1943 - Today
Ólafur Ragnar Grímsson (Icelandic: [ˈouːlavʏr ˈraknar ˈkrimsɔn] ; born 14 May 1943) is an Icelandic politician who was the fifth president of Iceland from 1996 to 2016. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Ólafur Ragnar Grímsson has received more than 471,736 page views. His biography is available in 63 different languages on Wikipedia. Ólafur Ragnar Grímsson is the 3,122nd most popular politician (down from 2,253rd in 2019), the 7th most popular biography from Iceland (down from 5th in 2019) and the 3rd most popular Icelander Politician.
Ólafur Ragnar Grímsson is most famous for being the president of Iceland from 1996 to 2016. He was born in 1944 and became president in 1996. He was re-elected in 2000, 2004, 2008, and 2012. He was the first president of Iceland to be born after Iceland gained independence from Denmark in 1944.
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Among politicians, Ólafur Ragnar Grímsson ranks 3,122 out of 15,577. Before him are Altan Khan, Seleucus III Ceraunus, Eleonora Gonzaga, Antipater the Idumaean, Mohammad-Ali Rajai, and Theudebald. After him are Baldwin I, Margrave of Flanders, Topa Inca Yupanqui, Tomislav of Croatia, Qazi Muhammad, Albrecht von Roon, and Joachim Frederick, Elector of Brandenburg.
1507 - 1582
HPI: 61.99
Rank: 3,116
243 BC - 223 BC
HPI: 61.99
Rank: 3,117
1598 - 1655
HPI: 61.99
Rank: 3,118
100 BC - 43 BC
HPI: 61.98
Rank: 3,119
1933 - 1981
HPI: 61.98
Rank: 3,120
534 - 555
HPI: 61.98
Rank: 3,121
1943 - Present
HPI: 61.98
Rank: 3,122
830 - 879
HPI: 61.97
Rank: 3,123
1441 - 1493
HPI: 61.97
Rank: 3,124
HPI: 61.97
Rank: 3,125
1893 - 1947
HPI: 61.97
Rank: 3,126
1803 - 1879
HPI: 61.96
Rank: 3,127
1546 - 1608
HPI: 61.96
Rank: 3,128
Among people born in 1943, Ólafur Ragnar Grímsson ranks 64. Before him are Neale Donald Walsch, Mario Botta, Sam Shepard, Antonio Tabucchi, Joni Mitchell, and Jerry Bruckheimer. After him are John Denver, Eduard Limonov, Esma Redžepova, Vint Cerf, Pervez Musharraf, and Bernard Tapie.
1943 - Present
HPI: 62.63
Rank: 58
1943 - Present
HPI: 62.55
Rank: 59
1943 - 2017
HPI: 62.29
Rank: 60
1943 - 2012
HPI: 62.24
Rank: 61
1943 - Present
HPI: 62.18
Rank: 62
1943 - Present
HPI: 61.98
Rank: 63
1943 - Present
HPI: 61.98
Rank: 64
1943 - 1997
HPI: 61.95
Rank: 65
1943 - 2020
HPI: 61.75
Rank: 66
1943 - 2016
HPI: 61.54
Rank: 67
1943 - Present
HPI: 61.40
Rank: 68
1943 - 2023
HPI: 61.34
Rank: 69
1943 - 2021
HPI: 61.30
Rank: 70
Among people born in Iceland, Ólafur Ragnar Grímsson ranks 7 out of 180. Before him are Leif Erikson (970), Snorri Sturluson (1179), Halldór Laxness (1902), Vigdís Finnbogadóttir (1930), Jóhanna Sigurðardóttir (1942), and Björk (1965). After him are Bjarni Herjólfsson (966), Egill Skallagrímsson (904), Ásgeir Ásgeirsson (1894), Gudrid Thorbjarnardóttir (1000), Jón Sigurðsson (1811), and Gunnar Gunnarsson (1889).
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
1889 - 1975
HPI: 57.81
Rank: 13
Among politicians born in Iceland, Ólafur Ragnar Grímsson ranks 3. Before him are Vigdís Finnbogadóttir (1930) and Jóhanna Sigurðardóttir (1942). After him are 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