Scientists

• Sir C.V. Raman, physicist
• Sir M. Visvesvarayya, engineer and statesman
• Dr.Krishnaswamy Kasturirangan , Astrophysicist, former Chairman at ISRO, member of Rajya Sabha

Literateurs

• U.R. Anantha Murthy , Kannada writer and Jnanapeetha awardee
• Ramchandra Guha , English writer, Historian and Cricket commentator(writing)
• T.P.Issar , Retired Police Commissioner, English writer on Bangalore and its environment

Entrepreneurs

• Azim Premji, India's richest man (as of 2004). Founder of Wipro Technologies Ltd..
• Kiran Mazumdar , Founder of Biocon , a BioTechnology Company
• N.R. Narayana Murthy, founder of Infosys Technologies Ltd.
• Sabeer Bhatia, founder of Hotmail
• Bharat Goenka , founder managing director of Tally_Solutions

Sportspersons

Cricket

• Anil Kumble, Leg Spinner
• B.S. Chandrashekhar , Retired Leg Spinner
• Erapalli Prasanna , Retired Off Spinner
• Rahul Dravid, Batsman, Wicket Keeper (occasionally), vice-captain (2003-present) of the Indian team
• Shantha Rangaswamy , Former India Women's Cricket Team Captain
• Syed Kirmani , Retired Wicket Keeper
• Venkatesh Prasad , Retired Fast Bowler
• Vijay Bharadwaj , All Rounder
• Gundappa Vishwanath , Batsman

Other Sports

• Jude Felix , former Indian Hockey Team Captain
• Kenneth L Powell , Olympic level Athlete
• Mahesh Bhupathi, Tennis player
• Prakash Padukone, Badminton Player

Entertainers

Kannada Cinema

• Anant Nag , actor and brother of Shankar Nag
• Dwarkeesh , actor and comedian
• Puneet Rajkumar , actor and youngest son of Dr.Rajkumar
• Raghavendra Rajkumar , actor and second son of Dr.Rajkumar
• Dr.Rajkumar, actor, singer and cultural icon
• Shankar Nag , late actor, producer and director
• Shivaraj Kumar , actor and eldest son of Dr.Rajkumar
• Soundarya, late actress, also acted in other South Indian films.
• Sudeep , actor
• Vasundhara Das , actress and singer
• Vishnu Vardhan , actor

Others

• Lara Dutta, actress and Miss Universe in the year 2000

Others

• Winston Churchill, posted to Bangalore as an army officer. His stay in Bangalore is mentioned in his memoir My Early Life
• Dr. H Sudarhsan , graduated from Bangalore Medical College. Went on to win the Right Livelihood Award, and Padma Sri for his work with the Soliga tribe of Biligirirangan Hills

See also

• List of people by India state
• List of people from Karnataka