List of people from Bengaluru explained
This is a list of notable people from Bengaluru.
Founder and Architect of Bengaluru
Scientists
Politicians
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
Entrepreneurs
Sportspersons
Athletics
Badminton
Billiards
Cricket
Hockey
Motorsports
Swimming
Tennis
Entertainers
Kannada and Indian cinema
- Ramesh Aravind - actor
- Sandeep Chowta - Music Director, Producer
- Guru Dutt - actor, director, producer
- Dwarkeesh - actor, comedian
- Nicole Faria (born 1990) – actress, model
- 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’s
- 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
Spiritual leaders
Other notable people
See also
Notes and References
- Web site: 2023-06-10 . BENGALURU BASED SURGEON DR AMIT JAIN BECOMES YOUNGEST DOCTOR TO GIVE A PRINCIPLE AND PRACTICE IN MEDICAL LITERATURE – Dainik Bharat . 2023-08-06 . en-US.
- Web site: ofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/kannada/music/Maya-Rao-tookforbidden-dance-to-a-new-level/articleshow/40863459.cms Maya Rao took forbidden dance to a new level . GS Kumar. 25 August 2014. 2014-09-01 . The Times of India.
