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Born February 27, 1881 • Reykjavík • Iceland
Died January 25, 1952 (aged 70) • Reykjavík • Iceland
Title / Office president (1944-1952), Iceland
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
Thorfinn Karlsefni
Scandinavian explorer
Vigdís Finnbogadóttir
Vigdís Finnbogadóttir
president of Iceland
Gudbrandur Thorláksson
Icelandic bishop and scholar
Sigurdsson, Jón
Jón Sigurdsson
Icelandic statesman
Eggert Ólafsson
Icelandic poet
Ólafur Thors
prime minister of Iceland
Douglas Richard Hurd
British diplomat
Aleksandr Nikolayevich Yakovlev
Soviet economist and official
Leonard Woodcock
American labor leader and diplomat
Susan Rice
American public official and foreign policy analyst
Raul H. Castro
American politician
Melchior de Polignac
French clergyman and statesman
Bernard-François, marquis de Chauvelin
French diplomat and politician
Bernard-Louis, marquis de Chauvelin
French general and diplomat
Thomas Jefferson
Thomas Jefferson
president of United States
Otto von Bismarck
Otto von Bismarck
German chancellor and prime minister
Benjamin Franklin
Benjamin Franklin
American author, scientist, and statesman
Niccolò Machiavelli
Niccolò Machiavelli
Italian statesman and writer