List of people from Bangalore
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[edit] 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
[edit] 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
[edit] 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
[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
[edit] 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
[edit] Sportspersons
[edit] Athletics
- Ashwini Nachappa, Former athlete
[edit] Badminton
- Prakash Padukone, Badminton player
[edit] Billiards
- Pankaj Advani, Billiards & Snooker World Champion
[edit] 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
- 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
- Rahul Dravid
[edit] Hockey
- Jude Felix, former Indian Hockey team captain
- Ashish Ballal, Hockey goalkeeper
- Len Aiyappa, Indian Hockey Team
- Arjun Halappa, Indian Hockey Team
[edit] Swimming
- Nisha Millet, Asian swimming champ
[edit] Tennis
- Mahesh Bhupathi, Tennis player
[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'
- Jagesh, actor
- Kashinath, actor
[edit] 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
[edit] Architects
[edit] Spiritual leaders
[edit] 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
