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  1. Leif Erikson, [note 1] also known as Leif the Lucky (c. 970s – c. 1018 to 1025), [1] was a Norse explorer who is thought to have been the first European to set foot on continental America, approximately half a millennium before Christopher Columbus.

  2. Leif Erikson, Norse explorer widely held to have been the first European to reach the shores of North America. The 13th- and 14th-century Icelandic accounts of his life show that he was a member of an early voyage to eastern North America, although he may not have been the first to sight its coast.

  3. Leif Erickson (born William Wycliffe Anderson; October 27, 1911 – January 29, 1986) was an American stage, film, and television actor.

  4. Apr 22, 2010 · Leif Eriksson was a Norse explorer, and the first known European to have set foot on continental North America, on what is now called Greenland. He reached North America nearly four centuries ...

  5. Jul 11, 2024 · Leif Erikson was a Norse explorer born in the 970s in Iceland. Leif was the son of legendary Norse explorer Erik the Red and his wife Thjodhild. Erik was born in Norway, but his father, Thorvald Asvaldsson, was banished from Norway for committing acts of manslaughter, and so he and his family settled in Iceland.

  6. Sep 20, 2018 · Leif Erikson (also spelled Leif Eriksson, Old Norse Leifr Eiríksson), nicknamed Leif 'the Lucky', was a Norse Viking who is best known for arguably being the first European to have set foot on North American soil along with his crew c. 1000 CE.

  7. Leif Erickson was born on 27 October 1911 in Alameda, California, USA. He was an actor, known for The High Chaparral (1967), On the Waterfront (1954) and Show Boat (1951). He was married to Annie Ruth Diamond, Margaret Hayes and Frances Farmer. He died on 29 January 1986 in Pensacola, Florida, USA.

  8. Leif Erickson was born on 27 October 1911 in Alameda, California, USA. He was an actor, known for The High Chaparral (1967), On the Waterfront (1954) and Show Boat (1951). He was married to Annie Ruth Diamond, Margaret Hayes and Frances Farmer. He died on 29 January 1986 in Pensacola, Florida, USA.

  9. Sep 4, 2018 · The Norse explorer Leif Erikson travelled to Newfoundland hundreds of years before Christopher Columbus 'discovered' North America. His legacy lives on today.

  10. Jan 30, 1986 · Leif Erickson, a one-time band vocalist and trombone player who became a prominent film actor and appeared in dozens of movies and television shows during more than 40 years, died...

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