1930 - Today
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 646,218 page views. Her biography is available in 61 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 58 in 2019). Vigdís Finnbogadóttir is the 1,954th most popular politician (down from 1,738th in 2019), the 4th most popular biography from Iceland and the most popular Icelander Politician.
Vigdís Finnbogadóttir was the first woman to serve as president of Iceland. She served from 1980 to 1996.
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Among politicians, Vigdís Finnbogadóttir ranks 1,954 out of 15,577. Before her are Ferdinand I of Portugal, Athalaric, Jean-Jacques Dessalines, Isabella of Aragon, Queen of France, Victor Lustig, and Mohamed Hussein Tantawi. After her are John, Prince of Asturias, Hisham ibn Abd al-Malik, Magnus the Good, Damdin Sükhbaatar, Nicolas Fouquet, and Princess Joséphine Charlotte of Belgium.
1345 - 1383
HPI: 65.27
Rank: 1,948
516 - 534
HPI: 65.27
Rank: 1,949
1758 - 1806
HPI: 65.26
Rank: 1,950
1248 - 1271
HPI: 65.26
Rank: 1,951
1890 - 1947
HPI: 65.25
Rank: 1,952
1935 - 2021
HPI: 65.25
Rank: 1,953
1930 - Present
HPI: 65.25
Rank: 1,954
1478 - 1497
HPI: 65.24
Rank: 1,955
691 - 743
HPI: 65.24
Rank: 1,956
1024 - 1047
HPI: 65.24
Rank: 1,957
1893 - 1923
HPI: 65.24
Rank: 1,958
1615 - 1680
HPI: 65.24
Rank: 1,959
1927 - 2005
HPI: 65.24
Rank: 1,960
Among people born in 1930, Vigdís Finnbogadóttir ranks 35. Before her are Niki de Saint Phalle, Tu Youyou, Harold Pinter, Immanuel Wallerstein, Gary Becker, and Bernie Ecclestone. After her are Biljana Plavšić, Robert Wagner, Carlos Menem, Hugh Everett III, Félix Guattari, and Leon Cooper.
1930 - 2002
HPI: 67.04
Rank: 29
1930 - Present
HPI: 66.97
Rank: 30
1930 - 2008
HPI: 66.68
Rank: 31
1930 - 2019
HPI: 66.40
Rank: 32
1930 - 2014
HPI: 65.73
Rank: 33
1930 - Present
HPI: 65.71
Rank: 34
1930 - Present
HPI: 65.25
Rank: 35
1930 - Present
HPI: 65.18
Rank: 36
1930 - Present
HPI: 65.05
Rank: 37
1930 - 2021
HPI: 64.89
Rank: 38
1930 - 1982
HPI: 64.79
Rank: 39
1930 - 1992
HPI: 64.30
Rank: 40
1930 - Present
HPI: 64.23
Rank: 41
Among people born in Iceland, Vigdís Finnbogadóttir ranks 4 out of 180. Before her are Leif Erikson (970), Snorri Sturluson (1179), and Halldór Laxness (1902). After her are 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 politicians born in Iceland, Vigdís Finnbogadóttir ranks 1. After her are Jóhanna Sigurðardóttir (1942), Ólafur Ragnar Grímsson (1943), Ásgeir Ásgeirsson (1894), Jón Sigurðsson (1811), 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