List of personalities of the city of Drammen
The list of personalities in the city of Drammen contains people who were born in Drammen as well as those who lived there temporarily, each listed chronologically according to the year of birth.
Personalities born in Drammen
Until 1899
- Christian Ludwig Brau (1746–1777), hymn poet
- Christen Elster (1763–1833), politician and civil servant
- Iver Hesselberg (1780–1844), pastor, author and politician
- Christian Blom (1782–1861), composer
- Christen Smith (1785–1816), botanist and explorer
- Martinus Rørbye (1803–1848), Danish painter
- Peter Tidemand Malling (1807–1878), printer, publisher and bookseller
- Johan Fredrik Eckersberg (1822–1870), painter
- Niels Bjørnsen Møller (1827–1887), landscape painter and marine painter from the Düsseldorf School
- Peter Nicolai Arbo (1831-1892), painter
- Bernhard Pauss (1839–1907), theologian, educator and author
- Christian Cappelen (1845–1916), organist and composer
- Cæsar Peter Møller Boeck (1845-1917), dermatologist
- Elling Holst (1849–1915), mathematician
- Hans Jæger (1854–1910), man of letters and anarchist
- Daniel Nyblin (1856–1923), Finnish portrait photographer
- Tom Seeberg (1860-1938), marksman
- Johan Halvorsen (1864–1935), composer and conductor
- Betzy Kjelsberg (1866–1950), women's rights activist and politician
- Barbra Ring (1870–1955), writer and literary critic
- Per Steenberg (1870–1947), organist and composer
- Albert Helgerud (1876–1954), marksman
- Halfdan Egedius (1877–1899), painter and illustrator
- Østen Østensen (1878–1939), marksman
- Herman Wildenvey (1885-1959), poet
- Einar Torgersen (1886–1946), sailor
- Andreas Knudsen (1887–1982), sailor and rower
- Ferdinand Bie (1888–1961), track and field athlete
- Leif Erichsen (1888–1924), sailor
- Lalla Carlsen (1889–1967), actress and singer
- Konrad Knudsen (1890–1959), painter, journalist and politician, member of the Storting
- Sigurd Christiansen (1891-1947), writer
- Erling Wikborg (1894–1992), politician
- Thorleif Auerdahl (1895–1918), poet
- Odd Dahl (1898–1994), physicist, adventurer, aviation pioneer and polar explorer
1900-1949
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- Petter Moen (1901–1944), journalist in the resistance against the German occupation
- Henry Wilhelm Kristiansen (1902–1942), resistance fighter, personality of the Norwegian workers' and resistance movement
- Alf Andersen (1906–1975), ski jumper
- Conrad Baden (1908–1989), composer and organist
- Charles Mathiesen (1911–1994), speed skater
- Lars Korvald (1916–2006), politician and Prime Minister
- Finn Helgesen (1919–2011), speed skater
- Ragnar Christiansen (1922–2019), politician
- Finn Gustavsen (1926–2005), socialist and politician
- Knut Frydenlund (1927–1987), diplomat and politician
- Leif Haraldseth (1929–2019), politician and trade unionist
- Sverre Holm (1931–2005), actor and screenwriter
- Kaare Lien (* 1935), Canadian ski jumper
- Leif Frimann Anisdahl (* 1937), graphic designer and postage stamp artist
- Mona Røkke (1940–2013), politician and lawyer
- Odd Martinsen (* 1942), cross-country skier
- Rakel Surlien (* 1944), politician
- Sten Stensen (* 1947), speed skater
- Arne Bergodd (* 1948), rower
- Rolf Andreassen (* 1949), rower
- Martin Kolberg (* 1949), politician
1950-1974
- Thorbjørn Jagland (born 1950), politician
- Tor Bomann-Larsen (* 1951), writer and draftsman
- Lise Christoffersen (* 1955), politician
- Øyvin Thon (* 1958), orienteer
- Tor Håkon Holte (* 1958), cross-country skier
- Geir Holte (* 1959), cross-country skier
- Øivind Hånes (* 1960), musician, composer, producer and writer
- Per Arne Glorvigen (* 1963), bandoneon player
- Trude Dybendahl (* 1966), cross-country skier
- Jørn Hurum (* 1967), paleontologist
- Johann Olav Koss (* 1968), speed skater
- Stian Hole (* 1969), graphic designer, children's book author and illustrator
- Rune Høydahl (* 1969), mountain biker and triathlete
- Dag Bjørndalen (* 1970), biathlete
- Lars Gunnar Sønsteby (* 1970), basketball player
- Glenn Solberg (* 1972), handball player and coach
- Morten Djupvik (* 1972), show jumper
- Heidi Tjugum (* 1973), handball player and trainer
- Ole Einar Bjørndalen (* 1974), biathlete and Olympic champion
- Frode Hagen (* 1974), handball player
Since 1975
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- Fredrik Bekken (* 1975), rower
- Trond Iversen (* 1976), cross-country skier
- Kim Christiansen (* 1976), snowboarder
- Marianne Andersen (* 1980), orienteer
- Odd Bohlin Borgersen (* 1980), speed skater
- Jon Engen-Helgheim (* 1981), politician
- Jan-Richard Lislerud Hansen (* 1983), handball player
- Omer Bhatti (* 1983), rapper, hip-hop artist and dancer
- Line year (* 1984), ski jumper
- Kim-Roar Hansen (* 1984), ski jumper
- Espen Lie Hansen (* 1989), handball player
- Anita Stenberg (* 1992), track cyclist
- Martin Ovenstad (* 1994), football player
- Torbjørn Bergerud (* 1994), handball player
- Henrik Gulden (* 1995), Norwegian-German soccer player
- Iver Fossum (* 1996), football player
- Ida Lien (* 1997), biathlete
- Martin Ødegaard (* 1998), football player
Persons related to Drammen
- Niels Wulfsberg (1775–1852), pastor, publisher and newspaper editor
- Thorleif Haug (1894–1934), skier
- Johan Støa (1900–1991), cross-country skier