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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 7,805,745 page views. His biography is available in 90 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 89 in 2019). Guru Nanak is the 434th most popular religious figure (up from 485th in 2019), the 4th most popular biography from Pakistan 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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  • 68.29

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  • 90

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  • 2.86

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  • 7.36

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Among RELIGIOUS FIGURES

Among religious figures, Guru Nanak ranks 434 out of 2,238. Before him are Salome, Januarius, Pope Celestine II, Thomas à Kempis, Pope John IV, and Thomas Becket. After him are Pope Cornelius, Ali al-Ridha, Pope Gregory III, Saint Maurice, Pope Anterus, and Pope Sergius I.

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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, Thomas Boleyn, 1st Earl of Wiltshire, George, Duke of Saxony, Elizabeth Blount, Anthony Maria Zaccaria, John III, Duke of Cleves, Ottaviano Petrucci, and Il Pordenone.

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In Pakistan

Among people born in Pakistan, Guru Nanak ranks 4 out of 180. Before him are Akbar (1542), Shah Jahan (1592), and Chanakya (-375). After him are Pāṇini (-500), Muhammad Iqbal (1877), Benazir Bhutto (1953), Bhagat Singh (1907), Kanishka (78), Subrahmanyan Chandrasekhar (1910), Vasubandhu (400), and Porus (-400).

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Among RELIGIOUS FIGURES In Pakistan

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

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