Abstract This paper deals with the multifaceted personalities of Gurudeo Rabindranath Tagore and Dr Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan, the great President of India. The writer tried to throw light on the vision, mission and contributions of both of these great men. Tagore’s contribution as a poet and as a philosopher and thinker is described. Similarly, Dr Radhakrishnan’s role as a great thinker, a philosopher and an educationist is dealt with. It is an effort to compare the views of both these men and to analyze what is common in the thoughts underlying their philosophy. Though both hailed from different streams their thought on education had benefitted mankind immensely.