The Most Famous
MATHEMATICIANS from Iceland
This page contains a list of the greatest Icelander Mathematicians. The pantheon dataset contains 823 Mathematicians, 1 of which were born in Iceland. This makes Iceland the birth place of the 52nd most number of Mathematicians behind Morocco and Australia.
Top 1
The following people are considered by Pantheon to be the most legendary Icelander Mathematicians of all time. This list of famous Icelander Mathematicians is sorted by HPI (Historical Popularity Index), a metric that aggregates information on a biography’s online popularity.
1. Guðbrandur Þorláksson (1542 - 1627)
With an HPI of 50.23, Guðbrandur Þorláksson is the most famous Icelander Mathematician. His biography has been translated into 20 different languages on wikipedia.
Guðbrandur Þorláksson or Gudbrand Thorlakssøn (c. 1542 – 20 July 1627) was bishop of Hólar from 8 April 1571 until his death. He was the longest-serving bishop in Iceland and is known for printing the Guðbrandsbiblía, first complete Icelandic translation of the Bible.
Pantheon has 1 people classified as mathematicians born between 1542 and 1542. Of these 1, none of them are still alive today. The most famous deceased mathematicians include Guðbrandur Þorláksson.
