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STAVANGER

Most Famous People Born in Stavanger, Norway

Notable people
383
Peak decade
1970s
Median birth year
1958
Most distinctive
Handball 14.2×
Through the Decades

One face per decade — the most globally famous figure born in Stavanger during each.

Notable Births by Decade

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What Stavanger Is Known For

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Football is Stavanger's biggest profession — 19% of all notables (72).

Stavanger over-indexes on handball — 14.2× the global rate.

  1. Football72
  2. Politician36
  3. Actor19
  4. Handball17
  5. Singer16
  6. Sport14
  7. Rower14
  8. Writer12
  1. Handball1714.2×
  2. Rower149.9×
  3. Professor76.6×
  4. Sculptor62.4×
  5. Sport142.2×
  6. Singer162.0×
  7. Business71.8×
  8. Journalist111.8×

Profession Mix Over Time

Each band shows a profession family's share of Stavanger's notable births by decade. Hover the chart for the breakdown at any decade.

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0037 FOOTBALL

Reidar Kvammen

1914 - 1998

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0070 ACTOR

Pål Skjønberg

1919 - 2014

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0075 JOURNALIST

Waldemar Christofer Brøgger (writer)

1911 - 1991

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0109 ACTOR

Gøril Havrevold

1914 - 1992

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0216 OFFICER

Reidar Haaland

1919 - 1945

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0224 ACTOR

Thora Neels-Hansson

1918 - 2007

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0250 VETERAN

Håkon Nilsen

1913 - 1976

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0259 FOOTBALL

William Danielsen

1915 - 1989

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0284 JUMPER

Eugen Haugland

1912 - 1990

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0292 JOURNALIST

Margrete Aamot Øverland

1913 - 1978

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0328 BOOKSELLER

Sigfred Taubert

1914 - 2008

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0331 FASCIST

Holger Tou

1919 - 1947

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0367 JOURNALIST

Johan E. Holand

1919 - 2009

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0376 SCULPTOR

Erling Torkelsen

1919 - 1987

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0378 BUSINESS

Alf Gowart Olsen

1912 - 1972

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