Famous Norwegians
This list only includes people of some notable Norwegian ancestry.
- Dominic Purcell, Australian actor famous from the popular TV-Series Prison Break.
- Eliot Ness, legendary American Prohibition Agent, notable for being the man who brought down gangster Al Capone.
- Geir Haarde, former prime minister of Iceland.
- Iggy Pop, American musician.
- John Ashcroft, US Attorney General.
- Joni Mitchell, Canadian singer.
- Josh Groban, American singer.
- Kjell Laugerud García, former dictator of Guatemala.
- Kristanna Loken, American actress.
- Marilyn Monroe, legendary American actress, model and singer.
- Matt Groening, creator of world famous TV-cartoon The Simpsons.
- Melyssa Ford, Canadian supermodel of Norwegian, Russian and Caribbean descent.
- Paris Hilton, American media personality, model, singer, and actress. Heiress of Hilton Hotels.
- Tom Waits, American singer.
- Russel Crowe, a New Zealand born Australian actor.
- Walter Mondale, former US Vice President and Senator.
- A-ha, Norwegian pop group
- Sophus Lie
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“Sole and self-commanded works,
Fears not undermining days,
Grows by decays,
And, by the famous might that lurks
In reaction and recoil,
Makes flames to freeze, and ice to boil.”
—Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803–1882)