Historical Figures of Iceland
- Ari Þorgilsson, priest and author of Íslendingabók, a historical work
- Egill Skallagrímsson, Viking skald
- Eirík the Red, (Eiríkr rauði) Named Greenland
- Freydís Eiríksdóttir
- Guðmundur Arason
- Guðríðr Þorbjarnardóttir, explorer
- Ingólfur Arnarson
- Ísleifur Gissurarson
- Kolbeinn Tumason
- Leifr Eiríksson (Leifur Eiríksson), discovered America in the year 1000 and named it Vínland (Land of Wine)
- Loftur Sæmundsson, priest and chieftain at Oddi
- Snorri Sturluson
- Þorfinnr Karlsefni
- Þorvaldr Eríksson
- Vilhjalmur Stefansson, Western Icelander, Arctic explorer
- Þóra Magnúsdóttir, born 1100 in Norway, daughter of Magnus III of Norway, a direct descendant of Harald Fairhair the first Norwegian King. Þora Magnusdottir married an Icelander and moved to Iceland.
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