RELIGIOUS FIGURE

Guru Nanak

1469 - 1539

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Gurū Nānak (15 April 1469 – 22 September 1539; Gurmukhi: ਗੁਰੂ ਨਾਨਕ; pronunciation: [gʊɾuː naːnəkᵊ], ), also known as Bābā Nānak ('Father Nānak'), was the founder of Sikhism and is the first of the ten Sikh Gurus. His birth is celebrated as Guru Nanak Gurpurab on Katak Pooranmashi ('full-moon of Kattak'), i.e. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Guru Nanak has received more than 8,089,003 page views. His biography is available in 92 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 90 in 2019). Guru Nanak is the 350th most popular religious figure (up from 429th in 2019), the 5th most popular biography from Pakistan (down from 4th in 2019) and the most popular Pakistani Religious Figure.

Guru Nanak is most famous for being the founder of Sikhism, a religion that originated in India and is now practiced around the world.

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  • 8.1M

    Page Views (PV)

  • 70.27

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 92

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 3.20

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 7.06

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among RELIGIOUS FIGURES

Among religious figures, Guru Nanak ranks 350 out of 3,187. Before him are Pope Stephen I, Hosea, Pope Liberius, Pope Marinus II, Pope John II, and Pope Benedict VII. After him are Pope John XI, Pope Benedict IX, Pope Silverius, Pope Innocent IV, Caiaphas, and Belshazzar.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1469, Guru Nanak ranks 3. Before him are Niccolò Machiavelli, and Manuel I of Portugal. After him are Gian Galeazzo Sforza, Thomas Cajetan, John Fisher, Rodrigo de Triana, Ishak Pasha, Elia Levita, Francesco Granacci, and Laura Cereta. Among people deceased in 1539, Guru Nanak ranks 2. Before him is Isabella of Portugal. After him are Isabella d'Este, Ayas Mehmed Pasha, Ferdinand Columbus, George, Duke of Saxony, Anthony Maria Zaccaria, Ayşe Hatun, John III, Duke of Cleves, Pierre Gringore, Elizabeth Blount, and Ottaviano Petrucci.

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In Pakistan

Among people born in Pakistan, Guru Nanak ranks 5 out of 217. Before him are Akbar (1542), Shah Jahan (1592), Chanakya (-375), and Shehbaz Sharif (1951). After him are Muhammad Iqbal (1877), Pāṇini (-500), Bhagat Singh (1907), Benazir Bhutto (1953), Vasubandhu (400), Subrahmanyan Chandrasekhar (1910), and Muhammad Ali Jinnah (1876).

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Among RELIGIOUS FIGURES In Pakistan

Among religious figures born in Pakistan, Guru Nanak ranks 1. After him are Fariduddin Ganjshakar (1178), Naropa (1016), Lokaksema (147), Mirza Masroor Ahmad (1950), Valerian Gracias (1900), and Hafiz Saeed (1950).

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