Editing Kautokeino Municipality (section)

=== Public Service ===
* [[Johan Turi]] (1854 in Kautokeino – 1936), the first Sami author to publish a secular work in a Sami language
* [[Edel Hætta Eriksen]] (born 1921 in Kautokeino – 2023), a teacher and politician
* [[Lajla Mattsson Magga]] (born 1942), a Southern Sami teacher, children's writer, and lexicographer who lives in Kautokeino
* [[Ole Henrik Magga]] (born 1947), a Sámi linguist, professor, and politician who was the first president of the [[Sami Parliament of Norway]] and currently the president of the [[United Nations Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues]]
* [[Ellen Inga O. Hætta]] (born 1953 in Kautokeino – 2023), a Norwegian Sami school principal and politician
* [[Berit Marie Eira]] (born 1968), a Norwegian Sami reindeer owner and politician who works in Kautokeino municipality
* [[Unni Turrettini]]  (born 1972 in Kautokeino), a writer, lawyer, citizen activist, international speaker and author of ''The Mystery of the Lone Wolf Killer: Anders Behring Breivik and the Threat of Terror in Plain Sight''.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Kraly |first=Paul T. |date=7 March 2017 |title=The Writing Life: 10 Questions for Unni Turrettini |url=https://medium.com/thrive-global/the-writing-life-10-questions-for-unni-turrettini-cd550650e611 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190620030813/https://medium.com/thrive-global/the-writing-life-10-questions-for-unni-turrettini-cd550650e611 |archive-date=20 June 2019 |access-date=22 October 2019 |website=medium.com: thrive global}}</ref>
* [[Barbro-Lill Hætta-Jacobsen]] (born 1972 in Kautokeino), a physician and Norwegian politician
* [[Inger Elin Utsi]] (born 1975), a Norwegian-Sami politician and actor who grew up in Kautokeino and lives in Alta
* [[Láilá Susanne Vars]] (born 1976 in Láhpoluoppal), a Norwegian-Sami lawyer and former politician, academic, and first Sámi women to achieve a PhD in law, expert member of the [[United Nations Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues]]