Famous Icelandic Americans
Journalist Jón Ólafsson, one of the first Icelanders to emigrate to the United States, was renowned for his attempt to establish a community for Icelandic American political dissidents on Kodiak Island in Alaska via petition to Ulysses S. Grant. Actor Gunnar Hansen emigrated from Iceland at a young age, settling in Maine. The three-hundred-pound actor became famous for his classic role as the villain Leatherface in The Texas Chainsaw Massacre. Hansen reconnected with his Icelandic roots by starring in the 2009 Icelandic horror film Reykjavik Whale Watching Massacre. Other notable Americans of Icelandic descent are Rob Morris (American football) former football player. Actress Leslie Stefanson is also an Icelandic American of some note.
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