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Rank | Topic | Wikipedia views Oct 21 2010 |
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1 | James Franco, film actor | 21137 |
2 | Scarlett Johansson, actress and musician | 20613 |
3 | Mark Wahlberg, Academy Award-nominated film actor | 18594 |
4 | Julia Roberts, actress | 17998 |
5 | Jake Gyllenhaal, film actor | 12297 |
6 | Mary-Louise Parker, film actress, star in Weeds (TV series). | 9750 |
7 | Kirsten Dunst, film actress | 7847 |
8 | Val Kilmer, Actor | 7723 |
9 | Brandon Lee , actor and son of Bruce Lee (His mother, Linda Lee Cadwell, is part of Swedish descent). | 7640 |
10 | Michelle Pfeiffer, actress, maternal grandmother was Swedish. | 7148 |
11 | Amy Lee, lead singer of Evanescence | 6821 |
12 | Uma Thurman, Academy Award-nominated film actress and former fashion model | 6671 |
13 | Mark Hamill, film actor | 6356 |
14 | Greta Garbo (Swedish-born), film actress | 5577 |
15 | Maggie Gyllenhaal, film actress | 5569 |
16 | Josh Hartnett, Actor | 5188 |
17 | Robert Englund, film, television and voice actor | 5029 |
18 | Larry Hagman, Actor | 5016 |
19 | Donnie Wahlberg, film actor and producer | 4934 |
20 | Kris Kristofferson, influential country music songwriter, singer and actor | 4866 |
21 | Jesse Williams, film actor (Greys Anatomy) | 4675 |
22 | Charles Lindbergh, pioneering aviator famous for piloting the first solo non-stop flight across the Atlantic Ocean in 1927 | 4658 |
23 | Ingrid Bergman | 4599 |
24 | Jon Heder, Actor | 4357 |
25 | Ray Bradbury, science fiction and fantasy | 4300 |
26 | Buzz Aldrin, pilot and astronaut who was the Lunar Module Pilot on Apollo 11, the first lunar landing | 4172 |
27 | Melanie Griffith, film actress | 4133 |
28 | Harry Nilsson, singer-songwriter | 3543 |
29 | Grace Slick, singer-songwriter | 3268 |
30 | Maiara Walsh, actress | 3258 |
31 | Ann-Margret (Swedish-born), actress and singer | 3208 |
32 | Ricky Nelson, singer | 3137 |
33 | Linda Lee Cadwell, teacher and the widow of Bruce Lee | 2978 |
34 | Todd Rundgren, singer-songwriter | 2604 |
35 | Shannon Lee , actrees and daughter of Bruce Lee | 2573 |
36 | Richard Dean Anderson, actor, grandfather from Sweden. | 2453 |
37 | Erik Per Sullivan (1991 - ) Malcolm in the Middle actor | 2422 |
38 | Louie Anderson, stand-up comedian, actor, and former Family Feud game show host | 2400 |
39 | Garrett Hedlund, film actor | 2379 |
40 | Candice Bergen, actress and fashion model. | 2253 |
41 | Susan Lucci (Swedish-born mother; Liza Huber), soap opera actress | 2161 |
42 | William Rehnquist, lawyer, jurist and a political figure, who served as an Associate Justice on the Supreme Court of the United States and later as the Chief Justice of the United States | 2115 |
43 | Kristy Swanson, film/television actress | 2104 |
44 | Claes Oldenburg (Swedish-born), sculptor, best known for his public art | 1865 |
45 | Tippi Hedren, film actress | 1794 |
46 | Nadia Bjorlin, soap opera actress | 1762 |
47 | Joe Hill (Swedish born), songwriter, labor activist and member of the Industrial Workers of the World | 1743 |
48 | Earl Warren, California district attorney of Alameda County, the 30th Governor of California, and the 14th Chief Justice of the United States (from 1953 to 1969) [link]</ref> Was of Swedish and Norwegian decent | 1684 |
49 | Peggy Lee (Swedish/Norwegian grandparents), jazz singer and songwriter | 1681 |
50 | Edie Falco, television, film and stage actress | 1570 |
51 | Gloria Swanson, silent film actress | 1548 |
52 | Van Johnson , film and television actor | 1528 |
53 | Andy Richter, Comedic actor, writer, and late night talk show sidekick | 1499 |
54 | Carl Sandburg, poet, historian, novelist, balladeer and folklorist | 1467 |
55 | Freddy Moore, singer-songwriter | 1455 |
56 | Phil Mickelson, American professional golfer | 1382 |
57 | Eric Lindros, hockey player | 1381 |
58 | Joakim Noah, basketball player | 1332 |
59 | Dorothy Hamill, figure skater | 1246 |
60 | Walter Johnson, pitcher and three time triple crown winner for the Washington Nationals/Senators from 1907-1927 | 1242 |
61 | Susan Hayward, film actress. | 1216 |
62 | Tipper Gore, wife of Vice President Al Gore | 1049 |
