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Vilhjalmur Stefansson

1879 - 1962

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Vilhjalmur Stefansson (November 3, 1879 – August 26, 1962) was an Arctic explorer and ethnologist. He was born in Manitoba, Canada. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Vilhjalmur Stefansson is the 343rd most popular explorer (down from 332nd in 2019), the 294th most popular biography from Canada (down from 260th in 2019) and the 4th most popular Canadian Explorer.

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Among EXPLORERS

Among explorers, Vilhjalmur Stefansson ranks 343 out of 498. Before him are Pascual de Andagoya, Martim Afonso de Sousa, Meriwether Lewis, Georg August Wallin, Louis de Freycinet, and Alexander Gordon Laing. After him are Yuri Lisyansky, Hugh Clapperton, Sebastián Vizcaíno, Domingo Martínez de Irala, Paweł Strzelecki, and Juan de Oñate.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1879, Vilhjalmur Stefansson ranks 146. Before him are Mostafa El-Nahas, Pavel Bazhov, Walery Sławek, Vittorio Ambrosio, Wu Lien-teh, and Albert Taillandier. After him are Helena Roerich, André Roosevelt, Eugen Varga, Henri Jobier, Urban Gad, and Grzegorz Fitelberg. Among people deceased in 1962, Vilhjalmur Stefansson ranks 126. Before him are Edmond Privat, Ahmet Hamdi Tanpınar, Florence Lee, Joseph Rock, Forrest Smithson, and Sao Shwe Thaik. After him are André Roosevelt, Gary Hocking, Hans Felber, Olga Preobrajenska, Donald Lippincott, and Otto Froitzheim.

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In Canada

Among people born in Canada, Vilhjalmur Stefansson ranks 294 out of 1,622. Before him are George Lawrence Price (1892), Alissa White-Gluz (1985), Elias Koteas (1961), John Diefenbaker (1895), Marie-Claire Blais (1939), and Len Cariou (1939). After him are David H. Levy (1948), Betty Taylor (1916), Stana Katic (1978), Stephen McHattie (1946), Kim Coates (1958), and Snow (1969).

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Among EXPLORERS In Canada

Among explorers born in Canada, Vilhjalmur Stefansson ranks 4. Before him are Joshua Slocum (1844), Jean-Baptiste Le Moyne de Bienville (1680), and Louis Jolliet (1645). After him are Pierre Le Moyne d'Iberville (1661), and Edward Belcher (1799).

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