Medical and Health Experts

• Dr. Yogesh K. Pithwa, FNB [Spine Surgery], MS [Ortho], DNB [Ortho], MNAMS [Ortho], D. Ortho-Consultant Spine Surgeon; first Indian officially accredited and recognized as a spine superspecialist by the National Board; visit http://www.spine-surgeon.org/ to know more about Dr. Pithwa
• 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. K. S. S. Bhat - Cardiologist and lifestyle medicine expert, did his postgraduation in New Zealand. Until recently, was the president of the Indian College of Cardiology.
• Dr. Arvind Bhateja- Consultant Neurosurgeon and Spine Surgeon, Bangalore. Medical Director, Sita Bhateja's Nursing Home, Bangalore. Email: abhateja@gmail.com. Mobile: 98452-94701
• Dr. Devi Prasad Shetty -Cardiac surgeon.
• Dr. Sundar Sankaran - Nephrologist.
• Dr. Rahul Shetty ¹² - Cardiac surgeon
• Dr. Ajit K. Huilgol - Kidney surgeon.
• Dr. M. C. Modi [1] - Eye surgeon - Performed 833 Cataract operations in a single day, a feat featured in the Guinness Book of World Records.
• Dr. Kishore Kumar - Neo-natologist and Paediatrician - M.B.B.S., D.C.H. (Mysore), D.C.H. (London), M.D.-Paed, M.R.C.P.-Paed, F.R.C.P.C.H. (U. K.), F.R.C.P.I., F.R.A.C.P., worked in 4 continents – Asia (India), Europe (U. K.), North America (U. S. A.) and Australia. Listed in Marqui's Who's Who in Health Care.
• Dr Arun L Naik - Neurosurgeon, based in Bangalore, trained at the All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi.

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Scientists

• Sir M. Visvesvarayya, engineer and statesman
• Dr. Krishnaswamy Kasturirangan, sstrophysicist, former Chairman of ISRO, member of Rajya Sabha
• Dr. C. N. R. Rao, Indian Institute of Science (Material Sciences)

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Kannada writers and Jnanpith awardees

• Dr. U. R. Anantha Murthy- Kannada writer,thinker and Jnanpith awardee
• Tribhuvan Prasad Issar, Retired Chief Secretary, Government of Karnataka, English writer on Bangalore and its environment
• Girish Karnad, Kannada writer, playwright, actor
• T. P. Kailasam, Kannada writer, playwright.
• K. S. Nissar Ahmed, Kannada Poet.

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Other writers

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

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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
• Subroto Bagchi, COO of MindTree Consulting
• Vijay Mallya, CEO of UB Group, owner of the Kingfisher brand.
• Balaji Sreenivasan, Founder, CEO Aurigo Software
• Ramjee Chandran, CEO and Editor-in-Chief of Explocity.com, CityInfo magazine and 080 Magazine
• Captain G R Gopinath, Managing Director of Air Deccan
• Venkatraman Movva, founder of Movva Associates.

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Sportspersons

Cricket

• Anil Kumble, Leg Spinner, India's highest wicket taker
• B.S. Chandrashekhar, Retired Leg Spinner
• Erapalli Prasanna, Retired Off Spinner
• Rahul Dravid, Batsman, Captain (2005-present) of the Indian team
• Shantha Rangaswamy, Former India Women's Cricket Team Captain
• Syed Kirmani, Retired Wicket Keeper
• Venkatesh Prasad, retired fast bowler
• Vijay Bhardwaj, all-rounder
• Gundappa Ranganath Vishwanath, retired, India's original Little Master batsman.
• Roger Binny, all-Rounder
• Raghuram Bhat, left-arm spinner
• Dodda Ganesh, medium pacer
• Javagal Srinath, retired fast bowler

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Other Sports

• Jude Felix, former Indian Hockey team captain
• Ashish Ballal, Hockey goalkeeper
• Kenneth L Powell, Olympic level athlete
• Mahesh Bhupathi, Tennis player
• Prakash Padukone, Badminton player
• Nisha Millet, Asian swimming champ
• Shikha Tandon, Swimming
• Ashwini Nachappa, Former athlete
• Pankaj Advani, Billiards & Snooker World Champion
• Len Aiyappa, Indian Hockey Team
• Arjun Halappa, Indian Hockey Team

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Entertainers

Kannada 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)

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Other entertainers

• Lara Dutta, actress, Miss Universe 2000
• Lucky Ali, singer
• Manna Dey, playback singer

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Architects

• Jaisim

Others

• Shakuntala Devi - Popularly known as the Human computer who holds the Guinness record for fastest mental calculation
• R. K. Baliga, Founder of the Electronics City in Bangalore while he was the Chairman and Managing Director of Keonics in 1978
• A. N. Prahlada Rao, Kannada crossword puzzle designer, author of the book Bangarada Manushya, chronicling the life of Dr. Rajakumar

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See also

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

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References