The Most Famous
SOCIAL ACTIVISTS from Iceland
This page contains a list of the greatest Icelander Social Activists. The pantheon dataset contains 538 Social Activists, 1 of which were born in Iceland. This makes Iceland the birth place of the 95th most number of Social Activists behind Sudan and Guinea.
Top 1
The following people are considered by Pantheon to be the most legendary Icelander Social Activists of all time. This list of famous Icelander Social Activists is sorted by HPI (Historical Popularity Index), a metric that aggregates information on a biography’s online popularity.
1. Jón Páll Sigmarsson (1960 - 1993)
With an HPI of 38.13, Jón Páll Sigmarsson is the most famous Icelander Social Activist. His biography has been translated into 16 different languages on wikipedia.
Jón Páll Sigmarsson (28 April 1960 – 16 January 1993) was an Icelandic strongman, powerlifter and bodybuilder who was the first man to win the World's Strongest Man four times and the first and only man to win the World Muscle Power Classic five times. Jón Páll is widely regarded as one of the greatest strongmen of all time, and is credited with developing Iceland's national identity. He was named Icelandic Sportsperson of the Year in 1981, and was one of the best-known Icelandic athletes. In 2012, Jón Páll was inducted into the World's Strongest Man Hall of Fame.
Pantheon has 1 people classified as social activists born between 1960 and 1960. Of these 1, none of them are still alive today. The most famous deceased social activists include Jón Páll Sigmarsson.
