PHILOSOPHER

Narayana Guru

1855 - 1928

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Sree Narayana Guru (IPA: [nɑːrɑːjɐɳɐ guˈru]) (20 August 1856 – 20 September 1928) was a philosopher, spiritual leader and social reformer in India. He led a reform movement against the injustice in the caste-ridden society of Kerala in order to promote spiritual enlightenment and social equality. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Narayana Guru has received more than 2,185,195 page views. His biography is available in 22 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 19 in 2019). Narayana Guru is the 551st most popular philosopher (up from 575th in 2019), the 187th most popular biography from India (down from 185th in 2019) and the 25th most popular Indian Philosopher.

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Among PHILOSOPHERS

Among philosophers, Narayana Guru ranks 551 out of 1,267Before him are Jan Patočka, Myia, Roger Scruton, Jacques Ellul, Harriet Taylor Mill, and Crates of Athens. After him are Ammonius Hermiae, Marcus Cornelius Fronto, Sergei Bulgakov, Al-Shahrastani, Eric Voegelin, and Nicos Poulantzas.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1855, Narayana Guru ranks 21Before him are Paul-Jacques Curie, Živojin Mišić, Arthur Nikisch, Inukai Tsuyoshi, Robert de Montesquiou, and Georges Rodenbach. After him are Guido Adler, Anatoly Lyadov, Vlaho Bukovac, Axel Paulsen, Claude Bowes-Lyon, 14th Earl of Strathmore and Kinghorne, and Christian Bohr. Among people deceased in 1928, Narayana Guru ranks 35Before him are Armando Diaz, Douglas Haig, 1st Earl Haig, Alexander Bogdanov, Lala Lajpat Rai, Jan Toorop, and Frederick II, Grand Duke of Baden. After him are Abdul Rahman bin Faisal Al Saud, Ebenezer Howard, Hideyo Noguchi, Pavel Axelrod, Alvin Kraenzlein, and Edward Walter Maunder.

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In India

Among people born in India, Narayana Guru ranks 187 out of 1,861Before him are Dharmendra (1935), Guru Arjan (1563), Jayadeva (1170), Ahilyabai Holkar (1725), Kamala Sohonie (1912), and Anthony de Mello (1931). After him are Kishore Kumar (1929), George Alencherry (1945), A. C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada (1896), B. K. S. Iyengar (1918), Shilpa Shetty (1975), and M. Visvesvaraya (1861).

Among PHILOSOPHERS In India

Among philosophers born in India, Narayana Guru ranks 25Before him are Vinayak Damodar Savarkar (1883), Ravidas (1450), Jyotirao Phule (1827), Madhvacharya (1199), Sivananda Saraswati (1887), and Shantideva (685). After him are Shah Waliullah Dehlawi (1703), Thiruvalluvar (350), Dignāga (480), Chandrakirti (600), Eknath (1533), and Hemachandra (1089).