- List of people of North Karnataka
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Contents
Introduction
North Karnataka, the land which gave personalities like Basavanna, Sarvagna, Bhaskaracharya, Bharat Ratna Bhimsen Joshi, Dr. D.R. Bendre, Girish Karnad, Gangubai Hangal, Puttaraj Gawai.
Law and Justice
- Chief Justice of India P. B. Gajendragadkar from Gajendragad
Historical
- Amoghavarsha I
- Mayurasharma
- Pulakesi I
- Pulakesi II
- Krishna Deva Raya
- Kumara Rama
- Vikramaditya VI
- Somesvara I
- Bijjala II
- Basavanna
- Belawadi Mallamma
- Kittur Chennamma
Mathematics
- Bhaskaracharya
- Mahavira
Literature
Classical Age of Kannada Literature
- Asaga
- Shivakotiacharya
- Amoghavarsha I
- Adikavi Pampa
- Ranna
- Sri Ponna
- Kumaravyasa
- Basavanna
- Akka Mahadevi
- Sarvajna
- Kanaka Dasa
Modern Kannada Literature
- D.R. Bendre
- Girish Karnad
- Chandrashekhara Kambara
- Ferdinand Kittel
- Dinakara Desai
- Panchakshari Hiremath
- Narayanacharya
- Venkatesh Galaganath
- Channaveera Kanavi
- Giraddi Govindaraj
- Aravind Malagatti
Jnanpeeth Award winners
1. D. R. Bendre[1] 2. V K Gokak 3. Girish Karnad 4. Chandrashekhara Kambara
Music
Carnatic music
- Kanaka Dasa
- Vijaya Dasa
- Gopala Dasa
- Jagannatha Dasa
Hindustani music
- Abdulla Khaja (Bansuri)
- Bapu Padmanabha (Bansuri)
- Arjunsa Nakod (Vocal)
- Ashok Huggannanavar (Vocal)
- Bale Khan (Sitar)
- Balesh (Shehnai)
- Basavaraja Rajaguru (Vocal)
- Bhalachandra Nakod(Vocal)
- Bhimsen Joshi (Vocal)
- Dattatray Kalburgi (Tabla)
- Shripati Padigar (Vocal)
- Gangubai Hangal (Vocal)
- Gururao Deshpande (Vocal)
- Hanumanna Nayak Dore (Vocal)
- I.N. Kalaburgi (Vocal)
- Jayateerth Mevundi (Vocal)
- Kaivalya Kumar Gurav (Vocal)
- Keshav Ginde (Flutist)
- Krishna Hangal (Vocal)
- Kumar Gandharva (Vocal)
- Madhava Gudi (Vocal)
- Mallikarjun Mansur (Vocal)
- Nagaraja Rao Havaldar (Vocal)
- Panchakshari Gawai (Vocal)
- Panchakshari Swami Mattigatti (Vocal)
- Pravin Godkhindi (Bansuri)
- Puttaraja Gawai (Vocal)
- Raghunath Nakod (Tabla)
- Rajabhau Sontakke (Vocal)
- Rajashekhar Mansur (Vocal)
- Rajendra Kulkarni (Bansuri)
- Rajendra Nakod (Tabla)
- Ravindra Katoti (Harmonium)
- Ravindra Yavagal (Tabla)
- Sanjeev Chimmalgi (Vocal)
- Sangameshwara Gurav(Vocal)
- Sangeetha Katti(Vocal)
- Sawai Gandharva (Vocal)
- Shantaram Hegde (Vocal)
- Sheikh Hannumiya (Vocal)
- Sheshagiri Hanagal (Tabla)
- Shobha Gurtu
- Smita Bellur (Vocal)
- Venkatesh Godkhindi (Bansuri)
- Venkatesh Kumar (Vocal)
- Vinayak Torvi (Vocal)
- Vishwanath Nakod (Tabla)
- Vyasamurthy Katti (Harmonium)
Sugama Sangeetha
Clarinet
- Narasimhalu Wadawati
Awards
- Bharat Ratna : Sri Bhimsen Joshi
- Padmabhushan: Pandit Puttaraj Gawai, Sri Basavaraj Rajguru, Smt. Gangubai Hangal, Dr. Mallikarjun Mansur
- Padma Vibhushan : Sri Bhimsen Joshi
Film
- Late Gudugeri Basavaraj
- Sunil Kumar Desai
- Atul Kulkarni
- Yashwant Sardeshpande
- Umashri
- Milind Gadagkar
- Raju Talikoti
- Aasif Farooki
- Charan Raj
- Biradar
Comedian
- Beechi a comedian from Bellary District
- Pranesh (Gangavati Beechi) from Gangavati
Journalist
- Patil Puttappa
- Ravi Belagere
- Chamaraj Savadi
Epigraphist
Freedom fighters
- Rani Chennamma, considered the "morning star" of India's freedom struggle[2]
- Sangolli Rayanna, army chief of the Kingdom of Kittur who fought against the British
- Aluru Venkata Rao
- Huilgol Narayana Rao
Social reformers
- Basaveshwara
- Shishunala Sharif, the first ever Muslim poet in Kannada literature
Spiritual masters
- Vidyaranya
- Siddharudha Swami
- Narayan Maharaj
- Dattatreya
- Kaadsiddheshwar
- Keshavashram
Science and Technology
Officers
- Shankar Bidari, Vijayalakshmi Bidari, Vijayendra Bidari
Politicians
- Ramakrishna Hegde
- S. Nijalingappa
- Veerendra Patil
- S.R.Bommai
- Dharam Singh
- S.R.Kanti
- B D Jatti.
- Neeraj Patil - The Mayor of Lambeth district of London.
- M. P. Prakash
- D. C. Pavate
Cricketers
Cartoonists
- Shivram Dattatreya Phadnis
See also
- Kannada people
- Recipients of the Karnataka Ratna Award
- People from Uttara Kannada District
- People from Belgaum District
- People from Bagalkot District
- People from Bellary District
- People from Bidar District
- People from Bijapur District
- People from Gadag District
- People from Gulbarga District
- People from Haveri District
- People from Koppal District
- People from Raichur District
References
Categories:- People from Karnataka
- Karnataka
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