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Born 980 • Iceland
Died c.1007 • 1007
Jóhanna Sigurðardóttir
Jóhanna Sigurðardóttir
prime minister of Iceland
Ólafur Ragnar Grímsson receiving the Louise Blouin Foundation Award, New York City, 2007.
Ólafur Ragnar Grímsson
president of Iceland
Vigdís Finnbogadóttir
Vigdís Finnbogadóttir
president of Iceland
Gudbrandur Thorláksson
Icelandic bishop and scholar
Sigurdsson, Jón
Jón Sigurdsson
Icelandic statesman
Sveinn Björnsson
president of Iceland
Eggert Ólafsson
Icelandic poet
Ólafur Thors
prime minister of Iceland
William Hobson
British colonial officer
John Alden
English colonist
Priscilla Alden
English colonist
Cecilius Calvert, 2nd Baron Baltimore of Baltimore
British statesman
Christopher Columbus
Christopher Columbus
Italian explorer
The Red Eminence
Cardinal Richelieu
French cardinal and statesman
Cecil Rhodes
Cecil Rhodes
prime minister of Cape Colony
Charles de Gaulle
Charles de Gaulle
president of France
George III
George III
king of Great Britain
William Pitt, the Elder
William Pitt, the Elder
prime minister of United Kingdom
William Penn
William Penn
English Quaker leader and colonist
Robert Clive
Robert Clive
British colonial administrator

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