List of Hindu gurus and saints

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This is a list of Religious people in Hinduism, including gurus, saints, monks, yogis and spiritual masters.

• Swami Abhedananda (2 October 1866 – 8 September 1939)
• Abhinavagupta (c. 950 – 1020)
• A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada^[1] (1 September 1896 – 14 November 1977)
• Adi Shankara^[2] (c. 788 – 820)
• Advaitanand Ji (1846 – 1919) part of Advait Mat lineage
• Akhandanand^[3] (25 July 1911 – 19 November 1987)
• Akka Mahadevi(c.1130 – 1160), Kannada literature
• Alvar Saints(700–1000)
• Anandamayi Ma (30 April 1896 – 27 August 1982)
• Anandmurti Gurumaa (female)^[4] (b. 8 April 1966)
• Andal (c.767), Tamil literature
• Sri Aurobindo (15 August 1872 – 5 December 1950)
• Avvaiyar (c. 1st and 2nd century AD), Tamil literature
• Baba Hari Dass (b. 26 March 1923)^[5]
• Bahinabai (1628–1700), Marathi literature
• Bhagawan Nityananda^[6] (November or December 1897 – 8 August 1961)
• Bhakti Tirtha Swami^[7] (25 February 1950 – 27 June 2005)
• Bamakhepa, or Bamakhyapa/ Bamdev Bhairav (1837 – 1911)
• Swami Bhoomananda Tirtha (b. 13 May 1933)
• Bijoy Krishna Goswami (2 August 1841 – 1899)
• Brahma Chaitanya, also known as Gondavalekar Maharaj (1845 -22 December 1913)
• Brahmanand Swami (1772–1832)
• Brahmananda Saraswati^[8] (20 December 1868 – 20 May 1953)
• Bhakti Charu Swami (b. 17 September 1945)
• Chaitanya Mahaprabhu^[9] (18 February 1486 – 14 June 1534)
• Sant Charandas (1703–1782)
• Charan Singh (Radha Soami Sant Satguru) (12 December 1916 – 1 June 1990)
• Chandrashekarendra Saraswati (20 May 1894 – 8 January 1994)
• Swami Chidbhavananda (11 March 1898 – 16 November 1985)
• Chinmayananda Saraswati (8 May 1916 – 3 August 1993)
• Sri Chinmoy ^[10] (27 August 1931 – 11 October 2007)
• Chokhamela (14th century)
• Dayananda Saraswati, founder of Arya Samaj (12 February 1824 – 30 October 1883)
• Dayananda Saraswati (Ärsha Vidya) (b. 15 August 1930)
• Dnyaneshwar^[11] (1275 – 1296)
• Drona (mythohistorical)
• Eknath (1533–1599)
• Gajanan Maharaj (c. mid 19th century)
• Gagangiri Maharaj (1906 – 4 February 2008)
• Gnanananda Giri^[12] (c. early 19th century)
• Gopala Krishna Goswami^[13] (b. 14 August 1944)
• Gopalanand Swami (1781–1852)
• Gorakshanath (c. 10th or 11th century)
• Gora Kumbhar (c. 1267 to c.1317)
• Gunatitanand Swami (17 October 1785 – 11 October 1867)
• Gurinder Singh (Radha Soami Sant Satguru) (b. 1 August 1954)
• Gurumayi Chidvilasananda^[14] (b. 24 June 1955)
• Sadguru Hambir Baba (1879 – 14 October 1970)
• Hans Ji Maharaj (8 November 1900 – 18 July 1966)
• Hariharananda Giri, (Paramahamsa Hariharananda) (27 May 1907 – 3 December 2002)
• Haridasa Thakur^[15][16] (b. 1451 or 1450)
• Isaignaniyar (c. 7th century), Tamil literature
• Jaggi Vasudev (b. 3 September 1957)
• Janabai (c. 13th century), Marathi literature
• Jaimal Singh (Radha Soami Sant Satguru) (July 1839 – 29 December 1903)
• Jiddu Krishnamurti (11 May 1895 – 17 February 1986)
• Swami Janakananda (b. 13 June 1939)
• Kālidāsa (c. 4th or 5th century)
• Kalyan Swami (1636–1714)
• Kanhopatra (c. 15th century), Marathi literature
• Karaikkal Ammaiyar (c. 6th century), Tamil literature
• Krishnananda Saraswati (25 April 1922 – 23 November 2001)
• Kripalu Maharaj (5 October 1922 – 15 November 2013)
• Lahiri Mahasaya, (Shyamacharan Lahiri)^[17] (30 September 1828 – 26 September 1895)
• Lakshmanananda Saraswati (1926 – 23 August 2008)
• Lalleshwari (c.1320 – 1392), Kashmiri literature
• Madhvacharya^[18] (c. 1238 – 1317)
• Maharishi Mahesh Yogi^[19] (12 January 1918 – 5 February 2008)
• Mahavatar Babaji^[20] (mid 18th – mid 19th century)
• Mangayarkkarasiyar (c. 7th century) Tamil literature
• Mata Amritanandamayi^[21] (b. 27 September 1953)
• Meera (c. 1498 – c. 1547) Hindi literature
• Mehi (28 April 1885 – 8 June 1986)
• Mirra Alfassa (21 February 1878 – 17 November 1973)
• Morari Bapu (b. 25 September 1946)
• Muktananda^[14] (16 May 1908 – 2 October 1982)
• Mother Meera^[22] (b. 26 December 1960)
• Muktabai (c.1279 – 1297) Marathi literature
• Muktanand Swami (1758–1830)
