950 - 1003
Erik Thorvaldsson (c. 950 – c. 1003), known as Erik the Red, was a Norse explorer, described in medieval and Icelandic saga sources as having founded the first settlement in Greenland. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Erik the Red has received more than 1,656,952 page views. His biography is available in 60 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 57 in 2019). Erik the Red is the 17th most popular explorer (up from 22nd in 2019), the 10th most popular biography from Norway (up from 12th in 2019) and the 3rd most popular Norwegian Explorer.
Erik the Red is most famous for being the father of Leif Erikson, the first European to set foot in North America.
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Among explorers, Erik the Red ranks 17 out of 405. Before him are Zheng He, Francis Drake, Francisco Pizarro, Prince Henry the Navigator, Jacques Cartier, and Fridtjof Nansen. After him are David Livingstone, Jacques Cousteau, Xuanzang, Leif Erikson, Thor Heyerdahl, and Abel Tasman.
1387 - 1433
HPI: 85.13
Rank: 11
1540 - 1596
HPI: 84.23
Rank: 12
1478 - 1541
HPI: 84.04
Rank: 13
1394 - 1460
HPI: 82.18
Rank: 14
1491 - 1557
HPI: 81.46
Rank: 15
1861 - 1930
HPI: 81.43
Rank: 16
950 - 1003
HPI: 81.34
Rank: 17
1813 - 1873
HPI: 81.25
Rank: 18
1910 - 1997
HPI: 81.14
Rank: 19
602 - 664
HPI: 80.91
Rank: 20
970 - 1020
HPI: 80.88
Rank: 21
1914 - 2002
HPI: 80.75
Rank: 22
1603 - 1659
HPI: 80.70
Rank: 23
Among people born in 950, Erik the Red ranks 1. After him are Pope John XVII, Adelaide of Aquitaine, Ibn Yunus, Leo the Deacon, Maslama al-Majriti, Boleslaus III, Duke of Bohemia, Bernard I, Duke of Saxony, Olof Björnsson, Abhinavagupta, Sarolt, and Mariam al-Asturlabi. Among people deceased in 1003, Erik the Red ranks 1. After him are Pope Sylvester II, Pope John XVII, Gregory of Narek, Athanasius the Athonite, Rozala of Italy, At-Ta'i, Herman II, Duke of Swabia, and Vladivoj, Duke of Bohemia.
950 - 1003
HPI: 81.34
Rank: 1
950 - 1003
HPI: 74.90
Rank: 2
950 - 1004
HPI: 69.34
Rank: 3
950 - 1009
HPI: 68.75
Rank: 4
950 - 992
HPI: 67.18
Rank: 5
950 - 1007
HPI: 66.96
Rank: 6
950 - 1037
HPI: 66.82
Rank: 7
950 - 1011
HPI: 66.38
Rank: 8
950 - 975
HPI: 64.95
Rank: 9
950 - 1020
HPI: 64.94
Rank: 10
950 - 1008
HPI: 64.74
Rank: 11
950 - Present
HPI: 64.62
Rank: 12
950 - 1003
HPI: 81.34
Rank: 1
938 - 1003
HPI: 80.73
Rank: 2
950 - 1003
HPI: 74.90
Rank: 3
951 - 1003
HPI: 70.71
Rank: 4
920 - 1003
HPI: 70.51
Rank: 5
1000 - 1003
HPI: 66.90
Rank: 6
932 - 1003
HPI: 66.84
Rank: 7
1000 - 1003
HPI: 64.31
Rank: 8
981 - 1003
HPI: 63.30
Rank: 9
Among people born in Norway, Erik the Red ranks 10 out of 735. Before him are Roald Amundsen (1872), Harald Fairhair (850), Knut Hamsun (1859), Rollo (846), Harald V of Norway (1937), and Fridtjof Nansen (1861). After him are Anni-Frid Lyngstad (1945), Thor Heyerdahl (1914), Niels Henrik Abel (1802), Olaf Tryggvason (963), Olaf II of Norway (993), and Bjørnstjerne Bjørnson (1832).
1872 - 1928
HPI: 86.13
Rank: 4
850 - 933
HPI: 84.92
Rank: 5
1859 - 1952
HPI: 83.61
Rank: 6
846 - 930
HPI: 83.34
Rank: 7
1937 - Present
HPI: 82.51
Rank: 8
1861 - 1930
HPI: 81.43
Rank: 9
950 - 1003
HPI: 81.34
Rank: 10
1945 - Present
HPI: 81.30
Rank: 11
1914 - 2002
HPI: 80.75
Rank: 12
1802 - 1829
HPI: 80.24
Rank: 13
963 - 1000
HPI: 79.26
Rank: 14
993 - 1030
HPI: 78.88
Rank: 15
1832 - 1910
HPI: 78.67
Rank: 16
Among explorers born in Norway, Erik the Red ranks 3. Before him are Roald Amundsen (1872) and Fridtjof Nansen (1861). After him are Thor Heyerdahl (1914), Ingólfr Arnarson (850), Ohthere of Hålogaland (900), Otto Sverdrup (1854), Naddodd (900), Oscar Wisting (1871), Carsten Borchgrevink (1864), Hjalmar Johansen (1867), and Knut Haugland (1917).
1872 - 1928
HPI: 86.13
Rank: 1
1861 - 1930
HPI: 81.43
Rank: 2
950 - 1003
HPI: 81.34
Rank: 3
1914 - 2002
HPI: 80.75
Rank: 4
850 - 910
HPI: 75.54
Rank: 5
900 - 901
HPI: 69.56
Rank: 6
1854 - 1930
HPI: 67.67
Rank: 7
900 - Present
HPI: 67.07
Rank: 8
1871 - 1936
HPI: 66.48
Rank: 9
1864 - 1934
HPI: 66.38
Rank: 10
1867 - 1913
HPI: 66.19
Rank: 11
1917 - 2009
HPI: 65.24
Rank: 12