Politics
- See also: List of Presidents of Iceland, List of Prime Ministers of Iceland and List of rulers of Iceland
- Albert Guðmundsson, former minister
- Árni Sigfússon, politician
- Ásgeir Ásgeirsson, former president
- Birgitta Jónsdóttir, minister
- Björn Bjarnason, minister of justice and ecclesiastical affairs
- Davíð Oddsson, former prime minister and former mayor of Reykjavík
- Geir H. Haarde, former prime minister, former foreign minister
- Halldór Ásgrímsson, former prime minister
- Halldór Blöndal, former minister
- Hannes Hafstein, first prime minister
- Hannibal Valdimarsson, chairman of two parties and one electoral alliance,
- Jóhanna Sigurðardóttir, current prime minister, also the world's first openly gay head of government
- Jón Baldvin Hannibalsson, former foreign minister, ambassador
- Jón Loftsson, chieftain and politician
- Jón Sigurðsson, independence leader
- Kristján Eldjárn, former president
- Markús Örn Antonsson, former mayor of Reykjavík and director of RÚV
- Ólafur Ragnar Grímsson, current president
- Steingrímur Hermannsson, former prime minister
- Sveinn Björnsson, first president
- Vigdís Finnbogadóttir, former president, first elected female head of state
- Þorsteinn Pálsson, former prime minister
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