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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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0016 POLITICIAN

Jan Egeland

Born 1957

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0044 SCULPTOR

Sissel Tolaas

Born 1959

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0069 POLITICIAN

Jan Simonsen

1953 - 2019

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0101 WRITER

Per Inge Torkelsen

Born 1953

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0111 WRITER

Helga Gunerius Eriksen

Born 1950

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0116 COMPOSER

Ståle Kleiberg

Born 1958

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0117 PROFESSOR

Guri Hjeltnes

Born 1953

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0123 WRITER

Torild Wardenær

Born 1951

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0163 WRITER

Finn Øglænd

Born 1957

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0164 PIANIST

Eivin One Pedersen

1956 - 2012

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0174 FOOTBALL

Erik Johannessen (footballer, born 1952)

Born 1952

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0193 PROFESSOR

Ola Tjørhom

Born 1953

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0206 SINGER

Lasse Myrvold

1953 - 2006

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0232 MUSIC

Ståle Wikshåland

1953 - 2017

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0264 DIPLOMAT

Leif Holger Larsen

1954 - 2015

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0291 FOOTBALL

Torbjørn Svendsen

Born 1954

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0341 POLITICIAN

Turid Leirvoll

Born 1956

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0343 ROWER

Rune Dahl

Born 1955

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