This is a list of notable people from Bengaluru.
Founder and Architect of Bengaluru Nada Prabhu Kempe Gowda
Scientists
C V Raman – Nobel Prize in Physics (1930), Bharat Ratna (1954) M. Visvesvarayya – Bharat Ratna, in 1955, Indian civil engineer, statesman, Diwan of Mysore C. N. R. Rao – Bharat Ratna (2014) Indian Institute of Science (Material Sciences) Bharat Ratna (2014) H Narasimhaiah – Indian physicist, educator, writer, freedom fighter and rationalist Padma Bhushan (1984) Bangalore Puttaiya Radhakrishna – geologist Kumble R. Subbaswamy – physicist Sachidananda Kangovi - Aerospace engineer, IT executive, and author
Politicians
H. D. Deve Gowda - former prime minister H. D. Kumaraswamy - former chief minister of Karnataka Gundu Rao - former Chief Minister Siddaramaiah - former Chief Minister B S Yediyurappa - former Chief Minister Ramalinga Reddy - former State Home Minister and various ministry, seven time MLA from Bangalore D. K. Shivakumar - former minister of medical education B.Vaikunta Vaikunta Baliga - former Law Minister; former Speaker, Mysore State S.Bangarappa - former Chief Minister S. R. Bommai - former Chief Minister George Fernandes - former Defence Minister Kengal Hanumanthaiah - former Chief Minister Ramakrishna Hegde - former Chief Minister Qamar ul Islam - former Housing and Labour Minister Basappa Danappa Jatti - former Vice-President M.N. Jois - former M.L.C, Deputy Speaker of Legislative Council - Mysore State Mallikarjun Kharge - former State Minister (various portfolios); former Union Labour Minister in the Manmohan Singh Government; current leader of Opposition in Lok Sabha S. M. Krishna - former External Affairs Minister of India; former Governor of Maharashtra; former Chief Minister of Karnataka H.N.Ananth Kumar - former Union Minister and MP Kadidal Manjappa - former Chief Minister Veerappa Moily - Minister of Petroleum and Natural Gas; former Chief Minister K. H. Muniyappa - union minister of state for railways S. Nijalingappa - former Chief Minister Nandan Nilekani - Chairman of the Unique Identification Authority of India (UIDAI) J. H. Patel - former Chief Minister Veerendra Patil - former Chief Minister M. A. M. Ramaswamy - Rajya Sabha MP and industrialist K. C. Reddy - former Chief Minister Dharam Singh - former Chief Minister Devaraj Urs - former Chief Minister H. Vishwanath - former Minister
Kannada writers
Kuvempu – poet, Jnanpith awardee U. R. Ananthamurthy – Kannada writer, thinker and Jnanpith awardee Da Ra Bendre – poet, Jnanpith awardee S. L. Bhyrappa – writer, novelist V. K. Gokak – writer, Jnanapith awardee Masti Venkatesh Iyengar – Jnanpith awardee T. P. Kailasam – Kannada writer, playwright Chandrashekhar Kambar – Jnanapith awardee for his contributions to Kannada literature K. Shivaram Karanth – Kannada writer, Jnanapith awardee Girish Karnad – Kannada writer, playwright, actor, Jnanpith awardee K. S. Nissar Ahmed – Kannada poet Sudha Murthy
Other writers
Mahesh Dattani – English playwright and Sahitya Akademi award winner Ramachandra Guha – historian and Sahitya Akademi award winner Sangu Mandanna – English-language writer Anita Nair – English author of the books Ladies Coupe and Mistress Malathi Rao – English-language writer, Sahitya Akademi award winner Madhuri Vijay – English-language writer, Pushcart Prize winner
Entrepreneurs
G. R. Gopinath – founder of Deccan Aviation and Deccan 360 Kiran Mazumdar – founder of Biocon, a biotechnology company N. R. Narayana Murthy – founder of Infosys Nandan Nilekani – Co-founder of Infosys V. G. Siddhartha – founder of Café Coffee Day
Sportspersons
Athletics
Ashwini Nachappa – former athlete
Badminton
Prakash Padukone – badminton player Ashwini Ponnappa
Billiards
Pankaj Advani – billiards and snooker World Champion
Cricket
