1811 - 1879
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, Jón Sigurðsson ranks 5,393 out of 15,577. Before 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.
256 - 357
HPI: 57.96
Rank: 5,387
550 - 573
HPI: 57.95
Rank: 5,388
300 - 268
HPI: 57.95
Rank: 5,389
1889 - 1945
HPI: 57.95
Rank: 5,390
919 - 951
HPI: 57.95
Rank: 5,391
190 BC - 200 BC
HPI: 57.95
Rank: 5,392
1811 - 1879
HPI: 57.95
Rank: 5,393
450 - 473
HPI: 57.94
Rank: 5,394
1103 - 1156
HPI: 57.94
Rank: 5,395
1940 - Present
HPI: 57.94
Rank: 5,396
1652 - 1708
HPI: 57.94
Rank: 5,397
400 BC - 301 BC
HPI: 57.94
Rank: 5,398
1941 - Present
HPI: 57.94
Rank: 5,399
Among people born in 1811, Jón Sigurðsson ranks 20. Before 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 15. Before 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.
1811 - 1896
HPI: 62.09
Rank: 14
1811 - 1861
HPI: 61.83
Rank: 15
1811 - 1888
HPI: 61.15
Rank: 16
1811 - 1885
HPI: 60.30
Rank: 17
1811 - 1872
HPI: 59.34
Rank: 18
1811 - 1888
HPI: 58.98
Rank: 19
1811 - 1879
HPI: 57.95
Rank: 20
1811 - 1899
HPI: 57.92
Rank: 21
1811 - 1854
HPI: 57.26
Rank: 22
1811 - 1885
HPI: 57.15
Rank: 23
1811 - 1907
HPI: 56.97
Rank: 24
1811 - 1889
HPI: 56.64
Rank: 25
1811 - 1875
HPI: 55.33
Rank: 26
1803 - 1879
HPI: 61.96
Rank: 9
1815 - 1879
HPI: 61.28
Rank: 10
1803 - 1879
HPI: 60.05
Rank: 11
1827 - 1879
HPI: 59.94
Rank: 12
1825 - 1879
HPI: 59.17
Rank: 13
1817 - 1879
HPI: 58.28
Rank: 14
1811 - 1879
HPI: 57.95
Rank: 15
1814 - 1879
HPI: 56.57
Rank: 16
1805 - 1879
HPI: 56.38
Rank: 17
1803 - 1879
HPI: 55.82
Rank: 18
1856 - 1879
HPI: 55.64
Rank: 19
1806 - 1879
HPI: 55.44
Rank: 20
1840 - 1879
HPI: 55.28
Rank: 21
Among people born in Iceland, Jón Sigurðsson ranks 12 out of 180. Before 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).
1965 - Present
HPI: 62.22
Rank: 6
1943 - Present
HPI: 61.98
Rank: 7
966 - 1000
HPI: 61.73
Rank: 8
904 - 990
HPI: 60.80
Rank: 9
1894 - 1972
HPI: 59.18
Rank: 10
1000 - 1100
HPI: 58.00
Rank: 11
1811 - 1879
HPI: 57.95
Rank: 12
1889 - 1975
HPI: 57.81
Rank: 13
1961 - Present
HPI: 56.68
Rank: 14
1056 - 1133
HPI: 56.39
Rank: 15
1067 - 1148
HPI: 56.07
Rank: 16
1916 - 1982
HPI: 55.71
Rank: 17
1484 - 1550
HPI: 55.71
Rank: 18
Among politicians born in Iceland, Jón Sigurðsson ranks 5. Before 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).
1930 - Present
HPI: 65.25
Rank: 1
1942 - Present
HPI: 63.68
Rank: 2
1943 - Present
HPI: 61.98
Rank: 3
1894 - 1972
HPI: 59.18
Rank: 4
1811 - 1879
HPI: 57.95
Rank: 5
1916 - 1982
HPI: 55.71
Rank: 6
1968 - Present
HPI: 55.41
Rank: 7
1947 - 2015
HPI: 52.86
Rank: 8
1908 - 1970
HPI: 52.76
Rank: 9
1951 - Present
HPI: 50.96
Rank: 10
1976 - Present
HPI: 50.36
Rank: 11
1948 - Present
HPI: 49.75
Rank: 12