- Narendra Nayak
Narendra Nayak is a well known rationalist from Mangalore, Karnataka, India. A postgraduate in Medical biochemistry, Narendra Nayak was an Assistant Professor of Biochemistry at the Centre for Basic Sciences, Kasturba Medical College, Mangalore until the 25th November 2006 when he quit the job to continue full time his work in the field of the rationalist movement. He is the founder of Dakshina Kannada Rationalist Association and has been its Secretary since 1976.
- Kadri Gopalnath
Kadri Gopalnath (b. 1950) is an Indian saxophonist and one of the pioneers of Carnatic music on the saxophone. Kadri Gopalnath was born in Dakshina Kannada district, Karnataka. He acquired a taste for music from his father Thaniappa, a nadhaswaram vidwan. Young Gopalnath once saw the saxophone being played in the Mysore palace band set. Thrilled on hearing the vibrant tone of the saxophone, Gopalnath decided to master it.
- Sunil Shetty
Sunil Shetty is an Indian actor. He was born in Mulki, near Mangalore, Karnataka, India. He is not related to Shilpa Shetty, another Indian actress,even though both belong to same Bunt (community).
- D. V. Sadananda Gowda
D. V. Sadananda Gowda (born 18 March, 1953) is a member of the 14th Lok Sabha of India. He represents the Mangalore constituency of Karnataka and is a member of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) political party.
- Prakash Shetty
Prakash Shetty is a famous Indian cartoonist. He was born in Mangalore, Karnataka (1960 April 1). Began Cartooning in 1975 at the age of 15. Worked as staff cartoonist for Kannada Publications. 'Kitoo' a comic serial with a boy as main character has been published in different magazines for 15 years. Joined in The Week as a cartoon illustrator in 90's and left in 2001.
- Abbakka
Abbakka Rani was the female ruler of Tulu Nadu, coastal area of modern-day Karnataka, India. She fought the Portuguese army during 1530-1599. She belonged to the Jain Chowta dynasty of Mudabidri. Abbakka Rani is one of the earliest freedom fighters of India who resisted the Portuguese.The queen's story is retold from generation to generation through folk songs and yakshagana, the popular folk theatre, In bootaradhana, (which literally means appeasing the possessed, …
- Gurukiran
GuruKiran is a talented music director of Kannada film industry.He is native of Mangalore in Dakshina Kannada district. He has scored music in many Kannada movies in recent times.He received a breakthrough by providing music to Kannada film Upendra. He used western beats in Kannada films, a first among the film music.
- P. M. Sayeed
P.M.Sayeed was a leader of the Indian National Congress party. He was a member of Lok Sabha for eight terms, representing Lakshadweep. Born in 1941 at Androth Island (Lakshadweep) he studied at Government Arts College, Mangalore and at Sidhartha College of Law, Mumbai. He was first elected to Lok Sabha in 1967 at the age of 26. He served as Union Minister of State, Steel, Coal and Mines in 1979-1980; Union Minister of State, Home Affairs 1993-1995; Union Minister of State, …
- Mangalore Ranga Pai
Mangalore Ranga Pai (7 May 1931 - 3 July 2003) or M. R. Pai was born in Mangalore. He studied at Canara High School, Mangalore and later at Presidency College, Madras where he obtained an MA in Political Science at the top of his class and received the Candeth Gold Medal from Madras University.
- Stan Ageira
Stan Ageira is a writer from Mulki, a town near Mangalore city. Stan Ageira was born on 3rd May 1961 and is well known in the field of Konkani literature. His first short story was published in 1975 when he was barely 14 and as on date he has written over 200 short stories and 16 novels. He has been recognized and presented with an award by the Konkani Bhasha Mandal, Goa and Konkani Sahitya Academy, Karnataka for his novels. He has published work to his credit in Konkani, …
- Lawrence Saldanha
Lawrence John Saldanha was born in Mangalore, India on 12 Jun 1936. He received his religious training at the Christ the King seminary in Karachi and was ordained a priest in Lahore, Pakistan on 16 Jan 1960. For many years he served as the Rector of the Christ the King seminary. On 24 Apr 2001 he was appointed Archbishop of Lahore by Pope John Paul II. He is the President of the Catholic Bishops’ Conference of Pakistan.
- Sandeep Chowta
Sandeep Chowta is an Indian Bollywood music director. He has also sung some of his songs. Sandeep Chowta is from Mangalore. He started his Bollywood career with the movie Mast. He also sang the title track for the album. He has also done the music for Popcorn entertainment's movie Rakht, an indianized version of The Gift. Apart from Bollywood films, he has given music for about 5 Kannada movies as well. His recent album "Mallika I hate you" was successful.
- Sanjay Manjrekar
Sanjay Vijay Manjrekar (born 12 July 1965 in Mangalore, Mysore) is an Indian cricketer who never quite lived up to his potential at the highest level, averaging 37.14 in his 37 Tests between 1987/88 and 1996/97, as opposed to an overall first-class average of 55. He is the son of Vijay Manjrekar. Manjrekar's best performances were against Pakistan, against whom he had a Test average of 94 and two Test centuries. He made his double-century against Pakistan in Lahore.
