List of notable people who natively speak the Tulu language.
Judiciary and lawyers
K.S. Hegde : Former Speaker of Lok Sabha and Former Judge of the Supreme Court of India
Nitte Santhosh Hegde : Karnataka Lokayuktha, Former Judge of the Supreme Court of India
Kalmanje Jagannatha Shetty : Former Judge of the Supreme Court of India
Rohini Salian : Noted Public Prosecutor
Madhvacharya : Propounder of the Dvaita philosophy.
Bannanje Govindacharya : Vedic scholar.
Ratnakaravarni : Kannada poet.
Kayyar Kinhanna Rai : Poet and activist.
P. Gururaja Bhat : Historian, archaeologist, researcher.
Vishvesha Tirtha : Pontiff of Pejavara Mutt.
Muktananda : Founder of Siddha Yoga.
Gurumayi Chidvilasananda : Present Guru of Siddha Yoga Tradition.
Swami Krishnananda
Vadirajatirtha
Vishnutirtha
Ratnavarma Heggade
Veerendra Heggade : Philanthropist
Bola Chittaranjan Das Shetty : Author
Muddana : Poet
U. R. Ananthamurthy : Literature, won Jnanpith Award Award.
Prof Padmanabh S Jaini: Literature. HOD Indology Berkelay University. Jainism and Budhism expert
Devi Prasad Shetty : Philanthropist and surgeon.
Belle Monappa Hegde : Educationist and Surgeon.
Dinker Belle Rai : Indian American vascular surgeon, inventor, sportsperson and philosopher.
D. V. Sadananda Gowda : Former Chief Minister of Karnataka and Union Railway minister of India in 2014
Janardhana Poojary
Veerappa Moily
V. S. Acharya
K. Jayaprakash Hegde
K. Raghupati Bhat
S. K. Amin
Manorama Madhwaraj : Former Member of Parliament, Udupi, Former MLA Udupi.
Lalaji Mendon
Halady Srinivas Shetty : Kannada MLA 2013 assembly for Kundapura, Karnataka.
A. Shanker Alva : Former Member of Parliament, Mangalore.
K. Nagappa Alva : Former Member of Parliament, Rajya Sabha(1970–1976) and Health Minister, Karnataka State (1962–1967)
K. K. Shetty : Former Member of Parliament, Mangalore.
Ramanna Rai : Former Member of Parliament, Kasaragod.
I. Rama Rai : Former Member of Parliament, Kasaragod.
I. M. Jayarama Shetty : Kannada Former Member of Parliament, Udupi.
Nalin Kumar Kateel : Member of Parliament, Dakshina Kannada.
Suresh Shetty : MLA, Andheri (East), Maharashtra.
V. Dhananjay Kumar : Former Union Minister.
Prakash Shetty : Cartoonist.
K. K. Hebbar : Painter.
Prahlad Acharya : Magician and illusionist.
R.Verman : Noted Art Director.
Film directors and producers
Yograj Bhat : Kannada director
Upendra : Kannada Director, actor
Kashinath : Kannada Director, Actor
Rakshith Shetty : Kannada Director, actor
Shirish Kunder : filmmaker
Manmohan Shetty
Rohit Shetty
B. Vittalacharya
Ramchandra P. N.
Pradeep Uppoor : Bollywood film and Hindi TV soap producer.
Ranjith Bajpe : Indian film director and Screen Writer known for his work in Tulu cinema.
Aishwarya Rai Bachchan
Anushka Shetty
Suniel Shetty
Shilpa Shetty
Shamita Shetty
Sneha Ullal
Prakash Raj
Vinay Rai
Mahesh Shetty
Sheetal Mallar
Radhika
Shubha Poonja
Neeta Shetty
Suman
Kalpana
M. V. Vasudeva Rao
Dayanand Shetty
Reshma Shetty
Shefali Shetty
Pooja Hegde
Fighter Shetty : 70's Bollywood actor.
Rohit Shetty
Rakshit Shetty
Anup Bhandari
Devadas Kapikad
Arjun Kapikad
Naveen D Padil
Aravind Bolar
Pakhi Hegde
Yagna Shetty
Reshma Shetty
Dayanand Shetty
Bhojaraj Vamanjoor
Sandeep Shetty
Anoop Sagar
Varuna Shetty
Ashrita Shetty
Vinaya Prasad
Rishab Shetty
Adhvithi Shetty
Ashvithi Shetty
Neha Shetty
Vidyabhushana
Shweta Shetty
Kadri Gopalnath
Vittal Ramamurthy
Gurukiran
V.Manohar
Manikanth Kadri
Sandeep Chowta
Ganesh Hegde
Science and technology
Kalidas Shetty : Food scientist
Vittal Rai : Scientist
Udipi Ramachandra Rao : Scientist
Ravi Shastri : former cricket Captain of India.
Budhi Kunderan : cricketer
Vikrant Shetty : United Arab Emirates cricketer
Vijith Shetty : Indian football player
Gundibail Sunderam : cricketer.
Ashish Kumar Ballal : former captain of the Indian Field Hockey team and Arjuna Awardee.
Satheesha Rai : Indian Weightlifter, Olympian and Arjuna Awardee.
Vandana Rao : National Sprinter 90's.
Siddhanth Thingalaya : National Sprinter.
Shodhan Rai : International Bodybuilder and Ekalavya Award Winner
Atulya Shetty : American Chess Player
U. R. Bhat : Director of Karnataka Bank
A. B. Shetty : Founder of Vijaya Bank and prominent politician
Mulki Sunder Ram Shetty: Chairman of Vijaya Bank
V. P. Shetty
B. R. Shetty : Founder Partner, MD, CEO (NMC Healthcare & UAE Exchange Centre Co. LLC)
Manmohan Shetty : Founder Adlabs
R. N. Shetty
Shashi Kiran Shetty : Indian businessman
Vittal Mallya : Indian businessman
Vijay Mallya : Chairman of UB Group
Muthappa Rai : Indian businessman
Vonthibettu Prabhakara Hegde : Vir Chakra awardee, Squadron Leader in the Indian Air Force.
Dinesh Chandra Bhandary : Vir Chakra awardee.
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