Jón Ólafsson (traveller)

European pirate

British commissioner

British academic

Self declared King of Iceland, defied the crown of Denmark. Reigned for a short period

Leader of the 19th century Icelandic independence movement

Icelandic writer and academic

English author, editor and translator

Venetian merchant

Icelandic historian, poet and politician

Icelandic scholar and manuscript collector

English antiquarian and lexicographer

Icelandic philosopher

French traveler

British politician

Missionary and explorer

Roman Catholic bishop