List of Famous people born in Vestfold og Telemark, Norway

Bent Hamer is a film director, writer and producer, born in Sandefjord, Norway in 1956.

Jørn Lier Horst is a Norwegian author of crime fiction and a former Senior Investigating Officer at Vestfold police district. He made his writing debut in 2004 with Key Witness, based on a true murder story. The detective character in his crime novels is William Wisting, and a television series based on the series was commissioned in 2016. He has also written children books, including a series named Clue and books about Detective agency no. 2.

Ronny Deila is a Norwegian football manager and former player, who is currently the head coach of New York City FC. He spent most of his playing career at Odd before becoming head coach at Strømsgodset, winning the Norwegian Cup in 2010 and the Norwegian League title in 2013. In two seasons managing Celtic, 2014–15 and 2015–16, he won the Scottish Premiership twice and the Scottish League Cup in 2014–15.

Bjørg Eva Jensen is a speed skater from Norway. She had her best year in 1980, when she became junior world allround champion, finished third at the senior allround world championships, and won the 3,000 m event at the 1980 Winter Olympics in Lake Placid.

Carl Stousland was a Norwegian merchant, banker and politician.

Harald Rosenløw Eeg is a Norwegian novelist and script writer. He made his literary début in 1995 with the youth novel Glasskår, for which he was awarded the Tarjei Vesaas' debutantpris. Eeg also wrote the script for a film with the same name from 2002. He wrote the script for Hawaii, Oslo, directed by Erik Poppe and released in 2004, and for the film Uro from 2006, directed by Stefan Faldbakken. The 2008 film Troubled Water, directed by Poppe, was based on a script by Eeg. The film won the audience prize for best narrative feature film at the 16th Hamptons International Film Festival in 2008.

Ådne Søndrål is a former Norwegian speed skater.

Karin Fossum is a Norwegian author of crime fiction, often referred to as the "Norwegian queen of crime".

Thea Rabe is a Norwegian figure skater. Competing in ice dancing with Timothy Koleto, she won the bronze medal at the 2015 Volvo Open Cup. As a single skater, she is a two-time Norwegian national junior champion.

Olaf Karl Tufte is a Norwegian rower, firefighter and farmer. From his sporting endeavors he currently holds four Olympic medals and six world championship medals.