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Bjarni Herjólfsson

966 - 1000

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Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Bjarni Herjólfsson has received more than 225,187 page views. His biography is available in 28 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 27 in 2019). Bjarni Herjólfsson is the 92nd most popular explorer (down from 82nd in 2019), the 9th most popular biography from Iceland (down from 8th in 2019) and the 3rd most popular Icelander Explorer.

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

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  • 230k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 61.62

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 28

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 8.15

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.22

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among EXPLORERS

Among explorers, Bjarni Herjólfsson ranks 92 out of 498. Before him are Jean de Béthencourt, Álvar Núñez Cabeza de Vaca, Tristão da Cunha, Álvaro de Mendaña de Neira, Benjamin of Tudela, and Charles Marie de La Condamine. After him are Robert FitzRoy, Ferdinand von Wrangel, Carsten Niebuhr, Martín Alonso Pinzón, Calamity Jane, and Ferdinand Columbus.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 966, Bjarni Herjólfsson ranks 2. Before him is Sei Shōnagon. After him are Fujiwara no Michinaga, and Rogneda of Polotsk. Among people deceased in 1000, Bjarni Herjólfsson ranks 2. Before him is Olaf Tryggvason. After him are Al-Maqdisi, Harthacnut I of Denmark, Zoe Karbonopsina, Abu-Mahmud Khojandi, Abū Sahl al-Qūhī, Constantine of Preslav, Henry of Speyer, Bertha of Swabia, Ibn Sahl, and Abu Sulayman Sijistani.

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In Iceland

Among people born in Iceland, Bjarni Herjólfsson ranks 9 out of 190. Before him are Halldór Laxness (1902), Thorfinn Karlsefni (1000), Vigdís Finnbogadóttir (1930), Björk (1965), Ólafur Ragnar Grímsson (1943), and Jóhanna Sigurðardóttir (1942). After him are Egill Skallagrímsson (904), Katrín Jakobsdóttir (1976), Ásgeir Ásgeirsson (1894), Jón Sigurðsson (1811), Kristján Eldjárn (1916), and Guðni Th. Jóhannesson (1968).

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Among EXPLORERS In Iceland

Among explorers born in Iceland, Bjarni Herjólfsson ranks 3. Before him are Leif Erikson (970), and Thorfinn Karlsefni (1000). After him are Gudrid Thorbjarnardóttir (1000), and Thorvald Eiriksson (972).

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