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The Icelandic diaspora refers to both historical and present emigration from Iceland. The countries with the largest number of people of Icelandic descent are Canada, the United States and Norway. ==Famous people of Icelandic descent== * ''David Arnason'', a Canadian author and poet. * ''Linda Bennett'', an English-Icelandic clothing designer and entrepreneur. * ''Helgi Daníelsson'', a football player from Iceland, who currently plays for Swedish club AIK. * ''Henry Einarson'', a politician in Manitoba, Canada. * ''Magnus Eliason'', a founding member of the Co-Operative Commonwealth Federation. * ''Frank Fredrickson'', a Canadian ice hockey centre. * ''Sturla Gunnarsson'', a Canadian film director. * ''Hafliði Hallgrímsson'', an Icelandic composer, currently living in Edinburgh. * ''Gunnar Hansen'', an Icelandic-born actor and author best known for playing Leatherface in The Texas Chain Saw Massacre (1974). * ''Hera Hjartardóttir'', a singer-songwriter from Iceland who now lives in Christchurch, New Zealand. * ''Bill Holm'', was an American poet, essayist, memoirist, and musician. * ''Jón Sveinbjørn Jónsson'', a Norwegian poet, children's writer and translator, born in Iceland. * ''k.d. lang'', a Canadian pop and country singer-songwriter and occasional actress. * ''Guy Maddin'', a Canadian screenwriter, director, cinematographer and film editor of both features and short films. * ''Magnus Magnusson'', a television presenter, journalist, translator and writer. * ''Jón Ólafsson'', was an Icelandic editor, journalist, and poet. * ''Peter Phelps'', an Australian actor, singer and writer. * ''John K. Samson'', a singer-songwriter and the frontman of the Canadian folk punk band The Weakerthans. * ''Peter Steele'', was the lead singer, bassist, and composer for the gothic metal band Type O Negative. * ''Vilhjalmur Stefansson'', a Canadian Arctic explorer and ethnologist. * ''Stephan G. Stephansson'', was a Western Icelander, poet, and farmer. * ''William Stephenson'', a Canadian soldier, airman, businessman, inventor and spymaster. * ''Chester Thordarson'', was an Icelandic-American inventor who eventually held nearly a hundred patents. * ''Emilíana Torrini'', an Icelandic-born singer currently living in London. * ''Bjarni Tryggvason'', an Icelandic-born Canadian engineer and a former NRC/CSA astronaut. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Icelandic diaspora」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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