RELIGIOUS FIGURE

Guru Nanak

1469 - 1539

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Gurū Nānak (15 April 1469 – 22 September 1539; Gurmukhi: ਗੁਰੂ ਨਾਨਕ; pronunciation: [gʊɾuː naːɳəkᵊ], ), also known as Bābā Nānak ('Father Nanak'), was an Indian spiritual teacher, mystic and poet, who is regarded as the founder of Sikhism and is the first of the ten Sikh Gurus. Nanak is said to have travelled far and wide across Asia teaching people the message of Ik Onkar (ੴ, 'One God'), who dwells in every one of his creations and constitutes the eternal Truth. With this concept, he would set up a unique spiritual, social, and political platform based on equality, fraternal love, goodness, and virtue. Nanak's words are registered in the form of 974 poetic hymns, or shabda, in the holy religious scripture of Sikhism, the Guru Granth Sahib, with some of the major prayers being the Japji Sahib (jap, 'to recite'; ji and sahib are suffixes signifying respect); the Asa di Var ('Ballad of Hope'); and the Sidh Gosht ('Discussion with the Siddhas'). Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Guru Nanak is the 40th most popular religious figure (up from 350th in 2019), the 3rd most popular biography from Pakistan (up from 5th 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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Among RELIGIOUS FIGURES

Among religious figures, Guru Nanak ranks 40 out of 3,187. Before him are Pope Pius XI, Isaac, Pope Pius X, Pope Clement I, Pope Benedict XV, and Elijah. After him are Pope Alexander VI, Jeremiah, Zoroaster, Joseph Smith, Mark the Evangelist, and John Calvin.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1469, Guru Nanak ranks 2. Before him is Niccolò Machiavelli. After him are Manuel I of Portugal, Gian Galeazzo Sforza, Thomas Cajetan, Ishak Pasha, John Fisher, Rodrigo de Triana, Francesco Granacci, Elia Levita, and Laura Cereta. Among people deceased in 1539, Guru Nanak ranks 1. After him are Isabella of Portugal, Thomas Boleyn, 1st Earl of Wiltshire, Isabella d'Este, Ayas Mehmed Pasha, Anthony Maria Zaccaria, Ferdinand Columbus, George, Duke of Saxony, Ayşe Hatun, Elizabeth Blount, Ottaviano Petrucci, and John III, Duke of Cleves.

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In Pakistan

Among people born in Pakistan, Guru Nanak ranks 3 out of 217. Before him are Akbar (1542), and Muhammad Ali Jinnah (1876). After him are Manmohan Singh (1932), Pāṇini (-500), Muhammad Iqbal (1877), Porus (-400), Nawaz Sharif (1949), Shehbaz Sharif (1951), Chanakya (-375), I. K. Gujral (1919), and Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan (1948).

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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), Hafiz Saeed (1950), Naropa (1016), Lokaksema (147), Valerian Gracias (1900), and Mirza Masroor Ahmad (1950).

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