Founders and Architect:

Name	Contribution
Nada Prabhu Kempe Gowda	Founder and Architect of Bengaluru

Scientists:

Name	Achievements
C V Raman	Nobel Prize in Physics (1930), Bharat Ratna (1954)
M. Visvesvarayya	Bharat Ratna (1955), Indian civil engineer, statesman, Diwan of Mysore
C. N. R. Rao	Bharat Ratna (2014), Indian Institute of Science (Material Sciences)
H Narasimhaiah	Indian physicist, educator, writer, freedom fighter, Padma Bhushan
B.P. Radhakrishna	Geologist

Politicians:

Name	Position/Role
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 ministries
D. K. Shivakumar	Former Minister of Medical Education
B.V. 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); 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 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

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Kannada Writers:

Name	Contribution
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 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	Author and Social Worker

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Other Writers:

Name	Contribution
Mahesh Dattani	English playwright and Sahitya Akademi award winner
Ramachandra Guha	Historian and Sahitya Akademi award winner
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 : Personalities From Bangalore:

Name	Contribution
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 Personalities From Bangalore:

Athletics:

Name	Contribution
Ashwini Nachappa	Former athlete

Badminton:

Name	Contribution
Prakash Padukone	Badminton player
Ashwini Ponnappa	Badminton player

Billiards Personalities From Bangalore:

Name	Contribution
Pankaj Advani	Billiards and snooker World Champion

Cricket Personalities From Bangalore:

Name	Contribution
Mayank Agarwal	Indian cricketer
John Bean	English first-class cricketer and British Army officer
Vijay Bhardwaj	Former Indian all-rounder
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 the 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:

Name	Contribution
Ashish Ballal	Hockey goalkeeper
Arjun Halappa	Indian hockey team

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Motorsports:

Name	Contribution
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:

Name	Contribution
Nisha Millet	Olympian at Sydney Olympics 2000

Tennis:

Name	Contribution
Rohan Bopanna	Professional tennis player

Entertainers :

Kannada and Indian Cinema:

Name	Contribution
Ramesh Aravind	Actor
Sandeep Chowta	Music Director, Producer
Guru Dutt	Actor, director, producer
Dwarkeesh	Actor, comedian
Nicole Faria	Actress, model
Hamsalekha	Music director, lyricist, dramatist
Jaggesh	Actor
Amoghavarsha JS	Filmmaker
Kalpana	Actress
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
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

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Architects Personalities From Bangalore:

Name	Contribution
K. Jaisim	Architect
Kamal Sagar	Architect

Spiritual Leaders:

Name	Contribution
Shivakumara Swami	Spiritual Leader
Balagangadharanatha Swamiji	Spiritual Leader

Other Notable Individual Personalities From Bangalore:

Name	Contribution
R. K. Baliga	Founder of the Electronics City in Bangalore
Shakuntala Devi	Known as the “human calculator“
Amit Kumar C Jain	Doctor and Surgeon
Trivikrama Mahadeva	Organizer 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

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