Alternative Nobel Prize", is a prestigious international award to honour those "working on practical and exemplary solutions to the most urgent challenges facing the world today". The prize was established in 1980 by Jakob von Uexkull, and is...
  
   and Padma Sri for work with the Soliga tribe of Biligirirangan Hills.
• Dr. Devi Prasad Shetty
  Devi Prasad Shetty
  Dr Devi Prasad Shetty is an Indian philanthropist and a cardiac surgeon. He also served as a member of the Board of Governors of Medical Council of India for 1 year between May 2010 and May 2011, after the MCI was reconstituted.-Life and career:...
  
   -Cardiac surgeon
  Cardiac surgeon
  A cardiac surgeon is a surgeon who performs cardiac surgery—operative procedures on the heart and great vessels.-Training:A cardiac surgery residency typically comprises anywhere from six to nine years of training to become a fully qualified surgeon...
  
  (Bangalore)

Scientists

• Sir M. Visvesvarayya, engineer and statesman
• Bangalore Puttaiya Radhakrishna
  Bangalore Puttaiya Radhakrishna
  Bangalore Puttaiya Radhakrishna or B P Radhakrishna also popularly known as BPR is one of the leading geologists of India. He is often referred to as 'the doyen of Indian geology'...
  
  , geologist
• Dr. Krishnaswamy Kasturirangan, astrophysicist, former Chairman of ISRO, member of Rajya Sabha
  Rajya Sabha
  The Rajya Sabha or Council of States is the upper house of the Parliament of India. Rajya means "state," and Sabha means "assembly hall" in Sanskrit. Membership is limited to 250 members, 12 of whom are chosen by the President of India for their expertise in specific fields of art, literature,...
  
  
• Dr. C. N. R. Rao, Indian Institute of Science
  Indian Institute of Science
  Indian Institute of Science is a research institution of higher learning located in Bangalore, India. It was established in 1909.-History:After a chance meeting between Jamsetji N...
  
   (Material Sciences)

