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Gudrid Thorbjarnardóttir

1000 - 1100

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Gudrid Thorbjarnardóttir (Old Norse: Guðríðr víðfǫrla Þorbjarnardóttir [ˈɡuðˌfriːðr ˈwiːðˌfɔrlɑ ˈθorˌbjɑrnɑrˌdoːtːer]; Modern Icelandic: Guðríður víðförla Þorbjarnardóttir [ˈkvʏðˌriːðʏr ˈviðˌfœ(r)tla ˈθɔrˌpja(r)tnarˌtouhtɪr̥]; born possibly around 980–1019) was an Icelandic explorer, born at Laugarbrekka in Snæfellsnes, Iceland. She appears in the Saga of Erik the Red and the Saga of the Greenlanders, known collectively as the Vinland sagas. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Gudrid Thorbjarnardóttir has received more than 310,866 page views. Her biography is available in 19 different languages on Wikipedia. Gudrid Thorbjarnardóttir is the 160th most popular explorer (down from 128th in 2019), the 20th most popular biography from Iceland (down from 11th in 2019) and the 4th most popular Icelander Explorer.

Memorability Metrics

  • 310k

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  • 57.17

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 19

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 4.68

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.50

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Over the past year Gudrid Thorbjarnardóttir has had the most page views in the with 93,198 views, followed by Russian (12,414), and Spanish (12,043). In terms of yearly growth of page views the top 3 wikpedia editions are Catalan (184.00%), Egyptian Arabic (135.85%), and Ukrainian (77.16%)

Among EXPLORERS

Among explorers, Gudrid Thorbjarnardóttir ranks 160 out of 498. Before her are Filipa Moniz Perestrelo, Gan Ying, Gaspar de Lemos, Alexandrine Tinné, Ahmad ibn Rustah, and Isabelle Eberhardt. After her are Antoine Thomson d'Abbadie, Atlantic voyage of the predecessor of Mansa Musa, St John Philby, Ruy López de Villalobos, Gustav Nachtigal, and Luís Vaz de Torres.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1000, Gudrid Thorbjarnardóttir ranks 29. Before her are Bardas Skleros, Ad-Darazi, Abd al-Rahman IV, Rajendra Chola I, Lothair II of Italy, and Marquess of Beixiang. After her are Sweyn Haakonsson, Ali ibn Hammud al-Nasir, Jaromír, Duke of Bohemia, Herman II, Duke of Swabia, Stephen Držislav of Croatia, and Daqiqi. Among people deceased in 1100, Gudrid Thorbjarnardóttir ranks 9. Before her are William II of England, Thorfinn Karlsefni, Emperor Zhezong, Antipope Clement III, George Kedrenos, and Thorkell the Tall. After her are Bretislav II, Naropa, Bhoja, Stepanos Asoghik, Edmund of Scotland, and Leonti Mroveli.

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In Iceland

Among people born in Iceland, Gudrid Thorbjarnardóttir ranks 20 out of 190. Before her are Kristján Eldjárn (1916), Guðni Th. Jóhannesson (1968), Arnaldur Indriðason (1961), Gunnar Gunnarsson (1889), Bjarni Benediktsson (1908), and Ari Thorgilsson (1067). After her are Magnús Scheving (1964), Halldór Ásgrímsson (1947), Jón Arason (1484), Sæmundr fróði (1056), Hallgrímur Pétursson (1614), and Guðbergur Bergsson (1932).

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Among EXPLORERS In Iceland

Among explorers born in Iceland, Gudrid Thorbjarnardóttir ranks 4. Before her are Leif Erikson (970), Thorfinn Karlsefni (1000), and Bjarni Herjólfsson (966). After her are Thorvald Eiriksson (972).

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