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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 115,112 page views. His biography is available in 29 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 27 in 2019). Jón Sigurðsson is the 5,393rd most popular politician (down from 4,672nd in 2019), the 12th most popular biography from Iceland (down from 11th in 2019) and the 5th most popular Icelander Politician.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Jón Sigurðsson ranks 5,393 out of 15,577Before him are Hosius of Corduba, Liuva I, Cornelia Salonina, Richard Glücks, Emperor Shizong of Liao, and Lucius Mummius Achaicus. After him are Gondioc, Emperor Toba, Princess Maria Gabriella of Savoy, Ferdinando Carlo Gonzaga, Duke of Mantua and Montferrat, Titus Manlius Imperiosus Torquatus, and Eduardo Duhalde.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1811, Jón Sigurðsson ranks 20Before him are Ambroise Thomas, Elisha Otis, François Achille Bazaine, Karl Anton, Prince of Hohenzollern, Zeng Guofan, and Domingo Faustino Sarmiento. After him are Aristide Cavaillé-Coll, Princess Louise Amelie of Baden, Ferdinand Hiller, Kurmanjan Datka, Jules Dupré, and Infante Sebastian of Portugal and Spain. Among people deceased in 1879, Jón Sigurðsson ranks 15Before him are Albrecht von Roon, Julia Margaret Cameron, Maria Teresa of Savoy, Charles De Coster, Sher Ali Khan, and Édouard-Léon Scott de Martinville. After him are Heinrich Geißler, August Bournonville, Heinrich Wilhelm Dove, Maurycy Gottlieb, Karl Friedrich Mohr, and William, Prince of Orange.

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In Iceland

Among people born in Iceland, Jón Sigurðsson ranks 12 out of 180Before him are Björk (1965), Ólafur Ragnar Grímsson (1943), Bjarni Herjólfsson (966), Egill Skallagrímsson (904), Ásgeir Ásgeirsson (1894), and Gudrid Thorbjarnardóttir (1000). After him are Gunnar Gunnarsson (1889), Arnaldur Indriðason (1961), Sæmundr fróði (1056), Ari Thorgilsson (1067), Kristján Eldjárn (1916), and Jón Arason (1484).

Among POLITICIANS In Iceland

Among politicians born in Iceland, Jón Sigurðsson ranks 5Before him are Vigdís Finnbogadóttir (1930), Jóhanna Sigurðardóttir (1942), Ólafur Ragnar Grímsson (1943), and Ásgeir Ásgeirsson (1894). After him are Kristján Eldjárn (1916), Guðni Th. Jóhannesson (1968), Halldór Ásgrímsson (1947), Bjarni Benediktsson (1908), Geir Haarde (1951), Katrín Jakobsdóttir (1976), and Davíð Oddsson (1948).