# List of people from Karnataka

This is a list of notable people from Karnataka, India. In order to be included, a person of influence needs only to have been born in Karnataka. This article can be expanded to accommodate newly surfacing information.

## Arts and entertainment
### Cinema

* Ambareesh
* Ananth Nag
* Aniruddha Jatkar
* Ananya Kasaravalli
* Anuradha Paudwal
* Arati Ankalikar-Tikekar
* Arjun Sarja
* Aruna Balraj
* Arthi
* Atul Kulkarni
* A. T. Raghu
* B. Saroja Devi
* B. C. Patil
* B. S. Ranga
* B. V. Karanth
* Bala
* Balakrishna
* Balaraj
* Bangalore Latha
* Bank Janardhan
* Bharathi Vishnuvardhan
* Bhargavi Narayan
* Bhavana
* Bhavani Prakash
* Bianca Desai
* Chandrika
* Chandulal Jain
* Chetan Kumar
* Darshan Thoogudeep
* Daisy Bopanna
* Deepika Padukone
* Devaraj
* Dinesh
* Dingri Nagaraj
* Dwarakesh
* Ere Gowda
* Ganesh
* Ganesh Hegde
* G. V. Iyer
* Geetha
* Girish Karnad
* Girish Kasaravalli
* Gulshan Devaiah
* Guru Dutt
* Hansika Motwani
* Harshika Poonacha
* Hema Bellur
* Hema Prabhath
* Honnavalli Krishna
* Jaggesh
* Jayant Kaikini
* Kalpana
* Kalyan Kumar
* Kashinath
* Keerthiraj
* Keerthi Bhat
* Kunigal Nagabhushan
* Lakshmi Chandrashekar
* Lakshmi Rai
* Leelavathi
* Leena Chandavarkar
* Lokesh
* M. S. Sathyu
* Madhuri Itagi
* Mandeep Roy
* Manjula
* Master Hirannaiah
* Master Manjunath
* Michael Madhu
* Milind Gadagkar
* Mohan
* Mysore Lokesh
* Nagathihalli Chandrashekar
* Narasimharaju
* Negro Johnny
* Nidhi Subbaiah
* Nirmala Chennappa
* Nishan K. P. Nanaiah
* Padma Vasanthi
* Padmaja Rao
* Pandari Bai
* Pattabhirama Reddy, settler
* Pooja Lokesh
* Pradeep Uppoor
* Prakash Rai
* Prabhu Deva, settler
* Pramila Joshai
* Prathap
* Prema
* Puneeth Rajkumar
* Puttana Kanagal
* Raam Reddy
* Radhika Pandit
* Raghavendra Rajkumar
* Rajanikanth
* Rajesh Krishnan, settler
* Rajkumar
* Raju Sundaram, settler
* Raj B. Shetty
* Rakshita
* Ramesh Arvind
* Ram Kumar
* Ramu
* Ramya
* Ravichandran, settler
* Raju Talikote
* Rashmi
* Rekha Das
* Rockline Venkatesh
* Rohit Shetty
* Roopa Iyer, settler
* R.T. Rama
* Sarigama Viji
* Sakshi Shivanand
* Sanchita Shetty
* Sandeep Chowta
* Sanketh Kashi
* Sathyabhama
* Satyajith
* Shamita Shetty
* Shani Mahadevappa
* Shankar Nag
* Shanthamma
* Shashi Kumar
* Shivarajkumar
* Shilpa Shetty
* Shobraj
* Shraddha Srinath
* Shruti Naidu
* Shylaja Nag
* Sihi Kahi Chandru
* Sihi Kahi Geetha
* Sneha Ullal
* Soundarya
* Srinivas Prabhu
* Sudha Baragur
* Sudha Belawadi
* Sudha Narasimharaju
* Sunil
* Srimurali
* Srinath
* Sudha Rani
* Sudheer
* Suman Nagarkar
* Suman Ranganathan
* Sundar Krishna Urs
* Sundar Raj
* Sunil Shetty
* Sunil Kumar Desai
* Sudeepa
* Syed Aman Bachchan
* T. S. Nagabharana
* Tara
* Tiger Prabhakar
* Umashri
* Upendra
* Vajramuni
* Vaishali Desai
* Vasundhara Das
* Vanishree
* Vijay Kashi
* Vinayak Joshi
* Vishnuvardhan
* Yashwant Sardeshpande