• Namdev (c. 1270 – c. 1350)
• Narayan Dutt Shrimali^[23] (21 April 1933 – 3 July 1998)
• Narayana Guru, writer of Daiva Dasakam^[24] (c. 1854 – 1928)
• Nayanmars Saints (700–1000)
• Lokenath Brahmachari^[25] (31 August 1730 – 1 June 1890)
• Narayan Maharaj^[26] (20 May 1885 – 3 September 1945)
• Narsinh Mehta (1414–1481) also known as Narsi Mehta or Narsi Bhagat
• Neem Karoli Baba^[27] (c. late 19th or early 20th century – 11 September 1973)
• Nigamananda Paramahansa^[28] (18 August 1880 — 29 November 1935)
• Nimbarka^[29] (c. 13th century or earlier)
• Sant Nirmala (c. 14th century) Marathi literature
• Nirmala Srivastava, also known as Shri Mataji Nirmala Devi (21 March 1923 – 23 February 2011)
• Niranjanananda (c. 1862 – 9 May 1904)
• Nishkulanand Swami (1766–1848)
• Nisargadatta Maharaj^[30](17 April 1897 – 8 September 1981)
• Om Swami (b. 1979)
• Swami Nithyananda (b. 1 January 1978 or 13 March 1977)
• Paramahansa Yogananda^[31] (5 January 1893 – 7 March 1952)
• Pavhari Baba (birth unknown – 1898)
• Potuluri Virabrahmendra Swami (c. 17th century)
• Prabhat Ranjan Sarkar, also known as Shrii Shrii Anandamurti (21 May 1921 – 21 October 1990)
• Pramukh Swami Maharaj^[32][33] (b. 7 December 1921)
• Pranavanda Saraswati (28 August 1908 – 28 August 1982)
• Pranavananda, also known as Yugacharya Srimat Swami Pranavananda Ji Maharaj (29 January 1896 – 8 February 1941)
• Prem Rawat, also known as Maharaji, Guru Maharaj Ji, and Balyogeshwar (b. 10 December 1957)
• Rakeshprasad^[34] (b. 23 July 1966)
• Raghavendra Swami^[35] (1595 – 1671)
• Radhanath Swami (b. 7 December 1950)
• Rajneesh, also known as Osho (11 December 1931 – 19 January 1990)
• Swami Rama (1925–1996)
• Swami Ramdas (10 April 1884 – 25 July 1963)
• Rama Tirtha (22 October 1873 – 27 October 1906)
• Ramakrishna^[36] (18 February 1836 – 16 August 1886) See Disciples
• Ramana Maharshi^[37] (30 December 1879 – 14 April 1950)
• Swami Ramanand (c. 1738 – c. 1802)
• Ramanuja (c. 1017 – c. 1137)
• Ramprasad Sen (c. 1718 or c. 1723 – c. 1775)
• Ram Thakur (2 February 1860 – 1 May 1949)
• Sai Baba of Shirdi (1838–1918)
• Samarth Ramdas (1608–1681)
• Sankardev (c. 1449 – c. 1568)
• Satchidananda Saraswati (22 December 1914 – 19 August 2002)
• Sathya Sai Baba (23 November 1926 – 24 April 2011)
• Sathyananda Saraswathi^[38] (22 September 1935 – 23 November 2006)
• Satsvarupa dasa Goswami^[39] (b. 6 December 1939)
• Satya Narayan Goenka (30 January 1924 – 29 September 2013)
• Satyananda Giri (17 November 1896 – 2 August 1971)
• Satyananda Saraswati (25 December 1923 – 5 December 2009)
• Sawan Singh (Radha Soami Sant Satguru) (27 July 1858 – 2 April 1948)
• Seshadri Swamigal (22 January 1870 – 4 January 1929)
• Shivabalayogi (24 January 1935 – 28 March 1994)
• Shreedhar Swami (7 December 1908 – 19 April 1973)
• Shriram Sharma (20 September 1911 – 2 June 1990)
• Sivaya Subramuniyaswami^[40] (5 January 1927 – 12 November 2001)
• Sitaramdas Omkarnath (17 February 1892 – 6 December 1982)
• Soham Swami (birth unknown – 1918)
• Sopan (c. 13th century)
• Sivananda Saraswati (8 September 1887 – 14 July 1963)
• Shiv Dayal Singh also known as "Soamiji Maharaj" (25 August 1818 – 15 June 1878)
• Sant Soyarabai (c. 14th century) Marathi literature
• Surdas (c. late 15th-century)
• Swaminarayan (3 April 1781 – 1 June 1830)
• Swarupanand (1 February 1884 – 9 April 1936) part of Advait Mat lineage
• Swarupananda (8 July 1871 – 27 June 1906)
• Tibbetibaba (birth unknown – 19 November 1930)
• Totapuri (c. 1780 – c. 1866)
• Trailanga (1607–1887)
• Tukaram (c. 1608 – 1649)
• Tulsidas (1532–1623) also known as Goswami Tulsidas
• Upasni Maharaj (15 May 1870 – 24 December 1941)
• Vallabha Acharya^[41] (1479 – 1531)
• Vethathiri Maharishi (14 August 1911 – 28 March 2006)
• Vidyaranya (c. 1268 – c. 1386)
• Vishuddhananda Paramahansa (14 March 1853 – 14 July 1937)
• Swami Vivekananda (12 January 1863 – 4 July 1902)
• Yogaswami (1872 – March 1964)
• Yukteswar Giri (10 May 1855 – 9 March 1936)

See also

• Dalit saints of Hinduism
• List of Hindus
• List of Yogis

Notes

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