Mayank Agarwal – Indian cricketer John Bean – English first-class cricketer and British Army officer Vijay Bhardwaj – former Indian allrounder Raghuram Bhat – former Indian left-arm spinner Roger Binny – former Indian all rounder Stuart Binny – all rounder B. S. Chandrasekhar – Wisden Cricketer of the Year in 1972 Rahul Dravid – batsman, former India Captain and has taken highest number of catches in international cricket Dodda Ganesh – former medium pacer Sunil Joshi – retired all rounder Syed Kirmani – retired wicket-keeper Prasidh Krishna – fast bowler Veda Krishnamurthy – Indian woman cricketer Vinay Kumar – medium pacer Anil Kumble – leg spinner, Test Captain, India's highest wicket taker, former Indian National Cricket Team coach Abhimanyu Mithun – Indian cricketer Devdutt Padikkal – Ranji player
Manish Pandey – Indian cricketer Venkatesh Prasad – retired fast bowler; India's former bowling coach Erapalli Prasanna – retired off spinner KL Rahul – Indian cricketer Javagal Srinath – retired fast bowler, match referee Robin Uthappa – Indian cricketer Vellaswamy Vanitha – former Indian woman cricketer Sadanand Viswanath – former Indian wicket-keeper Gundappa Ranganath Vishwanath – former Indian cricket captain (1979–1980)
Hockey
Ashish Ballal – hockey goalkeeper Arjun Halappa – Indian hockey team
Motorsports
Arjun Maini – Asian Le Mans Series and Deutsche Tourenwagen Masters driver Akhil Rabindra – GT4 European Series driver
Nikhil Pai – Indian rallying co-driver Shreyas Hareesh – Indian motorcycle racer
Swimming
Nisha Millet – Olympian at Sydney Olympics 2000
Tennis Rohan Bopanna
Entertainers
Kannada and Indian cinema
Dino Morea – actor, supermodel Ramesh Aravind - actor Sandeep Chowta - music director, producer Guru Dutt - actor, director, producer Dwarkeesh - actor, comedian Nicole Faria (born 1990) – actress, model, Miss Earth 2010 Hamsalekha - music director, lyricist, dramatist Jaggesh - actor Amoghavarsha JS - filmmaker Kalpana - actress, Minugutare Puttanna Kanagal - director Girish Kasaravalli - director Kashinath - actor Feroz Khan - actor, editor, producer, director Sanjay Khan - producer, director and actor Bangalore Latha - playback singer Malashree - actress Manjula - actress Nithya Menen - actress Anant Nag - actor, brother of Shankar Nag Shankar Nag - actor, producer, director Nayanthara - actress, producer (born in Bengaluru from Malayali ancestry) Deepika Padukone - model, actress Prema - actress Prakash Raj - actor, director, producer Rajinikanth - actor Dr. Rajkumar - actor, singer, producer Puneeth Rajkumar - actor, son of Dr. Rajkumar Raghavendra Rajkumar - actor, son of Dr. Rajkumar Shiva Rajkumar - actor, son of Dr. Rajkumar Ramya - actress, politician Kiran Rao - producer, screenwriter, and director V. Ravichandran - actor, director, producer, music director, editor Anushka Sharma - actress Soundarya - actress Srinath - actor, Pranaya Raja, Shubha Mangala Sudeepa - actor, director, producer, singer, host Darshan Thoogudeep - actor Chi. Udayashankar - dialogue writer and lyricist Upendra - director, actor, producer Rockline Venkatesh - actor, film producer Dr. Vishnuvardhan - actor, singer Yash - actor
Architects
K. Jaisim Kamal Sagar
Spiritual leaders
Shivakumara Swami Balagangadharanatha Swamiji
Other notable people
R. K. Baliga – founder of the Electronics City in Bangalore Shakuntala Devi – known as the "human calculator" Trivikrama Mahadeva – organiser of funerals for tens of thousands of paupers Thomas Mohan (born 1959) – wildlife photographer and civil engineer Maya Rao (1928–2014) – Kathak Guru; founder of Natya Institute of Kathak and Choreography Major Sandeep Unnikrishnan AC, (15 March 1977 – 28 November 2008) – military officer Dr H. N. Shubhada – educationalist Veeranarayana Pandurangi – Sanskrit scholar
See also List of people by India state List of people from Karnataka
References