List of people from Bangalore

List of people from Bangalore

Medical and Health Experts

* Dr. H. Sudarshan - graduated from Bangalore Medical College. Went on to win the Right Livelihood Award and Padma Sri for work with the Soliga tribe of Biligirirangan Hills.
* Dr. Devi Prasad Shetty -Cardiac surgeon
* Dr. S.S. Ramesh - Cardiologist

Scientists

* Sir M. Visvesvarayya, engineer and statesman
* Dr. Krishnaswamy Kasturirangan, astrophysicist, former Chairman of ISRO, member of Rajya Sabha
* Dr. C. N. R. Rao, Indian Institute of Science (Material Sciences)
*Dr. G. R. Nagabhushna, Former Chairman H.V Dept. H.V IISc, National Awardee

Kannada writers and Jnanpith awardees

* Dr. U. R. Anantha Murthy- Kannada writer,thinker and Jnanpith awardee
* Girish Karnad, Kannada writer, playwright, actor, Jnanpith awardee
* T. P. Kailasam, Kannada writer, playwright.
* K. S. Nissar Ahmed, Kannada Poet.
* Kuvempu Poet, Jnanpith awardee
* Da Ra Bendre Poet, Jnanpith awardee
* Sudha Murthy
* Masti Venkatesh Iyangar, Jnanpith awardee

Other writers

* Mahesh Dattani, English playwright and Sahitya Akademi award winner
* Anita Nair, English author of the books Ladies Coupe and Mistress
* Lavanya Sankaran, English author of The Red Carpet: Bangalore Stories

Entrepreneurs

* Azim Premji, India's richest man (as of 2004). Founder of Wipro Technologies
* Kiran Mazumdar, founder of Biocon, a bio-technology company
* N.R. Narayana Murthy, founder of Infosys
* Sabeer Bhatia, founder of Hotmail
* Bharat Goenka, founder, Managing Director of Tally Solutions
* Ramjee Chandran, founder, Managing Director of Explocity Group of magazines and websites.
* Subroto Bagchi, COO of MindTree Consulting
* Vijay Mallya, CEO of UB Group, owner of the Kingfisher brand.
* Captain G R Gopinath, Managing Director of Air Deccan

Sportspersons

Athletics

* Ashwini Nachappa, Former athlete

Badminton

* Prakash Padukone, Badminton player

Billiards

* Pankaj Advani, Billiards & Snooker World Champion

Cricket

* Anil Kumble, Leg Spinner, Test Captain, India's highest wicket taker
* B.S. Chandrashekhar, Retired Leg Spinner
* Erapalli Prasanna, Retired Off Spinner
* Shantha Rangaswamy, Former India Women's Cricket Team Captain
* Syed Kirmani, Retired Wicket Keeper
* Venkatesh Prasad, retired fast bowler,Current India"s Bowling Coach.
* Vijay Bhardwaj,
* Gundappa Ranganath Vishwanath, retired batsman.
* Roger Binny, all rounder
* Raghuram Bhat, left-arm spinner
* Dodda Ganesh, medium pacer
* Javagal Srinath, retired fast bowler, Match Refree
* Rahul Dravid, Former India Captain.

Hockey

* Jude Felix, former Indian Hockey team captain
* Ashish Ballal, Hockey goalkeeper
* Len Aiyappa, Indian Hockey Team
* Arjun Halappa, Indian Hockey Team

Swimming

* Nisha Millet, Asian swimming champ

Tennis

* Mahesh Bhupathi, Tennis player

Entertainers

Kannada & Indian Cinema

* Ambareesh, actor, 'Mandyada Gandu'
* Anant Nag, actor, brother of Shankar Nag
* Darshan, actor
* Deepika Padukone, model, actress
* Dwarkeesh, actor, comedian
* Hamsalekha, music director, lyricist, dramatist
* Prema, actress
* Puneet Rajkumar, actor, youngest son of Dr. Rajkumar
* Puttanna Kanagal, late director
* Raghavendra Rajkumar, actor, second son of Dr. Rajkumar
* Dr. Rajkumar, actor, singer, cultural icon
* Rakshita, actress
* Ramya, actress
* Ravichandran, actor, director, producer, music director, editor
* Shankar Nag, late actor, producer, director
* Shivaraj Kumar, actor, eldest son of Dr. Rajkumar
* Soundarya, late actress, also acted in other South Indian films.
* Sreenath, actor, Pranaya Raja, 'Shubha Mangala'
* Sudeep, actor
* Upendra, director, actor, producer
* Vasundhara Das, actress and singer
* Dr. Vishnuvardhan, actor, 'Sahasasimha', 'Abhinava Bhargava'
* Jagesh, actor
* Kashinath, actor

Other entertainers

* Lara Dutta, actress, Miss Universe 2000
* Lucky Ali, singer
* Manna Dey, playback singer
* Darius Sunawala Radio Jockey
* Aftab Shivdasani, actor
* Keerthi Reddy, actress
* Vasundara Das, singer

Architects

* K. Jaisim

piritual leaders

*Nataraja Guru

Others

* Shakuntala Devi - Popularly known as the Human computer
* R. K. Baliga, Founder of the Electronics City in Bangalore
* A. N. Prahlada Rao, Kannada crossword writer

See also

* List of people by India state
* List of people from Karnataka


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