Famous Icelanders

The most famous Icelander is probably Leifur Eiríksson, who was the first European to find America from the west in the year 1000. Most likely he found the land that is now called Newfoundland. He called America ,,The good Wineland”.
Another famous Icelander is Halldór Laxness who got the Nobel Price in literature in the year 1956.
The most famous living Icelander is without a doubt the singer Björk. She published her first solo album when she was 12. She was a singer in the famous group Sugarcubes but got world famous when she started her solo career. Her music is very special and without a doubt the magnificent nature has a great effect on her music.
Other musicians who are inspired by Icelandic nature is the band Sigur Rós. The best-known Icelandic jazz band is Mezzoforte. Icelandic pop music is quite similar to music in the surrounding Western countries and Icelandic musicians are not inferior to their colleagues in Britain and America.
In classical music Jón Leifs is the most famous of Icelandic composers. His music is inspired of ice and fire and stories from Nordic mythology.