List of people from Bangalore

This is a list of notable people from Bangalore.

Medical and health experts

H. Sudarshan - graduated from Bangalore Medical College; won the Right Livelihood Award and Padma Sri for work with the Soliga tribe of Biligirirangan Hills
Devi Prasad Shetty - cardiac surgeon (Bangalore)

Scientists

M. Visvesvarayya - engineer and statesman
Bangalore Puttaiya Radhakrishna - geologist
Krishnaswamy Kasturirangan - astrophysicist, former Chairman of ISRO, member of Rajya Sabha
C. N. R. Rao - Indian Institute of Science (Material Sciences)

Politicians

V. S. Acharya - former Minister for Medical Education of Karnataka
S. K. Amin - ex-vice president of the South Kanara District Congress Committee and MLA
B.Vaikunta Vaikunta Baliga - former Law Minister; former Speaker, Mysore State
S.Bangarappa - former Chief Minister
S. R. Bommai - former Chief Minister
Kamaladevi Chattopadhyaya
George Fernandes - former Defence Minister
H. D. Deve Gowda - former Prime 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 Stat
Mallikarjun Kharge - former State Minister (various portfolios); current Union Labour Minister in the Manmohan Singh Government
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
H. D. Kumaraswamy - former Chief Minister
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
Gundu Rao - former Chief Minister
K.C. Reddy - former Chief Minister
Siddaramaiah - former Deputy Chief Minister
Dharam Singh - former Chief Minister
Devaraj Urs - former Chief Minister
H.Vishwanath - former Minister
B. S. Yeddyurappa - former Chief Minister

Kannada writers

K. S. Nissar Ahmed – Kannada poet
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
Kuvempu – poet, Jnanpith awardee
Sudha Murthy

Other writers

Mahesh Dattani - English playwright and Sahitya Akademi award winner
Mookonda Nitin Kushalappa - author and historian in English
Anita Nair - English author of the books Ladies Coupe and Mistress
Malathi Rao - English language writer, Sahitya Akademi award winner

Entrepreneurs

Ramjee Chandran - founder, Managing Director of Explocity group of magazines and websites
G. R. Gopinath - founder of Deccan Aviation and Deccan 360
Vijay Mallya - CEO of UB Group; owner of the Kingfisher brand, Royal Challengers Bangalore cricket team and Force India F1 team
Vittal Mallya - UB Group
Kiran Mazumdar - founder of Biocon, a biotechnology company
N. R. Narayana Murthy - 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

Vijay Bhardwaj
Raghuram Bhat - left-arm spinner
Roger Binny - 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 - medium pacer
Sunil Joshi - retired all rounder
Syed Kirmani - retired Wicket Keeper
Vinay Kumar
Anil Kumble - leg spinner, Test Captain, India's highest wicket taker
Venkatesh Prasad - retired fast bowler; India's former bowling coach
Erapalli Prasanna - retired off spinner
Shantha Rangaswamy - former India Women's Cricket Team Captain
Javagal Srinath - retired fast bowler, match referee
Robin Uthappa
Gundappa Ranganath Vishwanath - former Indian cricket captain (1979–80)

Hockey

Ashish Ballal - hockey goalkeeper
Arjun Halappa - Indian hockey team

Swimming

Nisha Millet - Olympian at Sydney Olympics 2000

Tennis

Mahesh Bhupathi - first Indian to win a Grand Slam tournament
Rohan Bopanna

Entertainers

Kannada and Indian cinema

Ambareesh - actor, Mandyada Gandu
Dwarkeesh - actor, comedian
Hamsalekha - music director, lyricist, dramatist
Jaggesh - actor
Puttanna Kanagal - late director
Kashinath - actor
Feroz Khan - actor, editor, producer, director
Sanjay Khan - producer, director and actor
Kiran - actor, director
Shivaraj Kumar - actor, eldest son of Dr. Rajkumar
Aishwarya Nag - actor
Anant Nag - actor, brother of Shankar Nag
Shankar Nag - late actor, producer, director
Deepika Padukone - model, actress
Prema - actress
Rajkumar - actor, only Kannada actor to receive Dada Saheb Phalke Award, singer, cultural icon
Puneet Rajkumar - actor, youngest son of Dr. Rajkumar
Raghavendra Rajkumar - actor, second son of Dr. Rajkumar
Rakshita - actress
Ramya - actor
Kiran Rao - producer, screenwriter, and director
V. Ravichandran - actor, director, producer, music director, editor
Soundarya - late actress, also acted in other South Indian films.
Sreenath - actor, Pranaya Raja, 'Shubha Mangala'
Sudeep - actor, director
Darshan Thoogudeep - actor, Challenging Star
Upendra - director, actor, producer
Rockline Venkatesh - actor, film producer
((Rajinikanth))- actor
Prajwal Rao P - actor in "Hallucinations" short movie
Vishnuvardhan - actor, Sahasa Simha