### Theatre

* Arundhati Nag
* Bhargavi Narayan
* B. V. Karanth
* Chandrashekhar Kambara
* Chindodi Leela
* Girish Karnad
* Gubbi Veeranna
* K. V. Subbanna
* Kalpana
* Lakshmi Chandrashekar
* Lokesh
* Master Hirannaiah
* Mukhyamantri Chandru
* Prasanna
* Shankar Nag
* Shivananda
* Umashree
* Vajramuni
* Yashwant Sardeshpande

### Ancient architecture and sculpture

* Amarashilpi Jakanachari
* Gundan Anivaritachari
* Ruvari Malithamma

### Modern and contemporary art, art criticism

* Dattatreya Aralikatte
* Renuka Kesaramadu
* Ashwini Bhat
* Surekha
* S. G. Vasudev
* Yusuf Arakkal

### Music
#### Classical music - Carnatic

* Gopala Dasa
* Harikesanallur Muthayya Bhagavathar
* Jagannatha Dasa
* Kadri Gopalnath
* Jyotsna Srikanth
* Kanakadasa
* Maharaja Jayachamaraja Wadiyar
* Dr.Mysore Manjunath
* Mysore Sadasiva Rao
* Mysore V. Ramarathnam
* Mysore Vasudevacharya
* Mysore Nagaraj
* N. Ravikiran
* Purandaradasa
* R. K. Srikanthan
* R.R. Keshavamurthy
* Sripadaraya
* T. Chowdiah
* Vadiraja
* Vijaya Dasa
* Vyasatirtha
* Doraiswamy Iyengar
* Adarsh Iyengar
* Veene Sheshanna
* Vittal Ramamurthy
* Ghatam Udupa
* K. V. Krishna Prasad
* B. Shankar Rao
* Anoor Anantha Krishna Sharma
* M. S. Sheela
* Vidyabhushana

#### Classical music - Hindustani

* Basavaraja Rajaguru, vocal
* Bhimsen Joshi, vocal
* Bapu Padmanabha, bansuri
* S. Ballesh, vocal and shehnai
* Ganapati Bhat, vocal
* Gangubai Hangal, vocal
* Gururao Deshpande, vocal
* Jayateerth Mevundi, vocal
* Kumar Gandharva, vocal
* Lalith J. Rao, vocal
* Madhava Gudi, vocal
* Mallikarjun Mansur, vocal
* Milind Chittal, vocal
* Nachiketa Sharma, vocal
* Nagaraja Rao Havaldar, vocal
* Pravin Godkhindi, bansuri
* Puttaraja Gawai, vocal
* Rajeev Taranath, sarod
* Sanjeev Chimmalgi, vocal
* Sangeetha Katti, vocal
* Sawai Gandharva, vocal
* Shobha Gurtu, vocal
* Smita Bellur, vocal
* Taranath Ram Rao Hattiangadi, tabla
* Pandit Venkatesh Kumar, vocal
* Vinayak Torvi, vocal
* Keshav Ginde, flute
* Madhav Gudi, vocal
* Panchakshari Gawai, vocal

#### Modern musicians

* Mysore Ananthaswamy, bhavageete
* P. Kalinga Rao, bhavageete
* Pandit Narasimhalu Vadavati
* S. Ballesh, shehnai and vocal
* Mysore Manjunath
* Pravin Godkhindi, flute
* Shimoga Subbanna, Sugama Sangeetha
* C. Ashwath, Sugama Sangeetha
* Balappa Hukkeri, folklore
* G.V. Atri, bhavageete
* Ganesh Hegde, choreography
* Biddu Appaiah, composer
* Bapu Padmanabha, flute

#### Film music

* Anoop Seelin
* Arjun
* B. V. Karanth
* C. Ashwath
* G. K. Venkatesh
* G. V. Iyer, settler
* Gurukiran
* S. Ballesh, playback singer, music director, shehnai
* Hamsalekha
* Jayant Kaikini
* Mano Murthy
* Rajan–Nagendra
* Ravichandran
* Sadhu Kokila
* Sandeep Chowta
* Shankar–Ganesh
* V. Harikrishna
* V. Manohar
* Vijaya Bhaskar
* Raghu Dixit
* Bapu Padmanabha

