Kodagu District - Notable People From Kodagu

Notable People From Kodagu

  • Field Marshal K. M. Cariappa
  • General K. S. Thimayya
  • Lt Gen Apparanda Aiyappa
  • C B Muthamma, first woman IFS officer
  • P. K. Monnappa police officer
  • Prema Cariappa, former mayor of Bangalore, Rajya Sabha MP
  • Prema (actress), Kannada actress.
  • Biddu Appaiah, music composer
  • Arjun Halappa, hockey player
  • M. P. Ganesh, former hockey team captain, Olympian and coach, 1973 Arjuna Award.
  • B. P. Govinda, team hockey player, 1975 Arjuna Award.
  • Ashwini Nachappa, athlete, 1988 Arjuna Award
  • Joshna Chinappa, squash player
  • Robin Uthappa, international cricket player
  • Rohan Bopanna, tennis player
  • Ashwini Ponnappa, badminton player
  • Jagat and Anita Nanjappa, former national rally champions
  • Venu Uthappa, an international hockey referee and father of Indian cricketer Robin Uthappa
  • D. V. Sadananda Gowda (26th Chief Minister of Karnataka + ex-BJP President Karntaka State unit)
  • Guddemane Appaiah Gowda (the first freedom fighter of kodagu, during 1834-1837)
  • Kedambadi Rama Gowda, who fought against Brit ish Rule during 1835-39
  • Shri. Nidyamale Somana, Member, First Lok Sabha (1952–1957), Parliament of India, represented the State of Coorg; MLA (1957–1958), Karnataka State, represented Piriyapatna Constituency
  • Dr. Kurunji Venkatramana Gowda,founder president of AOLE, also renowned as "Amara Shilpi of Sullia"
  • K.G. Bopaiah (Speaker of Legislative Assembly/ Virajpet MLA)
  • Dr.Purushothama Bilimale (Director of American Institute of Indian Studies), October 2009
  • Dr. KV Chidananda Gowda, Former Vice Chancellor, Kuvempu University and NASA Scientist,
  • Baddana Raj Chengappa - Editor-in-Chief, Printer & Publisher, The Tribune; Chandigarh, India.
  • Shri Kolambe Puttanna Gowda, who wrote Kaluru Cheluve and an excellent Talamaddale artist
  • Kedagadi Guddappa Gowda, finest Yakshagana performer
  • N.S.Deviprasad (Sampaje Deviprasad), Film Producer and Cultural activist & Activist for 'Praja Vedike'
  • Dambekodi S. Madappa (Ex-MLA)
  • Dr. K.V. Venkataramana, Poet, Reviewer, Translator and Writer
  • Shobha Karandlaje, BJP Leader and Minister, Government of Karnataka
  • Nangaru Nanaiah, Deputy Commissioner(Commercial Tax)
  • Nidhi Subbaiah, actress
  • Harshika Poonacha, actress

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