63 | George Bush, Former president of the US | 1038 |
64 | Nils Lofgren, singer-songwriter, and multi-instrumentalist, member of Bruce Springsteen's E Street Band | 1033 |
65 | Greg Louganis, diver | 953 |
66 | Kari Wahlgren, Voiceover Actress | 899 |
67 | Glenn T. Seaborg, scientist who won the 1951 Nobel Prize in Chemistry | 862 |
68 | Edgar Bergen, actor and radio performer | 845 |
69 | Jennifer Granholm, Governor of the state of Michigan. | 823 |
70 | Mamie Van Doren, stage, film and television actress | 768 |
71 | Maud Adams (Swedish-born), Bond girl. | 736 |
72 | Kayla Kleevage, stripper and pornographic actress | 733 |
73 | George Akerlof, Economist | 673 |
74 | Kelly Johnson, widely considered one of the most talented and prolific aircraft design-engineers | 625 |
75 | Inger Stevens (Swedish-born), film and television actress | 556 |
76 | Mike Holmgren, head coach of the Seattle Seahawks | 548 |
77 | Mamie Eisenhower, wife of Dwight D. Eisenhower and First Lady of the United States from 1953 to 1961 [link]</ref> | 540 |
78 | Robert Wahlberg, film actor | 538 |
79 | Theresa Andersson, Singer-songwriter | 516 |
80 | MC Lars, rapper | 467 |
81 | Victor Davis Hanson, military historian, columnist, political essayist and former classics professorsusan | 452 |
82 | John Ericsson (Swedish born), inventor and mechanical engineer | 413 |
83 | Johnny Isakson (2nd generation) - Republican Senator from Georgia since 2005. | 393 |
84 | Dan Lungren, Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from California | 390 |
85 | Grover Norquist, conservative activist, president of Americans for Tax Reform | 385 |
86 | Jim Lindberg, singer-songwriter for the American punk rock band Pennywise | 379 |
87 | Eli Lilly, philanthropist and founder of Eli Lilly and Company | 378 |
88 | Quincy Jones III (Swedish-born mother), composer, music producer, film producer and author | 356 |
89 | John B. Anderson, U.S. Representative from Illinois and an Independent candidate in the 1980 presidential election | 356 |
90 | Tor Johnson, actor and wrestler | 356 |
91 | Bob Burnquist, skateboarder | 355 |
92 | Barry Newman, actor with Swedish-born mother | 351 |
93 | Arleigh Burke, U.S. Navy Admiral | 340 |
94 | Gunilla Hutton, film actress | 323 |
95 | Jack Anderson, journalist | 317 |
96 | Dick Enberg, sportscaster | 314 |
97 | Hughie Thomasson, singer and guitarist | 312 |
98 | Nelson Algren, writer | 290 |
99 | Chester Carlson, physicist, inventor, and patent attorney | 277 |
100 | Leroy Anderson (Swedish immigrant parents), composer | 276 |
101 | Ben Jorgensen, writer and singer for Armor For Sleep | 274 |
102 | Harry Nyquist (Swedish born), engineer, important contributor to information theory | 255 |
103 | Liza Huber, soap opera, television and stage actress | 254 |
104 | Zoe Lofgren, Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from California | 254 |
105 | Viveca Lindfors, stage and film actress | 251 |
106 | Marcus Borg, religious author | 242 |
107 | Warner Oland, film actor perhaps best known for playing Charlie Chan.Listed as one of several Swedish-Americans at [link]; Swedish- | 231 |
108 | Carl David Anderson, physicist who won 1936 Nobel Prize in Physics | 218 |
109 | Hope Larson, illustrator and cartoonist | 206 |
110 | Howard Hanson, composer, conductor, educator and music theorist | 194 |
111 | Cal Tjader (Swedish parents), jazz musician | 193 |
112 | Ulf Samuelsson (Swedish-born), ice hockey player | 190 |
113 | Bob Nystrom, icehockey player | 179 |
114 | Max Tegmark, Cosmologist and Associate Professor of Physics at MIT. | 154 |
115 | Henry Vestine, guitarist, son of Ernest Harry Vestine | 152 |
116 | Arne Carlson, 37th Governor of Minnesota. | 148 |
117 | Lillian Asplund, Titanic survivor | 148 |
118 | Gene Amdahl, computer architect and entrepreneur | 146 |
119 | Nancy Olson, Film and television actress | 145 |
120 | Caroline Lagerfelt, stage, film, and television actress | 139 |
121 | Gideon Sundback (Swedish-born), inventor, commercialized the zipper, son-in-law of colleague Peter Aronson | 125 |
122 | Charles August Risberg, baseball player | 115 |
123 | Jonas Bronck (Swedish-born), Settler after whom the New York City borough of the Bronx was named | 114 |
