[edit] Medical and Health Experts [edit] Scientists [edit] Kannada writers and Jnanpith awardees - Kuvempu Poet, Jnanpith awardee
- Da Ra Bendre Poet, Jnanpith awardee
- Masti Venkatesh Iyengar, Jnanpith awardee
- Girish Karnad, Kannada writer, playwright, actor, Jnanpith awardee
- U. R. Ananthamurthy- Kannada writer,thinker and Jnanpith awardee
- T. P. Kailasam, Kannada writer, playwright.
- K. S. Nissar Ahmed, Kannada Poet.
- Sudha Murthy
[edit] 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
- Anil Kumar H.A, English and Kannada art writer, winner of Unesco-Aschberg and Charles Wallace Trust of India award
[edit] Entrepreneurs - Azim Premji, India's richest man (as of 2004). Founder of Wipro Technologies
- Vijay Mallya, CEO of UB Group, owner of the Kingfisher brand, Royal Challengers Bangalore Cricket team and Force India F1 team.
- Kiran Mazumdar, founder of Biocon, a bio-technology company
- N.R. Narayana Murthy, founder of Infosys
- Vinod Srinivas, co-founder, CEO of Confetti Media group.
- 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
- Captain G R Gopinath, Managing Director of Air Deccan
[edit] Sportspersons [edit] Adventure Sports [edit] Athletics [edit] Badminton [edit] Billiards [edit] Cricket - Gundappa Ranganath Vishwanath, retired batsman.
- Rahul Dravid, Former India Captain.
- Anil Kumble, Leg Spinner, Test Captain, India's highest wicket taker
- B.S. Chandrashekhar, Retired Leg Spinner
- Erapalli Prasanna, Retired Off Spinner
- Javagal Srinath, retired fast bowler, Match Refree
- Shantha Rangaswamy, Former India Women's Cricket Team Captain
- Syed Kirmani, Retired Wicket Keeper
- Venkatesh Prasad, retired fast bowler,Current Indias Bowling Coach.
- Vijay Bhardwaj,
- Azhar Fayaz Darwaish,All Rounder
- Roger Binny, all rounder
- Raghuram Bhat, left-arm spinner
- Dodda Ganesh, medium pacer
- Robin Uthappa
[edit] Hockey [edit] Swimming [edit] Tennis [edit] Entertainers [edit] 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'
- Jaggesh, actor
- Kashinath, actor
- Nauman Sait, winner of MTV Roadies Hell Down Under Reality show
- Ganesh, actor, popular for his hit movie 'Mungaru male'
[edit] Other entertainers [edit] Architects [edit] Spiritual leaders [edit] Others [edit] See also |