Politicians

• Azeez Sait, Former State Minister MLA & Chairman of the State Minorities Commission K.C. Reddy, Former Chief Minister Kadidal Manjappa Kadidal Manjappa Kadidal Manjappa was the chief minister of the old Mysore state for a short period of time in 1956 . He hailed from nature rich Tirthahalli, Shimoga district. Manjappa was a leading Gandhian and a lawyer who led many struggles in the state for probity in public life... , Former Chief Minister Devaraj Urs, Former Chief Minister Basappa Danappa Jatti Basappa Danappa Jatti Basappa Danappa Jatti was born to Kannada Lingayat family at Savalgi, Bijapur district of Karnataka state. Jatti graduated as a lawyer from Sykes Law College, Kolhapur and became a pleader in Jamakhandi... , Former Vice-President B.Vaikunta Vaikunta Baliga, Former Law Minister, & Former Speaker, Mysore State George Fernandes George Fernandes George Mathew Fernandes is an Indian trade unionist, politician, journalist, agriculturist, and member of Rajya Sabha from Bihar. He is a key member of the Janata Dal , and was the founder of the Samata Party... , Former Defense Minister H.D. Deve Gowda, Former Prime Minister Prime minister A prime minister is the most senior minister of cabinet in the executive branch of government in a parliamentary system. In many systems, the prime minister selects and may dismiss other members of the cabinet, and allocates posts to members within the government. In most systems, the prime... Kamaladevi Chattopadhyaya Kengal Hanumanthaiah Kengal Hanumanthaiah Kengal Hanumanthaiah was the chief minister of the old Mysore State in India from 30 March 1952 to 19 August 1956... , Former Chief Minister Ramakrishna Hegde Ramakrishna Hegde Ramakrishna Mahabaleshwar Hegde was an Indian politician who served as the Chief Minister of Karnataka for three terms and as Minister of Commerce and Industry in the Union government.-Early life:... , Former Chief Minister J.H.Patel, Former Chief Minister Gundu Rao, Former Chief Minister S Nijalingappa, Former Chief Minister M.N. Jois M.N. Jois M.N. Jois was an Indian freedom fighter from Karnataka known as the "Lion of Mysore". Jois took part in various movements to overthrow the British government as a legislator, politician, administrator, and educationist.... , Former M.L.C, Deputy Speaker of Legislative Council - Mysore Stat Veerendra Patil Veerendra Patil Veerandra Patil was Chief Minister of Karnataka state of India twice. The first time was from 1968 - 1971; and the second time was almost 20 years later from 1989 - 1990. He was elected several times from Chincholi assembly constituency of Gulbarga district to Karnataka state legislative assembly... , Former Chief Minister S.R.Bommai, Former Chief Minister S.M. Krishna, External Affairs Minister of India, Former Governor of Maharashtra & Former Chief Minister of Karnataka	Dharam Singh Dharam Singh Narayan Dharam Singh , , was the 17th Chief Minister of Karnataka state in India and a former Lok Sabha member. He was sworn into office on May 28, 2004, and left office on February 3, 2006. He represents Congress in the state. The coalition government formed by the Congress with the help of... , Former Chief Minister Siddaramaiah Siddaramaiah Siddaramana Hundi was born 12 August 1948 in a remote village in Varuna Hobli of Mysore District, he comes from a poor farming community. He is the current leader of the opposition of the Karnataka Legislative Assembly... , Former Deputy Chief Minister Veerappa Moily Veerappa Moily Moodbidri Veerappa Moily is the current Minister of Corporate Affairs in the Indian government. Moily was elected as MP of the Chickballapur district by a wide margin in 2009. He currently serves as the All India Congress Committee General Secretary in charge of Andhra Pradesh... , 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, Chief Minister K.H. Muniyappa K.H. Muniyappa K.H. Muniyappa is a member of the 15th Lok Sabha of India. He represents the Kolar constituency of Karnataka and is a member of the Indian National Congress political party. He is presently The Union Minister of State for Indian Railways, and earlier during 2004-09.-Political career:K.H.... , Union minister of state for Railways Mallikarjun Kharge Mallikarjun Kharge Mallikarjun Kharge, is an Indian politician and currently the Union Minister of Labour and Employment of the Republic of India. He is a member of the 15th Lok Sabha of India... , Former State Minister (various portfolios), Current Union Labour Minister in the Manmohan Singh Manmohan Singh Manmohan Singh is the 13th and current Prime Minister of India. He is the only Prime Minister since Jawaharlal Nehru to return to power after completing a full five-year term. A Sikh, he is the first non-Hindu to occupy the office. Singh is also the 7th Prime Minister belonging to the Indian...  Government Qamar ul Islam Qamar ul Islam Qamar ul Islam is a 5 time MLA from the state of Karnataka. He started his political career in 1978 and was elected to Karnataka Legislative Assembly during the terms 1978-83, 1989-1994, 1994-96, 1999-2004 and 2008. He was the cabinet minister for Housing and Labour in the administration led by... , Former Housing & Labour Minister H.Vishwanath H.Vishwanath H. Vishwanath is an Indian politician from the state of Karnataka. He was elected to the parliament from Mysore constituency in the 2009 general elections defeating the sitting MP C. H. Vijayashankar. Before that he was the minister in the S. M. Krishna cabinet during 1999-2004.- See also :* List... , Former Minister Jayalalitha J. Jayalalithaa Jayalalithaa Jayaram ; born 24 February 1948) commonly referred to as J. Jayalalitha, is the Chief Minister of the state of Tamil Nadu, India. She is the incumbent general secretary of All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam , a Dravidian party. She is called Amma and Puratchi Thalaivi by her... , Former Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu V.S.Acharya, Minister for Medical Education of Karnataka M. A. M. Ramaswamy M. A. M. Ramaswamy Thiru.M.A.M. Ramaswamy, a politician from Janata Dal party, is a Member of the Parliament of India representing Karnataka in the Rajya Sabha. He is the Co-Founder & Present Chairman of Chettinad Group of Companies. He is also the Pro-Chancellor for Annamalai University, a prominent industrialist... , Rajya Sabha MP and Industrialist S. K. Amin S. K. Amin Seetharam Koosayya Amin was an Indian freedom fighter and politician. He was the ex- vice president of the District Congress Committee, and was elected to Karnataka state legislative assembly from the Udupi constituency in 1967... , Ex-vice president of the South Kanara District Congress Committee and MLA

Kannada writers

• Kuvempu
  Kuvempu
  Kuppali Venkatappagowda Puttappa was a Kannada writer and poet, widely regarded as the greatest poet of 20th century Kannada literature. He is the first among eight recipients of Jnanpith Award for Kannada. Puttappa wrote all his literary works using the pen name Kuvempu...
  
