- Guru Nanak: Founded Sikhism
- Guru Angad: Created the Gurumukhi script
- Guru Amar Das: Made langar an integral part of Sikhism
- Guru Ram Das: Founded Amritsar
- Guru Hargobind: Taught that it was sometimes necessary to take up arms to defend the faith
- Guru Har Rai: A peaceful leader who spread the teachings of Guru Nanak
- Guru Har Krishan: The youngest of the Sikh Gurus, he helped heal people in Delhi during a smallpox epidemic
- Guru Tegh Bahadur: Believed that people should be free to worship whatever religion they wanted
- Guru Gobind Singh: Created the Khalsa in 1699, changing the Sikhs into a saint-soldier order
- Guru Granth Sahib: The Sikh scripture, referred to as the Final Guru
