1970 - Today
Bjarni Benediktsson (born 26 January 1970), known colloquially as Bjarni Ben, is an Icelandic politician, who is serving as prime minister of Iceland since April 2024, and previously from January to November 2017. He has been the leader of the Icelandic Independence Party since 2009, and served as Minister of Finance and Economic Affairs from 2013 to 2017, a post he later retained under Katrín Jakobsdóttir and held until his resignation in October 2023. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Bjarni Benediktsson has received more than 18,801 page views. His biography is available in 34 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 33 in 2019). Bjarni Benediktsson is the 15,427th most popular politician (down from 13,847th in 2019), the 84th most popular biography from Iceland (down from 82nd in 2019) and the 34th most popular Icelander Politician.
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Among politicians, Bjarni Benediktsson ranks 15,427 out of 15,577. Before him are Kamisese Mara, Fred M. Vinson, Pascoal Mocumbi, Andriy Sadovyi, Richard Blumenthal, and Ted Kaufman. After him are Susan Collins, Omer Beriziky, Oleh Lyashko, Grigol Vashadze, Miri Regev, and Lorenzo Snow.
1920 - 2004
HPI: 41.65
Rank: 15,421
1890 - 1953
HPI: 41.65
Rank: 15,422
1941 - 2023
HPI: 41.64
Rank: 15,423
1968 - Present
HPI: 41.64
Rank: 15,424
1946 - Present
HPI: 41.64
Rank: 15,425
1939 - Present
HPI: 41.63
Rank: 15,426
1970 - Present
HPI: 41.63
Rank: 15,427
1952 - Present
HPI: 41.62
Rank: 15,428
1950 - Present
HPI: 41.62
Rank: 15,429
1972 - Present
HPI: 41.61
Rank: 15,430
1958 - Present
HPI: 41.61
Rank: 15,431
1965 - Present
HPI: 41.61
Rank: 15,432
1814 - 1901
HPI: 41.61
Rank: 15,433
Among people born in 1970, Bjarni Benediktsson ranks 304. Before him are Rade Bogdanović, Chavo Guerrero Jr., Kimiko Date, Robert Horry, Roberto Bonano, and Dero Goi. After him are Axel, Jeon Mi-seon, Kelli Williams, Clifton Collins Jr., Tim Sweeney, and Nicole de Boer.
1970 - Present
HPI: 41.72
Rank: 298
1970 - Present
HPI: 41.72
Rank: 299
1970 - Present
HPI: 41.70
Rank: 300
1970 - Present
HPI: 41.70
Rank: 301
1970 - Present
HPI: 41.69
Rank: 302
1970 - Present
HPI: 41.65
Rank: 303
1970 - Present
HPI: 41.63
Rank: 304
1970 - Present
HPI: 41.62
Rank: 305
1970 - 2019
HPI: 41.57
Rank: 306
1970 - Present
HPI: 41.57
Rank: 307
1970 - Present
HPI: 41.55
Rank: 308
1970 - Present
HPI: 41.52
Rank: 309
1970 - Present
HPI: 41.45
Rank: 310
Among people born in Iceland, Bjarni Benediktsson ranks 84 out of 180. Before him are Emil Jónsson (1902), Sigurður Ingi Jóhannsson (1962), Magnús Guðmundsson (1879), Emilíana Torrini (1977), Gylfi Sigurðsson (1989), and Einar Arnórsson (1880). After him are Sigmundur Davíð Gunnlaugsson (1975), Heimir Hallgrímsson (1967), Hera Björk (1972), Gyrðir Elíasson (1961), Ragnar Sigurðsson (1986), and Ólafur Stefánsson (1973).
1902 - 1986
HPI: 42.68
Rank: 78
1962 - Present
HPI: 42.50
Rank: 79
1879 - 1937
HPI: 42.34
Rank: 80
1977 - Present
HPI: 42.20
Rank: 81
1989 - Present
HPI: 41.88
Rank: 82
1880 - 1955
HPI: 41.79
Rank: 83
1970 - Present
HPI: 41.63
Rank: 84
1975 - Present
HPI: 41.40
Rank: 85
1967 - Present
HPI: 41.07
Rank: 86
1972 - Present
HPI: 40.59
Rank: 87
1961 - Present
HPI: 40.55
Rank: 88
1986 - Present
HPI: 40.35
Rank: 89
1973 - Present
HPI: 40.20
Rank: 90
Among politicians born in Iceland, Bjarni Benediktsson ranks 34. Before him are Stefán Jóhann Stefánsson (1894), Tryggvi Þórhallsson (1889), Emil Jónsson (1902), Sigurður Ingi Jóhannsson (1962), Magnús Guðmundsson (1879), and Einar Arnórsson (1880). After him are Sigmundur Davíð Gunnlaugsson (1975), Steingrímur J. Sigfússon (1955), Björn Þórðarson (1879), and Birgitta Jónsdóttir (1967).
1894 - 1980
HPI: 44.74
Rank: 28
1889 - 1935
HPI: 44.34
Rank: 29
1902 - 1986
HPI: 42.68
Rank: 30
1962 - Present
HPI: 42.50
Rank: 31
1879 - 1937
HPI: 42.34
Rank: 32
1880 - 1955
HPI: 41.79
Rank: 33
1970 - Present
HPI: 41.63
Rank: 34
1975 - Present
HPI: 41.40
Rank: 35
1955 - Present
HPI: 40.12
Rank: 36
1879 - 1963
HPI: 40.11
Rank: 37
1967 - Present
HPI: 37.58
Rank: 38