Architects

Spiritual leaders

Others

C Suresh Babu - Founder/Chairman of Holiday Valley in outskirts of Bangalore , one of south india's largest project .
R. K. Baliga - founder of the Electronics City in Bangalore
Shakuntala Devi - known as the "human calculator"
Lakshmi Menon - first internationally successful Indian model
A. N. Prahlada Rao - Kannada crossword writer
Supreeth Shankarghal, Hedge Fund Manager
Maya Rao (1928-2014) - Kathak Guru; founder of Natya Institute of Kathak and Choreography^[1]

References

↑ GS Kumar (August 25, 2014). "Maya Rao took forbidden dance to a new level". The Times of India. Retrieved 2014-09-01.

Bangalore topics

History

Geography

Lakes	Agara Lake Arekere Lake Bellandur Lake Hebbal lake Hesaraghatta Lake Madivala tank Puttenahalli Lake (JP Nagar) Puttenahalli Lake (Yelahanka) Sankey Tank Sarakki lake Vibhutipura Lake Yediyur Lake

Civic administration

Buildings

Transport

Roads

Places of worship

Culture

Periodic events	Bangalore Fashion Week Bangalore International Film Festival Bangalore Karaga Japan Habba

Cinemas	Kannada films

Sports	Banga Beats Bangalore Raptors Bengaluru Bulls Bengaluru FC Hindustan Aeronautics Limited SC Royal Challengers Bangalore

Others	Bibliography of Bangalore

Groups

Parks

Localities

North Bangalore	Banaswadi Chikkabanavara Cox Town Dasarahalli Fraser Town Ganganagar HBR Layout Hebbal Horamavu Jalahalli Kodigehalli Malleswaram Mathikere Palace Guttahalli Peenya Pulakeshinagar R. T. Nagar Ramamurthy Nagar Sadashivanagar Sahakara Nagar Sanjaynagar Sarvagnanagar Vidyaranyapura Vyalikaval Yelahanka Yeswanthpur

West Bangalore	Basaveshwaranagar Herohalli Kamalanagar Kengeri Mahalakshmi Layout Nagarbhavi Nandini Layout Nayandahalli Rajajinagar Ullalu Vijayanagar

Central Bangalore	Austin Town Bangalore Cantonment Bangalore Central Business District Bengaluru Pete Chamrajpet Chickpet Seshadripuram Shivajinagar Vasanth Nagar

East Bangalore	Bellandur Brookefield Channasandra CV Raman Nagar Domlur Halasuru Hoodi Immadihalli Indiranagar Jeevanbheemanagar Kadugodi Kaggadasapura Kodihalli Krishnarajapura Mahadevapura Marathahalli Murphy Town Murugeshpalya Varthur Vimanapura Whitefield Yemalur

South Bangalore	Adugodi Agara Arekere Arekere Mico Layout Banashankari Basavanagudi Begur Bilekahalli Bommanahalli Bommasandra BTM Layout Chandapura Electronics City Girinagar Hebbagodi HSR Layout Hulimavu Jayanagar Jigani J. P. Nagar Konanakunte Konappana Agrahara Koramangala Kumaraswamy Layout Madiwala Padmanabhanagar Puttenahalli Rajarajeshwari Nagar Ramanjaneyanagar Taverekere Thyagarajanagar Uttarahalli

Institutions

Education	List of schools in Bangalore Bishop Cotton Boys' School Baldwin Boys High School KV Hebbal Kensri School Little Flower Public School Mallya Aditi International School National Public School, Indiranagar St. Joseph's Indian High School St.Germain High School Venkat International Public School

Higher education	List of Bangalore colleges Acharya Institute of Technology Al-Ameen College of Law Bangalore University Bangalore Institute of Technology Bangalore Medical College B.M.S. College of Engineering Christ University Dayananda Sagar College of Engineering Indian Institute of Astrophysics Indian Institute of Management Bangalore Indian Institute of Science Indian Statistical Institute International Institute of Information Technology National Institute of Fashion Technology National Law School of India University National College National Centre for Software Technology Nitte Meenakshi Institute of Technology Rashtreeya Vidyalaya College of Engineering Sir M Visvesvaraya Institute Of Technology University of Agricultural Sciences University Visvesvaraya College of Engineering Xavier Institute of Management and Entrepreneurship

Hospitals	Apollo Hospitals Bowring & Lady Curzon Hospitals HOSMAT Fortis Hospitals Minto eye hospital Narayana Hrudayalaya NCBS NIMHANS SDS Tuberculosis Sanatorium St. John's Hospital Vanivilas Women and Children Hospital Victoria Hospital

Industry	List of Bangalore telecom companies Hindustan Aeronautics Limited

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