64.0% of matchups won
358 matchups
Elo 1624
tracked 2025/06/01 → 2026/09/14
mission: Promoting love and unity · Sufi literature · philosophers
Public sentiment
how often it gets picked, by matchup framing65%
picked as helping wellbeing
312 matchups
54%
picked as hurting wellbeing
46 matchups
On balance people see it as helping.
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Rating over time
Elo, 7-day average · history as of 2025-08-29Related
Similar people
01
Kabir
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58.0% wins · 15th-century Indian mystic poet and saint
02
Muhammad Iqbal
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41.3% wins · South Asian Islamic philosopher, poet and politician (1877–1938)
03
Jaun Elia
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27.4% wins · Pakistani poet and writer (1931-2002)
04
Rabindranath Tagore
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64.0% wins · Bengali poet, philosopher and polymath (1861–1941)
05
Kahlil Gibran
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47.3% wins · Lebanese-American writer, poet, and painter (1883–1931)
Known for
- Mathnawi creation
- Dīwān-i Shams-e Tabrīzī
- Mevlevi Order founding
- Whirling Dervishes popularization
- Global poetic influence
Based on 358 head-to-head matchups from Mic Check's global survey; ratings use Elo (1500 = neutral start). Latest data 2026/09/14. Full rankings ·
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