Explorers from Iceland

The following people are considered by Pantheon to be the most legendary Icelander Explorers of all time. This list of famous Icelander Explorers is sorted by HPI (Historical Popularity Index), a metric that aggregates information on a biography's online popularity.

1. #1

   

   Leif Erikson

   970 - 1020

   HPI 88.25100 languages

   Leif Ericson is most famous for being the first European to discover North America.

2. #2

   

   Thorfinn Karlsefni

   1000 - 1100

   HPI 76.4433 languages

   Icelandic explorer

3. #3

   

   Gudrid Thorbjarnardóttir

   1000 - 1100

   HPI 69.0020 languages

   Icelandic explorer

4. #4

   

   Bjarni Herjólfsson

   966 - 1000

   HPI 67.6728 languages

   Bjarni Herjólfsson is most famous for being the first European to discover America.

5. #5

   

   Thorvald Eiriksson

   972 - 1006

   HPI 61.1218 languages

   Icelandic explorer