   Poet, Jnanpith awardee
• Da Ra Bendre Poet, Jnanpith awardee
• K.Shivaram Karanth,Kannada writer,jnanapith awardee
• Masti Venkatesh Iyengar, Jnanpith awardee
• V K Gokak, writer,jnanapith awardee
• Girish Karnad
  Girish Karnad
  Girish Raghunath Karnad is a contemporary writer, playwright, screenwriter, actor and movie director in Kannada language...
  
  , Kannada writer, playwright, actor, Jnanpith awardee
• U. R. Ananthamurthy
  U. R. Ananthamurthy
  Udupi Rajagopalacharya Ananthamurthy is a contemporary writer and critic in the Kannada language and is considered as one of the pioneers of the Navya movement. He is well known among Indian authors. He is the sixth person among eight recipients of the Jnanpith Award for the Kannada language, the...
  
  - Kannada writer,thinker and Jnanpith awardee
• T. P. Kailasam
  T. P. Kailasam
  Thyagaraja Paramasiva Kailasam , was a playwright and prominent writer of Kannada literature. His contribution to Kannada theatrical comedy earned him the title Prahasana Prapitamaha, "the father of humorous plays".-Early life:...
  
  , Kannada writer, playwright.
• K. S. Nissar Ahmed
  K. S. Nissar Ahmed
  K.S. Nissar Ahmed is a prominent Indian poet and writer in Kannada language. His full name is Kokkare Hosahalli Shekar Nissar Ahmed. His father K.S. Haider was a sanitary inspector and a teacher before joining the Revenue Department in Bangalore...
  
  , Kannada Poet.
• Sudha Murthy

Other writers

• Malathi Rao
  Malathi Rao
  Malathi Rao is an Indian writer. She won the Central Sahitya Akademi award for her English language novel Disorderly Women in 2007. Her novel Disorderly Women is a story of four Brahmin women in India who struggle to break the barriers built around them by society...
  
  , English language writer and Sahitya Akademi award winner
• Mahesh Dattani
  Mahesh Dattani
  Mahesh Dattani is an Indian director, actor and writer. He wrote plays like Final Solutions, Dance Like a Man,Bravely Fought the Queen,On a Muggy Night in Mumbai,Tara and 30 days in September...
  
  , English playwright and Sahitya Akademi award winner
• Anita Nair
  Anita Nair
  Anita Nair is a popular Indian-English writer. She was born at Mundakottakurissi, near Shornur in Kerala State.A bestselling author of fiction and poetry, her novels The Better Man and Ladies Coupe have been translated in to 21 languages. She was educated in Chennai before returning to...
  
  , English author of the books Ladies Coupe and Mistress

Entrepreneurs

• Azim Premji
  Azim Premji
  Azim Hashim Premji is an Indian business tycoon and philanthropist who is the chairman of Wipro Limited, guiding the company through four decades of diversification and growth to emerge as one of the Indian leader in the software industry...
  
  , India's richest man . Founder of Wipro Technologies
• Vijay Mallya
  Vijay Mallya
  Vijay Mallya is an Indian liquor and airline baron. The son of industrialist Vittal Mallya, he is the chairman of the United Breweries Group and Kingfisher Airlines. His United Spirits is world's second largest liquor maker, by volume...
  
  , CEO of UB Group, owner of the Kingfisher brand, Royal Challengers Bangalore
  Royal Challengers Bangalore
  Royal Challengers Bangalore is a cricket team based in Bangalore that plays in the Indian Premier League and currently lead by Daniel Vettori. The team is owned by Dr...
  
   Cricket team and Force India
  Force India
  Sahara Force India Formula One Team, the trading name of Force India Formula One Team Limited, is a Formula One racing team based in Silverstone, United Kingdom which currently holds an Indian licence. The team was formed in October 2007 when a consortium led by Indian businessman Vijay Mallya and...
  
   F1 team.
• Kiran Mazumdar, founder of Biocon
  Biocon
  Biocon Limited is a global biopharmaceutical company with products and research services ranging from pre-clinical to clinical development through to commercialization. Within biopharmaceuticals, the Company manufactures generic active pharmaceutical ingredients like Statins and...
  
  , a bio-technology company
• N.R. Narayana Murthy, founder of Infosys
  Infosys
  Infosys Limited, formerly Infosys Technologies Limited is a global technology services company headquartered in Bangalore, India. It is the second largest IT exporter in India with 133,560 employees as of March 2011. It has offices in 33 countries and development centers in India, China,...
  
