Yoga from Karnataka

Yoga

Tirumalai Krishnamacharya
BKS Iyengar
Geeta Iyengar
Prashant Iyengar
Pattabhi Jois
Saraswathi Rangaswamy
R. Sharath
T. K. V. Desikachar
T.K. Sribhashyam
Srivatsa Ramaswami
Malladihalli Sri Raghavendra Swamiji

Kannadigas in Military

Military

Gen. Gurunath.G.Bewoor, Chief of Staff, Indian Army
Field Marshall K.M. Cariappa, Commander-in-Chief, Indian Armed Forces
Gen. K.S. Thimayya, Chief of Staff, Indian Army

Classical literateurs of Karnataka

Literature

Nripatunga Amoghavarsha , Ranna , Janna , Adikavi Pampa , Sri Ponna , Shivakotiacharya , Muddana , Andayya , Gangadevi , Kumaravyasa , Harihara , Raghavaanka , Rudrabhatta , Basavanna , Akka Mahadevi , Sarvajna , Tirumalamba , Purandaradasa , Kanakadasa , Shishunaala Sharif Saheba , Trivikrama Panditacharya , Narayana Panditacharya.

Sportsmen from Karnataka.

Cricket
Budhi Kunderan
E.A.S. Prasanna
Gundappa Vishwanath
Javagal Srinath
Rahul Dravid
Anil Kumble
Roger Binny
Syed Kirmani
Brijesh Patel
Venkatesh Prasad
Bhagwat Chandrasekhar
Sunil Joshi
Raghuram Bhat
Vijay Bhardwaj
David Johnson
Doddanarasaiah Ganesh
M. Chinnaswamy
Robin Uthappa
Sadanand Viswanath
Sujith Somasundar

Hockey

B.P. Govinda (former captain, Arjun award)
M.P. Ganesh (former captain, Arjun Award)
Ashish Ballal
Arjun Halappa
M M Somaiya (former captain)
Len Aiyappa
Sandeep Michael
V.R.Raghunath

Other
Vandana Rao, Athletics
Ashwini Nachappa, Athletics
Chetan Baboor, Table Tennis
Mahesh Bhupathi, Tennis
Nisha Millet, Swimming
Pankaj Advani, Billiards
Prakash Padukone, Badminton
Rohan Bopanna, Tennis

People from Karnataka.

Science and Technology

SCIENCE
* Dr. C.N.R. Rao, Chemistry
* C.R. Rao, Statistics
* Dr. M.C. Modi, Ophthalmology
* Dr. Raja Ramanna[1], Physics
* Roddam Narasimha, Aerospace, Atmospheric Sciences
* U.R. Rao, Space Science

MATHEMATICS

* Bhaskaracharya
* Mahaviracharya
* Leelavati
* Shakuntala Devi

TECHNOLOGY
* Arun Netravali, Bell Lab
* Sir M. Visveswaraya

Health Care

Dr M.C. Modi, Eye Surgeon
Dr. R. M. Varma, Neuro Surgeon, Founder Director of NIMHANS, Bangalore
Dr.Devi Prasad Shetty, Cardiovascular Surgery, Narayana Hrudhayalaya

List of Industrialists from Karnataka.

* N.R. Narayana Murthy, Infosys Technologies, Ltd.
* Vijay Mallya, UB Breweries, Kingfisher Beer.
* Azim Premji, Wipro Technologies, Ltd.
* Dr.Kiran Mazumdar-Shaw, Biocon India Ltd.
* Mark Mascarenhas, WorldTel.
* Phaneesh Murthy, iGATE Global Solutions, Ltd.
* Nandan Nilekani, Infosys Technologies, Ltd.
* Gururaj Deshpande, Tejas Networks, Sycamore Networks.
* K.V. Kamath, Managing Director and CEO of ICICI Bank
* Siddartha Hegde, Cafe Coffee Day.
* Vijay Sankeshwar, Vijayanand Group.
* R.N. Shetty, Murdeshwar Group.
* B.R. Shetty, NMC Group.
* Ammembal Subba Rao Pai, Founder of Canara Bank
* Shri A.B.Shetty, Founder of Vijaya Bank
* Upendra Ananth Pai, Co-founder of Syndicate bank
* Dr. T. M. A. Pai, Co-founder of Syndicate bank
* Vaman Srinivas Kudva,Co-founder of Syndicate bank

Great Kings and Nobles from Karnataka.

Pulakesi II , Vikramaditya II , Vikramaditya VI , Tailapa II , Vishnuvardhana , Veera Ballala II ,
Veera Ballala III , Amoghavarsha I , Dhruva Dharavarsha , Govinda III , Indra III , Krishna III ,
Mayuravarma , Durvinita , Chavundaraya , Rani Chennamma of Kittur , Rani Chennamma of Keladi , Sangolli Rayanna of Kittur , Krishnaraja Wodeyar IV , Jayachamaraja Wodeyar , Hyder Ali , Tippu Sultan , Kempe Gowda , Kantheerava Narasaraja Wodeyar , Chikka Devaraja Wodeyar , Raja Wodeyar , Bijjala II , Basaveshwara , Harihara I and Bukka Raya I , Saluva Narasimha Deva Raya , Krishnadevaraya , Aliya Rama Raya , Mahmud Gawan (Bahmani) ,
Ibrahim Adil Shah II , Chand Bibi.