Famous People with Name Viswanath

Viswanatha Satyanarayana            Origin/Culture/Country: Indian

Viswanatha Satyanarayana: popularly known as the Kavi Samraat (Emperor of Poetry), was a modern Telugu poet.He was a disciple of the Tirupati Venkata Kavulu duo. Viswanatha's style of poetry was classical in nature and his popular works include Ramayana Kalpa Vrikshamu (A resourceful tree called Ramayana), Kinnersani patalu (Mermaid songs) and Veyipadagalu (The Thousand Hoods).

Viswanathan Anand            Origin/Culture/Country: Indian

Viswanathan Anand: is an Indian chess grandmaster and the current World Chess Champion.Anand won the FIDE World Chess Championship in 2000, at a time when the world title was split. He became the undisputed World Champion in 2007 and defended his title against Vladimir Kramnik in 2008. With this win, he became the first player in chess history to have won the World Championship in three different formats: Knockout, Tournament, and Match. He will next defend his title in the World Chess Championship 2009 against the winner of the challenger match between Veselin Topalov and Gata Kamsky.

Gundappa Rangnath Viswanath            Origin/Culture/Country: Indian

Gundappa Rangnath Viswanath: is an Indian former cricketer. He was one of India's finest batsmen throughout the 1970s. He played Test cricket for India from 1969 to 1983 making 91 appearances and scoring over 6000 runs. He also played in One Day Internationals from 1974 to 1982 including the World Cups of 1975 and 1979. At state level, he played for Karnataka (formerly Mysore) throughout his career.

Sadanand Viswanath            Origin/Culture/Country: Indian

Sadanand Viswanath: An aggressive wicketkeeper-batsman, Vishwanath is remembered for a hard six he hit out of Bangalore's Chinnaswamy stadium against Allan Border’s Australians. Border commented later, “The ball probably had ice on it when it came down!”