- Ammembal Subba Rao Pai
Ammembal Subba Rao Pai (1852-1909) was a leading lawyer of Mangalore, India. He was the founder of Canara Bank, now one of India's leading banks, and Canara High School in Mangalore.
- Richard Crasta
Richard Crasta, born in Bangalore, India, is an Indian writer who grew up in Mangalore. His works include the novel "The Revised Kamasutra" and collections of non-fictional essays like "Impressing the Whites"; "Beauty Queens, Children and the Death of Sex" besides the semi-fictional "What We All Need."
- Ferdinand Kittel
Reverend Ferdinand Kittel (1832-1903) was a priest and indologist with the Basel Mission in south India and worked in Mangalore, Madikeri and Dharwad in Karnataka. He is most famous for his studies of the Kannada language and for producing the first ever Kannada-English dictionary of about 70,000 words in 1894. He also composed numerous Kannada poems. Many educational institutions have been named after him.
- M. R. Pai
M. R. Pai (7 May 1931 - 3 July 2003) or Mangalore Ranga Pai was born in Mangalore. He studied at Canara High School, Mangalore and later at Presidency College, Madras where he obtained an MA in Political Science at the top of his class and received the Candeth Gold Medal from Madras University.
- Kamala Devi
Kamala Devi or Kamala Chattopadhyaya was a renowned Indian social reformer and champion of women's rights. Born 3rd April 1903 in Mangalore, South India, her parents believed in educating Kamala Devi at a time when women's education was discouraged in India in the early part of the 20th century. Kamala Devi was brilliant student and also exhibited qualities of determination and courage from an early age. She made up her mind to fight for women's rights, very early in life.
- Ibrahim Saeed
Ibrahim Saeed Arabic: ابراهيم سعيد, [alternative spelling for second name, Sayeed, (May 20, 1945 - May 27, 2007)] is the founder editor of Sanmarga, a Kannada weekly published from Mangalore. Ibrahim Saeed was a senior journalist and had served Sanmarga for three decades as editor until he was given the office of state president of Jamat-e-Isalmi Hind, Karnataka and Goa division.
- Budhi Kunderan
Budhisagar Krishnappa Kunderan (born 2 October, 1939 in Mulky, near Mangalore in Karnataka - died 23 June, 2006 in Glasgow, Scotland) was an Indian cricketer. He played as a wicket keeper for the most of his career, and was an exciting but unorthodox right handed batsman. Budhi Kunderan made his first appearance in first class cricket for the Cricket Club of India against the touring West Indies in 1958-59.
- Karnad Sadashiv Rao
Karnad Sadashiv Rao was an Indian freedom fighter and social reformer who was very first from Karnataka to sign the Satyagraha pledge. He was born in Mangalore, Karnataka and was the only son to his parents, Ramchandra Rao and Radhabai. Graduating from the Presidency College, Madras, he studied law at Bombay and set up as a lawyer in Mangalore.
- Mother Veronica Of The Passion
Mother Veronica of the Passion (October 1, 1823 - November 16, 1906), originally Miss Sophie Leeves, was the foundress of Apostolic Carmel, a religious congregation for women. She was born into a deeply religious family (her father was Anglican Chaplain to the British Embassy at Constantinople) of English parents in Constantinople as an Anglican, but converted to Catholicism at the age of 27 on February 2, 1850 in Malta, Cyprus.
- William Lambton
William Lambton, FRS (c.1756 – January 19, 1823) was a British soldier, surveyor, and geographer. Lambton was the Superintendent of the Trigonometrical Survey of India, which he began in 1802. He died and is buried at Hinganghat in Wardha district of Maharashtra. He was succeeded by his assistant George Everest. Lambton was born in North Yorkshire, the son of a farmer. His skill in mathematics earned him a place in a grammar school and then, in 1781, …
- John Carnac
Brigadier-General John Carnac (1716 - 1800), was a British officer who served three times as Commander-in-Chief of India. John Carnac joined the service of the East India Company as Captain in 1758 after serving with the 39th Regiment. He commanded at Patna in 1760 and in 1761 defeated the Delhi Emperor near Bihar. He became Brigadier-General in 1764 and defeated the Marathas in the Doab in 1765.
- Damodaran M Vasudevan
Damodaran M Vasudevan, fondly called Professor Vasudevan is presently the Dean of the College of Medicine at Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham and the Principal of the Amrita Institute of Medical Sciences and Research Centre, Kochi, India. After completing his MBBS, he did his MD in Biochemistry from AIIMS in 1971. Subsequently he also got his Ph.D. and became a Fellow of the "Royal College of Pathologists" in 1994.
- Robert Henry Elliot
Robert Henry Elliot (1837-1914) was an early British coffee planter in Mysore, India, and author of books upon plantation life in Mysore. According to Elliot's own account in "Gold, Sport, and Coffee Planting In Mysore", he arrived in Bombay in 1855 at 18 years of age. From there he sailed to Mangalore, then headed inland through the ghauts to the high plateau of Mysore. There he joined Frederick Green, who had begun his plantation in 1843.
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- Lavita
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- Renita
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- Swithin
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- Maddy
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- Darren
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