List of Icelanders

• Björgólfur Thor Björgólfsson, billionaire entrepreneur • Björgólfur Guðmundsson, former billionaire entrepreneur, father of Thor Björgólfsson (above) • Eggert Magnússon, businessman and former chairman of the English Premiership football club West Ham United • Hreiðar Már Sigurðsson, businessman • Jón Ásgeir Jóhannesson, billionaire and founder of the Bónus supermarket and the Baugur Group • Magnús Þorsteinsson, businessman • Arnor Sighvatsson, economist ==Arts and culture==

Architects • Guðjón Samúelsson • Guðmundur Jónsson • Halldóra Briem • Högna Sigurðardóttir Authors • Arnaldur Indriðason, writer • Davíð Stefánsson, poet • Einar Benediktsson, writer, poet • Einar Kárason, writer • Einar Hjörleifsson Kvaran, editor, novelist, poet, dramatist • Einar Már Guðmundsson, writer • Guðmundur G. Hagalín, writer, poet • Halldór Kiljan Laxness, writer, poet, Nobel Prize winner • Hallgrímur Helgason, writer • Jón Kalman Stefánsson, writer, poet • Jón Thoroddsen, author • Jónas Hallgrímsson, writer, poet • Halldóra Bjarnadóttir, educator, author • Jóhannes úr Kötlum, writer, poet • Kristín Marja Baldursdóttir, writer • Magnus Magnusson, television presenter, writer • Nína Björk Árnadóttir, poet, novelist, playwright • Ólafur Jóhann Ólafsson, writer • Sjón, poet, writer, lyricist • Snorri Hjartarson, poet • Snorri Sturluson, historian, poet • Steinunn Sigurðardóttir, writer, poet • Stephan G. Stephansson, Western Icelander, poet • Tómas Guðmundsson, poet • Vigdís Grímsdóttir, writer • Viktor Arnar Ingólfsson, writer • Yrsa Sigurðardóttir, writer • Þórarinn Eldjárn, writer, poet • Þórbergur Þórðarson, writer, poet Film, radio, and TV • Anita Briem, actress • Ágústa Eva Erlendsdóttir, best known as Silvía Nótt (Silvia Night), actress, singer, model, TV personality. • Baltasar Kormákur, film actor and film director • Egill (Eagle) Örn Egilsson, cinematographer, Director, TV Production • Friðrik Þór Friðriksson, film director • Gunnar Hansen, film actor • Hilmir Snær Guðnason, film actor • Hrafn Gunnlaugsson, film director • Karl Júlíusson, film production designer/costume designer • Magnus Magnusson, television presenter, writer • Magnús Scheving, writer, actor, athlete, creator of LazyTown • Margrét Vilhjálmsdóttir, actress • Marinó Sigurðsson, actor • Markús Örn Antonsson, former mayor of Reykjavík and former director of RÚV • Páll Magnússon, former director of RÚV, a member of the Icelandic parliament • Ragnar Bragason, director • Rósa Ingólfsdóttir, actress • Stefán Karl Stefánsson, actor • Tinna Gunnlaugsdóttir, actress and former Artistic Director of the National Theatre of Iceland • Þröstur Leó Gunnarsson, actor • Örvar Þóreyjarson Smárason, poet, writer, musician Music • Anna Mjöll, singer-songwriter • Arndís Halla (born 1969), opera singer, songwriter and entertainer • Ágústa Eva Erlendsdóttir, more commonly known as Silvía Nótt, singer, actress, and TV personality • Ásgeir Trausti, singer-songwriter • Bára Gísladóttir (born 1989), musician and composer • Björgvin Halldórsson, singer • Björk Guðmundsdóttir, singer-songwriter more commonly known as Björk • Bragi Ólafsson, musician • Daði Freyr, musician • Diddú (Sigrún Hjálmtýsdóttir), soprano and songwriter • Emilíana Torrini, singer-songwriter • Einar Örn Benediktsson, musician • Eiríkur Hauksson, musician • Eythor Arnalds, musician • Gabríel Ólafs, composer • Garðar Thór Cortes, tenor • Greta Salóme Stefánsdóttir, singer, violinist • Gísli Magnússon, pianist • Gunnsteinn Ólafsson, musician, composer • Hafdís Bjarnadóttir (born 1977), composer and musician • Hafdís Huld, singer • Halldor Mar, songwriter and guitarist • Haukur Tómasson, composer • Hildur Guðnadóttir, musician and composer, first solo woman to win a Golden Globe Award for Best Original Score • Hallgrímur Helgason, composer, conductor, violinist, and musicologist • Hilmar Örn Hilmarsson, musician, art director, and chief goði of the Icelandic Ásatrú Association • Jóhann Jóhannsson, composer, musician, producer • Jón Jósep Snæbjörnsson, (Jónsi) singer • Jón Leifs, composer • Jón Þór Birgisson, singer, guitarist • Jóhanna Guðrún Jónsdóttir, pop singer (Yohanna) • Kjartan Ólafsson (born 1958), composer, professor • Laufey Lín Jónsdóttir, musician • Mugison, composer, musician • Nanna Bryndís Hilmarsdóttir, musician • Ólafur Arnalds, composer, musician • Páll Óskar Hjálmtýsson (Paul Oscar), pop singer, songwriter and disc jockey • Ragnheiður Gröndal, musician • Sigurður Bragason, baritone singer and composer • Örvar Þóreyjarson Smárason, poet, writer and musician Musical bands and groups • Agent Fresco • Amiina • Ampop • Árstíðir • Bang Gang • Changer • Cynic Guru • Dikta • FM Belfast • GusGus • Kaleo • HAM • Hatari • Mammút • Mezzoforte • Mínus • Mugison • múm • Nylon • Of Monsters and Men • Quarashi • Samaris • Seabear • Sigur Rós • Singapore Sling • Skálmöld • Ske • Sólstafir • The Sugarcubes • Trúbrot • Voces Thules • VÆB Painters and visual artists • Kristleifur Björnsson • Einar Hákonarson • Erró • Jóhannes Sveinsson Kjarval Photographers • Ragnar Axelsson • Ragnar Th. Sigurdsson Sculptors • Ásmundur Sveinsson • Bertel Thorvaldsen • Einar Jónsson • Gunnfríður Jónsdóttir • Nína Sæmundsson • Olafur Eliasson • Ríkarður Jónsson • Steinunn Thorarinsdottir ===Miss World=== • Hólmfríður "Hófí" Karlsdóttir, Miss World 1985 • Linda Pétursdóttir, Miss World 1988 • Unnur Birna Vilhjálmsdóttir, Miss World 2005 ==Historical figures of Iceland==

