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Eric the Red. He was exiled from Norway (in 982) for murders, so he moved to Iceland. After some while the Icelanders banished him from their land, so he fled only to discover Greenland. Which should be named Iceland. Because it's got ice. Iceland has green. He named it Greenland, to make moar people come there. He was violent. He also had red hair. Hence the name.
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