POLITICIAN

Vigdís Finnbogadóttir

1930 - Today

Photo of Vigdís Finnbogadóttir

Icon of person Vigdís Finnbogadóttir

Vigdís Finnbogadóttir (Icelandic: [ˈvɪɣtis ˈfɪnpɔɣaˌtouʰtɪr̥] ; born 15 April 1930) is an Icelandic politician who served as the fourth president of Iceland from 1980 to 1996. Vigdís is the first woman in the world to be democratically elected as president. Having served as president of Iceland for 16 years, she is the longest-serving elected female head of state in history. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Vigdís Finnbogadóttir has received more than 708,547 page views. Her biography is available in 67 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 61 in 2019). Vigdís Finnbogadóttir is the 2,006th most popular politician (down from 1,948th in 2019), the 5th most popular biography from Iceland (down from 4th in 2019) and the most popular Icelander Politician.

Vigdís Finnbogadóttir was the first woman to serve as president of Iceland. She served from 1980 to 1996.

Memorability Metrics

  • 710k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 65.70

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 67

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 9.35

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.99

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Vigdís Finnbogadóttir ranks 2,006 out of 19,576. Before her are Khaba, Stamford Raffles, Vladimir Zhirinovsky, Najm ad-Din Ayyub, Axel Oxenstierna, and Al-Hakam II. After her are Nikolai Podgorny, Andrew I of Hungary, Agesilaus II, Jayavarman VII, Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono, and Emperor Annei.

Most Popular Politicians in Wikipedia

Go to all Rankings
Load previousLoad previous

Contemporaries

Among people born in 1930, Vigdís Finnbogadóttir ranks 35. Before her are Niki de Saint Phalle, Silvana Mangano, Harold Pinter, Johan Galtung, Immanuel Wallerstein, and Hugh Everett III. After her are Zhores Alferov, Ali al-Sistani, George E. Smith, Gylmar dos Santos Neves, Edsger W. Dijkstra, and Gary Becker.

Others Born in 1930

Go to all Rankings
Load previousLoad previous

In Iceland

Among people born in Iceland, Vigdís Finnbogadóttir ranks 5 out of 190. Before her are Leif Erikson (970), Snorri Sturluson (1179), Halldór Laxness (1902), and Thorfinn Karlsefni (1000). After her are Björk (1965), Ólafur Ragnar Grímsson (1943), Jóhanna Sigurðardóttir (1942), Bjarni Herjólfsson (966), Egill Skallagrímsson (904), Katrín Jakobsdóttir (1976), and Ásgeir Ásgeirsson (1894).

Others born in Iceland

Go to all Rankings
Load previousLoad previous

Among POLITICIANS In Iceland

Among politicians born in Iceland, Vigdís Finnbogadóttir ranks 1. After her are Ólafur Ragnar Grímsson (1943), Jóhanna Sigurðardóttir (1942), Katrín Jakobsdóttir (1976), Ásgeir Ásgeirsson (1894), Jón Sigurðsson (1811), Kristján Eldjárn (1916), Guðni Th. Jóhannesson (1968), Bjarni Benediktsson (1908), Halldór Ásgrímsson (1947), Steingrímur Hermannsson (1928), and Geir Haarde (1951).

Icelander born Politicians

Go to all Rankings
Load previousLoad previous