List of people from Bijapur, Karnataka

The following people were born or based their life in Bijapur:

• Bhāskara II
• Basava – philosopher and a social reformer (Born in Ingaleshwar)
• Ranna (ರನ್ನ) – one of the earliest poets of Kannada language
• Satyanatha Tirtha, 17th century Hindu philosopher and saint and 20th peetadhipathi of Uttaradi Math of Dvaita Vedanta.
• Basappa Danappa Jatti
• Aravind Malagatti
• S. R. Kanthi
• M. B. Patil Minister for Water Resources, Government of Karnataka
• Amirbai Karnataki
• Aluru Venkata Rao
• M. M. Kalburgi
• Sunil Kumar Desai – One of the finest filmmaker of Kannada film industry
• Rajeshwari Gayakwad, cricketer
• Jyoti Gogte