970 - 1020
Leif Erikson, also known as Leif the Lucky (c. 970s – c. 1018 to 1025), was a Norse explorer who is thought to have been the first European to set foot on continental America, approximately half a millennium before Christopher Columbus. According to the sagas of Icelanders, he established a Norse settlement at Vinland, which is usually interpreted as being coastal North America. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Leif Erikson has received more than 8,102,618 page views. His biography is available in 96 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 89 in 2019). Leif Erikson is the 23rd most popular explorer (down from 21st in 2019), the most popular biography from Iceland and the most popular Icelander Explorer.
Leif Ericson is most famous for being the first European to discover North America.
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Among explorers, Leif Erikson ranks 23 out of 405. Before him are Fridtjof Nansen, Erik the Red, Xuanzang, Jacques Cousteau, Pedro Álvares Cabral, and Jacques Cartier. After him are Vitus Bering, Juan Sebastián Elcano, Thor Heyerdahl, Willem Barentsz, Henry Morton Stanley, and Vasco Núñez de Balboa.
1861 - 1930
HPI: 75.22
Rank: 17
950 - 1003
HPI: 75.07
Rank: 18
602 - 664
HPI: 75.05
Rank: 19
1910 - 1997
HPI: 75.04
Rank: 20
1467 - 1520
HPI: 74.85
Rank: 21
1491 - 1557
HPI: 74.78
Rank: 22
970 - 1020
HPI: 74.54
Rank: 23
1681 - 1741
HPI: 73.92
Rank: 24
1476 - 1526
HPI: 73.45
Rank: 25
1914 - 2002
HPI: 73.16
Rank: 26
1550 - 1597
HPI: 73.00
Rank: 27
1841 - 1904
HPI: 70.20
Rank: 28
1475 - 1519
HPI: 69.80
Rank: 29
Among people born in 970, Leif Erikson ranks 1. After him are Pope Sergius IV, Pope John XVIII, Bruno of Querfurt, Fulk III, Count of Anjou, Oldřich, Duke of Bohemia, Otto, Duke of Lower Lorraine, Al-Sharif al-Radi, Conrad I, Duke of Carinthia, and Åsta Gudbrandsdatter. Among people deceased in 1020, Leif Erikson ranks 1. After him are Ferdowsi, Abhinavagupta, Manuel Erotikos Komnenos, Al-Sijzi, Trdat, Malusha, Melus of Bari, Gagik I of Armenia, Åsta Gudbrandsdatter, and Ælfric of Eynsham.
970 - 1020
HPI: 74.54
Rank: 1
970 - 1012
HPI: 69.42
Rank: 2
970 - 1009
HPI: 68.69
Rank: 3
970 - 1009
HPI: 61.67
Rank: 4
970 - 1040
HPI: 58.76
Rank: 5
970 - 1034
HPI: 56.44
Rank: 6
970 - 1012
HPI: 54.15
Rank: 7
970 - 1015
HPI: 53.77
Rank: 8
970 - 1011
HPI: 51.48
Rank: 9
970 - 1020
HPI: 48.34
Rank: 10
970 - 1020
HPI: 74.54
Rank: 1
940 - 1020
HPI: 72.24
Rank: 2
950 - 1020
HPI: 56.92
Rank: 3
901 - 1020
HPI: 53.36
Rank: 4
945 - 1020
HPI: 52.28
Rank: 5
950 - 1020
HPI: 52.15
Rank: 6
HPI: 51.92
Rank: 7
1000 - 1020
HPI: 51.64
Rank: 8
989 - 1020
HPI: 49.74
Rank: 9
970 - 1020
HPI: 48.34
Rank: 10
955 - 1020
HPI: 46.16
Rank: 11
Among people born in Iceland, Leif Erikson ranks 1 out of 180. After him are Snorri Sturluson (1179), Halldór Laxness (1902), Vigdís Finnbogadóttir (1930), Jóhanna Sigurðardóttir (1942), Björk (1965), Ólafur Ragnar Grímsson (1943), Bjarni Herjólfsson (966), Egill Skallagrímsson (904), Ásgeir Ásgeirsson (1894), Gudrid Thorbjarnardóttir (1000), and Jón Sigurðsson (1811).
970 - 1020
HPI: 74.54
Rank: 1
1179 - 1241
HPI: 72.67
Rank: 2
1902 - 1998
HPI: 70.93
Rank: 3
1930 - Present
HPI: 65.25
Rank: 4
1942 - Present
HPI: 63.68
Rank: 5
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
Among explorers born in Iceland, Leif Erikson ranks 1. After him are Bjarni Herjólfsson (966), Gudrid Thorbjarnardóttir (1000), and Thorvald Eiriksson (972).
970 - 1020
HPI: 74.54
Rank: 1
966 - 1000
HPI: 61.73
Rank: 2
1000 - 1100
HPI: 58.00
Rank: 3
972 - 1006
HPI: 52.60
Rank: 4