#### Film singers

* Nanditha
* Rajkumar
* Rajesh Krishnan
* Vijay Prakash
* Chetan Sosca

### Dance

* Maya Rao (1928-2014), Kathak Guru and founder of NIKC, Bangalore

### Fashion

* Deepika Padukone
* Prasad Bidapa
* Riya Kodali

## Kings and nobles

* Aliya Rama Raya
* Abbakka Rani
* Amoghavarsha I
* Basaveshwara
* Bijjala II
* Bukka Raya I
* Butuga II
* Chikkadevaraja Wodeyar
* Chamundaraya
* Chand Bibi
* Devaraya I
* Deva Raya II
* Dhruva Dharavarsha
* Durvinita
* Govinda III
* 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, army chief of the Kingdom of Kittur
* Tailapa II
* Tippu Sultan
* Veera Ballala II
* Veera Ballala III
* Vikramaditya II
* Vikramaditya VI
* Vishnuvardhana

## Industrialists and businesspeople

* A. B. Shetty, founder of Vijaya Bank
* Ammembal Subba Rao Pai, founder of Canara Bank
* B. R. Shetty, NMC Group
* G. R. Gopinath, founder of Deccan Aviation
* Gururaj Deshpande, venture capitalist
* K. V. Kamath, managing director and CEO of ICICI Bank
* Kiran Mazumdar-Shaw, Biocon India Ltd.
* N. R. Narayana Murthy, Infosys Technologies, Ltd.
* N S Narendra, founder of FirePro
* Nandan Nilekani, Infosys Technologies, Ltd.
* Phaneesh Murthy, iGATE Global Solutions, Ltd.
* R. N. Shetty, Murdeshwar Group
* T. M. A. Pai, co-founder of Syndicate Bank and Manipal Academy of Higher Education
* V. G. Siddhartha, Cafe Coffee Day
* Vaman Srinivas Kudva, co-founder of Syndicate Bank
* Vijay Mallya, UB Group
* Vijay Sankeshwar, Vijayanand Group
* Vittal Mallya, UB Group
* Pradeep Kar, Microland
* Ashok Kheny, NICE
* Thumbay Moideen, founder of Thumbay Group and Gulf Medical University

## Health care

* Dr. H. Sudarshan Ballal
* Dr. C. N. Manjunath, cardiologist
* Dr. M. C. Modi, eye surgeon
* Dr. Sharan Patil, orthopaedic surgeon
* Dr. Y. G. Parameshwara
* Dr. Devi Shetty, cardiovascular surgeon

## Science and technology

Science
* C. N. R. Rao, chemistry
* C. R. Rao, statistics
* N. K. Naik, Professor Emeritus at IIT Bombay
* M. C. Modi, ophthalmology
* Narayan Hosmane, biochemistry, cancer research
* Raja Ramanna, physics
* Roddam Narasimha, aerospace, atmospheric sciences
* U. R. Rao, space science
* M.L. Kulkarni, pediatrician
* B. N. Suresh
* S. K. Shivkumar
* K. N. Shankara
* S. G. Balekundri
* Nandan Nilekani
* Sudha Murthy
* Vivek Kulkarni
* Narayan Hosmane
* Gururaj Deshpande
Mathematics
* D. C. Pavate
* Mahaviracharya
* Shakuntala Devi
Technology
* Sachidananda Kangovi
* Arun Netravali, Bell Lab
* Kumar Malavalli, co-founder of Brocade Communication Systems
* Sir M. Visvesvaraya
Engineering
* Rajeshwari Chatterjee, Karnataka's first female engineer
* S. S. Murthy, Electrical engineer,
* Samaira Hullur Aircraft pilot, youngest female aviator
Economics
* N. S. Subba Rao

