List of Famous people born in Iceland

Guðjón Valur Sigurðsson is an Icelandic retired handball player and current coach of VfL Gummersbach.

Emil Hallfreðsson is an Icelandic footballer who plays as a central midfielder or left winger for Italian club Padova and the Iceland national team.

Ari Freyr Skúlason is an Icelandic international footballer who plays for KV Oostende in Belgium. He previously played at senior level in Iceland and Sweden, and was also a youth player in the Netherlands.

Ólafur Arnalds is an Icelandic multi-instrumentalist and producer from Mosfellsbær, Iceland. He mixes strings and piano with loops and beats, a sound ranging from ambient/electronic to atmospheric pop. He is also the former drummer for hardcore / metal bands Fighting Shit, Celestine, and others.

Bjarni Eggerts Guðjónsson is an Icelandic former footballer, who was last manager of KR.

Arnór Ingvi Traustason is an Icelandic professional footballer who plays for Swedish club Malmö FF as a midfielder. He was named as the most promising player of the 2013 Úrvalsdeild after the season by his fellow Úrvalsdeild players.

Baltasar Kormákur Samper is an Icelandic actor, theater and film director, and film producer. He is best known for directing the films 101 Reykjavík, The Sea, A Little Trip to Heaven, a film based on the book Jar City by Arnaldur Indriðason, Contraband, 2 Guns and Everest.

Björn Bergmann Sigurðarson is an Icelandic international footballer who plays as a forward for Norwegian club Molde.

Viktor Arnar Ingólfsson is an Icelandic writer of crime fiction. He has a B.Sc. degree in civil engineering and, in addition to having a successful career as a writer, he continues to work full-time at the Public Roads Administration in Iceland.

Veigar Páll Gunnarsson is a retired Icelandic football striker.