POLITICIAN

Ólafur Thors

1892 - 1964

Photo of Ólafur Thors

Icon of person Ólafur Thors

Ólafur Tryggvason Thors (19 January 1892 – 31 December 1964) was an Icelandic politician of the Independence Party, who served six times as prime minister of Iceland. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Ólafur Thors has received more than 63,513 page views. His biography is available in 25 different languages on Wikipedia. Ólafur Thors is the 12,998th most popular politician (down from 12,418th in 2019), the 45th most popular biography from Iceland (up from 46th in 2019) and the 15th most popular Icelander Politician.

Memorability Metrics

  • 64k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 50.16

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 25

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 5.75

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.76

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Ólafur Thors ranks 12,998 out of 19,576. Before him are Jérôme Pétion de Villeneuve, Anatoly Pepelyayev, Thomas Wentworth, 1st Earl of Strafford, Vladimír Špidla, Yury of Zvenigorod, and Enlil-bani. After him are Vincas Mickevičius-Kapsukas, Ducetius, Georgi Atanasov, Heinrich Lammasch, Dragan Tomić, and Lucius Marcius Philippus.

Most Popular Politicians in Wikipedia

Go to all Rankings
Load previousLoad previous

Contemporaries

Among people born in 1892, Ólafur Thors ranks 189. Before him are Luis Trenker, Elmer Rice, Pierre Frieden, Lydia Lopokova, Antonio María Barbieri, and Hal Roach. After him are Kaikhosru Shapurji Sorabji, Peter Doi, Theodor Plievier, Renée Jeanne Falconetti, Moisei Ginzburg, and Bessie Coleman. Among people deceased in 1964, Ólafur Thors ranks 121. Before him are Eugen Varga, Maurice Farman, Moa Martinson, Nancy Astor, Viscountess Astor, Georges Thierry d'Argenlieu, and Ronald Fairbairn. After him are Anita Malfatti, Alfred Blalock, Jim Reeves, Jan de Vries, Giuseppe Amato, and Seán O'Casey.

Others Born in 1892

Go to all Rankings
Load previousLoad previous

Others Deceased in 1964

Go to all Rankings
Load previousLoad previous

In Iceland

Among people born in Iceland, Ólafur Thors ranks 45 out of 190. Before him are Sturla Þórðarson (1214), Gunnar Hansen (1947), Jón Ögmundsson (1052), Hannes Hafstein (1861), Eiður Guðjohnsen (1978), and Baltasar Kormákur (1966). After him are Gunnar Thoroddsen (1910), Jón Leifs (1899), Geir Hallgrímsson (1925), Saint Thorlak (1133), Vilhjálmur Einarsson (1934), and Ingvar Eggert Sigurðsson (1963).

Others born in Iceland

Go to all Rankings
Load previousLoad previous

Among POLITICIANS In Iceland

Among politicians born in Iceland, Ólafur Thors ranks 15. Before him are Bjarni Benediktsson (1908), Halldór Ásgrímsson (1947), Steingrímur Hermannsson (1928), Geir Haarde (1951), Davíð Oddsson (1948), and Hannes Hafstein (1861). After him are Gunnar Thoroddsen (1910), Geir Hallgrímsson (1925), Benedikt Sigurðsson Gröndal (1924), Hermann Jónasson (1896), Þorsteinn Pálsson (1947), and Bjarni Benediktsson (1970).

Icelander born Politicians

Go to all Rankings
Load previousLoad previous