  
• Ramjee Chandran
  Ramjee Chandran
  Ramjee Chandran is the CEO and Editor-in-Chief of Explocity Pvt Ltd. His life in the publishing area began in 1989, with a magazine called Bangalore This Fortnight...
  
  , founder, Managing Director of Explocity
  Explocity
  Explocity Pvt Ltd is a media and publishing company headquartered in Bangalore. The company was formed by Ramjee Chandran. Prior to the inception of Explocity, Chandran first began a Bangalore based magazine, Bangalore This Fortnight, in 1989. This was followed by the launch of the Bangalore...
  
   Group of magazines and websites.
• Captain G R Gopinath
  Captain G R Gopinath
  Captain G. R. Gopinath is a pioneer of low cost air travel in India. He is the founder of the low cost airline Air Deccan. Captain G. R. Gopinath is a graduate of the National Defence Academy and has served the Indian Army.- Personal :...
  
  , Managing Director of Air Deccan
  Air Deccan
  Kingfisher Red, known formerly as Simplifly Deccan and prior to that as Air Deccan, is a low-cost brand run by Kingfisher Airlines. It is headquartered in Mumbai, India....
  
  

Cricket

• Gundappa Ranganath Vishwanath, Former Indian cricket captain (1979–80) and most stylish batsman.
• Rahul Dravid
  Rahul Dravid
  Rahul Sharad Dravid , is a cricketer in the Indian national team, of which he has been a regular member since 1996. He was appointed as the captain of the Indian cricket team in October 2005 and resigned from the post in September 2007. Dravid was honoured as one of the top-five Wisden Cricketers...
  
  , Former India Captain and has taken highest number of catches in international cricket
• Anil Kumble
  Anil Kumble
  Anil Kumble is a former Indian cricketer and captain of the Indian Test cricket team. He is a right-arm leg spin bowler and a right-hand batsman. He is currently the leading wicket-taker for India in both Test and One Day International matches...
  
  , Leg Spinner
  Leg spin
  Leg spin is a type of spin bowling in the sport of cricket. A leg spinner bowls right-arm with a wrist spin action, causing the ball to spin from right to left in the cricket pitch, at the point of delivery. When the ball bounces, the spin causes the ball to deviate sharply from right to left, that...
  
  , Test Captain, India's highest wicket taker
• B.S. Chandrashekhar, Retired India's legendary Leg Spinner, Wisden Cricketer of the Year in 1972
• Erapalli Prasanna
  E. A. S. Prasanna
  Erapalli Anantharao Srinivas Prasanna is a famous former cricket player from Bangalore, India. He was a spin bowler, specializing in off spin and a member of the Indian spin quartet. He is an alumunus of National Institute of Engineering , Mysore.-Career:Prasanna played his debut Test cricket...
  
  , Retired [India's legendary Off Spinner]
• Javagal Srinath
  Javagal Srinath
  Javagal Srinath is a former Indian cricketer. He was a frontline fast bowler for the Indian cricket team until his retirement, being the second Indian pace bowler after Kapil Dev to take 200 Test wickets. One ball that he bowled during the 1996 tour of South Africa measured...
  
  , retired fast bowler, Match Refree
• Shantha Rangaswamy
  Shantha Rangaswamy
  Shantha Rangaswamy, also known as Shanta Rangaswamy, is an Indian cricketer. She played Women's Test cricket for India in 16 matches from 1976 to 1991, captaining the side in 8 matches in 1976-7 and four in 1983-4...
  
  , Former India Women's Cricket Team Captain
• Syed Kirmani
  Syed Kirmani
  Padma Sri Syed Mujtaba Hussain Kirmani played cricket for India and Karnataka as a wicket-keeper.-International career:...
  
  , Retired Wicket Keeper
  Wicket-keeper
  The wicket-keeper in the sport of cricket is the player on the fielding side who stands behind the wicket or stumps being guarded by the batsman currently on strike...
  
  
• Venkatesh Prasad
  Venkatesh Prasad
  Bapu Krishnarao Venkatesh Prasad is a former Indian cricketer. He is the bowling coach for Royal Challengers Bangalore in the Indian Premier League, having formerly performed the same role for the Indian cricket team from 2007 to 2009. He made his debut in 1996...
  
  , retired fast bowler
  Fast bowling
  Fast bowling, sometimes known as pace bowling, is one of the two main approaches to bowling in the sport of cricket. The other is spin bowling...
  
