List of people from Karnataka Guide, Meaning , Facts, Information and Description

This is a list of famous and notable people from Karnataka, India. This would include persons who are known to a large number of people and is not based on the extent of their popularity. Neither is the list viewed from the context of the present. Their fame could be brief, what matters is that they were well-known during the peak of their popularity.

Table of contents

1 Arts and Entertainment 1.1 Cinema 1.2 Theatre 1.3 Artists 1.4 Music 1.4.1 Classical Musicians 1.4.2 Modern Musicians 1.5 Fashion 2 Industrialists 3 Literature 3.6 Classical Litterateurs 3.7 Modern Litterateurs 4 Maharajas and Kings 5 Math and Science 6 Politics 7 Religion and Philosophy 8 Sport 8.8 Cricket 8.9 Other 9 War and Peace

Arts and Entertainment

Cinema

• Dr. Rajkumar
• Girish Karnad
• Puttana Kanagal
• Girish Kasaravalli
• G.V. Iyer
• Shankar Nag
• Ananth Nag
• M.S. Sathyu
• Vishnu Vardhan
• Ambareesh
• Narasimha Raju
• Balakrishna
• Aishwarya Rai
• Vasundhara Das

Theatre

• Girish Karnad
• Gubbi Veeranna
• K.V. Subbana
• B.V. Karanth

Artists

• Yusuf Arakkal

Music

Classical Musicians

• Purandaradasa
• Guru Raghavendra Swamy
• Mysore Vasudevaraya
• Bidaram Krishnappa
• Pt Bhimsen Joshi
• Mallikarjun Mansur
• Basavaraj Rajguru
• Mysore Doreswamy Iyengar
• Gangubai Hangal
• T. Chowdiah
• Sheshanna (Veene Sheshanna)
• Mysore Sadashiva Rao
• Subbanna (Veene Subanna)
• Rajeev Taranath

Modern Musicians

• P. Kalinga Rao
• C. Ashwath
• Mysore Ananthaswamy
• Shimoga Subanna
• Lucky Ali

Fashion

• Prasad Bidapa
• Nafisa Joseph, former Miss. India and VJ
• Lara Dutta, former Miss World
• Dino Morea

Industrialists

• N.R. Narayana Murthy, Infosys Technologies, Ltd
• Azim Premji, founder, Wipro Technologies, Ltd
• Mark Mascrenhas, founder WorldTel
• Vijay Mallya, business magnate, founder of UB Breweries and Kingfisher beer.

Literature

Classical Litterateurs

• Ranna
• Janna
• Pampa
• Kumaravyasa
• Harihara
• Raghavaanka
• Basavanna
• Akka Mahadevi
• Sarvajna
• Purandaradaasa
• Kanakadaasa
• Shishunaala Sharif Saheba

Modern Litterateurs

• Maasti Venkatesha Iyengar
• Kuvempu
• Girish Karnad
• Kota Shivarama Karanth
• D R Bendre (Da Ra Bendre)
• U R Ananthamurthy
• V K Gokak
• Ha Ma Nayak
• M Govinda Pai
• Panje Mangesh Rao
• Goruru Ramaswamy Iyengar
• Gopalakrishna Adiga
• G P Rajarathnam
• T P Kailasam
• D V Gundappa (DVG)
• Dr. Chandrashekara Kambara
• B M Srikanthaiah
• S L Bhairappa
• P Lankesh

Maharajas and Kings

• Pulakeshi II (Chalukya dynasty)
• Vishnuvardhana (Hoysala dynasty)
• Nripatunga Amoghavarsha I (Rashtrakoota dynasty)
• Mayura Varma (Kadamba dynasty)
• Krishnadevaraya (Vijayanagar dynasty)
• Krishnaraja Wodeyar
• Jayachamaraja Wodeyar - Last Maharaja of Mysore
• Tipu Sultan - The Tiger of Mysore
• Kempe Gowda

Math and Science

• C.V. Raman, Nobel prize winning physicist
• Sir M. Visveswaraya, Engineer
• Prof. U.R. Rao
• Dr. Raja Ramanna
• Shakuntala Devi, Mathematician

Politics

• B.D. Jatti, former Vice-President of India
• K.H. Hanumanthaiah
• Ramakrishna Hegde
• S.M. Krishna, former Chief Minister and visionary
• George Fernandes, former Defense Minister of India
• H.D. Deve Gowda, former Prime Minister of India

Religion and Philosophy

• Madhvacharya
• Basaveswara

Sport

Cricket

• E. Prasanna
• Gundappa Vishwanath
• Javagal Srinath
• Rahul Dravid
• Anil Kumble
• Roger Binny
• Syed Kirmani
• Venkatesh Prasad
• B.S. Chandrashekar
• Sunil Joshi

Other

• Prakash Padukone, former Badminton World no. 1
• Mahesh Bhupati, former Wimbledon doubles champion
• Pankaj Advani
• Nisha Millet

War and Peace

• Field Marshall Cariappa Commander-in-Chief, Indian Army 1949-1953

See also: List of people by India state

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