Fossum is a Norwegian surname. Notable people with the surname include:
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Casey Fossum
Casey Paul Fossum (born January 6, 1978) is a former professional pitcher. Previously, he played for the Boston Red Sox (2001–2003), Arizona Diamondbacks (2004), Tampa Bay Devil Rays (2005–2007), Detroit Tigers (2008), and New York Mets (2009) ...
(born 1978), American baseball player
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Eric Fossum
Eric R. Fossum (born October 17, 1957) is an American physicist and engineer, which with the help of other JPL scientists, co-developed some features of the CMOS sensor, CMOS image sensor. He is currently a professor at Thayer School of Engineerin ...
(born 1957), American professor and inventor
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Iver Fossum (born 1996), Norwegian association footballer
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Jon Fossum (1923–2007), Norwegian politician for the Conservative Party
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Karin Fossum
Karin Fossum (born 6 November 1954) is a Norwegian author of crime fiction, often referred to as the "Norwegian queen of crime".
Early life
Karin Mathisen was born on 6 November 1954 in Sandefjord, in Vestfold county, Norway. She currently lives ...
(born 1954), Norwegian author
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Marita Fossum
Marita Fossum (born 14 March 1965) is a Norwegian writer. Her literary debut was the novel ''Verden utenfor'' (2002). She was awarded the Brage Prize in 2005 for the novel ''Forestill deg''.
Awards
*''Tanums Kvinnestipend'' 2005
*Brage Prize
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(born 1965), Norwegian author
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Michael E. Fossum
Michael Edward Fossum (born December 19, 1957, in Sioux Falls, South Dakota) is a former American astronaut, engineer, and thChief Operating Officer of Texas A&M University at Galveston He flew into space on board the NASA Space Shuttle missions ST ...
(born 1957), American astronaut
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Per Fossum (1910–2004), Norwegian alpine skier who competed in the 1936 Winter Olympics
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Sindre Fossum Beyer
Sindre Fossum Beyer (born 10 October 1977) is a Norwegian politician for the Labour Party.
He studied economics and administration at Telemark University College from 1998 to 2000, and marketing at BI Norwegian Business School from 2000 to 2002. ...
(born 1977), Norwegian politician for the Labour Party
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Thor Fossum
Thor Fossum (29 June 1916 – 21 August 1993) was a Norwegian politician for the Labour Party.
He was born in Bærum.
He was elected to the Norwegian Parliament
The Storting ( no, Stortinget ) (lit. the Great Thing) is the supreme legis ...
(1916–1993), Norwegian politician
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Tryggve Fossum, Norwegian computer architect
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Norwegian-language surnames