Murthy/Murthi/Murty is a surname from the Indian states of Tamil Nadu, Andhra Pradesh, Karnataka, and Telangana. It is found commonly amongst Brahmins as a personal name or surname.

Notable people

Notable people with the surname Murthy include: *

Bayya Suryanarayana Murthy Bayya Suryanarayana Murthy, a.k.a. B. S. Murthy (29 October 1906 – 22 May 1979) was a journalist, poet, short story writer, essayist, and a six-term Parliamentarian He was born in 1906 to B. Nagaiah at Nagaram in Razole taluk, in East Godavari ...

(1906–1979), Parliamentarian and leader of Dalit movement in India *

Dipika Murthy Dipika Murthy (born 10 August 1980) is a member of the India women's national field hockey team. She played with the team when it won the Gold at the 2004 Hockey Asia Cup and won a silver in the 2009 Asia cup at bangkok. She has represented In ...

(born 1980), Indian hockey player *

H. R. Keshava Murthy H. R. Keshava Murthy (22 February 1934 – 21 December 2022) was an Indian gamaka exponent and guru. He was honoured with Shantala Natya Sri Award by the Government of Karnataka in 1998 and Padma Shri in 2022 by the Government of India in the ...

, Indian Gamaka exponent * H. S. Venkateshamurthy (born 1944), poet, playwright in Kannada Language. *

Karanam Balaram Krishna Murthy Karanam Balaram Krishna Murthy (Karaṇaṁ Balarām Kr̥ṣṇa Mūrti), (born 31 October 1946) is an Indian politician in the state of Andhra Pradesh. He was born in Thimmasamudram village of Prakasam district in Andhra Pradesh. He was elect ...

(born 1946), Indian politician * Krishnan Guru-Murthy (born 1970), British television presenter and journalist *

M. Chidananda Murthy M. Chidananda Murthy (10 May 1931 – 11 January 2020) was a Kannada writer, researcher and historian. He was a well-known scholar in Karnataka specializing in the history of Kannada language and ancient Karnataka. He was also known for his cam ...

(1931–2020), Indian scholar *

M. R. N. Murthy M. R. N. Murthy (Mattur Ramabhadrashastry Narasimha Murthy), was a professor of molecular biophysics at the Indian Institute of Science, IISc, Bangalore. He currently teaches at the Institute of Bioinformatics and Applied Biotechnology, Bengal ...

, Indian scientist and academic *

M. Rajasekara Murthy M. Rajasekara Murthy (10 May 1922 – 5 December 2010) was an Indian politician, who was a member 7th Lok Sabha the lower house of the Indian Parliament from the Lok Sabha constituency of Mysore in Karnataka. He also participated in the Freedo ...

(1922–2010), Indian politician * Mahesh Murthy (born 1965), founder of Pinstorm * Mano Murthy, Indian musician and composer *

N. R. Narayana Murthy Nāgavārā Rāmarāo Nārāyana Mūrthy (born 21 August 1946) is an Indian billionaire businessman. He is the founder of Infosys, and has been the chairman, chief executive officer (CEO), president, and chief mentor of the company before ret ...

(born 1946), founder of Infosys *

R. Narayana Murthy R. Narayana Murthy (born 31 December 1954), also known as People's Star, is an Indian actor, screenwriter, director, composer, singer, and producer. He works predominantly in Telugu Cinema. He received Nandi Special Jury Award for his film ''Da ...

(born 1954), Indian film director and producer of Telugu films * Rohan Murthy, son of N. R. Narayana Murthy and co-founder of Infosys * Sheela Murthy (born 1961), lawyer and philanthropist * Srinivasa Murthy (born 1949), Indian actor *

Sudha Murthy Sudha Murty (' Kulkarni; born 19 August 1951) is an Indian educator, author and philanthropist who is chairperson of the Infosys F ...

(born 1950), Indian social reformer and writer *

T. K. Murthy Thanu Krishna Murthy (born 13 August 1924), better known as T. K. Murthy, is an Indian mridangam player. Murthy is a Padma Shri and Sangeetha Kalanidhi awardee. Personal life Murthy was born on 13 August 1924, to Thanu Bhagavathar and Annapurn ...

(born 1922), Indian Mridangam player * Tammareddy Krishna Murthy (1920–2013), Telugu film producer from India * Tummala Seetharama Murthy (1901–1990), Indian Telugu poet * U. R. Ananthamurthy (1932–2014), contemporary writer and critic in the

Kannada language Kannada (; ಕನ್ನಡ, ), originally romanised Canarese, is a Dravidian language spoken predominantly by the people of Karnataka in southwestern India, with minorities in all neighbouring states. It has around 47 million native sp ...

V. K. Murthy Venkatarama Pandit Krishnamurthy (26 November 1923 – 7 April 2014) known professionally as V. K. Murthy, was an Indian cinematographer. Murthy, a one-time violinist and jailed freedom fighter, was Guru Dutt's regular cameraman on his movies. H ...

(1923–2014), Indian cinematographer * Veda Krishna Murthy (born 1992), Indian cricketer * Veturi Sundararama Murthy (1936–2010), Indian Telugu poet * Vivek Murthy (born 1977), American Physician * Karthikeya Murthy (born 1985), Indian Music Composer

References

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