124 | Charles August Lindbergh, Congressman for 6th District of Minnesota from 1907 to 1917 | 114 |
125 | Herbert Blomstedt, orchestral conductor | 103 |
126 | Gerald Vizenor, novelist and literary critic. | 101 |
127 | Haddon Sundblom, creator of Santa Claus images for the Coca-Cola Company | 96 |
128 | John W. Nordstrom (Swedish-born), co-founder of the Nordstrom department store chain | 95 |
129 | Stephen Mailer, actor, mother is of Swedish descent. | 93 |
130 | Charles Momsen, United States Navy Vice Admiral | 91 |
131 | Nancy Faust, stadium organist for the Chicago White Sox franchise in Major League Baseball | 91 |
132 | Orville Freeman, 29th Governor of Minnesota, 16th United States Secretary of Agriculture, 47th Governor of Michigan | 91 |
133 | Anna Q. Nilsson (Swedish-born), silent film actress | 88 |
134 | David R. Lindberg, malacologist, professor of integrative biology at the University of California, Berkeley | 87 |
135 | Culbert Olson, 29th Governor of California | 86 |
136 | Wendell Anderson, 33rd Governor of Minnesota, from January 4, 1971 to December 29, 1976 | 86 |
137 | Don Sundquist, 47th Governor of Tennessee | 80 |
138 | Per Enflo, University Professor of Mathematics at Kent State University | 80 |
139 | Ernst Alexanderson (Swedish born), electrical engineer | 73 |
140 | Catherine Christer Hennix, composer | 70 |
141 | John A. Dahlgren, U.S. Navy Rear Admiral | 68 |
142 | Gustaf Tenggren (Swedish-born), illustrator | 64 |
143 | Walter Elmer Ekblaw, geologist and botanist and college professor. | 64 |
144 | Charles Stenholm, Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Texas | 63 |
145 | Signe Hasso, film actress | 57 |
146 | Curt Carlson, founder of the Carlson Companies | 54 |
147 | Gary Cederstrom, umpire in Major League Baseball | 52 |
148 | C. Elmer Anderson, 28th Governor of Minnesota | 52 |
149 | Freddie Lindstrom, baseball player | 51 |
150 | Veda Ann Borg, American film actress | 50 |
151 | Bobo Olson (Swedish father), boxer | 48 |
152 | Peter Gunnarsson Rambo (Swedish-born), Resident of New Sweden | 46 |
153 | Cristina Stenbeck (Swedish father, American mother), businesswoman | 45 |
154 | Bror Julius Olsson Nordfeldt (Swedish-born), Artist | 45 |
155 | Nils F. Testor (Swedish-born), founder of Testor Corporation | 44 |
156 | Elmer L. Andersen, 30th Governor of Minnesota | 44 |
157 | Floyd B. Olson, 22nd Governor of Minnesota | 44 |
158 | Astrid Varnay (Swedish-born), opera singer | 44 |
159 | Linda Carlson, actress | 44 |
160 | Ernest O. Estwing (Swedish-born), founder of Estwing Manufacturing Company | 42 |
161 | Claes Gösta Ryn, academic and educator | 41 |
162 | Monrad Wallgren, 13th Governor of Washington, Member of the U.S. House of Representatives and the U.S. Senator from Washington | 40 |
163 | Carl Aaron Swensson, Lutheran minister and President of Bethany College | 36 |
164 | Luther Youngdahl, 27th Governor of Minnesota | 35 |
165 | Burr Tillstrom, puppeteer and the creator of Kukla, Fran and Ollie | 35 |
166 | Ernest Lundeen, U.S. Senator from Minnesota | 34 |
167 | Neil Levang, musician | 34 |
168 | John Lind (Swedish-born), 14th Governor of Minnesota | 33 |
169 | Paul Granlund, sculptor | 33 |
170 | Pug Lund, football player. | 33 |
171 | Carl Wickman, founder of Greyhound Lines, Inc. | 33 |
172 | U. Alexis Johnson, United States diplomat | 32 |
173 | Ted Sundquist, bobsledder and football manager | 31 |
174 | Robert Bergland, U.S. Representative from Minnesota, 20th United States Secretary of Agriculture | 31 |
175 | Walter Hoving (Swedish-born), head of Tiffany & Company | 30 |
176 | Ivor Thord-Gray (Swedish-born), mercenary soldier | 30 |
177 | Paul Carlson, medical missionary of the Evangelical Covenant Church | 29 |
178 | Ewa Mataya Laurance, professional pool player | 29 |
179 | John B. Johnson (Swedish-born), electrical engineer and physicist | 27 |
180 | Eric Norelius (Swedish-born), Lutheran minister and one of the founders and President of the Augustana Synod | 26 |
181 | Eric Linden, film actor | 26 |
182 | John Albert Johnson, 16th Governor of Minnesota | 25 |
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