List of Famous people born in Vestland, Norway

Andreas Michael Heiberg was a Norwegian jurist and politician. He served as a representative at the Norwegian Constitutional Assembly.

Geir Hartly Andreassen, FSF is a Norwegian cinematographer based in Stockholm, Sweden. His work includes The Mortal Instruments: City of Bones (2013), Kon Tiki (2012), Max Manus (2008), Lange Flate Ballær I and II, and Darling (2007).

Henrich Herman Mejer Foss was a Norwegian military officer and elected official.

Nils Langhelle was a Norwegian politician for the Labour Party and Minister of Labour 1945–1946, Norway's first Minister of Transport and Communications 1946-1951 and 1951–1952, Minister of Defense 1952–1954, Minister of Trade and Shipping 1954-1955 and President of the Storting from 7 May 1958 to 30 September 1965.

Asbjørn Haugstvedt was a Norwegian politician for the Christian Democratic Party. He was President of the Odelsting 1977–1981 and Minister of Trade and Shipping 1983–1986, as well as minister of Nordic cooperation 1983–1986. Haugstvedt was also a member of the Norwegian Parliament in the period from 1969 to 1985.

Knut Arild Hareide is a Norwegian politician who serves as a member of parliament from Hordaland and as the leader of the Christian Democratic Party from 2011 to 2019. He has served as Minister of Transport and Communications since 2020, and as Minister of the Environment from 2004 to 2005 in the second Bondevik cabinet. In 2007 he announced he would step down from the national political scene for the time being, but he returned when he was nominated as the top candidate for the Christian Democratic Party ticket in Akershus in the 2009 election where he won the county's leveling seat. After Dagfinn Høybråten stepped down as party leader, Hareide was unanimously elected to take his place at the 2011 party convention. In the 2013 election, Hareide was reelected to parliament, this time from his home county of Hordaland.

Knut Schreiner, is a Norwegian singer, musician and producer currently residing in Oslo. Also known by his stage name Euroboy, he has been part of important Norwegian bands like Kåre and The Cavemen known in its last years as Euroboys, with Turbonegro known in Norway as Turboneger, in the musical project Black Diamond Brigade and recently is a member of Mirror Lakes. He has also been in other musical projects and produced other bands, notably Euroboys, Amulet and The Lovethugs.

Arne Skauge is a Norwegian politician for the Conservative Party, who served as parliamentary representative for Hordaland from 1977 to 1993. He was also Minister of Trade and Shipping 1981-1983, state secretary to the Prime Minister 1984–1986, and Minister of Finance in 1986 and 1989–1990.

Azar Karadas is a Norwegian former footballer who last played for Eliteserien club SK Brann. Although he could also play as a central defender, he operated primarily as a centre forward.

Olav Akselsen is Director General of Shipping and Navigation. Akselsen has served six terms in the Norwegian Parliament for the Norwegian Labour Party, and was Minister of Petroleum and Energy in the first cabinet Stoltenberg from 2000 to 2001.