  , India's former Bowling Coach.
• Vijay Bhardwaj,
• Roger Binny
  Roger Binny
  Roger Michael Humphrey Binny is an Indian former cricket all-rounder who is best known for his impressive bowling performance in the 1983 Cricket World Cup where he was the highest wicket-taker , and in the 1985 World Series Cricket Championship in Australia where he repeated this feat .Binny...
  
  , all rounder
• Raghuram Bhat
  Raghuram Bhat
  Adwai Raghuram Bhat is a former Indian cricketer who played in 2 Tests in 1983.-Domestic Career:Raghuram Bhat dominated school and junior level games. After some fine performances, he made his Ranji trophy debut in the 1979-80 season against Tamil Nadu at the M. Chinnaswamy Stadium....
  
  , left-arm spinner
• Dodda Ganesh
  Dodda Ganesh
  Doddanarasiah Ganesh is a former Indian cricketer who played in 4 Tests and one ODI in 1997. He was a right arm seam bowler....
  
  , medium pacer .
• Robin Uthappa
  Robin Uthappa
  Robin Venu Uthappa is an Indian cricketer. His father is Venu Uthappa, an international hockey referee from Kodagu, Karnataka, mother Roselyn is a home maker and hails from Kozhikode, Kerala and his sister Sharon is a business owner. He studied at St. Joseph's Boys High School, Bangalore...
  
  

Kannada & Indian Cinema

• Ambareesh
  Ambareesh
  Malavallii Huche Gowda Amarnath or M.H.Amarnath born 29 May 1952 at Maddur Taluk in Mandya District of Karnataka State is a Kannada film actor...
  
  , actor, 'Mandyada Gandu'
• Anant Nag
  Anant Nag
  Anant Nagarkatte popularly known as Anant Nag is an actor and politician from Karnataka, India. He is considered to be one of the all time greatest actors in the Kannada film industry with a vast number of commercially successful movies. As a result, he is popularly known as an actor with...
  
  , actor, brother of Shankar Nag
  Shankar Nag
  Shankar Nagarkatte , 9 November 1954 - 30 September 1990) popularly known as Shankar Nag was a popular actor and director of Kannada cinema. He also directed and acted in the teleserial, Malgudi days, based on celebrated novelist R.K.Narayan's short stories. Besides these, he was actively involved...
  
  
• Deepika Padukone
  Deepika Padukone
  Deepika Padukone is an Indian actress and a former model. She appears mostly in Hindi as well as Tamil and Kannada language films. Born to Badminton player Prakash Padukone, she chose to become an actress and not pursue a career in sports.Padukone made her acting debut in the 2006 Kannada film...
  
  , model, actress
• Dwarkeesh, actor, comedian
• Hamsalekha
  Hamsalekha
  Hamsalekha is a music director and lyricist in the Kannada film industry. He also writes screenplays and dialogues for movies. He has composed music for over 300 feature films and has written lyrics for 300-odd feature films. He has also composed for Tamil and Telugu films...
  
  , music director, lyricist, dramatist
• Prema
  Prema (actress)
  Prema is an actress in the Kannada film industry. She has starred opposite Mohanlal, Shivrajkumar, Vishnuvardhan, Ravichandran, Upendra, Saikumar,and Ramesh Aravind.- Early life :...
  
  , actress
• Puneet Rajkumar
  Puneet Rajkumar
  Puneeth Rajkumar is an Indian film actor who acts in Kannada films and the youngest son of Kannada superstar Dr Rajkumar and the younger brother of leading KFI star Shivaraj Kumar. As a child artist, he appeared in 12 films...
  
  , actor, youngest son of Dr. Rajkumar
  Rajkumar
  Rajkumar , born as Singanalluru Puttaswamayya Muthuraju was a popular actor and singer in the Kannada film industry...
  
  
• Puttanna Kanagal
  Puttanna Kanagal
  Puttanna Kanagal was one of the most prominent Kannada film directors of the 1960s and the 70s. Although the majority of his films were on offbeat or taboo subjects, he endeared himself to both the critics and ordinary film goers alike. He also directed a handful Malayalam, Tamil, Telugu and...
  
  , late director
• Raghavendra Rajkumar
  Raghavendra Rajkumar
  Raghavendra Rajkumar is an actor in the Kannada film Industry. He is the second son of the legendary Kannada matinee idol Dr. Rajkumar. After starring in lead roles in many Kannada films, he is now actively involved in production - including the recent blockbuster Jackie starring his brother,...
  
