Veda Vyasa

 
Veda Vyasa was one of the greatest vedic sages of the country. He was the author of the legendary Mahabharat.  Veda Vyasa whose original name was Krishna Dvaipayana, was son of sage Parashara and Satyavati.  Dhritarashtra, Pandu, Vidura and Sukhamuni were his sons.

Besides Mahabharat, he authoured  seventeen other puranas and Brahma sutras. Guru Purnima is celebrated on his birth day every year as he is guru of gurus.

He is one of the seven chiranjeevis (immortls). Ashwathama, Bali, Hanuman, Vibhishana, Parashurama and Markandeya are the other chiranjeevis. Some consider Kripacharya is also Chiranjeevi.