## Literature
### Classical writers

* Nripatunga Amoghavarsha
* Asaga
* Ranna, 10th-century poet
* Janna
* Adikavi Pampa
* Sri Ponna
* Shivakotiacharya
* Muddana, 19th-century poet and author
* Andayya, 13th-century writer
* Gangadevi, 14th-century poet and author
* Kumaravyasa
* Harihara, poet
* Lakshmisha (Jaimeni Bharatha in Kannada)
* Raghavanka
* Rudrabhatta
* Basavanna
* Akka Mahadevi
* Sarvajna
* Tirumalamba
* Purandaradasa
* Kanakadasa
* Trivikrama Panditacharya
* Narayana Panditacharya
* Kumudendu Muni, author of Siribhoovalaya
* Shishunaala Sharif Saheba, first Muslim poet in Kannada literature

### Modern writers

* A.N. Krishna Rao
* Anupama Niranjana
* Aravind Adiga, won the Man Booker Prize in 2008
* B. G. L. Swamy
* B. M. Srikantaiah
* Beechi, comedian from Bellary District
* Chandrashekhara Kambara
* Da. Ra. Bendre
* D. Javare Gowda
* Jayalakshmi Seethapura
* D. V. Gundappa
* G. P. Rajarathnam
* Girish Karnad
* Gopalakrishna Adiga
* Gorur Ramaswamy Iyengar
* Ha Ma Nayak
* H. S. Krishnaswamy Iyengar
* K. S. Narasimhaswamy
* K. S. Nissar Ahmed
* K. Anantharamu
* Kota Shivarama Karanth
* Kuvempu
* M. Govinda Pai
* Maa Naa Chowdappa
* Maasti Venkatesh Ayengar
* Maya Kamath, political cartoonist
* P. Lankesh
* Panchakshari Hiremath
* A.K. Ramanujan
* Poornachandra Tejaswi
* P. T. Narasimhachar
* R. C. Hiremath
* R. K. Narayan, settler
* Raja Rao
* S. Srikanta Sastri
* S. L. Bhyrappa
* Shatavadhani Dr. R. Ganesh
* Shashi Deshpande
* T. P. Kailasam
* T. R. Subba Rao
* T. N. Srikantaiah
* U. R. Ananthamurthy
* V. K. Gokak
* Yashwant Chittal
* Ferdinand Kittel
* Dinakara Desai
* Venkatesh Galaganath

## Politicians

* K.C. Reddy, former chief minister
* Kadidal Manjappa, former chief minister
* Kengal Hanumanthaiah, former chief minister
* Siddaramaiah, former chief minister
* Shantaveri Gopala Gowda, Socialist leader, former MLA
* S. Nijalingappa, former chief minister
* Devaraj Urs, former chief minister
* Kamaladevi Chattopadhyaya, freedom fighter
* Basappa Danappa Jatti, former vice-president
* Gudleppa Hallikeri, freedom fighter, former chairman of the Legislative Council.
* M.N. Jois, freedom fighter, former M.L.C, Dy Speaker of Legislative Council
* Bantwal Vaikunta Baliga, former law minister; former speaker, Mysore State
* Gundu Rao, former chief minister
* Khedinji Kanthappa Hegde, former Karnataka Minister of Health
* Ramakrishna Hegde, former chief minister
* Sudheendra Kulkarni
* Prabhakar Kore, member of Rajya Sabha from Karnataka
* S.R.Kanti, former chief minister
* Neeraj Patil, Mayor of Lambeth district of London
* S.R.Bommai, former chief minister
* Veerendra Patil, former chief minister
* S.Bangarappa, former chief minister
* Veerappa Moily, former chief minister
* L. G. Havanur, former law minister
* H.D. Deve Gowda, former prime minister
* J.H.Patel, former chief minister
* George Fernandes, former defense minister
* S.M. Krishna, Governor of Maharashtra, former chief minister
* Dharam Singh, former chief minister
* H.D.Kumaraswamy, former chief minister
* B.S.Yediyurappa, former chief minister, MP
* D.V. Sadananda Gowda, former chief minister and present union Statistics and Program implementation minister
* Jagadish Shettar, former chief minister
* Ramesh Jigajinagi, former home minister, currently Union Minister of state for drinking water and sanitation and M.P
* M.P. Prakash, former deputy chief minister
* Oscar Fernandes, former Union Minister
* Jaffer Sharief, former Union Minister
* Margaret Alva, former Union Minister
* U. Srinivas Mallya, former member of parliament
* H.N.Ananth Kumar, Union Minister for chemicals and fertilizers & M.P.
* Mallikarjun Kharge, former home minister, former Union Railway Minister
* K.H. Muniyappa, former Union minister of state for Railways
* V.S.Acharya, former Minister for Home affairs & Medical Education
* H.Vishwanath, former Minister, former M.P
* Vatal Nagaraj, former MLA
* Vishweshwara Hegde, former Education Minister
* Bhagwanth Khuba, Member of Parliament, Bidar
* Shri Thanedar, United States Representative

