SOCIAL ACTIVIST

Jón Páll Sigmarsson

1960 - 1993

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Jón Páll Sigmarsson (28 April 1960 – 16 January 1993) was an Icelandic strongman, powerlifter and bodybuilder who was the first man to win the World's Strongest Man four times and the first and only man to win the World Muscle Power Classic five times. Jón Páll is widely regarded as one of the greatest strongmen of all time, and is credited with developing Iceland's national identity. He was named Icelandic Sportsperson of the Year in 1981, and was one of the best-known Icelandic athletes. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Jón Páll Sigmarsson has received more than 1,550,941 page views. His biography is available in 16 different languages on Wikipedia. Jón Páll Sigmarsson is the 621st most popular social activist (down from 561st in 2019), the 95th most popular biography from Iceland (up from 107th in 2019) and the most popular Icelander Social Activist.

Memorability Metrics

  • 1.6M

    Page Views (PV)

  • 42.32

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 16

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 3.33

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.65

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Over the past year Jón Páll Sigmarsson has had the most page views in the with 98,083 views, followed by Italian (7,498), and German (5,578). In terms of yearly growth of page views the top 3 wikpedia editions are Persian (198.96%), Catalan (55.62%), and Faroese (48.42%)

Among SOCIAL ACTIVISTS

Among social activists, Jón Páll Sigmarsson ranks 621 out of 840. Before him are Betty Ong, Jan Egeland, Frances Willard, Irene Fernandez, Mary McLeod Bethune, and Sakineh Mohammadi Ashtiani. After him are Manal al-Sharif, Josefa Francisco, Ahed Tamimi, Luisa Cuesta, Eren Keskin, and Maxim Martsinkevich.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1960, Jón Páll Sigmarsson ranks 471. Before him are Al Joyner, Tyrell Biggs, Steven Lindsey, Bjørg Eva Jensen, Aleksandr Uvarov, and Hans van Baalen. After him are Stephan Engels, Valerie Bertinelli, Anett Pötzsch, David Miscavige, P. C. Cast, and Linford Christie. Among people deceased in 1993, Jón Páll Sigmarsson ranks 293. Before him are Wallace Stegner, Michael Clarke, Penaia Ganilau, Glenn Corbett, Clifford Jordan, and Chinmayananda Saraswati. After him are James Bridges, Leon Ames, Hap Sharp, Arnie Oliver, Karl Gordon Henize, and Marie-Louise Linssen-Vaessen.

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In Iceland

Among people born in Iceland, Jón Páll Sigmarsson ranks 95 out of 190. Before him are Emil Jónsson (1902), Eiríkur Hauksson (1959), Fríða Á. Sigurðardóttir (1940), Jón Gnarr (1967), Magnús Guðmundsson (1879), and Gyrðir Elíasson (1961). After him are Atli Eðvaldsson (1957), Steingrímur J. Sigfússon (1955), Gylfi Sigurðsson (1989), Sjón (1962), Kolbeinn Sigþórsson (1990), and Heimir Hallgrímsson (1967).

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Among SOCIAL ACTIVISTS In Iceland

Among social activists born in Iceland, Jón Páll Sigmarsson ranks 1. 

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