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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
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Gudbrandur Thorláksson
Icelandic bishop and scholar
Sigurdsson, Jón
Jón Sigurdsson
Icelandic statesman
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Sveinn Björnsson
president of Iceland
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Eggert Ólafsson
Icelandic poet
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Ólafur Thors
prime minister of Iceland
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William Hobson
British colonial officer
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John Alden
English colonist
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Priscilla Alden
English colonist
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Cecilius Calvert, 2nd Baron Baltimore of Baltimore
British statesman
Christopher Columbus
Christopher Columbus
Italian explorer
Cecil Rhodes
Cecil Rhodes
prime minister of Cape Colony
Full-length portrait of Cardinal Richelieu by Philippe de Champaigne, showing him in red clerical robes holding a red book, standing beside a balustrade with a draped curtain behind.
Cardinal Richelieu
French cardinal and statesman
Charles de Gaulle
Charles de Gaulle
president of France
Full-length portrait of King George III in a red military uniform and black bicorne hat, standing outdoors with a distant building and cloudy sky in the background.
George III
king of Great Britain
William Pitt, the Elder
William Pitt, the Elder
prime minister of United Kingdom
Engraved portrait of William Penn wearing a dark coat, white cravat, and wide-brimmed hat, with shoulder-length curly hair.
William Penn
English religious leader
Robert Clive
Robert Clive
British colonial administrator