page_title: List of people from Reykjavík
section_title: 1941–1950
hierarchical_section_title: List of people from Reykjavík / Born in Reykjavík / 20th century / 1941–1950
caption_attribution_description: English: picture of Ari Trausti Guðmundsson
context_page_description: This is a list of notable people who were born or have lived in Reykjavík, Iceland.
context_section_description: Björgólfur Guðmundsson (born 1941), chairman and former owner of West Ham United FC
  María Guðmundsdóttir (born 1942), filmmaker, photographer and actress
  Jóhanna Sigurðardóttir (born 1942), politician
  Markús Örn Antonsson (born 1943), Mayor of Reykjavík from 1991 to 1994
  Friðrik Klemenz Sophusson (born 1943), politician and company director
  Björn Bjarnason (born 1944), politician
  Pétur Blöndal (1944–2015), politician
  Gunnar Kvaran (born 1944), cellist
  Guðmundur Gunnarsson (born 1945), electrician and union leader
  Einar Hákonarson (born 1945), artist
  Bjarni Tryggvason (born 1945), Canadian engineer and astronaut
  Jakob Yngvason (born 1945), physicist
  Ágúst Guðmundsson (born 1947), film director and screenwriter
  Gunnar Hansen (1947–2015), Icelandic-American actor
  Þórður Helgason (born 1947), writer and educationalist
  Ólafur Haukur Símonarson (born 1947), playwright and novelist
  Karl Sigurbjörnsson (born 1947), Lutheran bishop of Iceland
  Guðmundur Sigurjónsson (born 1947), chess grandmaster
  Þuríður Backman (born 1948), politician
  Anna Svanhildur Björnsdóttir (born 1948), writer and educator
  Elmar Geirsson (born 1948), footballer
  Ari Trausti Guðmundsson (born 1948), geologist, author, documentarian, broadcaster, journalist, mountaineer and explorer
  Ólafur Gunnarsson (born 1948), author and translator
  Hrafn Gunnlaugsson (born 1948), film director
  Ögmundur Jónasson (born 1948), politician
  Davíð Oddsson (born 1948), politician and the longest-serving Prime Minister of Iceland
  Ásta Ragnheiður Jóhannesdóttir (born 1949), politician
  Þórarinn Eldjárn (born 1949), writer
  Ágústína Jónsdóttir (born 1949), writer, artist and educator
  Kristenn Einarsson (born 1950), Icelandic-Norwegian publisher
  Steinunn Sigurðardóttir (born 1950), poet and novelist
  Árni Þórarinsson (born 1950), writer
caption: Ari Trausti Guðmundsson
  (born 1948)
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