List of people from Bergen

This is a list of famous people from Bergen, Norway.

Artists and actors

 * Johan Christian Dahl (1788–1857), painter.
 * Helge Jordal (1946–) actor
 * Elly Kjølstad (1850–1930), actress
 * Frank Krog (1954–2008), actor
 * Bjarte Hjelmeland (1970–) actor
 * Vegard Ylvisåker (1979–) & Bård Ylvisåker (1982–) comedians, musicians, talk show hosts
 * Daniel Simonsen, comedian, actor

Authors

 * Dorothe Engelbretsdotter (1634–1713) author.
 * Ludvig Holberg (1684–1754), playwright.
 * Johan Sebastian Welhaven (1807–1873) author, poet.
 * Amalie Skram (1846–1905) author
 * Arnulf Øverland (1889–1968) author
 * Carl Søyland (1894–1978) Norwegian American editor-in-chief of Nordisk Tidende
 * Nordahl Grieg (1902–1943) poet, author
 * Torborg Nedreaas (1906–1987) author and winner of the Kritikerprisen
 * Babbis Friis-Baastad (1921-1970) children's writer
 * Gunnar Staalesen (1947–) author
 * Grethe Fatima Syéd (born 1968), literary critic, novelist

Musicians

 * Ole Bull (1810–1880), violinist, composer.
 * Edvard Grieg (1843–1907), composer, pianist.
 * Harald Sæverud (1897–1992), composer
 * Jan Eggum (1951–) singer-songwriter
 * Truls Mørk (1961–) cellist
 * Sissel Kyrkjebø (1969–) singer
 * Magnet (musician) (1970–) musician
 * Roger Tiegs (1972–) musician: Gorgoroth
 * Olve Eikemo (1973–) musician: Immortal
 * Varg Vikernes (1973–) musician: Burzum
 * Tom Cato Visnes (1974–) musician: God Seed/Gorgororth
 * Kristian Espedal (1975–) musician: God Seed/Gorgororth
 * Erlend Øye (1975–) musician
 * Eirik Glambek Bøe (1975–) musician
 * Kurt Nilsen (1978-) musician, singer-songwriter
 * Anne Lilia Berge Strand (1978–) musician
 * Einar Selvik (1979-) musician: Gorgoroth/Wardruna
 * Sondre Lerche (1982–) musician
 * Lars Vaular (1984–) rapper
 * Christine Guldbrandsen (1985–) singer
 * Marthe Wang (1990-) singer-songwriter
 * Kygo (1991–) Kyrre Gørvell-Dahll, DJ, record producer
 * Aurora Aksnes (1996–) singer, songwriter
 * Alan Walker (1997–) producer
 * KREAM (brothers Daniel and Markus Slettebakken) record producers

Scientists

 * Gerhard Armauer Hansen (1841–1912) leprosy researcher
 * Leonhard Hess Stejneger (1851–1943) ornithologist, herpetologist and zoologist
 * Hans Henrik Reusch (1852–1922) a geologist, geomorphologist and educator.
 * Reidar Fauske Sognnaes (1911–1984), Dean of the Harvard University School of Dental Medicine
 * Ivar Giaever (born 1929) Nobel Prize in Physics laureate in 1973

Politicians

 * Trond Torleivsson Benkestok (1490–1558) nobleman
 * Georg Wallace (1804-1890) elected to the Storting in 1850 for Bergen
 * Christian Wilhelm Wisbech (1832–1897) elected to parliament in 1883 and 1889
 * Christian Michelsen (1857–1925) ship owner, Prime Minister of Norway
 * Albert Viljam Hagelin (1881–1946), politician for the Nasjonal Samling
 * Ingvald B. Aase (1882–1948) trade unionist and politician for the Labour and Communist parties
 * Carl Joachim Hambro (1885–1964) politician, President of Parliament
 * Gulbrand Lunde (1901–1942), politician for the Nasjonal Samling
 * Erna Solberg (1961- ) 28th Prime Minister of Norway
 * Marte Mjøs Persen (1975- ), member of the Cabinet of Norway

Sport

 * Roald Jensen (1943–1987) football player
 * Terje Hauge (1965–) football referee
 * Arne Sandstø (1966–) football manager
 * Mia Hundvin (1977–) handballer
 * Erik Huseklepp (1984–) football player
 * Nils Jakob Hoff (1985–) rower
 * Alexander Dale Oen (1985–2012) swimmer
 * Magnus Midtbø (1988–) climber
 * Maren Mjelde (1989–) football player
 * Jakob Glesnes (1994–) football player
 * Renate Blindheim (1994–) football manager
 * Vilde Bøe Risa (1995–) football player
 * Gustav Iden (1996–) triathlete
 * Kristian Blummenfelt (1994-) triathlete

Others

 * Ulrik Vilhelm Koren (1826–1910) Norwegian-American Lutheran church leader
 * Tryggve Gran (1889–1980) aviator
 * Leif Andreas Larsen (1906–1990) naval officer
 * Max Manus (1914–1981) decorated resistance-fighter
 * Terje Rød-Larsen (1947–) diplomat, sociologist
 * Peter Sunde (1978–) entrepreneur, The Pirate Bay
 * El Rubius (1990–) Rubén Gundersen, YouTube personality, the 49th most subscribed on YouTube