1968 - Today
Guðni Thorlacius Jóhannesson (Icelandic pronunciation: [ˈkvʏðnɪ ˈtʰɔrlaˌsiːʏs ˈjouːhanɛsɔn]; born 26 June 1968) is an Icelandic historian and politician serving as the sixth and current president of Iceland. He took office in 2016 after winning the most votes in the 2016 election, 71,356 (39.1%). He was reelected in 2020 with 92.2% of the vote.A historian, Guðni was a docent at the University of Iceland before running for president in 2016. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Guðni Th. Jóhannesson has received more than 765,706 page views. His biography is available in 51 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 46 in 2019). Guðni Th. Jóhannesson is the 6,889th most popular politician (up from 7,827th in 2019), the 18th most popular biography from Iceland (up from 20th in 2019) and the 7th most popular Icelander Politician.
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Among politicians, Guðni Th. Jóhannesson ranks 6,889 out of 15,710. Before him are Menkare, Lamberto Dini, Shukri al-Quwatli, T. V. Soong, Louis Botha, and Nikita Ivanovich Panin. After him are Edmund Heines, Gaius Fabricius Luscinus, Hasan Prishtina, Sigfried, Count of the Ardennes, Cao Kun, and Félix Gouin.
2200 BC - 2200 BC
HPI: 65.74
Rank: 6,883
1931 - Present
HPI: 65.74
Rank: 6,884
1891 - 1967
HPI: 65.73
Rank: 6,885
1894 - 1971
HPI: 65.73
Rank: 6,886
1862 - 1919
HPI: 65.73
Rank: 6,887
1718 - 1783
HPI: 65.73
Rank: 6,888
1968 - Present
HPI: 65.73
Rank: 6,889
1897 - 1934
HPI: 65.72
Rank: 6,890
250 BC - Present
HPI: 65.72
Rank: 6,891
1873 - 1933
HPI: 65.72
Rank: 6,892
919 - 998
HPI: 65.72
Rank: 6,893
1862 - 1938
HPI: 65.72
Rank: 6,894
1884 - 1977
HPI: 65.72
Rank: 6,895
Among people born in 1968, Guðni Th. Jóhannesson ranks 42. Before him are Sabrina Salerno, Lucy Lawless, Lisa Marie Presley, Patricia Arquette, Sam Rockwell, and Marc Anthony. After him are Mathias Rust, Terry Crews, Thom Yorke, DJ BoBo, Toni Kukoč, and Alois, Hereditary Prince of Liechtenstein.
1968 - Present
HPI: 66.42
Rank: 36
1968 - Present
HPI: 66.30
Rank: 37
1968 - Present
HPI: 66.21
Rank: 38
1968 - Present
HPI: 66.19
Rank: 39
1968 - Present
HPI: 66.13
Rank: 40
1968 - Present
HPI: 65.83
Rank: 41
1968 - Present
HPI: 65.73
Rank: 42
1968 - Present
HPI: 65.24
Rank: 43
1968 - Present
HPI: 65.06
Rank: 44
1968 - Present
HPI: 64.99
Rank: 45
1968 - Present
HPI: 64.82
Rank: 46
1968 - Present
HPI: 64.80
Rank: 47
1968 - Present
HPI: 64.77
Rank: 48
Among people born in Iceland, Guðni Th. Jóhannesson ranks 18 out of 166. Before him are Gunnar Gunnarsson (1889), Ásgeir Ásgeirsson (1894), Kristján Eldjárn (1916), Sæmundr fróði (1056), Arnaldur Indriðason (1961), and Jón Arason (1484). After him are Magnús Scheving (1964), Halldór Ásgrímsson (1947), Hallgrímur Pétursson (1614), Stefán Karl Stefánsson (1975), Jónas Hallgrímsson (1807), and Guðbrandur Þorláksson (1542).
1889 - 1975
HPI: 68.25
Rank: 12
1894 - 1972
HPI: 68.22
Rank: 13
1916 - 1982
HPI: 67.64
Rank: 14
1056 - 1133
HPI: 66.70
Rank: 15
1961 - Present
HPI: 66.55
Rank: 16
1484 - 1550
HPI: 66.24
Rank: 17
1968 - Present
HPI: 65.73
Rank: 18
1964 - Present
HPI: 65.50
Rank: 19
1947 - 2015
HPI: 65.04
Rank: 20
1614 - 1674
HPI: 64.67
Rank: 21
1975 - 2018
HPI: 63.91
Rank: 22
1807 - 1845
HPI: 63.48
Rank: 23
1542 - 1627
HPI: 63.31
Rank: 24
Among politicians born in Iceland, Guðni Th. Jóhannesson ranks 7. Before him are Vigdís Finnbogadóttir (1930), Ólafur Ragnar Grímsson (1943), Jóhanna Sigurðardóttir (1942), Jón Sigurðsson (1811), Ásgeir Ásgeirsson (1894), and Kristján Eldjárn (1916). After him are Halldór Ásgrímsson (1947), Bjarni Benediktsson (1908), Steingrímur Hermannsson (1928), Geir Haarde (1951), Davíð Oddsson (1948), and Hannes Hafstein (1861).
1930 - Present
HPI: 73.68
Rank: 1
1943 - Present
HPI: 72.31
Rank: 2
1942 - Present
HPI: 71.53
Rank: 3
1811 - 1879
HPI: 68.28
Rank: 4
1894 - 1972
HPI: 68.22
Rank: 5
1916 - 1982
HPI: 67.64
Rank: 6
1968 - Present
HPI: 65.73
Rank: 7
1947 - 2015
HPI: 65.04
Rank: 8
1908 - 1970
HPI: 63.00
Rank: 9
1928 - 2010
HPI: 62.93
Rank: 10
1951 - Present
HPI: 62.57
Rank: 11
1948 - Present
HPI: 62.11
Rank: 12
1861 - 1922
HPI: 61.54
Rank: 13