Vikings

Vikings are total badasses. They hail from a time and a region when "men" were "men". Which is to say, they all had cool awesome beards, were brawny as all hell, and were known for fighting, cussing, drinking, and just being all around tough guys. They were the bikers of the 8th-11th centuries. Vikings were nomadic seafarers of Norse stock, which means they were they type of people that Thor would likely take a night to party with. They came from Northern Europe and dominated areas around Scandinavia, Norway and the British Isles. Even though they spent a large measure of their lives on the sea, they also maintained home communities in various settlements.

A romanticized picture of Vikings as noble savages began to emerge in the 18th century; this developed and became widely propagated during the 19th-century Viking revival. Perceived views of the Vikings as alternatively violent, piratical heathens or as intrepid adventurers owe much to conflicting varieties of the modern Viking myth that had taken shape by the early 20th century. Current popular representations of the Vikings are typically based on cultural clichés and stereotypes, complicating modern appreciation of the Viking legacy. These representations are not always accurate – for example, there is no evidence that they wore horned helmets.

Yeah... that last part is actually from the Wikipedia article. Pfft. Shows what they know. Of course Vikings wore horned helmets. That's what made them freakin' vikings!