RELIGIOUS FIGURE

Guru Arjan

1563 - 1606

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Guru Arjan (Gurmukhi: ਗੁਰੂ ਅਰਜਨ, pronunciation: [gʊɾuː əɾd͡ʒənᵊ]; 15 April 1563 – 30 May 1606) was the fifth of the ten total Sikh Gurus. He compiled the first official edition of the Sikh scripture called the Adi Granth, which later expanded into the Guru Granth Sahib. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Guru Arjan has received more than 1,818,155 page views. His biography is available in 35 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 33 in 2019). Guru Arjan is the 1,052nd most popular religious figure (up from 1,115th in 2019), the 182nd most popular biography from India (down from 176th in 2019) and the 17th most popular Indian Religious Figure.

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Among RELIGIOUS FIGURES

Among religious figures, Guru Arjan ranks 1,052 out of 3,187. Before him are George Syncellus, Mechtilde, Al-Qushayri, Mariano Rampolla, Ram, and Rupert of Salzburg. After him are Thibaud Gaudin, Felix of Valois, Muslim ibn Aqil, William of Gellone, Roger Etchegaray, and Didacus of Alcalá.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1563, Guru Arjan ranks 7. Before him are Wanli Emperor, John Dowland, Orazio Gentileschi, Johannes Althusius, Mavro Orbini, and Henry II, Duke of Lorraine. After him are Andrew Báthory, Jodocus Hondius, Hosokawa Gracia, Jan Huyghen van Linschoten, Elisabeth of Anhalt-Zerbst, and Hosokawa Tadaoki. Among people deceased in 1606, Guru Arjan ranks 7. Before him are Guy Fawkes, False Dmitry I, Justus Lipsius, Karel van Mander, Stephen Bocskai, and Alessandro Valignano. After him are Boşnak Derviş Mehmed Pasha, Giovanni Andrea Doria, Johann VI, Count of Nassau-Dillenburg, Turibius of Mogrovejo, Sokolluzade Lala Mehmed Pasha, and John Lyly.

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In India

Among people born in India, Guru Arjan ranks 182 out of 1,861. Before him are Kailash Satyarthi (1954), Khaleda Zia (1945), Mahadevi Varma (1907), Dnyaneshwar (1275), S. R. Ranganathan (1892), and Dharmendra (1935). After him are Jayadeva (1170), Ahilyabai Holkar (1725), Kamala Sohonie (1912), Anthony de Mello (1931), Narayana Guru (1855), and Kishore Kumar (1929).

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Among RELIGIOUS FIGURES In India

Among religious figures born in India, Guru Arjan ranks 17. Before him are Ravi Shankar (1956), Mata Amritanandamayi (1953), Sai Baba of Shirdi (1835), Dayananda Saraswati (1824), Maharishi Mahesh Yogi (1918), and Ahmed Raza Khan Barelvi (1856). After him are Jayadeva (1170), Anthony de Mello (1931), George Alencherry (1945), A. C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada (1896), Guru Angad (1504), and Parshvanatha (-872).

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