Famous gurus
teacher, expert, counsellor, spiritual guide or leader, often in Hindu, Jain, Buddhist or Sikh traditions
35 people
Guru Nanak
1469
– 1539
· Age 70
Deceased
Rajneesh
1931
– 1990
· Age 58
Deceased
Guru Gobind Singh
1666
– 1708
· Age 41
Deceased
Chinmoy Kumar Ghose
1931
– 2007
· Age 76
Deceased
Sai Baba of Shirdi
Mahavatar Babaji
0203
· Age 1822
Alive
Mata Amritanandamayi
1953
· Age 72
Alive
Gurudev Sri Sri Ravi Shankar
1956
· Age 69
Alive
Shyama Charan Lahiri
1828
– 1895
· Age 66
Deceased
Guru Tegh Bahadur
1621
– 1675
· Age 54
Deceased
Guru Angad Dev
1504
– 1552
· Age 47
Deceased
Guru Amar Das
1479
– 1574
· Age 95
Deceased
Ram Dass
1931
– 2019
· Age 88
Deceased
Guru Hargobind
1595
– 1644
· Age 48
Deceased
Rambhadracharya
1950
· Age 76
Alive
Guru Har Rai
1630
– 1661
· Age 31
Deceased
Nisargadatta Maharaj
1897
– 1981
· Age 84
Deceased
Guru Har Krishan
1656
– 1664
· Age 7
Deceased
Chögyam Trungpa
1939
– 1987
· Age 48
Deceased
Chinmayananda Saraswati
1916
– 1993
· Age 77
Deceased
Matsyendranath
0901
– 1000
Deceased
Gurmeet Ram Rahim Singh
1967
· Age 58
Alive
Satyananda Saraswati
1923
– 2009
· Age 85
Deceased
Sakyong Mipham
1962
· Age 63
Alive
Sri Swami Vishwananda
1978
· Age 47
Alive
Source: Wikidata Q484260