Famous people born in Iceland
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Kristleifur Bj rnsson
Kristleifur Bjrnsson is an Icelandic visual artist born in Reykjavk, Iceland in 1973. He graduated from HGB Academy of Visual Arts in Leipzig, Germany in 2003.....
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Oddur P tursson
Oddur Ptursson is a retired Icelandic cross country skier. He competed at the 1952 and 1956 Winter Olympics in 1530 km events and placed 4861.....
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Helgi H seasson
Helgi Hseasson was an Icelandic carpenter, atheist and socialist. In 1962, he started a campaign to get his baptismal covenant annulled. At first he sought recourse from bishop Sigurbjrn Einarsson who told him that the baptismal covenant was permanent and could not be annulled. Helgi then contacted several other clergymen without getting results to his liking. He then sought legal recourse, pursuing the case through the Icelandic court system and finally appealing to the European Court of Human....
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Magnus Magnusson
Magnus Magnusson, KBE was an Icelandic journalist, translator, writer and television presenter. Born in Reykjavk, he lived in Scotland for almost all of his life, although he never took British citizenship. He came to prominence as a BBC television journalist, and was best known as the presenter of the BBC television quiz programme Mastermind, which he hosted for 25160years.....
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Eagle Egilsson
Egill rn Egilsson ASC , known as Eagle Egilsson , is an Icelandic television director and cinematographer.....
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Hannes P tursson
Hannes Ptursson is an Icelandic poet and writer who has authored a number of books of poetry and other works and received many awards. He is amongst the most widely translated of living Icelandic poets. He is a recipient of the German Henrik Steffens Prize in 1975 and the Icelandic Literary Prize for his poetry collection Eldhylur in 1993.....
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Einar Kristgeirsson
Einar Kristgeirsson is an alpine skier from Iceland. He competed for Iceland at the 2014 Winter Olympics in the slalom and giant slalom.....
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Einar Thor
Einar Thor, also known as Einar r Gunnlaugsson, is an Icelandic film director and writer primarily based in London since 1990. He has written and directed various films and videos, made dozens of radio programmes for Icelandic national radio and written articles on art, politics and culture. His filmmaking style has been described by critics as laid back, amusing and minimalistic.....
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Heida Reed
Heida Reed , is an Icelandic actress and model. She is known for playing parts in One Day, Jo , Silent Witness and the BBC drama Poldark.....
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Helgi Sveinsson
Helgi Sveinsson is a Paralympian athlete from Iceland competing in throwing, sprint and jumping events. He is a F42T42 category athlete. At the 2013 IPC Athletics World Championships he threw a competition record to take the gold medal.....
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Ger ur Helgad ttir
Gerur Helgadttir was an Icelandic sculptor and stained glass artist.....
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Hera Hilmar
Hera Hilmar is an Icelandic actress. She is most famous for her role as Vanessa in the television series Da Vincis Demons and as Eik in the Icelandic film Life in a Fishbowl. She was nominated for an Edda in 2007 for her role in The Quiet Storm. She is a graduate of the London Academy of Music and Art. She is the daughter of actress rey Sigrsdttir and film director Hilmar Oddsson.....
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Hermann P lsson
Hermann Plsson was an Icelandic language scholar and translator, one of the most distinguished scholars of Icelandic studies of his generation. Often working in collaboration with others such as Magnus Magnusson or Paul Edwards, he translated around 40 works of medieval Icelandic literature.....
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Erla sgeirsd ttir
Erla sgeirsdttir is an alpine skier from Iceland. She competed for Iceland at the 2014 Winter Olympics in slalom and giant slalom at the alpine skiing events.....
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