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Jón Páll Sigmarsson

1960 - 1993

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Jón Páll Sigmarsson (28 April 1960 – 16 January 1993) was an Icelandic strongman, powerlifter and bodybuilder who was the first man to win the World's Strongest Man four times and the first and only man to win the World Muscle Power Classic five times. Jón Páll is widely regarded as one of the greatest strength athletes all time, and is credited with developing Iceland's strength identity. He also set over 25 strength related world records, was named Icelandic Sportsperson of the Year in 1981, and was posthumously inducted into the World's Strongest Man Hall of Fame in 2012. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Jón Páll Sigmarsson is the 644th most popular social activist (down from 624th in 2019), the 102nd most popular biography from Iceland (down from 95th in 2019) and the most popular Icelander Social Activist.

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Among SOCIAL ACTIVISTS

Among social activists, Jón Páll Sigmarsson ranks 644 out of 840. Before him are Frank Kameny, Ingrid Newkirk, Elizaveta Glinka, Lucy Burns, Charlotte Despard, and Jan Egeland. After him are Karen Silkwood, Ryan White, Mukhtar Mai, Jared Taylor, Norma Cruz, and William Smith O'Brien.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1960, Jón Páll Sigmarsson ranks 525. Before him are Torben Grael, Pablo Larios, Lorraine Toussaint, Paulina García, Catherine Coleman, and Stephan Engels. After him are Jean-Philippe Durand, Makoto Sugiyama, Rosario Fiorello, Ioan Andone, Kaz Hirai, and Kenny Garrett. Among people deceased in 1993, Jón Páll Sigmarsson ranks 290. Before him are Ethelwynn Trewavas, Daulat Singh Kothari, Rok Petrovič, Ion Negoițescu, Oodgeroo Noonuccal, and Elizabeth Holloway Marston. After him are Ruby Keeler, Kenneth Connor, Kerry Von Erich, Michael Clarke, Karl Gordon Henize, and David Brian.

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In Iceland

Among people born in Iceland, Jón Páll Sigmarsson ranks 102 out of 190. Before him are Guðmundur Guðmundsson (1960), Sigmundur Davíð Gunnlaugsson (1975), Atli Eðvaldsson (1957), Jón Gnarr (1967), Alfreð Finnbogason (1989), and Birgitta Jónsdóttir (1967). After him are Hannes Þór Halldórsson (1984), Ólafur Stefánsson (1973), Daði Freyr (1992), Sjón (1962), Jónsi (1975), and Torfi Bryngeirsson (1926).

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Among SOCIAL ACTIVISTS In Iceland

Among social activists born in Iceland, Jón Páll Sigmarsson ranks 1. 

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