This is a list of notable people who belong to an ethnic Tuluva community and who natively speak Tulu language .[ 1]
K. K. Shetty freedom fighter (He was the editor of Navayuga for a short period).
Kedambadi Ramaiha Gowda
Kamaladevi Chattopadhyay
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V. S. Acharya : Former Home minister, Karnataka state and Former member of Karnataka legislative assembly and council.
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)
Raghupati Bhat : Former Member of Karnataka Legislative Assembly (M.L.A), elected from Udupi constituency.
D. V. Sadananda Gowda : Former Minister of Chemicals and Fertilizers, Former Minister of Law and Justice, Former Minister of Railways, Former Chief Minister of Karnataka
K. Jayaprakash Hegde : former member of parliament
Shobha Karandlaje : Member of parliament, Udupi Lok sabha constituency, Union Minister of State (MoS) for Agriculture and Farmers Welfare, Food Processing Industries
V. Dhananjay Kumar : former Union Minister
Nalin Kumar Kateel : Member of Parliament of Dakshina Kannada Lok Sabha constituency and former President of BJP-Karnataka
Manorama Madhwaraj : former Member of Parliament, Udupi ; former MLA Udupi
Lalaji Mendon : MLA, Kaup Vidhansabha
Veerappa Moily : former Chief Minister of Karnataka, member of the 16th Lok Sabha
Janardhana Poojary : former Union Minister of State for Finance
I. Rama Rai : former Member of Parliament, Kasaragod
Ramanath Rai : Minister for Forest, Environment and Ecology
Kumble Sundara Rao Former M.L.A of Surathkal constituency
Halady Srinivas Shetty : MLA 2013 assembly for Kundapura, Karnataka
I. M. Jayarama Shetty : former Member of Parliament, Udupi
K. K. Shetty : former Member of Parliament, Mangalore
Suresh Shetty : MLA, Andheri (East), Maharashtra
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Muthappa Rai : Indian businessman
A. B. Shetty (1883–1960), founder of Vijaya Bank
Ajit Shetty , is a Belgian businessman. He was chairman of the board of directors of Janssen Pharmaceutica
B. R. Shetty , CMD New Medical Centre , billionaire and Padma Shri awardee
Devi Shetty , founder of Narayana Health
Manmohan Shetty , founder of Adlabs Imagica , India's first & only Theme Park
Mulki Sunder Ram Shetty , Chairman of Vijaya Bank
R. N. Shetty , CMD RNS Infrastructure and hereditary administrator of Murudeshwara Shiva Temple
Raj Shetty , founder of Ramee Hotels, a billionaire Hotelier from Dubai