## Bureaucrats

* C B Muthamma, first woman IFS officer
* C. G. Somiah, Comptroller and Auditor General of India (1990-1996)
* Shankar Bidari, IPS, DG & IPG, Karnataka
* Abdul Rahman Infant, IPS, DG & IGP, Karnataka
* Dr.M.H.Marigowda, former director of Horticulture
* H. T. Sangliana, former police officer, and M.P. Lok Sabha
* Daya Nayak
* Kempaiah
* Veeranna Aivalli
* Vivek Kulkarni

## Cooperative movement

* S. K. Amin, founder of South Kanara District Co-Operative Fish Marketing Federation

## Religion and philosophy

* Sarvajna
* Sree Sree Shivakumara Swamiji, Karnataka Ratna, highest civilian awarded by the state
* Kanaka Dasa, saint
* Basavanna, founder of Veerashaivism, social reformer
* Purandara Dasa, saint
* Vidyaranya, 12th Shankaracharya of Sringeri, spiritual guide to Vijayanagar Empire
* Allama Prabhu
* Madhvacharya
* Mangesh V. Nadkarni
* Raghavendra Swami
* Akka Mahadevi
* Jayatirtha
* Sripadaraya
* Vyasatirtha
* Vadirajatirtha
* Madhvacharya
* Naraharitirtha
* Padmanabha Tirtha
* Raghaveshwara Bharathi
* Raghunatha Tirtha
* Raghuvarya Tirtha
* Raghuttama Tirtha
* Gangadharendra Saraswati
* Balagangadharanatha Swamiji
* Shivamurthy Shivacharya Mahaswamiji
* Satyavrata Tirtha
* Satyanidhi Tirtha
* Satyanatha Tirtha
* Satyapriya Tirtha
* Satyabodha Tirtha
* Satyasandha Tirtha
* Satyadharma Tirtha
* Satyadhyana Tirtha
* Satyapramoda Tirtha
* Shishunala Sharifa
* Jaggi Vasudev, founder of Isha Foundation
* Siddharudha Swami
* Narayan Maharaj
* Narayanacharya
* Dattatreya
* Kaadsiddheshwar
* Keshavashram

## Yoga

* Tirumalai Krishnamacharya, known as "the father of modern yoga" and reviver of Hatha yoga
* B.K.S. Iyengar
* Geeta Iyengar
* Jaggi Vasudev
* Malladihalli Sri Raghavendra Swamiji
* Pattabhi Jois

## Wildlife and environment

* Hanumappa Sudarshan
* Ullas Karanth, tiger conservation
* Krupakar-Senani
* Vandana Shiva

## Historians, epigraphists and archaeologists

* Dr. Shikaripura Ranganatha Rao
* Dr. B.A. Saletore
* P. B. Desai
* P. Gururaja Bhat
* G. S. Gai
* A. N. Narasimhia
* B. L. Rice
* S. Srikanta Sastri

## Social service

* Sree Sree Shivakumara Swamiji
* S. K. Amin
* Malladihalli Sri Raghavendra Swamiji
* Sudha Murthy
* Tulsi Gowda
* Veerendra Heggade
* Saalumarada Thimmakka

## Sports
### Cricket

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

### Hockey

* B. P. Govinda (former captain, Arjun award)
* M. P. Ganesh (former captain, Arjun Award)
* Ashish Ballal
* Arjun Halappa
* M M Somaiya (former captain)

### Football

* Vinoth Kumar
* Xavier Vijay Kumar
* N.S. Manju
* Kuppuswami Sampath
* Shankar Sampingiraj
* Karma Tsewang
* Sanjeeva Uchil (Represented India in 1948 Olympics)