• Ari Þorgilsson, priest and author of Íslendingabók, a historical work • Björn Sveinsson Björnsson, first born son of Sveinn Björnsson, and an Waffen-SS volunteer • Egill Skallagrímsson, Viking skald • Eiríkur rauði, (e. Eirík the Red, Old Norse. Eirīkr hinn rauði) named Greenland • Freydís Eiríksdóttir • Guðmundur Arason • Guðríður Þorbjarnardóttir, explorer • Ingólfur Arnarson • Ísleifur Gissurarson • Kolbeinn Tumason • Leifur Eiríksson (e. Leif Ericson, Old Norse Leifr Eiríksson), discovered America in the year 1000 and named it Vínland (Land of Wine) • Loftur Sæmundsson, priest and chieftain at Oddi • Solveig Guðmundsdóttir, heir and landlord • Snorri Sturluson • Þorfinnur "Karlsefni" Þórðarson • Þorleifur Skaftason, priest and Galdrmaster • Þorvaldur Eríksson • Vilhjálmur Stefánsson, Western Icelander, Arctic explorer • Þóra Magnúsdóttir, born 1100 in Norway, daughter of Magnus III of Norway, a direct descendant of Harald Fairhair the first Norwegian King. Þóra Magnúsdóttir married an Icelander and moved to Iceland. ==Politics==

• Albert Guðmundsson, former minister • Árni Sigfússon, politician • Ásgeir Ásgeirsson, former president • Bergdis Ellertsdóttir, ambassador • Birgitta Jónsdóttir, member of parliament • Björn Bjarnason, minister of justice and ecclesiastical affairs • Davíð Oddsson, former prime minister and former mayor of Reykjavík • Geir H. Haarde, former prime minister, former foreign minister • Guðni Thorlacius Jóhannesson, former president • Halla Tómasdóttir, current president • Halldór Ásgrímsson, former prime minister • Halldór Blöndal, former minister • Hannes Hafstein, first prime minister • Hannibal Valdimarsson, chairman of two parties and one electoral alliance • Hulda Jakobsdóttir (1911–1998), Iceland's first woman mayor • Jóhanna Sigurðardóttir, former prime minister, also the world's first openly gay head of government • Jón Baldvin Hannibalsson, former foreign minister, ambassador • Jón Loftsson, chieftain and politician • Jón Sigurðsson, independence leader • Katrín Jakobsdóttir, former Prime minister • Katrín Magnússon (1858–1932), early Reykjavik municipal councillor and women's rights activist • Kristján Eldjárn, former president • Markús Örn Antonsson, former mayor of Reykjavík and former director of RÚV • Ólafur Ragnar Grímsson, former president • Sigmundur Davíð Gunnlaugsson, former prime minister • Steingrímur Hermannsson, former prime minister • Sveinn Björnsson, first president • Vigdís Finnbogadóttir, former president, first elected female head of state • Þorsteinn Pálsson, former prime minister ==Scholarship and academia==

