List of people from Karnataka

This is a list of famous and notable people from Karnataka, India. Criteria of Name Inclusion: Names of people whose work has been appreciated by the public has been included in the list, not considering the critical views of some people.

Arts and entertainment

Cinema

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Music

Classical Music - Karnataka

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Industrialists

Politicians

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Bureaucrats

* H. T. Sangliana, Former Police Officer, and M.P. Lok Sabha.
* Dr.K.Sreenivasan, IPS, Former D.G. & I.G.P.
* B.N.Garudhachar, IPS, Former D.G. & I.G.P.
* Dr Yellapa Reddy, IFS, Former Secretary, Environment and Forest.
* M.C.Antin,Former Chief Engineer (General), Mysore State.
* J.C.Lynn, IAS, Former Chief Secretary, Karnataka.
* Dr.M.H.Marigowda, Former Director of Horticulture.

Cooperative movement

* S. K. Amin Founder of South Kanara District Co-Operative Fish Marketing Federation
* Veershetty Kushnoor,Former Chairman of All India Cooperative banks federation,Former Chairman of Karnataka State Cooperative Apex Bank limited,Bangalore,Former Minister of Cooperatives,Government of Karnataka,Former Member of Parliament.
*B.S.Vishwanathan,Chairman of National Cooperative Union of India,Chairman of Karnataka state land development Bank limited,Former M.L.C.

Religion and philosophy

* Sarvajna
* Basavanna - Founder of Veerashaivism, social reformer
* Vidyaranya - 12th Shankaracharya of Sringeri, spiritual guide to Vijayanagar Empire.
* Allama Prabhu
* Madhvacharya
* Ramanujacharya - Offered asylum in Karnataka
* Mangesh V. Nadkarni
* Raghavendra Swami
* Akka Mahadevi
* Jayatirtha
* Sripadaraya
* Vyasatirtha
* Vadirajatirtha
* Naraharitirtha
* Padmanabha Tirtha
* Shivakumar swamiji - Karnataka Ratna, highest civilian awarded by the state

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Yoga

* B.K.S. Iyengar
* Geeta Iyengar
* Malladihalli Raghavendra Swami
* Pattabhi Jois
* Prashant Iyengar
* R. Sharath
* Saraswathi Rangaswamy
* Srivatsa Ramaswami
* T.K. Sribhashyam
* T.K.V. Desikachar
* Tirumalai Krishnamacharya

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Wildlife and Environment

* Hanumappa Sudarshan
* Krupakara Senani
* Ullas Karanth, Tiger conservation.
* Vandana Shiva

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Historians, Epigraphists and Archaeologists

* Dr. B.A. Saletore
* Dr. Jyotsna Kamat
* Dr. Krisnanand L. Kamat
* Dr. P.B. Desai
* Dr. P. Gururaja Bhat
* Dr. Suryanath U. Kamat

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ocial Service

*Chaya Srivatsa
*K.R. Rama Moorthy
*Malladihalli Raghavendra Swami
*S. K. Amin
*Shivakumara Swami
*Sudha Murthy
*Veerendra Heggade

Sports

Cricket

* Budhi Kunderan
* E.A.S. Prasanna
* Gundappa Vishwanath
* Javagal Srinath
* Rahul Dravid
* Anil Kumble
* Roger Binny
* Syed Kirmani
* Brijesh Patel
* Venkatesh Prasad
* Bhagwat Chandrasekhar
* Sunil Joshi
* Raghuram Bhat
* Vijay Bhardwaj
* David Johnson
* Doddanarasaiah Ganesh
* M. Chinnaswamy
* Robin Uthappa
* Sadanand Viswanath
* Sujith Somasundar

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Hockey

* B.P. Govinda (former captain, Arjun award)
* M.P. Ganesh (former captain, Arjun Award)
* Ashish Ballal
* Arjun Halappa
* M M Somaiya (former captain)
* Len Aiyappa
* Sandeep Michael
* V.R.Raghunath

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Other

*Vandana Rao, Athletics
*Ashwini Nachappa, Athletics
*Chetan Baboor, Table Tennis
*Mahesh Bhupathi, Tennis
*Nisha Millet, Swimming
*Pankaj Advani, Billiards
*Prakash Padukone, Badminton
*Rohan Bopanna, Tennis
*Anup Sridhar, Badminton

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Military

* Gen. Gurunath.G.Bewoor, Chief of Staff, Indian Army
* Field Marshall K.M. Cariappa, Commander-in-Chief, Indian Armed Forces
* Gen. K.S. Thimayya, Chief of Staff, Indian Army

Others

* Mysore Nagaraja, The President of New York Metropolitan Transport Authority's Capital Construction

* A.N.Prahlada Rao, Crossword writer, created 18,000 crosswords

See also

* List of Kannada poets
* List of people from Bangalore
* Kannadigas
* Lists of Indians by state