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Bjarni Herjólfsson

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Bjarni Herjólfsson (fl. 10th century) was a Norse-Icelandic explorer who is believed to be the first known European discoverer of the mainland of the Americas, which he sighted in 986. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Bjarni Herjólfsson is the 102nd most popular explorer (down from 92nd in 2019), the 13th most popular biography from Iceland (down from 9th in 2019) and the 4th most popular Icelander Explorer.

Bjarni Herjólfsson is most famous for being the first European to discover America.

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Among EXPLORERS

Among explorers, Bjarni Herjólfsson ranks 102 out of 498. Before him are Francisco Hernández de Córdoba, Charles Marie de La Condamine, Cosmas Indicopleustes, Davy Crockett, Robert FitzRoy, and James Clark Ross. After him are Pedro Fernandes de Queirós, Atlantic voyage of the predecessor of Mansa Musa, Johann Karl Ehrenfried Kegel, Frederick de Houtman, Bartholomew Columbus, and João Gonçalves Zarco.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 966, Bjarni Herjólfsson ranks 2. Before him is Sei Shōnagon. After him are Rogneda of Polotsk, and Fujiwara no Michinaga. Among people deceased in 1000, Bjarni Herjólfsson ranks 3. Before him are Olaf Tryggvason, and Al-Maqdisi. After him are Abu-Mahmud Khojandi, Ibn Sahl, Zoe Karbonopsina, Abū Sahl al-Qūhī, Matsyendranatha, Ælfthryth, wife of Edgar, Harthacnut I of Denmark, García Sánchez II of Pamplona, and Henry of Speyer.

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In Iceland

Among people born in Iceland, Bjarni Herjólfsson ranks 13 out of 190. Before him are Ólafur Ragnar Grímsson (1943), Ari Thorgilsson (1067), Halla Margrét Árnadóttir (1964), Gudrid Thorbjarnardóttir (1000), Björk (1965), and Ásgeir Ásgeirsson (1894). After him are Kristján Eldjárn (1916), Egill Skallagrímsson (904), Halldór Ásgrímsson (1947), Guðni Th. Jóhannesson (1968), Bjarni Benediktsson (1908), and Friðrik Ólafsson (1935).

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Among EXPLORERS In Iceland

Among explorers born in Iceland, Bjarni Herjólfsson ranks 4. Before him are Leif Erikson (970), Thorfinn Karlsefni (1000), and Gudrid Thorbjarnardóttir (1000). After him are Thorvald Eiriksson (972).

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