List of Famous people named Eyvind

Similar names: Eivind, Ivind, Yvind. Here are some famous Eyvinds:

Eyvind Johnson

Eyvind Olov Verner Johnson

First Name Eyvind

Born on July 29, 1900

Died on August 25, 1976 (aged 76)

Born in Sweden, Norrbotten County

Eyvind Johnson was a Swedish novelist and short story writer. Regarded as the most groundbreaking novelist in modern Swedish literature he became a member of the Swedish Academy in 1957 and shared the Nobel Prize in Literature with Harry Martinson in 1974 with the citation: for a narrative art, far-seeing in lands and ages, in the service of freedom.

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Eyvind Earle

First Name Eyvind

Born on April 26, 1916

Died on July 20, 2000 (aged 84)

Eyvind Earle was an American artist, author and illustrator, noted for his contribution to the background illustration and styling of Disney's animated films in the 1950s. The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, Rahr West Art Museum, Phoenix Art Museum and Arizona State University Art Museum have purchased Earle's works for their permanent collections. His works have also been shown in many one-man exhibitions throughout the world.

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