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Jón Arason

1484 - 1550

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Jón Arason (1484 – November 7, 1550) was an Icelandic Roman Catholic bishop and poet, who was executed in his struggle against the Reformation in Iceland. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Jón Arason has received more than 87,622 page views. His biography is available in 21 different languages on Wikipedia. Jón Arason is the 1,947th most popular writer (down from 1,874th in 2019), the 23rd most popular biography from Iceland (down from 18th in 2019) and the 7th most popular Icelander Writer.

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  • 88k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 56.38

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 21

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 6.74

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 1.92

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Notable Works

Jón Arasons religiøse Digte
1918
El indio
2016

Among WRITERS

Among writers, Jón Arason ranks 1,947 out of 7,302. Before him are Avitus of Vienne, Hirokazu Kanazawa, Nicholas Sparks, André Brink, Constantine of Preslav, and Bernard Palissy. After him are Eugenio Barba, Jane Jacobs, Margarete Buber-Neumann, Denis Fonvizin, Thomas Merton, and Movses Kaghankatvatsi.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1484, Jón Arason ranks 14. Before him are Charles Brandon, 1st Duke of Suffolk, Antonio da Sangallo the Younger, Matteo Bandello, George, Margrave of Brandenburg-Ansbach, Pedro Mascarenhas, and Michele Sanmicheli. After him are Pedro de Toledo y Zúñiga, Estêvão Gomes, Il Pordenone, Niklaus Manuel Deutsch, and Franciabigio. Among people deceased in 1550, Jón Arason ranks 10. Before him are Pieter Coecke van Aelst, Claude, Duke of Guise, Andrea Alciato, Francesco III Gonzaga, Duke of Mantua, Françoise d'Alençon, and Tabinshwehti. After him are Gian Giorgio Trissino, Pir Sultan Abdal, Ulrich, Duke of Württemberg, Sebald Beham, Isabel Moctezuma, and Ambrosius Benson.

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In Iceland

Among people born in Iceland, Jón Arason ranks 23 out of 190. Before him are Gunnar Gunnarsson (1889), Bjarni Benediktsson (1908), Ari Thorgilsson (1067), Gudrid Thorbjarnardóttir (1000), Magnús Scheving (1964), and Halldór Ásgrímsson (1947). After him are Sæmundr fróði (1056), Hallgrímur Pétursson (1614), Guðbergur Bergsson (1932), Jónas Hallgrímsson (1807), Thorvald Eiriksson (972), and Matthías Jochumsson (1835).

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Among WRITERS In Iceland

Among writers born in Iceland, Jón Arason ranks 7. Before him are Snorri Sturluson (1179), Halldór Laxness (1902), Egill Skallagrímsson (904), Arnaldur Indriðason (1961), Gunnar Gunnarsson (1889), and Magnús Scheving (1964). After him are Sæmundr fróði (1056), Hallgrímur Pétursson (1614), Guðbergur Bergsson (1932), Jónas Hallgrímsson (1807), Matthías Jochumsson (1835), and Yrsa Sigurðardóttir (1963).

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