Editing Brønnøy Municipality (section)

==Notable people==
[[File:Kristine Andersen Vesterfjell.jpg|140px|thumb|Kristine Andersen Vesterfjell]]
[[File:HalleJH.JPG|140px|thumb|Halle Jørn Hanssen, 2007]]
* [[Hans Rosing]] (1625 at Brønnøy – 1699), a clergyman and Bishop of the [[Diocese of Oslo]] from 1664-1699
* [[Skule Storheill]] (1907 in Brønnøysund – 1992), a prominent Norwegian naval officer
* [[Kristine Andersen Vesterfjell]] (1910 in Lomsdalen – 1987), a South Sami reindeer herder and cultural advocate
* [[Kåre Rodahl]] (1917 in Brønnøysund – 2008), a physician, physiologist, a research fellow in Arctic physiology and medicine and professor at the [[Norwegian School of Sport Sciences]]
* [[Odd Grønmo]] (1922 in Brønnøy - 2012), a Norwegian politician who was Mayor of Bodin & Nordland
* [[Ørjar Øyen]] (born 1927 in Brønnøy), a sociologist and academic
* [[Dag Skogheim]] (1928–2015) a teacher, a poet, novelist, biographer, and non-fiction writer who grew up in Brønnøysund
* [[Halle Jørn Hanssen]] (born 1937 in Brønnøy), a TV correspondent, development aid administrator, and politician
* [[Rawdna Carita Eira]] (born 1970), a Norwegian and Sámi playwright, author, teacher, reindeer herder, and stage manager whoArtikkelserien «Fra Brønnøysunds saga» av tidligere ordfører Einar Olaussen (Høvding), publisert som føljetong i Brønnøysunds Avis i 1925 og 1926 grew up in Brønnøysund 
* [[Pål Arne Johansen]] (born 1977 in Brønnøy), a retired football midfielder and manager
* [[Ulrik Saltnes]] (born 1992 in Brønnøysund), a footballer with almost 200 club caps