  , actor, second son of Dr. Rajkumar
  Rajkumar
  Rajkumar , born as Singanalluru Puttaswamayya Muthuraju was a popular actor and singer in the Kannada film industry...
  
  
• Dr. Rajkumar
  Rajkumar
  Rajkumar , born as Singanalluru Puttaswamayya Muthuraju was a popular actor and singer in the Kannada film industry...
  
  , actor, singer, cultural icon
• Rakshita
  Rakshita
  Swetha , popularly known as Rakshita is a South Indian film actress. She has acted in Kannada, Tamil and Telugu language films. Rakshita made her acting debut in the 2002 Kannada-language film Appu, alongside Puneet Rajkumar, following which, she acted in many Kannada films.-Early life:Rakshita...
  
  , actress
• Ramya, actress
• V. Ravichandran
  V. Ravichandran
  V. Ravichandran is an actor, director, producer, music director, Editor and lyricist in the Kannada film industry. He is the son of film producer N. Veeraswamy. As producer, Ravichandran continues to run his father's production house, Sri Eswari Productions...
  
  , actor, director, producer, music director, editor
• Shankar Nag
  Shankar Nag
  Shankar Nagarkatte , 9 November 1954 - 30 September 1990) popularly known as Shankar Nag was a popular actor and director of Kannada cinema. He also directed and acted in the teleserial, Malgudi days, based on celebrated novelist R.K.Narayan's short stories. Besides these, he was actively involved...
  
  , late actor, producer, director
• Shivaraj Kumar, actor, eldest son of Dr. Rajkumar
  Rajkumar
  Rajkumar , born as Singanalluru Puttaswamayya Muthuraju was a popular actor and singer in the Kannada film industry...
  
  
• Soundarya
  Soundarya
  Soundarya was a film actress who appeared in Kannada, Telugu, Tamil and Malayalam films. She acted in more than 90 films, most of them in Telugu. She was killed in a plane crash near Bangalore.-Film career:...
  
  , late actress, also acted in other South Indian films.
• Sreenath
  Sreenath
  Sreenath was a popular Malayalam film and television actor. He acted in many hit films, including Shalini Ente Koottukari, Ithu Njangalude Katha, Oru CBI Diary Kurippu, and Kireedam....
  
  , actor, Pranaya Raja, 'Shubha Mangala'
• Upendra
  Upendra
  Upendra is a cine actor, director, script writer and singer. Born in a middle class family at Koteshwara near Kundapura, he belongs to Kannada speaking Kota Brahmin community. Upendra started his career off with famous director Kashinath as a writer and an assistant director...
  
  , director, actor, producer
• Vasundhara Das
  Vasundhara Das
  Vasundhara Das born 1977, is an Indian singer and actress. She has acted in Hindi, Tamil, Kannada and Malayalam films. She is the co-founder of world music band Arya. As a playback singer, she is best remembered for singing "Shakalaka Baby" from the Tamil film Mudhalvan, which was also her debut...
  
  , actress and singer
• Jaggesh
  Jaggesh
  Jaggesh is an IndiaKannada film industry, known for the comedy roles he portrays in his movies. He has acted in movies such asSuper Nan Maga and Tharle Nan Maga. Jaggesh has a big fan following and is popularly referred to by his fans as Navarasa Nayaka. Jaggesh is a in the early 80's by playing...
  
  , actor
• Kashinath
  Kashinath
  Kashinath is an actor and a director in the Kannada Film Industry in India, generally known in the industry as a trend setter. He probably started the trend of acting, directing, music directing and the producing of films...
  
  , actor
• Nauman Sait, winner of MTV Roadies Hell Down Under
  MTV Roadies Hell Down Under
  MTV Roadies Hell Down Under is the sixth season of MTV Roadies, a reality television show aired on MTV India.The season 6 of roadies was also known as "Hell Down Under" because the second half of season took place in Australia and the tasks were reminiscent of Hell. The audition episodes were aired...
  
   Reality show
• Ganesh, actor, popular for his hit movie 'Mungaru male'

Other entertainers

• Lara Dutta
  Lara Dutta
  Lara Dutta Bhupathi is an Indian actress, UNFPA Goodwill Ambassador, and former Miss Universe.-Early life:Dutta was born in Ghaziabad, Uttar Pradesh to a Punjabi father and an Anglo-Indian mother. Her father is Wing Commander L.K. Dutta and her mother is Jennifer Dutta...
  
