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Kabir

1440 - 1518

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Kabir (fl. 15th century) was a well-known Indian devotional mystic poet and sant. His writings influenced Hinduism's Bhakti movement, and his verses are found in Sikhism's scripture Guru Granth Sahib, the Satguru Granth Sahib of Saint Garib Das, and Kabir Sagar of Dharamdas. Today, Kabir is an important figure in Hinduism, Sikhism and in Sufism. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Kabir is the 192nd most popular philosopher (down from 163rd in 2019), the 55th most popular biography from India (down from 36th in 2019) and the 10th most popular Indian Philosopher.

Kabir is most famous for his poetry, which was written in the 14th century. His poems were written in the Braj Bhasa dialect of Hindi. He was a Muslim by birth, but he was also influenced by Hinduism and Buddhism.

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Among PHILOSOPHERS

Among philosophers, Kabir ranks 192 out of 1,267. Before him are Sextus Empiricus, José Ortega y Gasset, Bernard Bolzano, Gemistus Pletho, Pierre Gassendi, and Pierre Bayle. After him are Apollonius of Tyana, Ernest Renan, Nicolas Malebranche, John Rawls, Max Horkheimer, and Christian Wolff.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1440, Kabir ranks 3. Before him are Ivan III of Russia, and Ladislaus the Posthumous. After him are Hugo van der Goes, Diogo Cão, Sten Sture the Elder, Hartmann Schedel, Antonio Vivarini, Gian Giacomo Trivulzio, Jorge Manrique, Bartolomé Bermejo, and Alain I of Albret. Among people deceased in 1518, Kabir ranks 1. After him are Oruç Reis, Vannozza dei Cattanei, Pierre de la Rue, Gian Giacomo Trivulzio, William IX, Marquis of Montferrat, and Loyset Compère.

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In India

Among people born in India, Kabir ranks 55 out of 1,861. Before him are Raja Ravi Varma (1848), Aishwarya Rai (1973), Hyder Ali (1720), Ram Mohan Roy (1772), Sariputta (-568), and H. D. Deve Gowda (1933). After him are Ajatashatru (-500), Salman Rushdie (1947), Alauddin Khalji (1266), Ronald Ross (1857), C. V. Raman (1888), and P. V. Narasimha Rao (1921).

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Among PHILOSOPHERS In India

Among philosophers born in India, Kabir ranks 10. Before him are Nagarjuna (150), Padmasambhava (717), Buddhaghosa (401), Adi Shankara (788), Jiddu Krishnamurti (1895), and Ram Mohan Roy (1772). After him are Paramahansa Yogananda (1893), Aśvaghoṣa (80), Sri Aurobindo (1872), Ramana Maharshi (1879), Vyasa (-390), and Abul A'la Maududi (1903).

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