page_title: Gowda (surname)
section_title: Notable people
hierarchical_section_title: Gowda (surname) / Notable people
caption_attribution_description: English: Kempegowda, near Majestic
context_page_description: Gowda is a surname title native to the Karnataka state of India. It is meant for a person who is a farmer by profession and owns land in the village.
context_section_description: Notable people with the surname Gowda:
  Akshara Gowda (born 1991), Indian actress
  B. Saroja Devi (born 7 January 1938) is an Indian actress who has acted in Kannada, Tamil, Telugu and Hindi movies
  Bhavya Gowda (born 1983), Indian model
  D. B. Chandre Gowda (born 1936), Indian politician from Karnataka
  D. V. Sadananda Gowda (born 1953), Indian politician from Karnataka
  Ere Gowda, Indian Kannada film director
  Jaggesh (born 1963 as Eshwar Gowda), Indian Kannada actor
  Girisha Nagarajegowda (born 1988), Indian Paralympic athlete
  H. D. Deve Gowda (born 1933), Indian politician from Karnataka
  H. D. Kumaraswamy (born 1959 as Haradanahalli Devegowda Kumaraswamy Gowda), Indian politician from Karnataka
  Ambareesh (born 1952 as Huche Gowda Amarnath) Indian politician and actor
  H. L. Nage Gowda (1915–2005), Indian  Kannada folklorist and author
  Javare Gowda (1915–2016), Indian Kannada author
  K. C. N. Gowda (c. 1928–2012), Indian Kannada film producer and film distributor
  K. Chidananda Gowda, Indian computer scientist
  Kempe Gowda I (1510–1569), Founder of Bengaluru & feudatory ruler of the Vijayanagara Empire, now Karnataka, India
  Krishna Byre Gowda (born 1973), Indian politician from Karnataka
  M. H. Marigowda, Indian horticulturist
  Narayana Gowda, Indian politician from Karnataka
  Pallavi Gowda (born 1993), Indian actress
  Rajeev Gowda, Indian politician and academic from Karnataka
  Ramachandra Gowda, Indian politician from Karnataka
  Ravishankar Gowda, Indian actor
  Shantaveri Gopala Gowda (1923–1972), Indian politician from Karnataka
  Sheela Gowda (born 1957), Indian artist from Karnataka
  Shilpi Somaya Gowda (born 1970), Canadian novelist
  Tejashwini Gowda (born 1966), Indian politician from Karnataka
  Tulsi Gowda, Indian environmentalist
  Venkate Gopala Gowda (born 1951), Indian Supreme court judge
  Vikas Gowda (born 1983), Indian athlete
  Yash (born Naveen Kumar Gowda), Indian Kannada actor
  N. H. Gouda (1938–1992), Indian politician from Karnataka
caption: Kempegowda I, founder of the Bengaluru city
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