List of Famous people born in Iceland

Hera Björk Þórhallsdóttir is an Icelandic singer/Songwriter & CVT Coach. She is known outside Iceland for representing Iceland in the Eurovision Song Contest 2010 with the song "Je ne sais quoi" and her participation at Viña del Mar International Song Festival 2013, in Chile. She represented Iceland in the International Competition and she won in the Best Song category.

Einar Már Guðmundsson is an Icelandic author of novels, short stories, and poetry. His books have been translated into several languages.

Ari Ólafsson is an Icelandic singer who represented his country in the Eurovision Song Contest 2018 with the song "Our Choice" which ended 19th (last) in Semi Final 1 with 15 points.

Páll Óskar Hjálmtýsson, known internationally as Páll Óskar and Paul Oscar, is an Icelandic pop singer, songwriter and disc jockey. He had a musical childhood, singing at private functions, with choirs and for media advertisements, but was affected by bullying in school and tension between his parents at home. He came out as gay to his family at the age of 16 years.

Gylfi Magnússon is an Icelandic economist, an associate professor at University of Iceland and former chair of the Icelandic Competition Authority (Samkeppniseftirlitið). He was Minister for Economic Affairs in the coalition government of Jóhanna Sigurðardóttir. He served as Minister of Business Affairs from 1 February 2009 until 1 October the same year and then served as Minister of Economic Affairs until 2 September 2010.

Halldóra Geirharðsdóttir is an Icelandic actress and musician. In the 1990s, she was also a saxophonist and vocalist of the group Reptile.

Ólafur Davíð Jóhannesson is an Icelandic football manager and former player who formerly managed the Icelandic national team.

Brynjar Björn Gunnarsson is an Icelandic former footballer who last played for KR as a midfielder. Brynjar had previously played for Nottingham Forest, Stoke City, Watford and Reading in England as well as Vålerenga and Moss in Norway and Örgryte IS in Sweden. Gunnarsson is the current manager of HK in the Premier Division of Icelandic football, after helping them to a promotion in his first season with the team.

Anna Mjöll Ólafsdóttir is an Icelandic jazz singer and songwriter.

Kolbrún Halldórsdóttir is an Icelandic politician with the Left-Green Movement. She was a member of the Althing for Reykjavík constituencies from 1999. She didn't get reelected in 2009. She was Minister for the Environment and Minister for Nordic Cooperation, in 2009. She is President of ECA - European Council of Artists (2011).