Talk:List of people from Karnataka

Hockey
Karnataka has a rich tradition in coorg hockey.Can someone do some research add this category under sports and fill in names of sportsman who have representd India.

awards
Also it would be agood idea to add a categories for Padma Vibushan Padma bhushan, Padma shri etc.

LIST OF Educationists in Karnataka

Dr. S R Rohidekar Dr.V K R V RAO Dr.A C DEVEGOWDA Dr.T K JAYALAKSMI DR. Khaja Peer Dr. B G Sudha Dr.Usha Ramkumar Dr. M R Laksminarayana Dr. Raja laksmi Reddy DR.Shantha Mohan Dr.Anitha B K Dr. Sivananda

Dr. M. Ramakrishna Reddy
Not sure who put this in "famous people from Karnataka". Everyhing in this page seems to be a self proclaimation of achievements. Please be adviced that wikipedia is an encyclopedia, not a blog site. People in this list are to supposed to be of National fame.

Yakshagana
Hi. The list of famous people is meant to be a list of people who have made a significant contribution to Karnataka and/or India in some way. I see that the Yakshagana list seems to dominate the page by and large. Please dont get me wrong, I am a Karnatakan by birth and am proud of its folk culture just as much as the next person, but I really think whoever has been adding endless names to the Yakshagana list should try to list a few personalities considered the best in each sub category instead of listing each and every Yakshagana artist. Glorious as the tradition is, its mostly limited to coastal Karnataka and can't really be considered mainstream to the whole of Karnataka. Please try to limit the number of these entires. Also the hyperlinking off all these listings without any further info on most of the Yakshagana personalities should be avoided. List the best three to five in each sub-category and then add info pertaining to each of those listings to make it more worth while.

Dineshkannambadi 21:15, 24 August 2006 (UTC)

Format of the article

 * Hi Dinesh, while I havent looked at the Yakshagana list in particular, I find the article itself far too long to read. I dont mind having all the names there(the famous and the not so famous), but I definitely feel that we should somehow try and cram in more names per line.  I am sure we can pack atleast 3 names per line if not 4.  By doing that, the article length will reduce to 1/4th of what it is now.  By doing so, we will also make the article easier on the eye, not to mention less irritating.  I tried doing it myself, but didnt get the desired results.  If somebody can help with this, it'd be great.
 * Also, we need to have a "back to top" button next to the edit link for easier navigation. If anybody can chip in with more ideas, it would be welcome.

It is not just this article, but all similar articles suffer the same drawbacks - too long(irritating to scroll up and down) and no easy way to get back to the top of the article. Sarvagnya 03:21, 25 August 2006 (UTC)


 * Hi Sarvagnya and Dinesh. I just made Sarvyagna's comments a new section as it was not only related to Yakshagaana.
 * Sarvagnya: 'Back to top' feature has been implemented yesterday in this article. Please see, if you need further improvements in that.
 * Regarding the overall format, I agree its quite lengthy. We should somehow use the empty space left all over the page from top to bottom. I have tried something in a sandbox under my user-page. Does that look better?
 * - KNM Talk - Contribs 03:54, 25 August 2006 (UTC)
 * Hi KNM, your sandbox looks perfect. If only we could have a bullet next to each name it would be even better.  Even otherwise, I think you sandbox looks good enough.  We should implement it. Sarvagnya 20:58, 25 August 2006 (UTC)

solution to ever growing list of important people
One strategy is to create a main article for "Modern Literaters", "Yakshagana Artists" etc. We could just keep the 48 Sahitya academy awardees and 7 Jnanpith awardees in the page under repair and move the rest to the respective "main articles". Dineshkannambadi 19:13, 25 August 2006 (UTC)

Hi. Where can I find the list of Kannada writers who have contributed to Kannada literature not just award winners? This list is there in Kannada wiki but not in the English one.. is there a translated page that has the bigger list? Trivpoch (talk) 04:39, 20 August 2019 (UTC)

Yakshagana
I have removed several names of writers and yakshagana players, this page should really highlioght the famous people fro karnataka not just everybody. I hope others agree with me. if you go on mentioning names of evry Tom, Dick and Harry then we might need hundresd of pages vgowda
 * Sounds fair to me. But we'd need a Yakshagana expert for that or whoever added all those names should clarify.  As for the litterateurs, I copied most of it myself from kn.wikipedia.  There I believe they have articles or atleast stubs for a good number of them.  So just check there once before you remove it.  And of course we could probably post the link(from history) to this page as it exists now on this talk page and announce that people who are interested in editing can take a look at the more comprehensive listing.  Sarvagnya 05:54, 21 September 2006 (UTC)

Modern Literaters
Wealso need to clean up this section. Kannada literature is a Giant. We need to only list the most famous. Example, Jnanpith awardees and Sahitya Academy winners and maybe a few more really famous ones.Dineshkannambadi 18:15, 21 October 2006 (UTC)

Irrelevant names
NTR Jr and Shyam Benegal are not associated with Karnataka and weren' t even born there. So their names need to be excluded from the Cinema section. Naw66 (talk) 10:21, 16 January 2009 (UTC)


 * WP:BOLD C 21 K talk  22:41, 24 January 2009 (UTC)

Help me
I was editing sections in the page to do some routine housekeeping. On the history page, my name did appear as the user who had edited the section. However, on the last two occasions, my IP address appeared instead of my name. Can someone help replace my IP address with my user name as it should be? ThanksKanchanamala (talk) 09:02, 3 February 2009 (UTC)