• Agnar Helgason, anthropologist • Ari Brynjolfsson, physicist • Ari Þorgilsson, documentarian, chronicler • Ari Trausti Guðmundsson, geologist, explorer, documentarian • Árni Magnússon, documentarian • Ásgeir Helgason, psychologist, public health scientist • Auður Eir Vilhjálmsdóttir, first female priest • Eiríkur Magnússon, librarian and lecturer at Cambridge University, co-translator with William Morris • Gisli Gudjonsson, professor of forensic psychology • Gísli Pálsson, anthropologist • Guðbrandur Vigfússon, lexicographer, editor, and lecturer at Oxford University • Guðmundur Eiríksson, judge and law professor • Hannes Hólmsteinn Gissurarson, political scientist • Helgi Valdimarsson, immunologist • Jón Steinsson, economist at University of California, Berkeley • Hjörtur Þórðarson, inventor • Kári Stefánsson, founder of deCODE genetics • Leifur Magnusson, Icelandic-American economist, U.S. Representative to the International Labour Organization • Magnús Eiríksson, theologian • Marga Ingeborg Thome, nursing professor • Margrét Hermanns-Auðardóttir, archaeologist • Niels Finsen, physician, Nobel Prize winner (Icelandic parents) • Ólafía Einarsdóttir, archaeologist • Páll Skúlason, philosopher, former Rector of the University of Iceland • Reynir Böðvarsson, seismologist • Sigurdur Helgason, mathematician • Sigurður Nordal, philosopher • Sigurður Þórarinsson, geologist, volcanologist, professor • Snorri Sturluson, documentarian, writer • Stefán Einarsson, linguist and literary historian • Vilhjálmur Árnason, philosopher • Þór Whitehead, historian • Þorsteinn Gylfason, philosopher ==Sports and games==

Football (Soccer) • Rúrik Gíslason, professional footballer, currently at SV Sandhausen • Albert Guðmundsson, first Icelandic professional footballer, played for Valur, Rangers, A.C. Milan, Arsenal and FC Nancy. • Arnór Guðjohnsen, former professional footballer, father of Eiður Guðjohnsen • Aron Gunnarsson, professional footballer, currently at Cardiff City FC • Ásgeir Sigurvinsson, former professional footballer • Birkir Bjarnason, professional footballer, currently at Aston Villa F.C. • Eggert Jónsson, professional footballer, currently at Wolverhampton Wanderers • Eiður Smári Guðjohnsen, professional footballer, top scorer for Icelandic national team • Emil Hallfreðsson, professional footballer, currently at Udinese Calcio • Eyjólfur Héðinsson, professional footballer, currently at SønderjyskE • Guðni Bergsson, former professional footballer, played for teams such as Tottenham Hotspur F.C. and Bolton Wanderers • Gylfi Sigurðsson, professional footballer, currently at Everton F.C. • Heiðar Helguson, professional footballer, currently at Cardiff City FC • Heimir Hallgrímsson, manager of the Iceland national football team, also a football player and dentist • Hermann Hreiðarsson, professional footballer, currently at ÍBV • Ívar Ingimarsson, former professional footballer • Jóhannes Karl Guðjónsson, professional footballer, currently at Knattspyrnufélag ÍA • Teitur Thordarson, former professional footballer • Stefán Teitur Þórðarson, professional footballer, currently at Preston North End F.C. Chess • Bobby Fischer, former world chess champion, granted Icelandic citizenship on 21 March 2005 • Friðrik Ólafsson, chess grandmaster Handball • Arnór Atlason, handball player who plays for FCK Håndbold in Denmark. • Aron Pálmarsson, handball player who plays for FC Barcelona Handbol • Guðjón Valur Sigurðsson, handball player who plays for Paris Saint-Germain Handball in Germany. • Ólafur Stefánsson, handball player, Rhein-Neckar Löwen. Formerly of Wuppertal, Magdeburg and Ciudad Real. • Snorri Steinn Guðjónsson, handball player who plays for Rhein-Neckar Löwen in Germany. Strongmen • Benedikt Magnússon, Raw Deadlift world record holder • Hafþór Júlíus Björnsson, 2018 World's Strongest Man 3 x Arnold Strongman Classic Champion and Deadlift world record holder • Jón Páll Sigmarsson, 4 x World's Strongest Man • Magnús Magnússon • Magnús Ver Magnússon, 4 x World's Strongest Man • Stefán Sölvi Pétursson, World's Strongest Man Finalist Others • Anníe Þórisdóttir, back-to-back CrossFit Games winner (2011, 2012) • Einar Ragnarsson Kvaran, engineer, teacher, genealogist and writer • Fiann Paul, fastest ocean rower, most record breaking explorer, most Guinness World Records decorated athlete • Guðrún Erlendsdóttir (1936–2013), first woman to become a judge of the Supreme Court of Iceland • Gunnar Nelson, MMA fighter • Halldór Helgason, snowboarder • Katrín Davíðsdóttir, back-to-back CrossFit Games winner (2015, 2016) • Kristján Einar Kristjánsson, racing driver, currently racing in British formula 3 • Sara Sigmundsdóttir, CrossFit Games athlete • Sigurlína Ingvarsdóttir (born 1978), video games producer • Þórunn Jónassen (1850–1922), first chair of Thorvaldsensfélagið and early Reykjavik city councillor • Vala Flosadóttir, pole vaulter • Vilhelmína Lever (1802–1879), shopkeeper who voted in municipal elections in 1863 and 1866 before women such as her were officially given voting rights ==References==