# Leif Erikson

> He beat Columbus to America by roughly five hundred years — a Norse explorer who sailed west from Greenland around the year 1000 and made landfall on continental North America, establishing a settlement the sagas call Vinland.

*Norse explorer (c. 970 – c. 1020)*

**Canonical URL:** https://fame.am/person/leif-erikson

## Identity
- **Profile type:** Historical Figure ([Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q2798645))
- **Category:** Historical Figures
- **Born:** 972
- **Died:** 1020
- **Status:** deceased
- **Gender:** male

## Bio

Born sometime in the 970s, likely in Iceland, Leif was raised in Greenland after his father Erik the Red founded the first Norse settlement there. Around the turn of the millennium he led an expedition across the North Atlantic and established a Norse outpost at Vinland, generally believed to be coastal North America. The site may correspond to L'Anse aux Meadows in Newfoundland, a Norse settlement occupied roughly a thousand years ago. After his father's death, Leif became chief of the Greenland settlement. He fathered two sons — Thorgils, born in the Hebrides, and Thorkell, who eventually succeeded him as chieftain — and died sometime between 1018 and 1025.

## Fame
- **Popularity score:** 71.1 / 100
- **Momentum:** 10.7 / 100  (trend: STABLE)
- **Historical depth:** 24.5 / 100
- **Now attention:** 32.6 / 100
- **Source confidence:** 60.0 / 100
- **Profile completeness:** 60.0 / 100
- **Category rank:** #75

## Topics
#Historical Figures, #Scientist, #Chemistry, #Medieval Era

## Sources
- [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leif_Erikson)
- [Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q42838)
- [Pantheon 2.0](https://pantheon.world/profile/person/Leif%20Erikson)
- [ليف إريكسون](https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%84%D9%8A%D9%81_%D8%A5%D8%B1%D9%8A%D9%83%D8%B3%D9%88%D9%86)
- [ليف اريكسون (مستكشف من ايسلاندا)](https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%84%D9%8A%D9%81_%D8%A7%D8%B1%D9%8A%D9%83%D8%B3%D9%88%D9%86_(%D9%85%D8%B3%D8%AA%D9%83%D8%B4%D9%81_%D9%85%D9%86_%D8%A7%D9%8A%D8%B3%D9%84%D8%A7%D9%86%D8%AF%D8%A7))
- [Leif Erikson](https://ast.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leif_Erikson)
- [Leif Eriksson](https://avk.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leif_Eriksson)
- [Leyf Eriksson](https://az.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leyf_Eriksson)
- [Leif Erikson](https://ban.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leif_Erikson)
- [Лейф Эрыксан](https://be_x_old.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9B%D0%B5%D0%B9%D1%84_%D0%AD%D1%80%D1%8B%D0%BA%D1%81%D0%B0%D0%BD)
- [Лейф Эрыксан](https://be.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9B%D0%B5%D0%B9%D1%84_%D0%AD%D1%80%D1%8B%D0%BA%D1%81%D0%B0%D0%BD)
- [Лейф Ериксон](https://bg.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9B%D0%B5%D0%B9%D1%84_%D0%95%D1%80%D0%B8%D0%BA%D1%81%D0%BE%D0%BD)
- [লিফ এরিকসন](https://bn.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A6%B2%E0%A6%BF%E0%A6%AB_%E0%A6%8F%E0%A6%B0%E0%A6%BF%E0%A6%95%E0%A6%B8%E0%A6%A8)
- [Leifr Eiríksson](https://br.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leifr_Eir%C3%ADksson)
- [Leif Ericsson](https://bs.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leif_Ericsson)
- [Leif Eriksson](https://ca.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leif_Eriksson)
- [لەیف ئەریکسن](https://ckb.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%84%DB%95%DB%8C%D9%81_%D8%A6%DB%95%D8%B1%DB%8C%DA%A9%D8%B3%D9%86)
- [Leif Eriksson](https://cs.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leif_Eriksson)
- [Leif Eriksson](https://cy.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leif_Eriksson)
- [Leif den Lykkelige](https://da.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leif_den_Lykkelige)
- [Leif Eriksson](https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leif_Eriksson)
- [Λέιφ Έρικσον](https://el.wikipedia.org/wiki/%CE%9B%CE%AD%CE%B9%CF%86_%CE%88%CF%81%CE%B9%CE%BA%CF%83%CE%BF%CE%BD)
- [Leifr Eiríksson](https://eo.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leifr_Eir%C3%ADksson)
- [Leif Erikson](https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leif_Erikson)
- [Leifr Eiríksson](https://et.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leifr_Eir%C3%ADksson)
- [Leif Erikson](https://af.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leif_Erikson)
- [Laf Yricesson](https://ang.wikipedia.org/wiki/Laf_Yricesson)

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