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

Jnanpeeth Award winners

• D. R. Bendre
• V K Gokak
• Girish Karnad
• Chandrashekhara Kambara

Music

Carnatic music

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

Hindustani music

• Basavaraja Rajaguru (Vocal)
• Bhimsen Joshi (Vocal)
• Gangubai Hangal (Vocal)
• Gururao Deshpande (Vocal)
• Jayateerth Mevundi (Vocal)
• Keshav Ginde (Flutist)
• Kumar Gandharva (Vocal)
• Madhav Gudi (Vocal)
• Nagaraja Rao Havaldar (Vocal)
• Panchakshari Gawai (Vocal)
• Puttaraja Gawai (Vocal)
• Sanjeev Chimmalgi (Vocal)
• Sangeetha Katti(Vocal)
• Sawai Gandharva (Vocal)
• Shobha Gurtu
• Smita Bellur (Vocal)
• Pandit Venkatesh Kumar (Vocal)
• Vinayak Torvi (Vocal)

Sugama Sangeetha

• Balappa Hukkeri

Clarinet

• Pandit Narasimhalu Vadavati

Awards

• Bharat Ratna : Sri Bhimsen Joshi
• Padmabhushan: Pandit Puttaraj Gawai
• Padma Vibhushan : Sri Bhimsen Joshi, Smt. Gangubai Hangal

Film

• Sunil Kumar Desai
• Atul Kulkarni
• Yashwant Sardeshpande
• Umashri
• Milind Gadagkar
• B. C. Patil
• Radhika Pandit
• Jayant Kaikini

Comedian

• Beechi a comedian from Bellary District

Journalist

• Ravi Belagere

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
• Narayan Hosmane
• Arun Netravali
• Gururaj Deshpande

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
• 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 - pediatrician
• Murugappa Channaveerappa Modi - opthalmologist
• Dr. D. B. Peerzade (syedshah soofisab)

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