Mayurasharma (Kannada: ಮಯೂರಶರ್ಮ ) (or Mayurasharman, Mayuravarma (Kannada: ಮಯೂರವರ್ಮ )) (r.345–365 C.E.), a Brahmin scholar and a native of Talagunda (in modern Shimoga district), was the founder of the Kadamba Kingdom of Banavasi, the earliest native kingdom to rule over what is today the modern state of Karnataka, India.
 Before the rise of the Kadambas, the centres of power ruling the land were outside of the Karnataka region; thus the Kadambas' ascent to power as an independent geo-political entity, with Kannada, the language of the soil as a major regional language, is a landmark event in the history of modern Karnataka with Mayurasharma as an important historical figure.
 The earliest Kannada language inscriptions are attributed to the Kadambas of Banavasi.
Deve Gowda Javare Gowda (6 July 1915 – 30 May 2016) was a Kannada language author also popularly known as De Ja Gou or simply Javare Gowda.
 He was disciple of notable authors T.N. Srikantaiah and Kuvempu.
 His literary career spans over decades in which he wrote over thirty-four biographies in Kannada language and many other works including children's literature.
 He actively campaigned for the promotion of Kannada language.
 He had received Pampa Prashasti (1998), Padma Shri (2001) and the Karnataka Ratna (2008) awards for his contributions in literature and education.
 He became a centenarian in 2015 and died on 30 May 2016.
Chandrashekhara Kambara (born 2 January 1937) is a prominent Indian poet, playwright, folklorist, film director in Kannada language and the founder-vice-chancellor of Kannada University in Hampi.
 He is known for effective adaptation of the North Karnataka dialect of the Kannada language in his plays, and poems, in a similar style as in the works of D.R. Bendre.
Dr. Manu Baligar (Kannada:ಮನು ಬಳಿಗಾರ್) is a Kannada writer, author, playwright, former civil servant and current president of Kannada Sahitya Parishat.
 He was a civil servant in the Karnataka Administrative Service, and retired as the director of Department of Kannada and Culture, Government of Karnataka.
 He was elected the president of the Kannada Sahitya Parishat, an apex body for the promotion of Kannada language, on March 3, 2016 for a term of three years.
 He hails from Shigli in Gadag district, and is the brother of V. P. Baligar, a retired Indian Administrative Service officer and former chairman of Housing and Urban Development Corporation.
M. Chidananda Murthy (Kannada: ಚಿದಾನಂದ ಮೂರ್ತಿ ) (born 10 May 1931) is a Kannada writer, researcher and historian.
 He is a well-known scholar in Karnataka specializing in the history of Kannada language and ancient Karnataka.
 He is also known for his campaign to conserve the monuments Hampi and to secure classical language status to Kannada Language.
 Murthy has also articulated that uniform civil code and an anti-conversion law must be enacted by the Government in India.
George Bernard Shaw ( ; 26 July 1856 – 2 November 1950), known at his insistence simply as Bernard Shaw, was an Irish playwright, critic and polemicist whose influence on Western theatre, culture and politics extended from the 1880s to his death and beyond.
 He wrote more than sixty plays, including major works such as "Man and Superman" (1902), "Pygmalion" (1912)" and Saint Joan" (1923).
 With a range incorporating both contemporary satire and historical allegory, Shaw became the leading dramatist of his generation, and in 1925 was awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature.
BeeChi (1913–1980) was a well-known humorist in the Kannada language.
 His real name was Rayasam Bheemasena Rao.
 He preferred to write his pen name bilingually as ಬೀchi.
 He was also known as Karnataka's George Bernard Shaw.
Kampalapura Veeranna Narayana, also known as KVN, is a linguist, professor of Kannada language and literature, and a literary critic.
 He is currently the Chairman of the Kuvempu Bhasha Bharathi Pradikara, Government of Karnataka.
 He hails from Piriyapattana in Mysore district.
 During his time as a professor in Bangalore University, he initiated investigations into Kannada language and culture from the root level.
 He served as the registrar of Hampi Kannada University.
 His major areas of interest are Kannada language, literature, teaching and science.
Vishweshwar Bhat is a journalist in Karnataka, India and a well known writer in Kannada language.
 He was the editor of "Vijaya Karnataka" and Kannada Prabha newspapers and the television channel Suvarna News.
 He started a media house in Karnataka by name Vishwakshara Media Pvt. Ltd. as Managing Director with well known Jewellery business man Sri KP Nanjundi as Chairman of the group.
 He is the Editor in Chief of the proposed Kannada daily Vishwavani which was relaunched on 15 January 2016 all over Karnataka, prior to which it was being published and circulated only in Hubballi, headed by renowned Kannada writer Patil Puttappa.
Western Ganga literature (Kannada: ಪಶ್ಚಿಮ ಗಂಗ ಸಾಹಿತ್ಯ ) refers to a body of writings created during the rule of the Western Ganga Dynasty, a dynasty that ruled the region historically known as Gangavadi (modern Southern Karnataka, India) between the 4th and 11th centuries.
 The period of their rule was an important time in the history of South Indian literature in general and Kannada literature in particular, though many of the writings are deemed extinct.
 Some of the most famous poets of Kannada language graced the courts of the Ganga kings.
 Court poets and royalty created eminent works in Kannada language and Sanskrit language that spanned such literary forms as prose, poetry, Hindu epics, Jain Tirthankaras (saints) and elephant management.

Question: Who wrote more than sixty plays, including major works such as "Man and Superman" who had a man who was a well-known humorist in the Kannada language who was known as Karnataka's Irish playwright ?
Answer: George Bernard Shaw