# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/ari-orgilsson
# Generated: 2026-08-13T04:17:33.378Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/ari-orgilsson"
name: "Ari Þorgilsson"
slug: "ari-orgilsson"
description: "Ari Þorgilsson was Iceland's most prominent medieval chronicler. He was the author of Íslendingabók, which details the histories of the various families who settled Iceland. He is typically referred to as Ari the Wise, and according to Snorri Sturluson was the first to write history in Old Norse."
tagline: "Icelandic writer"
gender: "male"
category:
  name: "Writers"
  slug: "writers"
profileType:
  name: "Writer / Author"
  slug: "writer"
birthDate: "1067"
deathDate: "1148-11-09"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           50.22
  momentum:             0.249609984399376
  historical:           19.95698533333334
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     60
  profileCompleteness:  45
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ari%2C_o_S%C3%A1bio"
    title: "Ari, o Sábio"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A2%D8%B1%D9%89_%D8%A7%D9%88%D8%B1%D8%AC%D9%8A%D9%84%D8%B3%D9%88%D9%86"
    title: "آرى اورجيلسون"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://bg.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%90%D1%80%D0%B8_%D0%A2%D0%BE%D1%80%D0%B3%D0%B8%D0%BB%D1%81%D0%BE%D0%BD"
    title: "Ари Торгилсон"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://br.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ari_%C3%9Eorgilsson"
    title: "Ari Þorgilsson"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://cs.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ari_%C3%9Eorgilsson"
    title: "Ari Þorgilsson"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://da.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ari_%C3%9Eorgilsson"
    title: "Ari Þorgilsson"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ari_%C3%9Eorgilsson"
    title: "Ari Þorgilsson"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ari_Thorgilsson"
    title: "Ari Thorgilsson"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://eo.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ari_%C3%9Eorgilsson"
    title: "Ari Þorgilsson"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ari_Thorgilsson"
    title: "Ari Thorgilsson"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://et.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ari_%C3%9Eorgilsson"
    title: "Ari Þorgilsson"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ari_Viisas"
    title: "Ari Viisas"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ari_%C3%9Eorgilsson"
    title: "Ari Þorgilsson"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ga.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ari_%C3%9Eorgilsson"
    title: "Ari Þorgilsson"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://gl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ari_Thorgilsson"
    title: "Ari Thorgilsson"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://he.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D7%90%D7%A8%D7%99_%D7%AA%D7%95%D7%A8%D7%92%D7%99%D7%9C%D7%A1%D7%95%D7%9F"
    title: "ארי תורגילסון"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://hy.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D4%B1%D6%80%D5%AB_%D4%BB%D5%B4%D5%A1%D5%BD%D5%BF%D5%B8%D6%82%D5%B6"
    title: "Արի Իմաստուն"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://is.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ari_fr%C3%B3%C3%B0i_%C3%9Eorgilsson"
    title: "Ari fróði Þorgilsson"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ari_%C3%9Eorgilsson"
    title: "Ari Þorgilsson"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%82%A2%E3%83%AA%E3%83%BB%E3%82%BD%E3%83%AB%E3%82%AE%E3%83%AB%E3%82%B9%E3%82%BD%E3%83%B3"
    title: "アリ・ソルギルスソン"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://la.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arius_Polyhistor"
    title: "Arius Polyhistor"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ari_%C3%9Eorgilsson"
    title: "Ari Þorgilsson"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://nn.wikipedia.org/wiki/Are_Frode"
    title: "Are Frode"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://no.wikipedia.org/wiki/Are_Torgilsson_Frode"
    title: "Are Torgilsson Frode"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ari_%C3%9Eorgilsson"
    title: "Ari Þorgilsson"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q355194"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump