List of Famous people born in Southern Region, Iceland

Heimir Hallgrímsson

Heimir Hallgrímsson is an Icelandic former football player, coach and a dentist, who is currently the head coach of the Qatar Stars League club Al-Arabi.

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Sólveig Anspach

First Name Sólveig
Last Name Anspach
Born on December 8, 1960
Died on August 7, 2015 (aged 54)

Sólveig Anspach was an Icelandic-French film director and screenwriter. Born to a German-Romanian father Gerhard Anspach and an Icelandic mother Högna Sigurðardóttir, she spent most of her life living and working in France. After studying philosophy and clinical psychology in Paris, she enrolled in La Fémis and graduated with a diploma in directing in 1989. Her film Stormy Weather was screened in the Un Certain Regard section at the 2003 Cannes Film Festival. Anspach died of breast cancer on 7 August 2015 at the age of 54.

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Sigurður Ingi Jóhannsson

First Name Sigurður
Born on April 20, 1962 (age 62)

Sigurður Ingi Jóhannsson is an Icelandic politician, who was the Prime Minister of Iceland from April 2016 to January 2017. He is the chairman of the Progressive Party.

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Jón Daði Böðvarsson

First Name Jón
Last Name Böðvarsson
Born on May 25, 1992 (age 32)
Height 190 cm | 6'3

Jón Daði Böðvarsson is an Icelandic professional footballer who plays as a right winger or a striker for Championship club Millwall and the Iceland national team.

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Ásgeir Sigurvinsson

Ásgeir "Sigi" Sigurvinsson is an Icelandic retired football attacking midfielder and coach.

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Viðar Örn Kjartansson

First Name Viðar
Last Name Kjartansson
Born on March 11, 1990 (age 34)
Height 187 cm | 6'2

Viðar Örn Kjartansson is an Icelandic professional footballer who plays as a striker for Norwegian club Vålerenga IF.

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Jón Arnar Magnússon

First Name Jón
Last Name Magnússon
Born on July 28, 1969 (age 55)
Height 183 cm | 6'0

Jón Arnar Magnússon is a former decathlete from Iceland. He has won silver and bronze medals at world indoor championships, all in heptathlon, as decathlon is unsuitable for indoor contests. Jón is the Icelandic record holder at 110 m hurdles, long jump and decathlon and former record holder at 100 m and 200 m.

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Þorsteinn Pálsson

First Name Þorsteinn
Born on October 29, 1947 (age 77)

Þorsteinn Pálsson is a former Prime Minister of Iceland for the Independence Party. He served from 8 July 1987 to 28 September 1988. Þorsteinn led the Independence Party from 1983 to 1991, when he lost an inner partial election to then vice-chairman of the party and mayor of Reykjavík, Davíð Oddsson.

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Svavar Guðnason

First Name Svavar
Born on November 18, 1909
Died on June 25, 1988 (aged 78)

Svavar Guðnason was an Icelandic painter active in the avant-garde movement COBRA.

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Svandís Svavarsdóttir

First Name Svandís
Born on August 24, 1964 (age 60)

Svandís Svavarsdóttir is a member of parliament of the Althing, the Icelandic parliament. She is a member of the Left-Green Movement. She served as Minister for the Environment and Natural Resources in the government of Jóhanna Sigurðardóttir. She was also the leader of the Left-Green Movement's parliamentary group. She is currently serving as the Minister of Health.

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