Editing Kristiansund Municipality (section)

=== The Arts ===
* [[Edvard Bræin]] (1887-1957), an organist, composer, and orchestra conductor
* [[Arnulf Øverland]] (1889–1968), a poet, wrote to inspire the [[Norwegian resistance movement]]
* [[Tordis Maurstad]] (1901–1997), a Norwegian stage actress<ref>{{IMDb name|0561274|Tordis Maurstad}}. Retrieved 30 March 2021.</ref>
* [[Ragnar Vold]] (1906–1967), a journalist, non-fiction writer, and novelist
* [[Vera Zorina]] (1917–2003), a ballerina, theatre, and film actress who was brought up in Kristiansund<ref>{{IMDb name|0957936|Vera Zoring}}. Retrieved 29 March 2021.</ref>
* [[Edvard Fliflet Bræin]] (1924–1976), a Norwegian composer and orchestra conductor
* [[Karsten Alnæs]] (born  1938), a fiction and popular history writer (parents were from Kristiansund)
* [[Ingar Knudtsen]] (born  1944), a fantasy & science fiction author who lives in Kristiansund
* [[Petter Schramm]] (1946-2014), a Norwegian poet who grew up in Kristiansund
* [[Øivind Elgenes]] (born 1958), a Norwegian vocalist, guitarist, and composer
* [[Frode Alnæs]] (born  1959), a singer and jazz guitarist who features with ''[[Dance with a Stranger (band)|Dance with a Stranger]]'' 
* [[Helge Tømmervåg]] (1961-2023), an electronic musician, stage name Mind over MIDI
* [[Dagfinn Koch]] (born 1964), a musician who writes chamber music and for orchestra, opera and ballet
* [[Jan Erik Mikalsen]] (born 1979), a Norwegian composer of [[contemporary classical music]]
* [[120 Days]] (2001–2012), a rock band, formerly known as ''"The Beautiful People"''