Editing Voss (section)

===Norwegian-Americans===
Like the rest of [[Western Norway]], Voss saw large-scale emigration, particularly to the United States, in the 19th and early 20th centuries.
[[File:Time Magazine Cover Torkild Rieber (cropped).jpg|150px|thumb|[[Torkild Rieber]] on the cover page of [[Time Magazine]].]]
* [[Elling Eielsen]] (1804–1883), the first Lutheran Church leader in the USA
* [[Iver Lawson (publisher)|Iver Lawson]] (1821–1871), a real estate investor and newspaper publisher
* [[John Anderson (publisher)|John Anderson]] (1836–1910), the founder and publisher ''[[Skandinaven]]''
* [[Eli Pederson]] (1837–1909), a [[Wisconsin State Assembly]]man
* [[Knute Nelson]] (1843–1923), a [[US Senator]] and the 12th [[Governor of Minnesota]] 1893-1895
* [[Canute R. Matson]] (1843–1903), the Sheriff of [[Cook County, Illinois]]
* [[Aad J. Vinje]] (1857–1929), the Chief Justice of the [[Wisconsin Supreme Court]]
* [[Thorstein Himle]] (1857–1925), a missionary with the Lutheran [[Hauge Synod]]
* [[Ragnvald Nestos]] (1877–1942), the 13th [[Governor of North Dakota]] from 1921–1925.
* [[Torkild Rieber]] (1882–1968), a chairman of [[Texaco]]
* [[Knute Rockne]] (1888–1931), an [[American football]]er and coach who was commemorated by a memorial in [[Vossevangen]]
* [[Lars Fletre]] (1904–1977), a designer and sculptor