H. Narasimhaiah

H. Narasimhaiah

male, deceased (2005)
Hosur Narasimhaiah was a physicist, educator, freedom fighter and rationalist from Karnataka, India. He was popularly known as HN. He was conferred...
Mokshagundam Visvesvarayya

Mokshagundam Visvesvarayya

male, deceased (1962)
Sir Mokshagundam Visvesvarayya KCIE (Kannada: ಶ್ರೀ ಮೋಕ್ಷಗುಂಡಂ ವಿಶ್ವೇಶ್ವರಯ್ಯ) (other spellings include Visvesvaraya, Visweswaraiah, Vishweshwariah an...
Sree Sree Shivakumara Swamiji

Sree Sree Shivakumara Swamiji

male, 102 years old
Dr. Sree Sree Shivakumara Swamiji (born April 1, 1907) is the present head of Sree Siddaganga Mutt in Tumkur District, South India and founder of...
Rajkumar

Rajkumar

male, deceased (2006)
Dr. Rajkumar (Kannada:ಡಾ. ರಾಜ್‌ಕುಮಾರ್‌, Real Name: Singanalluru Puttaswamayya Muthuraju Kannada:ಸಿಂಗನಲ್ಲೂರು ಪುಟ್ಟಸ್ವ...
Shankar Nag

Shankar Nag

male, deceased (1990)
Shankar Nag originally known as Shankar Nagarakatte (ಶಂಕರ್ ನಾಗರಕಟ್ಟೆ), along with his elder brother Anant Nag (ಅನಂತ್ ನಾಗ್) was a popular a...
Veerendra Heggade

Veerendra Heggade

male, 61 years old
D. Veerendra Heggade is the eldest son of Ratnavarma Heggade and Rathnamma Heggade. The mantle of "Heggadeship" fell on the shoulders of Veerendra...
G. V. Iyer

G. V. Iyer

male, deceased (2003)
Ganapathi Venkatrama Iyer (also known as G V Iyer) was a well known Indian film director. He was nicknamed "Kannada Bhisma", and was the only...
Gubbi Veeranna

Gubbi Veeranna

male, deceased (1953)
Gubbi Veeranna was an Indian theatre director, one of the pioneers and most prolific contributors to Kannada theatre. He established the drama...
Puttanna Kanagal

Puttanna Kanagal

male, deceased (1985)
Puttanna Kanagal was arguably the greatest Kannada film director of the 1960s and the 70s. Although majority of his films were on offbeat or taboo...

M. Shivanna

male, 61 years old
M. Shivanna (born 8 March, 1948) is a member of the 14th Lok Sabha of India. He represents the Chamarajanagar constituency of Karnataka and is a...