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Also Known As Bhāī Gurdās Bhallā
Born c.1550
Died 1637
Notable Works ā€œKartarpur Pothiā€
Guru Nanak
Guru Nanak
founder of Sikhism
Guru Gobind Singh, 18th century, Punjab
Guru Gobind Singh
Sikh Guru
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Kabir
Indian mystic and poet
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Bhai Vir Singh
Indian writer and theologian
Jarnail Singh Bhindranwale sits on a bed wearing an orange turban, surrounded by four men with turbans and beards, on a rooftop in Amritsar, India.
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Sikh leader
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Banda Singh Bahadur
Sikh military leader
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Peter Christen AsbjĆørnsen
Norwegian author
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John Banim
Irish author
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Antal
Indian poet
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Farkas Bolyai
Hungarian mathematician and writer
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Augusto de Campos
Brazilian poet and critic
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Shamsur Rahman
Bengali poet, journalist, and human rights advocate
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Louise Bennett-Coverley
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William Shakespeare
William Shakespeare
English author
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
German author
Painting of Samuel Johnson showing Johnson seated at a desk with a quill in hand and papers before him, wearing a brown coat and white wig.
Samuel Johnson
English author
Michelangelo
Michelangelo
Italian artist
William Blake
William Blake
English engraver, artist, and poet
Homer
Homer
Greek poet
French dramatist Jean Racine
Jean Racine
French dramatist

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