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Jón Sigurðsson

1811 - 1879

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Jón Sigurðsson (17 June 1811 – 7 December 1879) was the leader of the 19th century Icelandic independence movement. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Jón Sigurðsson has received more than 123,485 page views. His biography is available in 30 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 29 in 2019). Jón Sigurðsson is the 5,004th most popular politician (up from 5,379th in 2019), the 13th most popular biography from Iceland (down from 12th in 2019) and the 6th most popular Icelander Politician.

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  • 59.54

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 30

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 8.59

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.11

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Jón Sigurðsson ranks 5,004 out of 19,576. Before him are Louis de Bonald, Ingvar Carlsson, Jaunutis, Emperor Shunzong of Tang, Abdou Diouf, and Siemomysł. After him are Abdul Karim, Barthold Georg Niebuhr, Tiridates I of Armenia, Raymond of Burgundy, Oxyartes, and Tokugawa Ieharu.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1811, Jón Sigurðsson ranks 20. Before him are François Achille Bazaine, Elisha Otis, Ambroise Thomas, Karl Anton, Prince of Hohenzollern, Zeng Guofan, and Domingo Faustino Sarmiento. After him are Aristide Cavaillé-Coll, Jules Dupré, Auguste Bravais, Princess Louise Amelie of Baden, Ferdinand Hiller, and Carlo Matteucci. Among people deceased in 1879, Jón Sigurðsson ranks 13. Before him are Albrecht von Roon, Gottfried Semper, Thomas Couture, Julia Margaret Cameron, August Grisebach, and Charles De Coster. After him are Maria Teresa of Savoy, Sher Ali Khan, August Bournonville, Camille Doncieux, Heinrich Geißler, and William, Prince of Orange.

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In Iceland

Among people born in Iceland, Jón Sigurðsson ranks 13 out of 190. Before him are Ólafur Ragnar Grímsson (1943), Jóhanna Sigurðardóttir (1942), Bjarni Herjólfsson (966), Egill Skallagrímsson (904), Katrín Jakobsdóttir (1976), and Ásgeir Ásgeirsson (1894). After him are Kristján Eldjárn (1916), Guðni Th. Jóhannesson (1968), Arnaldur Indriðason (1961), Gunnar Gunnarsson (1889), Bjarni Benediktsson (1908), and Ari Thorgilsson (1067).

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Among POLITICIANS In Iceland

Among politicians born in Iceland, Jón Sigurðsson ranks 6. Before him are Vigdís Finnbogadóttir (1930), Ólafur Ragnar Grímsson (1943), Jóhanna Sigurðardóttir (1942), Katrín Jakobsdóttir (1976), and Ásgeir Ásgeirsson (1894). After him are Kristján Eldjárn (1916), Guðni Th. Jóhannesson (1968), Bjarni Benediktsson (1908), Halldór Ásgrímsson (1947), Steingrímur Hermannsson (1928), and Geir Haarde (1951).

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