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Vilhjalmur Stefansson

1879 - 1962

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Vilhjalmur Stefansson (November 3, 1879 – August 26, 1962) was an Arctic explorer and ethnologist. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Vilhjalmur Stefansson has received more than 417,263 page views. His biography is available in 23 different languages on Wikipedia. Vilhjalmur Stefansson is the 332nd most popular explorer (down from 322nd in 2019), the 259th most popular biography from Canada (down from 254th in 2019) and the 3rd most popular Canadian Explorer.

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  • 50.64

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 23

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 3.69

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.20

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among EXPLORERS

Among explorers, Vilhjalmur Stefansson ranks 332 out of 498. Before him are Alexander Dalrymple, Grímur Kamban, Louise Arner Boyd, Friedrich Welwitsch, Louis de Freycinet, and Pyotr Beketov. After him are John C. Frémont, Félix de Azara, Philip Carteret, Franz de Paula Adam von Waldstein, Francis Crozier, and Alexandre de Serpa Pinto.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1879, Vilhjalmur Stefansson ranks 138. Before him are Grace Coolidge, Mazo de la Roche, Wu Lien-teh, Albert Taillandier, Ali-Akbar Dehkhoda, and Eugen Varga. After him are Ignatius Gabriel I Tappouni, Martin Mutschmann, Hamilton Harty, Urban Gad, Jin Shuren, and Walery Sławek. Among people deceased in 1962, Vilhjalmur Stefansson ranks 117. Before him are Donald Lippincott, Kunio Yanagita, Josef Uridil, A. K. Fazlul Huq, Gary Hocking, and Rudolf von Bünau. After him are Sylvia Beach, Vadym Meller, Hans Felber, Joe Profaci, Sao Shwe Thaik, and Princess Bathildis of Schaumburg-Lippe.

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In Canada

Among people born in Canada, Vilhjalmur Stefansson ranks 259 out of 1,622. Before him are Northrop Frye (1912), Barry Pepper (1970), Alexandra Stewart (1939), Mark Robson (1913), Walter Pidgeon (1897), and Edward Routh (1831). After him are Alan Thicke (1947), Anne Hébert (1916), Guy Laliberté (1959), Mario Lemieux (1965), Louis St. Laurent (1882), and Percy Faith (1908).

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Among EXPLORERS In Canada

Among explorers born in Canada, Vilhjalmur Stefansson ranks 3. Before him are Joshua Slocum (1844), and Louis Jolliet (1645). After him are Pierre Le Moyne d'Iberville (1661), Edward Belcher (1799), and Jean-Baptiste Le Moyne de Bienville (1680).

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