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This is a list of famous and notable people from
Karnataka.

'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.

Kindly note that not all the names of
important personalities has included
because of space and timelimit and also
because the list of famous personalities
from Karnataka is almost endless !!!!!!!!!
Arts and entertainment

Aishwarya Rai
She is an Indian actress
and former Miss World
Kannada actor
Famously called Mandyada Gandu
One of the all time greatest actors in the Kannada
film industry
Bollyhood Actress Of Rab Ne Bana Di Jodi fame
Anushka Sharma
An Indian model
and Bollywood actress
Amrita Rao
An Indian actor who has won two National
Awards
Atul Kulkarni
A Kannada language film actor of MUNGARU MALE fame
Golden Star" Ganesh
Deepika Padukone
An Indian model turned actress
An Indian actor, film editor, producer and director in the Hindi film industry
Feroz Khan
A contemporary writer, playwright, actor and movie director in Kannada language.
Girish Karnad
an Indian actress and model
Ishaa Koppikar
a leading film director, stage designer and art director from India.
M. S. Sathyu
Prakash Rai studied in St.Joseph's Indian High School in Bangalore.
He later joined St. Josephs College of commerce, Brigade road, Bangalore,
Prakash Rai
A National Film Award-winning Indian method actor and producer in Kannada,
Tamil, Malayalam and Telugu language films
An Indian actor and the youngest son of Kannada superstar Dr Rajkumar.
Puneet Rajkumar
He primarily worked as a bus conductor for the Bangalore Metropolitan
Transport Corporation in Bangalore.
His charisma and style were noted by the passengers who travelled with him and
gave him suggestions in becoming an actor
He was born as Shivaji Rao Gaekwad into a Marathi family in Bangalore, Karnataka,
a popular Kannada, Tamil and Telugu movie actor
Ramesh Aravind
Dr.Rajkumar
He was a popular actor and singer in Kannada film industry
An Indian film actress ,acts in Kannada films as well as few Tamil films .
She is also known by the name Divya Spandana .
Ramya
An actor, director, producer, music director, and lyricist in the Kannada film industry
V. Ravichandran
an Indian film actress and model
Shilpa Shetty
A Kannada superstar.
He is the son of legendary Kannada matine Dr.Rajkumar.
Shivrajkumar
Sunil Shetty is an Indian film actor and film producer
Sunil Shetty
A popular actor and singer
Vishnuvardhan
An Indian actress and singer
Vasundhara Das
film actress and theatre personality
Arundathi Nag
One of the pioneers and most prolific contributors to Kannada theatre
Gubbi Veeranna
An Indian theatre and Film actress of Kannada Film Industry
Umashree
Amarashilpi Jakanachari was a legendary sculptor credited with building many
fine temples for the Kalyani Chalukyas and Hoysalas, including the famous
sculptures at Belur and Halebidu.
Amarashilpi Jakanachari
Sri Gundan Anivaritachari was the chief architect of the Virupaksha temple
Gundan Anivaritachari
An Indian cartoonist, illustrator and humorist
R. K. Laxman
An Indian saxophonist and one of the pioneers of Carnatic music on the saxophone
Kadri Gopalnath
He was a violin maestro from India in the Carnatic classical tradition.
T Chowdiah
An Indian vocalist in the Hindustani classical tradition.
Pandit Bhimsen G Joshi
Was an Indian singer of the khyal genre of Hindustani classical music
Gangubai Hangal
An Indian music composer and exponent of Bhavageete ("expressive poetry")
and Janapada Geete ("folk songs") in the Kannada language.
C. Aswath
An Indian singer songwriter, composer and actor.
Lucky Ali
A noted music director of the Kannada film industry
Gurukiran
A Music Director and lyricist in the Kannada film industry.
Hamsalekha
A musician and composer mainly active in Kannada cinema industr
Mano Murthy
guitarist-singer-composer-song writer-musician,
Raghu Dixit
A well-known fashion designer has specialised in training models for the Miss
India beauty pageants. Many of the past beauty queens are his students
Prasad Bidapa
Industrialists
UB Breweries, Kingfisher Beer ,Kingfisher Airlines ,Force India,
Royal Challengers Bangalore
Vijay Mallya
Founder owner , Cafe Coffee Day
V. G. Siddhartha
Founder of Air Deccan
G. R. Gopinath
N. R. Narayana Murthy
Infosys Technologies, Ltd.
Nandan Nilekani
Infosys Technologies, Ltd
youngest CEO of the world
Suhas Gopinath
, Biocon India Ltd.
Kiran Mazumdar-Shaw
Wipro Technologies, Ltd.
Azim Premji
Vaman Srinivas Kudva, Co-founder, Syndicate Bank
T. M. A. Pai, Co-founder, Syndicate Bank.

Upendra Ananth Pai, Co-founder, Syndicate Bank.
Ammembal Subba Rao Pai, Founder, Canara Bank.
A. B. Shetty, Founder, Vijaya Bank
Health Care
Devi Prasad Shetty
An Indian philanthropist and a renowned cardiac surgeon.
H. D. Deve Gowda
He was the 14th Prime Minister of the Republic of India (19961997) and the
14th chief minister of the state of Karnataka
Fernandes was a defence minister in the National Democratic Alliance
Government (1998-2004)
George Fernandes
He is the Indian Minister for External Affairs and a member of the Indian
Parliament from Karnataka in the Rajya Sabha. He was the Chief Minister of
Karnataka from 1999 to 2004 and the Governor of Maharashtra from 2004 to
2008.
S. M. Krishna
He is the Honorable Minister for Law, Justice and Company Affairs in the Government
of India. Moily is a former Chief Minister of the Indian state of Karnataka
Veerappa Moily
B. S. Yeddyurappa
Present Chief Minister of Karnataka
Former Police Officer, and M.P. Lok Sabha.
H. T. Sangliana

B.K.S. Iyengar
YOGA GURU
Hanumappa Sudarshan
He is well known for his contributions to the upliftment of the forest dwelling
tribes (mainly Soligas) in the Chamarajanagar district of Karnataka
He is the director of the Wildlife Conservation Society India Program
K. Ullas Karanth
Technical Director of the WCS Tiger Conservation Program
Social Service
Sudha Murthy Veerendra Heggade Sree Sree Shivakumara Swamiji
Rahul Dravid Anil Kumble
Robin Uthappa
Manish Pandey
Others include

Suart Binny
Vinay Kumar
Venkatesh Prasad
Roger Binny
Syed Kirmani
Brijesh Patel
Javagal Srinath


B. P. Govinda (former captain, Arjun award)
M. P. Ganesh (former captain, Arjun Award)
Ashish Ballal
Arjun Halappa
Hockey
Tennis
Mahesh Bhupathi,
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