### Athletics

* Ashwini Nachappa
* J. J. Shobha
* Vandana Rao
* Vandana Shanbagh
* Vikas Gowda
* Girisha Nagarajegowda Para-athletics

### Badminton

* Prakash Padukone
* Anup Sridhar
* Ashwini Ponnappa

### Tennis

* Rohan Bopanna
* Poojashree Venkatesh
* Srinath Prahlad

### Others

* C.C. Machaiah, former boxer, Olympian and coach, 1978 Arjuna Awardee
* Chetan Baboor, Table Tennis
* Nisha Millet, Swimming
* Pankaj Advani, Billiards
* Malathi Krishnamurthy Holla

## Military

* Ajjamada B Devaiah, Pilot in Indian air force, Maha Vir Chakra (posthumous), war martyr.
* Field Marshal K.M. Cariappa, Commander-in-Chief, Indian Armed Forces
* Gen.K. S. Thimayya, Chief of Staff, Indian Army
* Gen. A C Iyappa, Prisoner-of-War in World War II, Indian Army, BEL chief.
* Air Marshal C D Subbaiah, VrC, PVSM, World War II fighter pilot, Indian Army.
* Ramesh Halagali, AVSM, SM, Deputy Chief of Indian Army.
* Major M C Muthanna, killed by terrorists in Jammu and Kashmir, Shaurya Chakra awardee.
* Major Sandeep Unnikrishnan, killed in action during the November 2008 Mumbai attacks, consequently awarded the Ashoka Chakra, Indian Army

## Judiciary

* Justice Manepalli Narayana Rao Venkatachaliah, retired Chief Justice of the Supreme Court
* Justice N Y Hanumanthappa, Chief Justice of Orissa High Court and Ex-Member of Parliament, Chitra Durga
* Justice Santhosh Hegde, retired Supreme Court Judge
* Justice H.L.Dattu, retired Chief Justice of the Supreme Court
* Justice V. Gopala Gowda, Supreme Court Judge
* Chief Justice of India P. B. Gajendragadkar, from Gajendragad

## Award winners
### Bharat Ratna

* Sir M. Visvesvaraya, 1955
* Bhimsen Joshi, 2008
* C.N.R. Rao, 2014

### Jnanpith Award

* Kuvempu, for his epic Sri Ramayana Darshanam, in 1969
* D. R. Bendre, for his anthology of poems Naku Thanthi, in 1974
* K. Shivaram Karanth, for his novel Mookajjiya Kanasugalu, in 1977
* Masti Venkatesha Iyengar, for his historical novel Chikkaveera Rajendra, in 1983
* V. K. Gokak, for Bharatha Sindhu Rashmi, in 1990
* U. R. Ananthamurthy, for his monumental contributions, in 1994
* Girish Karnad, for his monumental contributions to Kannada literature and for contributions to Kannada theatre (Yayati), in 1998
* Chandrashekhara Kambara, for his monumental contributions to Kannada literature, in 2010

### Saraswati Samman

* S. L. Bhyrappa, for his novel Mandra, in 2010

## Militants

* Iqbal Bhatkal
* Kafeel Ahmed, 2007 London car bombing
* Riyaz Bhatkal
* Yasin Bhatkal

## Others

* Shakuntala Devi, calculating prodigy; "called human computer"
* N. Someswara, doctor and quiz master of Thatt Antha Heli
* Aluru Venkata Rao
* Huilgol Narayana Rao
* Ravi Belagere
* Mayurasharma
* Pulakesi I
* Krishna Deva Raya
* Kudroli Ganesh, magician
* Kumara Rama
* Mala Honnatti, mountain climber.
* Somesvara I
* Belawadi Mallamma
* Kittur Chennamma
* Attimabbe
* Raghavendra Acharya
* Pandita Ramabai, reformer for women's education, Sanskrit scholar, Christian Bible translator into Marathi
* Saraswati Gangadhar
* S. D. Phadnis, cartoonist
* A. N. Prahlada Rao, crossword writer; created 40,000 crosswords; name mentioned in LIMCA Book of Records 2015