List of Famous people named Kirsten

Kirsten Malfrid Flagstad was a Norwegian opera singer and a highly regarded Wagnerian soprano. She ranks among the greatest singers of the 20th century, and many opera critics called hers "the voice of the century." Desmond Shawe-Taylor wrote of her in the New Grove Dictionary of Opera: "No one within living memory surpassed her in sheer beauty and consistency of line and tone."

Kirsten Elisbet Rausing, DL owns a third of the holding company Tetra Laval and sits on the company board alongside other members of her family. She was listed as the 150th richest individual in the world in the Forbes 2020 list of The World's Billionaires.

Kirsten Johanne Holst Høybye was a Danish author, best remembered for her book Min ven Thomas (1987).

Kirsten Thorup, a Danish author, was born in Gelsted, Funen, Denmark in 1942 and now lives in Copenhagen. She is the author of three poetry collections, a volume of short stories, and three novels including Baby which has been translated into English. She has also written for films, television, and radio. Her novel, Den lange sommer, was published in Denmark in 1979.

Kirsten Sheridan is an Irish film director and screenwriter. The director of August Rush (2007) and Disco Pigs (2001), Sheridan was nominated for an Academy Award for co-writing the semi-autobiographical film In America with her father, director Jim Sheridan, and her sister, Naomi Sheridan.

Kirsten Rolffes was a Danish actress, internationally mostly recognized for her roles in The Kingdom and Matador. She also had a leading role in Denmark's first sitcom, Een stor familie, set in an early 1980s office building. She attended drama school at Frederiksberg Theater (1947-48) and at the National Theater.

Kirsten Tackmann is a German politician. Born in Schmalkalden, Thuringia, she represents The Left. Kirsten Tackmann has served as a member of the Bundestag from the state of Brandenburg since 2005.