1924 - 2010
Benedikt Sigurðsson Gröndal (7 July 1924 – 20 July 2010) was prime minister of Iceland for the Social Democratic Party (Alþýðuflokkurinn) from 15 October 1979 to 8 February 1980. Prior to that he was Minister of Foreign Affairs 1978–1980. He was minister of foreign affairs during his tenure as PM, therefore the only politician from the independence 1944 to serve in both cabinet positions at the same time. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Benedikt Sigurðsson Gröndal has received more than 23,648 page views. His biography is available in 21 different languages on Wikipedia. Benedikt Sigurðsson Gröndal is the 13,097th most popular politician (down from 11,567th in 2019), the 52nd most popular biography from Iceland (down from 46th in 2019) and the 18th most popular Icelander Politician.
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Among politicians, Benedikt Sigurðsson Gröndal ranks 13,097 out of 15,577. Before him are Francisco Xavier de Luna Pizarro, Annette Lu, Manius Otacilius Crassus, Ezana of Axum, Bhairon Singh Shekhawat, and Harry Cohn. After him are Federico Laredo Brú, Marvin Hart, Jyoti Basu, Benita Ferrero-Waldner, Jubal Early, and Christian Lundeberg.
1780 - 1855
HPI: 47.56
Rank: 13,091
1944 - Present
HPI: 47.56
Rank: 13,092
250 BC - 300 BC
HPI: 47.56
Rank: 13,093
325 - 360
HPI: 47.55
Rank: 13,094
1923 - 2010
HPI: 47.55
Rank: 13,095
1891 - 1958
HPI: 47.55
Rank: 13,096
1924 - 2010
HPI: 47.55
Rank: 13,097
1875 - 1946
HPI: 47.55
Rank: 13,098
1876 - 1931
HPI: 47.55
Rank: 13,099
1914 - 2010
HPI: 47.55
Rank: 13,100
1948 - Present
HPI: 47.54
Rank: 13,101
1816 - 1894
HPI: 47.54
Rank: 13,102
1842 - 1911
HPI: 47.53
Rank: 13,103
Among people born in 1924, Benedikt Sigurðsson Gröndal ranks 279. Before him are Bobo Brazil, J. D. Tippit, Tatyana Lioznova, Rudy Van Gelder, Carlos Humberto Romero, and Yuri Bondarev. After him are Peter Scholl-Latour, Boris Vasilyev, Karel Kachyňa, Kihachi Okamoto, Kenny Dorham, and Shirley Chisholm. Among people deceased in 2010, Benedikt Sigurðsson Gröndal ranks 234. Before him are Farooq Leghari, Herb Ellis, Enrique Morente, Dezső Bundzsák, Raymond Impanis, and Bhairon Singh Shekhawat. After him are Jyoti Basu, Abbey Lincoln, Harold Gould, Anneliese Rothenberger, Jamie Gillis, and Takeshi Shudo.
1924 - 1998
HPI: 47.75
Rank: 273
1924 - 1963
HPI: 47.70
Rank: 274
1924 - 2011
HPI: 47.67
Rank: 275
1924 - 2016
HPI: 47.61
Rank: 276
1924 - 2017
HPI: 47.61
Rank: 277
1924 - 2020
HPI: 47.59
Rank: 278
1924 - 2010
HPI: 47.55
Rank: 279
1924 - 2014
HPI: 47.49
Rank: 280
1924 - 2013
HPI: 47.46
Rank: 281
1924 - 2004
HPI: 47.43
Rank: 282
1924 - 2005
HPI: 47.43
Rank: 283
1924 - 1972
HPI: 47.41
Rank: 284
1924 - 2005
HPI: 47.41
Rank: 285
1940 - 2010
HPI: 47.81
Rank: 228
1921 - 2010
HPI: 47.80
Rank: 229
1942 - 2010
HPI: 47.71
Rank: 230
1928 - 2010
HPI: 47.68
Rank: 231
1925 - 2010
HPI: 47.57
Rank: 232
1923 - 2010
HPI: 47.55
Rank: 233
1924 - 2010
HPI: 47.55
Rank: 234
1914 - 2010
HPI: 47.55
Rank: 235
1930 - 2010
HPI: 47.53
Rank: 236
1923 - 2010
HPI: 47.53
Rank: 237
1926 - 2010
HPI: 47.52
Rank: 238
1943 - 2010
HPI: 47.38
Rank: 239
1949 - 2010
HPI: 47.37
Rank: 240
Among people born in Iceland, Benedikt Sigurðsson Gröndal ranks 52 out of 180. Before him are Ólafur Thors (1892), Einar Benediktsson (1864), Saint Thorlak (1133), Gunnar Thoroddsen (1910), Geir Hallgrímsson (1925), and Friðrik Þór Friðriksson (1954). After him are Vilhjálmur Einarsson (1934), Eggert Ólafsson (1726), Einar Már Guðmundsson (1954), Sveinbjörn Sveinbjörnsson (1847), Jón Magnússon (1859), and Auður Ava Ólafsdóttir (1958).
1892 - 1964
HPI: 48.65
Rank: 46
1864 - 1940
HPI: 48.34
Rank: 47
1133 - 1193
HPI: 48.31
Rank: 48
1910 - 1983
HPI: 48.15
Rank: 49
1925 - 1990
HPI: 48.05
Rank: 50
1954 - Present
HPI: 47.90
Rank: 51
1924 - 2010
HPI: 47.55
Rank: 52
1934 - 2019
HPI: 47.40
Rank: 53
1726 - 1768
HPI: 47.37
Rank: 54
1954 - Present
HPI: 46.31
Rank: 55
1847 - 1927
HPI: 46.16
Rank: 56
1859 - 1926
HPI: 45.70
Rank: 57
1958 - Present
HPI: 45.63
Rank: 58
Among politicians born in Iceland, Benedikt Sigurðsson Gröndal ranks 18. Before him are Davíð Oddsson (1948), Steingrímur Hermannsson (1928), Hannes Hafstein (1861), Ólafur Thors (1892), Gunnar Thoroddsen (1910), and Geir Hallgrímsson (1925). After him are Jón Magnússon (1859), Hermann Jónasson (1896), Steingrímur Steinþórsson (1893), Ingibjörg H. Bjarnason (1867), Sigurður Eggerz (1875), and Jóhann Hafstein (1915).
1948 - Present
HPI: 49.75
Rank: 12
1928 - 2010
HPI: 49.67
Rank: 13
1861 - 1922
HPI: 49.14
Rank: 14
1892 - 1964
HPI: 48.65
Rank: 15
1910 - 1983
HPI: 48.15
Rank: 16
1925 - 1990
HPI: 48.05
Rank: 17
1924 - 2010
HPI: 47.55
Rank: 18
1859 - 1926
HPI: 45.70
Rank: 19
1896 - 1976
HPI: 45.55
Rank: 20
1893 - 1966
HPI: 45.34
Rank: 21
1867 - 1941
HPI: 45.30
Rank: 22
1875 - 1945
HPI: 45.01
Rank: 23
1915 - 1980
HPI: 44.84
Rank: 24