Bhadriraju Krishnamurti was an Indian linguist, specialized in Dravidian languages. He was born in Ongole in Madras Presidency of British India, now currently in Andhra Pradesh, India. He was the vice-chancellor of University of Hyderabad from 1986 to 1993, and founded the Department of Linguistics at Osmania University, where he served as a professor from 1962 to 1986. His magnum opus, The Dravidian Languages, is considered a landmark volume in the study of Dravidian linguistics.

Murray Barnson Emeneau was the founder of the Department of Linguistics at the University of California, Berkeley.