Editing Lindesnes (section)

==Notable people==
=== Public service & public thinking ===
[[File:EllenGleditsch.jpg|140px|thumb|Ellen Gleditsch, 1935]]
[[File:Adolph Tidemand Selvportrett.jpg|140px|thumb|Adolph Tidemand, 1838]]
[[File:Gustav Vigeland 1929.jpg|140px|thumb|Gustav Vigeland, 1929]]
* [[Peder Claussøn Friis]] (1545–1614), a Norwegian clergyman and author
* [[Søren Jaabæk]] (1814 in Holum – 1894), a farmer and politician who was the longest-serving member of the Norwegian Parliament from 1845 to 1891
* [[Geirulf Bugge]] (1862 in Mandal – 1940), a judge and [[Supreme Court of Norway|Norwegian Supreme Court Justice]]
* [[Ivar An Christensen]] (1868 in Mandal – 1934), a ship owner with a fleet of eleven steam ships
* [[Elise Sem]] (1870–1950), a barrister, women's activist, and sports official who grew up in Manadal
* [[Ellen Gleditsch]] (1879 in Mandal – 1968), a [[Radiochemistry|radiochemist]] and Norway's second female professor 
* [[Karen Platou]] (1879 in Mandal – 1950), a politician who was the first woman elected Member of Parliament
* [[Arne Askildsen]] (1898–1982), a politician and bailiff of Mandal and Halse og Harkmark from 1928–1968, except during WWII
* [[Asbjørn Aavik]] (1902 in Åvik - 1997), a Norwegian Lutheran missionary to China and writer
* [[Leif Edwardsen]] (1922 in Mandal - 2002), a Norwegian diplomat
* [[Knut Aukland]] (1929 in Vigmostad – 2014), a Norwegian physiologist
* [[Ole-Johan Dahl]] (1931 in Mandal – 2002), Norway's foremost computer scientist
* [[Ludvig Hope Faye]] (1931–2017), a politician who was Mayor of Mandal from 1972–1975
* [[Ansgar Gabrielsen]] (born 1955 in Mandal), a consultant and former politician
* [[Janne Haaland Matláry]] (born 1957), a political scientist, writer, politician, and academic

=== The Arts ===
* [[Adolph Tidemand]] (1814 in Mandal – 1876), a romantic nationalism painter
* [[Olaf Isaachsen]] (1835 in Madal – 1893), a landscape and genre painter 
* [[Amaldus Nielsen]] (1838 in Halse – 1932), a painter known as "''Norway's first naturalist painter''"
* [[Gustav Vigeland]] (1869 in Halse og Harkmark - 1943), a sculptor who is associated with the Vigeland Sculptures in [[Frogner Park]] in Oslo and designed the [[Nobel Peace Prize]] medal
* [[Emanuel Vigeland]] (1875 in Halse og Harkmark - 1948), a multi-talented Norwegian artist
* [[Kjell Askildsen]] (born  1929 in Mandal), a writer of minimalistic short stories
* [[Tobias Santelmann]] (born 1980), a German-born Norwegian actor, grew up in Lindesnes<ref>{{IMDb name|4083737|Tobias Santelmann}}. Retrieved 19 November 2020.</ref>
* [[Helene Bøksle]] (born 1981 in Mandal), a singer and actress <ref>{{IMDb name|1518392|Helene Bøksle}}. Retrieved 19 November 2020.</ref>

=== Sport ===
* [[Per Arne Nilsen]] (born 1961 in Mandal), a sailor who participated at the [[1984 Summer Olympics]]
* [[Bjarne Røyland]] (born 1971 in Mandal), a bobsledder who competed at the [[2002 Winter Olympics]]