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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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0026 ACTIVIST

Salil Shetty

Born 1961

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0046 AUTHOR

V. Ravichandran

Born 1961

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0055 JOURNALIST

Gauri Lankesh

1962 - 2017

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0067 CRICKET

Venkatesh Prasad

Born 1969

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0081 SINGER

Sudha Ragunathan

Born 1968

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0130 CRICKET

Sundaram Ravi

Born 1966

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0146 ACTOR

Murali (Tamil actor)

1964 - 2010

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0161 ENGINEER

Nagin Cox

Born 1965

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0164 ACTOR

Devaraj

Born 1960

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0168 ACTOR

Bhavya

Born 1966

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0171 ACTOR

Rockline Venkatesh

Born 1963

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0185 ACTOR

Rajani (actress)

Born 1965

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0202 CRICKET

Sadanand Viswanath

Born 1962

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0203 POLITICIAN

P. C. Mohan

Born 1963

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0205 CRICKET

Pramila Bhatt

Born 1969

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0230 ENTREPRENEUR

Carolyn McCall

Born 1961

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0252 AUTHOR

Ramaswami Balasubramaniam

Born 1965

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0270 SCIENTIST

Anuradha TK

Born 1961

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0300 FEMINIST

Evangeline Anderson Rajkumar

Born 1963

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0323 ACTOR

Satyajeet Puri

Born 1960

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0355 POLITICIAN

D. Kupendra Reddy

Born 1960

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0437 ACTOR

Babloo Prithiveeraj

Born 1966

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0445 BUSINESS

Jerry Rao

Born 1962

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0463 AUTHOR

Ravi V. Melwani

Born 1966

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0467 PERCUSSIONIST

Anoor Anantha Krishna Sharma

Born 1965

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0468 POLITICIAN

Harish Nagpal

Born 1964

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0471 MISSING

Vasanth Venugopal

1967 - 2007

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0484 ACADEMIC

Jaideep Prabhu

Born 1967

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0491 MUSIC

H. K. Venkatram

Born 1965

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0506 POLITICIAN

C. N. Ashwath Narayan

Born 1969

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0513 PIANIST

Ashley William Joseph

Born 1965

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0517 POLITICIAN

R. Sampath Raj

Born 1969

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0520 ACTOR

Kirtana Kumar

Born 1966

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0522 CRICKET

Ravi Subramanian (umpire)

1965 - 2017

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0525 ARTIST

Prabhavathi Meppayil

Born 1965

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0531 VIROLOGIST

P. N. Rangarajan

Born 1963

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0532 EXECUTIVE

Deepak Bhargava

Born 1968

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0538 PERCUSSIONIST

H. S. Sudhindra

Born 1968

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0539 OCEANOGRAPHER

Shankar Doraiswamy

Born 1967

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0544 SECRETARY

Kapil Mohan (IAS)

Born 1963

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0548 WORKER

Wooday P. Krishna

Born 1963

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0552 EVANGELIST

Shoaib Ahmed (businessman)

Born 1964

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0556 CRICKET

Belur Ravi

Born 1965

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0578 CRICKET

Pondicharry Rangaraj

Born 1968

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