Icelandic Commonwealth
Icelandic Commonwealth ranks 6,483rd in number of biographies on Pantheon, behind Râmnicu Vâlcea, Tavistock, and Bourne, Lincolnshire. Memorable people born in Icelandic Commonwealth include Leif Erikson, Thorfinn Karlsefni, and Sturla Þórðarson. Icelandic Commonwealth has been the birth place of many explorers, and writers. Icelandic Commonwealth is located in Iceland.
The Icelandic Commonwealth, also known as the Icelandic Free State, was the political unit existing in Iceland between the establishment of the Althing in 930 and the pledge of fealty to the Norwegian king with the Old Covenant in 1262. With the probable exception of hermitic Irish monks known as Papar, Iceland was an uninhabited island until around 874. Read more on Wikipedia
People
Between 970 and 1214, Icelandic Commonwealth was the birth place of 3 globally memorable people, including Leif Erikson, Thorfinn Karlsefni, and Sturla Þórðarson.
People Born in Icelandic Commonwealth
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Leif Erikson
EXPLORER
970 - 1020
HPI: 77.51
Rank: 1
Thorfinn Karlsefni
EXPLORER
1000 - 1100
HPI: 72.00
Rank: 2
Sturla Þórðarson
WRITER
1214 - 1284
HPI: 57.92
Rank: 3
Newly Added People Born in Icelandic Commonwealth
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Most individuals born in present day Icelandic Commonwealth were explorers (2), and writers (1), while most who died were .
Occupational Trends
Throughout history explorers have been the profession with the most memorable people born in present day Icelandic Commonwealth, including Leif Erikson, and Thorfinn Karlsefni.
Places
Overlapping Lives
Below is a visual represetation of the lifespans of the top 0 globally memorable people born in Icelandic Commonwealth since 1700.
