List of Famous people born in Vestland, Norway
Tor Endresen
Tor Lars Oskar Endresen is a Norwegian singer and composer.
Christian Lassen
Christian Lassen was a Norwegian-born, German orientalist and Indologist. He was a professor of Old Indian language and literature at the University of Bonn.
Stian Remme
Stian Remme is a Norwegian former professional racing cyclist.
Heidi Grande Røys
Heidi Grande Røys is a Norwegian politician for the Socialist Left Party. She became Minister of Modernisation in 2005, renamed to Minister of Government Administration and Reform since 2006 in the second cabinet Stoltenberg. She was replaced by Rigmor Aasrud in 2009.
Morten Tyldum
Morten Tyldum is a Norwegian film director. He is best known in his native Norway for directing the thriller film Headhunters (2011), based on the novel by Jo Nesbø, and internationally for directing the historical drama The Imitation Game (2014), for which he was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Director, and the science fiction drama Passengers (2016).
Vegar Hoel
Albert Eide Parr
Albert Eide Parr was a Norwegian-born, American marine biologist, zoologist and oceanographer. He was the director of the American Museum of Natural History from 1942 to 1959. Parrosaurus missouriensis, a species of plant-eating dinosaur, is named after him.
Onar Onarheim
Onar Selmer Onarheim was a Norwegian politician for the Conservative Party. He was born in Kvinnherad.
Thor Pedersen
Thor Inge Oluf Pedersen was a Norwegian competition rower and Olympic medalist. He received a bronze medal in men's eight at the 1948 Summer Olympics, as a member of the Norwegian team.
Peder Hjermann
Peder Hjermann was a farmer and elected official who served as a representative at the Norwegian Constitutional Assembly.