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Who influenced Mahatma Gandhi?

  • Leo Tolstoy

    Russian author (1828–1910)

    Influenced 19

    Influenced by 20

  • G. K. Chesterton

    English author and Christian apologist (1874–1936)

    Influenced 14

    Influenced by 4

  • Henry David Thoreau

    American essayist, poet, and philosopher (1817–1862)

    Influenced 12

    Influenced by 8

  • The Buddha

    Indian philosopher and the founder of Buddhism (623 or 563 BCE – 543 or 483 BCE)

    Influenced 10

    Influenced by 0

  • John Ruskin

    English writer and art critic (1819–1900)

    Influenced 8

    Influenced by 0

  • Henry Stephens Salt

    English writer and social reformer

    Influenced 1

    Influenced by 0

  • Narmadashankar Dave

    Gujarati author, poet, scholar and public speaker

    Influenced 1

    Influenced by 0

  • Shrimad Rajchandra

    Jain poet, philosopher and scholar (1867-1901)

    Influenced 1

    Influenced by 0

  • Thiruvalluvar

    Tamil poet and philosopher

    Influenced 1

    Influenced by 0

Who was influenced by Mahatma Gandhi?

  • Albert Einstein

    German-born theoretical physicist (1879–1955)

    Influenced 19

    Influenced by 18

  • Martin Luther King Jr.

    American Baptist minister and civil rights leader (1929–1968)

    Influenced 10

    Influenced by 5

  • Bayard Rustin

    American civil rights activist (1912–1987)

    Influenced 1

    Influenced by 3

  • Gene Sharp

    American political scientist (1928-2018)

    Influenced 1

    Influenced by 1

  • Tribhuvandas Luhar

    Gujarati poet (1908-1991)

    Influenced 1

    Influenced by 2

  • Aminu Kano

    Nigerian politician

    Influenced 0

    Influenced by 3

  • Chiranji Lal Paliwal

    Indian independence activist, lawyer and politician

    Influenced 0

    Influenced by 1

  • E. P. Menon

    peace activist

    Influenced 0

    Influenced by 3

  • Gagan Kumar Thapa

    Nepali politician

    Influenced 0

    Influenced by 2

  • Hosur Narasimhaiah

    Indian activist

    Influenced 0

    Influenced by 1

  • Jagdish Gandhi

    Indian politician and Educationist (1936–2024)

    Influenced 0

    Influenced by 1

  • Joan Bondurant

    American political scientist and spy

    Influenced 0

    Influenced by 1

  • João Signorelli

    Brazilian actor

    Influenced 0

    Influenced by 1

  • Ramnarayan V. Pathak

    Gujarati author from India (1887-1955)

    Influenced 0

    Influenced by 1

  • Sania Mirza

    Indian tennis player

    Influenced 0

    Influenced by 2

  • Shobha Ram Kumawat

    Indian Freedom Fighter, Statesman and former State President of the Rajasthan Pradesh Congress committee.

    Influenced 0

    Influenced by 1

  • Y.G. Srimati

    is a 20th century artist from India

    Influenced 0

    Influenced by 1