•
Abbakka Rani –
Chowta queen of Tulu Nadu •
Ganesh Karnik – former member of
Karnataka Legislative Council •
John Richard Lobo – former member of
Karnataka Legislative Assembly •
Aarti Sequeira – Indian American cook and television personality • Aastha Shetty - Canadian news reporter •
Abdussalam Puthige – managing director and editor-in-chief of
Varthabharathi newspaper •
Adline Castelino – winner of
Miss Diva Universe 2020 •
Aishwarya Rai – Bollywood actress and former
Miss World •
Anup Bhandari –
Sandalwood director •
Ashrita Shetty – model and
Kollywood actress, former wife of Indian cricketer Manish Pandey •
Nirup Bhandari – Sandalwood actor •
Anant Pai – educationist and creator of
Indian comics •
Anushka Shetty – Kollywood and
Tollywood actress •
Aravind Adiga – writer and journalist •
Ashish Kumar Ballal – captain of the
Indian National Hockey team •
Ashwini Akkunji – sprint athlete, Asian Games and Commonwealth Games gold medalist •
B. M. Idinabba – Kannada writer, poet, social activist, MLA, and freedom fighter •
B. R. Shetty – entrepreneur •
B. V. Karanth – playwright and director •
Bannanje Govindacharya –
Madhava scholar •
Betty Naz, Indian former actress and singer •
Bolwar Mahammad Kunhi – Kannada writer •
Brian J. G. Pereira – veteran biopharmaceutical and healthcare leader •
Budhi Kunderan – cricketer •
Daya Nayak – sub-inspector in the
Mumbai Police •
Dayanand Shetty – Indian film actor and model •
Devi Prasad Shetty – cardiac surgeon and philanthropist •
Egan Steven Dantis – Spanish Indian cricketer •
Erica Fernandes – television actress •
Ester Noronha – Indian actress and singer •
Faye D'Souza – Indian journalist and television news anchor •
Freida Pinto – Indian actress and model •
Ganesh Hegde – singer, performer, video director, and Bollywood choreographer •
George Fernandes –
Railway and
Defence Minister •
Gopalakrishna Adiga – Kannada poet •
Guru Dutt – film director, producer, and actor •
Gurukiran – singer and music director in the Kannada film industry •
Isha Koppikar – Bollywood actress •
Janalynn Castelino – Indian-Italian pop singer, songwriter and doctor •
Janardhana Poojary – former
Union Minister of State for Finance •
Jemimah Rodrigues – All formats active India woman cricketer •
K. S. Hegde – former speaker of
Lok Sabha and
Supreme Court judge •
K. Shivaram Karanth – Kannada writer, social activist, environmentalist, Yakshagana artist, film maker, and thinker •
K. V. Kamath – chairman of
Infosys Limited •
Kadri Gopalnath – Carnatic musician, saxophone •
Kalpana – Indian Kannada film actress •
Krithi Shetty – Indian actress •
M. Govinda Pai – Kannada poet •
M. V. Kamath – journalist and former chairman of
Prasar Bharthi •
Madhwacharya – Hindu saint and philosopher •
M. K. Seetharam Kulal – Tulu-Kannada dramatist, poet, Karnataka State Tulu Sahitya Academy Award, Mangalorean Star •
Malishka Mendonsa – Indian radio personality and actress •
Mamatha Maben – former captain of
India women's national cricket team •
Mamatha Poojary – former captain of
India women's national kabaddi team •
Manvitha Harish – Sandalwood actress •
Margaret Alva – former Union Minister and parliamentarian •
Michael Lobo – Indian writer, scientist and genealogist •
Nikhil Poojari – Indian professional football player (forward), plays for
Hyderabad FC •
Nitte Santosh Hegde – justice of the
Supreme Court Of India, former
Solicitor General of India, and
Lokayukta (ombudsman) for Karnataka State of India from 2006–2011 and activist •
Oscar Fernandes – Congress Chief Secretary and Parliamentarian •
Pooja Hegde – Miss Universe India 2010 second runner up and Kollywood actress •
Prakash Raj – actor, director, and producer who won the
National Award winner in 2008 •
Rakshith Shetty – Kannada film director and actor •
Ratnakaravarni – Kannada poet and writer •
Ravi Shastri – former captain of the
India national cricket team •
Rishab Shetty – Sandalwood director •
Rita Lobo – Indian former actress and singer •
Rohit Shetty – Bollywood director • Rommel Rodrigues – journalist, author, film director, screenwriter, and producer •
Sanjay Manjrekar – former Indian cricketer and commentator •
Sandeep Chowta –
Bollywood and
Tollywood music director, head of
Columbia Records in India •
Sheetal Mallar – model •
Shamita Shetty – Bollywood actress •
Shilpa Shetty – Bollywood actress •
Shirish Kunder – Bollywood director •
Shweta Shetty – Indian pop singer •
Siddhanth Thingalaya – track and field athlete •
Sneha Ullal – Bollywood actress •
Sonal Monteiro – Sandalwood actress •
Sudarshan Shetty - contemporary Indian artist •
Sunil Shetty – Bollywood actor, producer, and entrepreneur •
Suman Talwar – film actor •
T. M. A. Pai – doctor, educationist, banker and philanthropist, founder of the university town of
Manipal in
Udupi •
Tanush Kotian – Indian cricketer •
Terence Lewis (choreographer) – Indian dancer, singer and choreographer •
Thumbay Moideen – entrepreneur and founder of
Thumbay Group, UAE •
U. R. Rao – space scientist and former chairman of the
Indian Space Research Organisation •
Upendra – Kannada film actor, director, screen writer, lyricist and singer •
V. J. P. Saldanha – Konkani littérateur, dramatist, novelist, short-story writer and poet •
V. Manohar – music director, lyricist, film director and actor in Kannada Cinema •
V. S. Acharya – higher education minister in the Karnataka state government •
V. T. Rajshekar – journalist, founder and editor of the
Dalit Voice •
Veerappa Moily – Minister of Corporate Affairs and former chief minister of Karnataka •
Veerendra Heggade – philanthropist and the
Dharmadhikari (hereditary administrator) of the
Dharmasthala Temple •
Victor Rodrigues – Konkani novelist and short story writer •
Viren Rasquinha – captain of India's national
field hockey team •
Vishal Kotian – Indian film and television actor •
Vittal Mallya – entrepreneur •
Vijay Mallya – liquor and airline baron ==See also==