Notable Persons From Shimoga District
- Kuvempu, Jnanpith Award winner
- U R Ananthamurthy, Jnanpith Award winner
- Girish Kasaravalli, well-known film director and national award winner
- B.S. Yeddyurappa, former Chief Minister of Karnataka
- Poorna Chandra Tejaswi, Kuvempu's son and writer
- M. K. Indira is a well-known novelist; many of her novels have been adopted for Kannada movies
- P. Lankesh, writer-journalist and tabloid publisher (Lankesh Patrike)
- Ha. Ma. Nayaka, well-known columnist and winner of Central Sahitya Academy Award (for his columns) and personally responsible for the development of Kannada department (Kannada Adhyayana Samsthe) at the University of Mysore. He was the vice chancellor of Gulbarga University.
- G. S. Shivarudrappa, well-known poet and professor, has won many awards and is renowned as 'Navodaya Poet'
- Gundappa Viswanath, former India cricket player
- K. V. Subbanna, Magsaysay award winner
- S. Bangarappa, former Chief Minister of Karnataka
- K.S. Eshwarappa, State BJP President
- J.H Patel, former Chief Minister of Karnataka
- Kadidal Manjappa, former Chief Minister of Karnataka
- Khadi Shankarappa, veteran Freedom Fighter
- Shantaveri Gopala Gowda, leader of socialist movement
- N. S. Lakshminarayan Bhat, poet, winner of Sahitya Academy Award
- Justice M. Rama Jois, former Judge of Supreme Court and former Governor of Jharkhand
- Shimoga Subbanna, Kannada Sugama Sangeetha singer and playback singer
- Sudeep, famous actor and director of Kannada cinema
- Diganth, the current heartthrob of Kannada cinema
- Bharat Chipli, cricketer, plays for Karnataka and Deccan Chargers
- G.V. Shivakumar, Kabbadi captain, Mysore Team-National Champions
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