List of people of North Karnataka

Introduction

North Karnataka, the land which gave personalities like Basavanna, Sarvagna, Bhaskaracharya, Bharat Ratna Bhimsen Joshi, Dr. D.R. Bendre, Girish Karnad, Gangubai Hangal, Puttaraj Gawai.

Law and Justice

• Chief Justice of India P. B. Gajendragadkar from Gajendragad

Historical

Amoghavarsha I Mayurasharma Pulakesi I Pulakesi II Krishna Deva Raya Kumara Rama	Vikramaditya VI Somesvara I Bijjala II Basavanna Belawadi Mallamma Kittur Chennamma	Akka Mahadevi Sangolli Rayanna Attimabbe Raghavendra Acharya Sculptor Ramappa Chand Bibi	Tailapa II Saraswati Gangadhar

Mathematics

• Bhaskaracharya
• Mahavira
• D. C. Pavate

Literature

Classical Age of Kannada Literature

Asaga Shivakotiacharya Amoghavarsha I Adikavi Pampa Ranna Sri Ponna	Kumaravyasa Basavanna Akka Mahadevi Sarvajna Kanaka Dasa

Modern Kannada Literature

D.R. Bendre Girish Karnad Chandrashekhara Kambara Ferdinand Kittel	Dinakara Desai Panchakshari Hiremath Narayanacharya Venkatesh Galaganath	Channaveera Kanavi Giraddi Govindaraj Aravind Malagatti

Jnanpeeth Award winners

1. D. R. Bendre 2. V K Gokak 3. Girish Karnad 4. Chandrashekhara Kambara

Music

Carnatic music

• Kanaka Dasa
• Vijaya Dasa
• Gopala Dasa
• Jagannatha Dasa

Hindustani music

Abdulla Khaja (Bansuri) Bapu Padmanabha (Bansuri) Arjunsa Nakod (Vocal) Ashok Huggannanavar (Vocal) Bale Khan (Sitar) Balesh (Shehnai) Basavaraja Rajaguru (Vocal) Bhalachandra Nakod(Vocal) Bhimsen Joshi (Vocal) Dattatray Kalburgi (Tabla) Shripati Padigar (Vocal) Gangubai Hangal (Vocal) Gururao Deshpande (Vocal) Hanumanna Nayak Dore (Vocal) I.N. Kalaburgi (Vocal) Jayateerth Mevundi (Vocal) Kaivalya Kumar Gurav (Vocal) Keshav Ginde (Flutist) Krishna Hangal (Vocal)	Kumar Gandharva (Vocal) Madhav Gudi (Vocal) Pandit Mallikarjun Mansur (Vocal) Nagaraja Rao Havaldar (Vocal) Panchakshari Gawai (Vocal) Panchakshari Swami Mattigatti (Vocal) Pandit Pravin Godkhindi (Bansuri) Puttaraja Gawai (Vocal) Raghavendra Gudi (Vocal) Raghunath Nakod (Tabla) Rajabhau Sontakke (Vocal) Pandit Rajashekhar Mansur (Vocal) Rajendra Kulkarni (Bansuri) Rajendra Nakod (Tabla) Ravindra Katoti (Harmonium) Ravindra Yavagal (Tabla)	Sanjeev Chimmalgi (Vocal) Sangameshwara Gurav(Vocal) Sangeetha Katti(Vocal) Sawai Gandharva (Vocal) Shantaram Hegde (Vocal) Sheikh Hannumiya (Vocal) Sheshagiri Hanagal (Tabla) Shobha Gurtu Smita Bellur (Vocal) Venkatesh Godkhindi (Bansuri) Venkatesh Kumar (Vocal) Vinayak Torvi (Vocal) Vishwanath Nakod (Tabla) Vyasamurthy Katti (Harmonium) Ustad Hameed khan (sitar) Sugama Sangeetha Balappa Hukkeri Clarinet Narasimhalu Wadawati Awards Bharat Ratna : Sri Bhimsen Joshi Padmabhushan: Pandit Puttaraj Gawai, Sri Basavaraj Rajguru, Smt. Gangubai Hangal, Dr. Mallikarjun Mansur Padma Vibhushan : Sri Bhimsen Joshi, Smt. Gangubai Hangal Film Late Gudugeri Basavaraj Sunil Kumar Desai Atul Kulkarni Yashwant Sardeshpande Umashri Milind Gadagkar Raju Talikoti Aasif Farooki Charan Raj Biradar B. C. Patil Radhika Pandit Jayant Kaikini Comedian Beechi a comedian from Bellary District Pranesh (Gangavati Beechi) from Gangavati Narasimha Joshi from Manvi Mahamani Journalist Patil Puttappa Ravi Belagere Chamaraj Savadi Epigraphist P. B. Desai Freedom fighters Rani Chennamma, considered the "morning star" of India's freedom struggle Sangolli Rayanna, army chief of the Kingdom of Kittur who fought against the British Aluru Venkata Rao Huilgol Narayana Rao Social reformers Basaveshwara Shishunala Sharif, the first ever Muslim poet in Kannada literature Spiritual masters Vidyaranya Siddharudha Swami Narayan Maharaj Dattatreya Kaadsiddheshwar Keshavashram Science and Technology S. G. Balekundri Nandan Nilekani Sudha Murthy Vivek Kulkarni Arun Netravali Gururaj Deshpande Anant Koppar Vijayalakshmi balekundri Officers Shankar Bidari, Vijayalakshmi Bidari, Vijayendra Bidari Army Ramesh Halagali,AVSM, SM, Deputy Chief of Indian Army. Politicians Ramakrishna Hegde S. Nijalingappa Veerendra Patil S.R.Bommai M. P. Prakash V.S.Koujalagi D. C. Pavate Sudheendra Kulkarni Dharam Singh S.R.Kanti B D Jatti. Neeraj Patil - Mayor of Lambeth district of London. Cricketers Deepak Chougule Sunil Joshi Manju Nadgoda Cartoonists Shivram Dattatreya Phadnis Medical M.L. Kulkarni See also List of people from Karnataka List of Lingayats Kannada people Recipients of the Karnataka Ratna Award People from Uttara Kannada District People from Belgaum District People from Bagalkot District People from Bellary District People from Bidar District People from Bijapur District People from Gadag District People from Gulbarga District People from Haveri District People from Koppal District People from Raichur District References