  , actress, Miss Universe
  Miss Universe
  Miss Universe is an annual international beauty contest that is run by the Miss Universe Organization. The pageant is the most publicized beauty contest in the world with 600 million viewers....
  
  
• Lucky Ali
  Lucky Ali
  Lucky Ali , born as Maqsood Mehmood Ali , is an Indian singer songwriter, composer and actor. Lucky is best known for his soulful but strikingly simple ballad-style singing and melodious voice.-Biography:...
  
  , singer
• Manna Dey
  Manna Dey
  Prabodh Chandra Dey , better known by his nickname Manna Dey , is a playback singer in Bengali Assamese and Hindi films. Along with Mohammed Rafi, Kishore Kumar, Mukesh, he was a part of Indian film playback music from the 1950s to the 1970s. He has recorded more than 3500 songs over the course of...
  
  , playback singer
• Darius Sunawala
  Darius Sunawala
  Darius Sunawala has been one of Bangalore's most popular RJs. He used to host an evening radio show called Route 91 followed by a request show called Top 8@8. Although Sunawala became famous while he was with Radio City 91 FM he had previously worked with All India Radio and Indigo...
  
   Radio Jockey
• Keerthi Reddy
  Keerthi Reddy
  Keerthi Reddy is an Indian actress. She also acted in Hindi, Tamil, Telugu and Kannada movies.-Early life:Reddy was born to interior designer and mother a dress designer. Her grandfather is Ganga Reddy, Member of Parliament from Dichpally in Andhra Pradesh...
  
  , actress
• Shilpa Shetty
  Shilpa Shetty
  Shilpa Shetty is an Indian film actress and model. Since making her debut in the film Baazigar , she has appeared in nearly 40 Bollywood, Tamil, Telugu and Kannada films, her first leading role being in the 1994 Aag. Although she has been through years of decline during her career, Shetty has been...
  
  Actress
• Vasundara Das, singer
• RJ Lucky, Radio Jockey -93.5 REDFM

Spiritual leaders

• Nataraja Guru
  Nataraja Guru
  Nataraja Guru was a direct disciple of Narayana Guru, a sage and social reformer of India. Nataraja Guru founded Narayana Gurukulam, a worldwide contemplative community based on the teachings of Narayana Guru. He translated into English and wrote commentaries on all the major works of Narayana Guru...
  
  
• Sri Sri Ravi Shankar
  Sri Sri Ravi Shankar
  Ravi Shankar usually known as Sri Sri Ravi Shankar, born Ravi Shankar Ratnam, born 13 May 1956) is a spiritual leader and founder of the Art of Living Foundation , which aims at relieving individual stress, societal problems and violence. It is an NGO with UNESCO consultative status...
  
  
• [ [Sri Sri Sri Shivakumara Swamiji]] Siddaganga

Others

• Haji Sir Ismail Sait - Philanthropist & Benefactor who has contributed to some of the landmarks of Bangalore
• Shakuntala Devi
  Shakuntala Devi
  Shakuntala Devi is a calculating prodigy who was born on November 4, 1939 in Bangalore, India. Her father worked in a "Brahmin circus" as a trapeze and tightrope performer, and later as a lion tamer and a human cannonball. Her calculating gifts first demonstrated themselves while she was doing...
  
   - Popularly known as the Human computer
• R. K. Baliga
  R. K. Baliga
  Ram Krishna Baliga is regarded as the father of the Electronics City in Bangalore, India.- Academic Role :Manipal Institute of Technology...
  
  , Founder of the Electronics City in Bangalore
• A. N. Prahlada Rao
  A. N. Prahlada Rao
  A. N. Prahlada Rao is an Indian author and Kannada crossword writer Crosswordwho has created the highest number of crosswords in India.-Crossword writer:...
  
  , Kannada crossword writer
• Lakshmi Menon
  Lakshmi Menon
  Lakshmi Menon is an Indian model. She took up modelling to earn money while studying for a degree in sociology at the Bangalore University. After modelling in India for several years, she began her international career in 2006...
  
  , the first internationally successful Indian model
• Pemmaiah N S, MBA Graduate from M P Birla Institute of Management
• C P B Prasad Professional Artist. Created 400+ Paintings

See also

• List of people by India state
• List of people from Karnataka