List of personalities from the city of Kristiansund
The list of personalities in the city of Kristiansund contains people who were born in Kristiansund , Norway , as well as those who lived and worked there from time to time, listed chronologically according to the year of their birth. The list does not claim to be complete.
Born in Kristiansund
Before 1800
- Marcus Nissen Myhlenphort (1759–1821), merchant, fisherman and inspector of Greenland
- Niels Rosing Bull (1760–1841), Greenland official and inspector
- Wilhelm Frimann Koren Christie (1778–1849), lawyer and politician, member of the Imperial Assembly of Eidsvoll in 1814
1800 to 1900
- Magnus Thulstrup Bagge (1825–1894), landscape painter
- Nicolai Hanson (1870–1899), zoologist and polar explorer
- Martin Borthen (1878–1964), sailor
- Arne Halse (1887–1975), javelin thrower
- Arnulf Øverland (1889–1968), writer
- Kaare Fostervoll (1891–1981), politician, 1945–1948 Minister for Churches and Education
1901 to 1950
- Tordis Maurstad (1901–1997), film and stage actress
- Hans Hammond Rossbach (1931–2012), politician
- Alv Jakob Fostervoll (1932–2015), politician, Defense Minister 1971/72 and again 1973–1976
- Asbjørn Jordahl (* 1932), politician and journalist
- Eivin Sannes (1937–2019), jazz pianist
- Jan Hoem (1939–2017), population scientist and professor of statistical demography
- Sigurd Frisvold (* 1947), General
- Sigrun Vågeng (* 1950), head of the authorities and association official
1951 to 1975
- Solveig Fiske (* 1952), Lutheran clergyman
- Frode Alnæs (* 1959), fusion and jazz guitarist
- Anders Giske (* 1959), soccer player
- Gøran Sørloth (* 1962), football player
- Gudrun Annette Høie (* 1970), world champion in wrestling
- Øyvind Leonhardsen (* 1970), football player
- Arild Stavrum (* 1972), soccer player and soccer coach
- Ole Gunnar Solskjær (* 1973), soccer player and soccer coach
- Trond Andersen (* 1975), soccer player and soccer coach
- Håvard Wiik (* 1975), jazz pianist, arranger and composer
Since 1976
- Synnøve Solemdal (* 1989), biathlete
- Ørjan Nyland (* 1990), football goalkeeper
- Vetle Wang Soleim (* 1993), politician
also:
- the members of the rock band 120 Days
Personalities related to Kristiansund
- Johan Ernst Gunnerus , (1718–1773), bishop, botanist, ornithologist, mycologist and zoologist, died in Kristiansund
- Ulrik Olsen , (1885–1963), politician, member of Kristiansund City Council from 1913 to 1951