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Gudrid Thorbjarnardóttir

1000 - 1100

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Gudrid Thorbjarnardóttir (born possibly around 980–1019) was an Icelandic explorer, born at Laugarbrekka in Snæfellsnes, Iceland. She appears in the Saga of Erik the Red and the Saga of the Greenlanders, known collectively as the Vinland sagas. She and her husband Thorfinn Karlsefni led an expedition to Vinland where their son Snorri Thorfinnsson was born, the first known European birth in the Americas (outside of Greenland). In Iceland, Gudrid is known by her byname víðförla (lit. Read more on Wikipedia

Her biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Gudrid Thorbjarnardóttir is the 80th most popular explorer (up from 160th in 2019), the 10th most popular biography from Iceland (up from 20th in 2019) and the 3rd most popular Icelander Explorer.

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Among EXPLORERS

Among explorers, Gudrid Thorbjarnardóttir ranks 80 out of 498. Before her are Willem Schouten, John Smith, Diogo Dias, Ármin Vámbéry, Juan Díaz de Solís, and Xu Fu. After her are Richard Francis Burton, Stepan Makarov, Álvaro de Mendaña de Neira, Vicente Yáñez Pinzón, Álvar Núñez Cabeza de Vaca, and Diego Columbus.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1000, Gudrid Thorbjarnardóttir ranks 13. Before her are Thorfinn Karlsefni, Pope John XIV, Constantine IX Monomachos, Parascheva of the Balkans, Antipope John XVI, and Rajendra Chola I. After her are Antipope Boniface VII, Kenneth III of Scotland, Saint Emeric of Hungary, Humbert of Silva Candida, Sweyn Haakonsson, and Ibn al-Nadim. Among people deceased in 1100, Gudrid Thorbjarnardóttir ranks 6. Before her are Godfrey of Bouillon, Thorfinn Karlsefni, William II of England, Parascheva of the Balkans, and Antipope Clement III. After her are George Kedrenos, Thorkell the Tall, Emperor Zhezong, Bretislav II, Naropa, and Stepanos Asoghik.

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In Iceland

Among people born in Iceland, Gudrid Thorbjarnardóttir ranks 10 out of 190. Before her are Vigdís Finnbogadóttir (1930), Snorri Sturluson (1179), Jóhanna Sigurðardóttir (1942), Ólafur Ragnar Grímsson (1943), Ari Thorgilsson (1067), and Halla Margrét Árnadóttir (1964). After her are Björk (1965), Ásgeir Ásgeirsson (1894), Bjarni Herjólfsson (966), Kristján Eldjárn (1916), Egill Skallagrímsson (904), and Halldór Ásgrímsson (1947).

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Among EXPLORERS In Iceland

Among explorers born in Iceland, Gudrid Thorbjarnardóttir ranks 3. Before her are Leif Erikson (970), and Thorfinn Karlsefni (1000). After her are Bjarni Herjólfsson (966), and Thorvald Eiriksson (972).

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