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BANGALORE

Most Famous People Born in Bangalore, India

Notable people
607
Peak decade
1980s
Median birth year
1971
Most distinctive
Model 8.3×
Through the Decades

One face per decade — the most globally famous figure born in Bangalore during each.

Notable Births by Decade

Click a decade to filter the list below. Peak: 1980s with 118 notable births.

What Bangalore Is Known For

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Actor is Bangalore's biggest profession — 26% of all notables (160).

Bangalore over-indexes on model — 8.3× the global rate.

Bangalore under-produces politician — only 0.5× the global rate.

  1. Actor160
  2. Cricket64
  3. Film36
  4. Politician34
  5. Football32
  6. Author17
  7. Singer16
  8. Model13
  1. Model138.3×
  2. Cricket648.3×
  3. Actor1605.0×
  4. Film364.8×
  5. Author173.3×
  6. Novelist62.5×
  7. Swimmer62.0×
  1. Politician340.5×
  2. Football320.5×
  3. Writer110.6×

Profession Mix Over Time

Each band shows a profession family's share of Bangalore's notable births by decade. Hover the chart for the breakdown at any decade.

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Showing 51 of 607 notable people

0001 ACTOR

Rajinikanth

Born 1950

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0014 BADMINTON

Prakash Padukone

Born 1955

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0018 BILLIONAIRE

Kiran Mazumdar-Shaw

Born 1953

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0022 ENTREPRENEUR

Nandan Nilekani

Born 1955

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0028 GURU

Gurumayi Chidvilasananda

Born 1955

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0042 FILM

Mahesh Dattani

Born 1958

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0047 FILM

T. S. Nagabharana

Born 1953

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0048 POET

Vijay Seshadri

Born 1954

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0049 PHILOSOPHER

S. N. Balagangadhara

Born 1952

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0066 PHYSICIAN

Hanumappa Sudarshan

Born 1950

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0089 CRICKET

Roger Binny

Born 1955

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0097 ACTOR

B. Jayashree

Born 1950

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0099 POLITICIAN

Ananth Kumar

1959 - 2018

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0140 NOVELIST

Richard Crasta

Born 1952

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0143 ATHLETIC

Malathi Krishnamurthy Holla

Born 1958

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0157 ECONOMIST

A. K. Shiva Kumar

Born 1956

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0162 FILM

Mohan (actor)

Born 1956

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0176 FOOTBALL

Paul Wilson (footballer, born 1950)

1950 - 2017

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0179 PHOTOGRAPHER

Pushpamala N.

Born 1956

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0197 AUTHOR

Ramesh Menon

Born 1955

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0221 FILM

B. C. Gowrishankar

1950 - 2004

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0235 HOCKEY

Allan Schofield

Born 1957

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0255 LAWYER

Indu Malhotra

Born 1956

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0268 CHIEF EXECUTIVE

Vinita Bali

Born 1955

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0297 POLITICIAN

B. K. Hariprasad

Born 1954

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0309 NOVELIST

Ven Begamudré

Born 1956

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0312 ECOLOGIST

Kamini A. Rao

Born 1953

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0325 PHYSICIST

Jagadeesh Moodera

Born 1950

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0326 CRICKET

Jayasoorya Abhiram

Born 1959

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0327 BANK

Philip Wollen

Born 1950

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0332 CHEMIST

G. K. Surya Prakash

Born 1953

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0340 BIOLOGIST

Bilikere Dwarakanath

Born 1955

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0349 MOTIVATIONAL SPEAKER

Sukhabodhananda

Born 1955

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0350 BISHOP

Anthony Swamy Thomasappa

Born 1951

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0384 COMPUTER SCIENTIST

A. G. Ramakrishnan

Born 1958

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0398 MATHEMATICIAN

T. N. Venkataramana

Born 1958

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0401 AUTHOR

A. N. Prahlada Rao

Born 1953

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0425 POLITICIAN

Vimala Gowda

1952 - 2017

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0446 NATIONALIST

V. Shantha Kumari

Born 1952

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0450 POLITICIAN

M. R. Seetharam

Born 1956

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0452 POLITICIAN

R. Roshan Baig

Born 1953

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0457 POLITICIAN

R. V. Devraj

Born 1957

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0473 FOOTBALL

Narayanswami Ulaganathan

Born 1952

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0476 POLITICIAN

S. Suresh Kumar

Born 1952

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0490 ENTREPRENEUR

B. S. Nagesh

Born 1959

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0500 POLITICIAN

B. Prasanna Kumar

Born 1953

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0536 THEATRE

C. Basavalingaiah

Born 1958

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0547 POLITICIAN

Kengal Shreepada Renu

Born 1958

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0558 ARTIST

Revathi Thirunal Balagopal Varma

Born 1953

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0564 FOOTBALL

Ravi Kumar C

Born 1959

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0601 FORCE

N V Sathyanarayana

Born 1953

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