List of people from Karnataka#Music

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This is a list of notable people from Karnataka, India. In order to be included, a person of influence needs only to have been born in Karnataka. This article can be expanded to accommodate newly surfacing information.

Arts and entertainment

=Cinema=

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=Theatre=

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=Music=

==Classical music - Carnatic==

==Classical music - Hindustani==

==Modern musicians==

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==Film music==

==Film singers==

=Dance=

  • Maya Rao (1928-2014), Kathak Guru and founder of NIKC, Bangalore{{cite web | title = Maya Rao took forbidden dance to a new level | url = http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/kannada/music/Maya-Rao-took-forbidden-dance-to-a-new-level/articleshow/40863459.cms |author=GS Kumar |date= 25 August 2014| access-date = 2014-09-01 | work = The Times of India}}

=Fashion=

Kings and nobles

Industrialists and businesspeople

Health care

Science and technology

Science

Mathematics

Technology

Engineering

  • Rajeshwari Chatterjee, Karnataka's first female engineer{{cite news|title=The nuts and bolts of a superachiever|url=http://www.hindu.com/thehindu/mp/2002/04/18/stories/2002041800540200.htm|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20030701073631/http://www.hindu.com/thehindu/mp/2002/04/18/stories/2002041800540200.htm|url-status=dead|archive-date=1 July 2003|access-date=15 March 2014|date=18 April 2002|newspaper=The Hindu|author=A. Jayaram}}
  • S. S. Murthy, Electrical engineer,
  • Samaira Hullur Aircraft pilot, youngest female aviatorhttps://www.siasat.com/karnataka-girl-18-becomes-youngest-to-get-commercial-pilot-lincense-3142081/https://www.newindianexpress.com/states/karnataka/2024/Dec/02/18-year-old-from-karnataka-among-youngest-indians-to-get-commercial-pilot-licencehttps://www.thehindu.com/news/national/karnataka/vijayapura-girl-becomes-commercial-pilot-at-18/article68938515.ece

Economics

Literature

=Classical writers=

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Politicians

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Bureaucrats

Cooperative movement

  • S. K. Amin, founder of South Kanara District Co-Operative Fish Marketing Federation

Religion and philosophy

Yoga

Wildlife and environment

Historians, epigraphists and archaeologists

Social service

Sports

=Cricket=

=Hockey=

=Football=

=Athletics=

=Badminton=

=Tennis=

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Military

Judiciary

Award winners

=Bharat Ratna=

=Jnanpith Award=

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=Saraswati Samman=

Militants

Others

See also

References

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