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Reykjavik, Iceland
LOCATION
Official Website:
http://www.rvk.is/
Population:
113,387 (2003)
BIRTHS
| Name | Occupation | Birth | Death | Known for |
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| Bjork |
Singer/Songwriter |
21-Nov-1965 |
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Eccentric Icelandic performer |
| Sturla Gunnarsson |
Film Director |
1952 |
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Beowulf & Grendel |
| Gunnar Hansen |
Actor |
4-Mar-1947 |
7-Nov-2015 |
Texas Chain Saw Massacre |
| Halldór Laxness |
Author |
23-Apr-1902 |
8-Feb-1998 |
Iceland's Bell |
| David Oddsson |
Head of State |
17-Jan-1948 |
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Prime Minister of Iceland, 1991-2004 |
DEATHS
| Name | Occupation | Birth | Death | Known for |
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| Halldór Ásgrímsson |
Head of State |
8-Sep-1947 |
18-May-2015 |
Prime Minister of Iceland, 2004-06 |
| Bobby Fischer |
Chess Player |
9-Mar-1943 |
18-Jan-2008 |
Eccentric chess grandmaster |
| Gunnar Gunnarsson |
Novelist |
18-May-1889 |
21-Nov-1975 |
Af Borgslaegtens Historie |
| Halldór Laxness |
Author |
23-Apr-1902 |
8-Feb-1998 |
Iceland's Bell |
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