Merger proposal
I propose that List of people of North Karnataka be merged into List of people from Karnataka. The List of people of North Karnataka is unlikely to contain any new names than the latter list. North Karnataka does not have a fixed geographical border or distince culture/heritage. Hence, it makes sense to add any new names that appear in List of people of North Karnataka but not in this article, and get rid of List of people of North Karnataka altogether. Ratibgreat (talk) 11:29, 22 September 2011 (UTC)


 * I strongly and unconditionally support the above proposal. The geographical entity of Karnataka was formed on the principle of one language, and hence one people. Kanchanamala (talk) 01:42, 14 October 2011 (UTC)


 * Support. 1292simon (talk) 02:22, 8 June 2014 (UTC)

Semi-protected edit request on 22 April 2017
Please add KL Rahul under the sports section, specifically cricket, in the list of people from Karnataka. Sujaypatil96 (talk) 14:46, 22 April 2017 (UTC)
 * ✅ - thanks for the suggestion Arjayay (talk) 08:19, 24 April 2017 (UTC)

Semi-protected edit request on 22 April 2017
Remove Ravi Shastri from the list of cricketers from Karnataka. It's very clear that he has no association with Karnataka whatsoever. Source:

Please add Dr Prabhakar Kore to the list, under Health Care, Entrepreneurs or Politicians. A multifaceted personality, Dr. Prabhakar Kore has diverse interests and commitments in various domains that include education, health care, cooperative sector, politics and community building and has left an indelible mark on the State, National and International scenario through this relentless effort, commitment and contribution to transforming lives through health care and education.

He is a progressive leader whose missionary zeal and firm commitment have pioneered the march of KLE in health sciences, education and research. This has taken state-of-the-art health care services to the door step of the common people. He has also ensured cross cultural integration through various academic collaborations and has become a local lore by providing urban infrastructure in the rural areas to harness local talent.

He has with his rare visionary redefined and redesigned KLE society for the 21st century and as an accomplished educationist lead the KLE society relentlessly along the path envisioned by the founding ‘Saptarishis’.

Source: Sujaypatil96 (talk) 17:51, 22 April 2017 (UTC)

✅ - but without the excessive detail - Arjayay (talk) 08:36, 24 April 2017 (UTC)

Add Booker Prize winner, Aravind Adiga to the list, under the Modern Authors section
You should add Booker prize winner, Aravind Adiga to this list (under the Modern Authors section). Aravind Adiga, though he was born in Madras, is a Mangalorean by heart. Aravind Adiga, was the third Indian to win the Booker prize in 2008, after Salman Rushdie and Arundhati Roy, for his novel "The white tiger".

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aravind_Adiga Sujaypatil96 (talk) 21:26, 12 February 2018 (UTC)
 * His Wikipedia article says he was born in Tamil Nadu, not Karnataka? Stickee (talk) 23:08, 12 February 2018 (UTC)

Semi-protected edit request on 11 April 2018
please add in Health care section Dr H Sudarshan Ballal who is an famous nephrologist and Manipal Hospitals Chairman Update as below — Preceding unsigned comment added by 122.171.152.41 (talk) 07:48, 11 April 2018 (UTC)

Please add Dr H Sudarshan Ballal Under Healthcare section, who is an famous Nephrologist and Chairman Of Manipal Hospitals. Please Refer https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/H._Sudarshan_Ballal
 * ✅ - Thanks for the suggestion

Semi-protected edit request on 30 July 2019
please add nr group of industries in businesspeople and kurl-on mattresses India's largest selling mattresses Chandan b reddy (talk) 08:20, 30 July 2019 (UTC)
 * ❌ this is a list of notable people, i.e. people who already have articles, not a place to promote your business. - Arjayay (talk) 08:47, 30 July 2019 (UTC)

Semi-protected edit request on 30 January 2020
Please add "ENNAR K VISHWANATH" in cinema category who is been in kannada film idustry for 34 years now. He is a director,actor,co director,technician and member of film chamber and kannada sensor board. 106.217.38.21 (talk) 10:58, 30 January 2020 (UTC)
 * Red information icon with gradient background.svg Not done: Please see inclusion criteria. This is a list of notable people, where "notable" means we already have an article about them on the project. Eggishorn (talk) (contrib) 14:22, 30 January 2020 (UTC)

Semi-protected edit request on 31 October 2020
I would like to add S.V Sunil to list of hockey players from Karnataka 81.97.58.211 (talk) 18:27, 31 October 2020 (UTC)
 * Does not have an article here. – Thjarkur (talk) 18:32, 31 October 2020 (UTC)

Semi-protected edit request on 27 May 2022
Some wrong names are included in this page Chalukya Pulikeshi 2 (talk) 19:14, 27 May 2022 (UTC) Chalukya Pulikeshi 2 (talk) 19:14, 27 May 2022 (UTC)

Some wrong names are included in this page Chalukya Pulikeshi 2 (talk) 19:15, 27 May 2022 (UTC)
 * Red question icon with gradient background.svg Not done: it's not clear what changes you want to be made. Please mention the specific changes in a "change X to Y" format and provide a reliable source if appropriate. ScottishFinnishRadish (talk) 19:17, 27 May 2022 (UTC)