Editing Tinn (section)

== Notable people ==
[[File:GunnarSønsteby.jpg|140px|thumb|Gunnar Sønsteby, 2008]]

=== WWII heavy water saboteurs ===
* [[Arne Kjelstrup]] MM (1913 in Rjukan – 1995), a [[Norwegian resistance]] member during WWII who participated in the [[Norwegian heavy water sabotage]] in 1942–1943
* [[Knut Lier-Hansen]] (1916 in Rjukan – 2008), a [[Norwegian resistance]] member during WWII and Army sergeant who participated in the sinking of ''SF Hydro'' as a part of the [[Norwegian heavy water sabotage]]
* [[Jens-Anton Poulsson]] (1918 in Tinn – 2010), a military officer and [[Norwegian resistance]] member who participated in the [[Norwegian heavy water sabotage]] in 1942–1943 
* [[Claus Helberg]] (1919 in Rjukan – 2003), a [[Norwegian resistance]] member and mountain guide who participated in the [[Norwegian heavy water sabotage]]
[[File:Bernt Ivar Eidsvig.jpg|140px|thumb|Bernt Ivar Eidsvig, 2010]]

=== Other public Service ===
* [[Sam Eyde]] (1866–1940), an engineer and industrialist who developed [[Rjukan Falls]] to produce hydro electrical power
* [[Albert Sund]] (1884–?), a trade union leader, [[Labour Party (Norway)|Labour]] politician, and chairman of the ''Øst-Telemark faglige Samorg'' for three years
* [[Knut Haugland]] DSO, MM, (1917 in Rjukan – 2009), a WWII resistance fighter and explorer who accompanied [[Thor Heyerdahl]] on his famous 1947 [[Kon-Tiki]] expedition
* [[Einar-Fredrik Ofstad]] (1916 in Rjukan – 1998), a Norwegian diplomat
* [[Gunnar Sønsteby]] DSO (1918 in Rjukan – 2012), a member of the [[Norwegian resistance]] movement and Norway's most highly decorated citizen
* [[Petter Graver]] (1920 in Tinn – 1995), a jurist, diplomat from 1947 to 1988, and a lawyer
* [[Gunnar Odd Hagen]] (1921–1997), a politician and a dentist in Tinn
* [[Reidun Røed]] (1921 in Rjukan – 2009), a female [[Norwegian resistance]] member
* [[Bjørn Bruland]] (1926 in Rjukan – 2014), a Norwegian admiral and politician
* [[Reidar Engell Olsen]] (born 1933), a politician and Mayor of Tinn
* [[Jostein Børtnes]] (born 1937 in Hovin, Telemark), a literary historian and [[Slavic studies|Slavist]]
* [[Signe Howell]] (born 1942 in Tinn), a [[social anthropologist]] and academic
* [[Bernt Ivar Eidsvig]] (born 1953 in Rjukan), a prelate of the Catholic Church and [[Roman Catholic Diocese of Oslo|Bishop of Oslo]]
* [[Øystein Mæland]] (born 1960 in Rjukan), a psychiatrist, civil servant, and former politician
[[File:Linnea Dale 2.jpg|140px|thumb|Linnea Dale, 2009]]

=== The Arts ===
* [[Knut Luraas]] (1782 in Tinn – 1843), a [[Hardingfele]] [[fiddle]]r and artist
* [[Thomas Luraas]] (1799 in Tinn – 1886), a [[Rosemåling|rose painter]] and clarinetist
* [[Else Poulsson]] (1909 in Rjukan – 2002), a painter and textile artist
* [[Jørn Lande]] (born 1968 in Rjukan), a hard rock and heavy metal singer and songwriter
* [[Linnea Dale]] (born 1991 in Tinn), a singer

=== Sport ===
* [[Snowshoe Thompson]] (born 1827 in Austbygdi, Telemark as ''Jon Torsteinsson Rue'' – 1876), a Norwegian-American who was considered the father of California skiing
* [[Jon Terje Øverland]] (born 1944 in Rjukan), an alpine skier who competed at the [[1964 Winter Olympics]] and [[1968 Winter Olympics]]