Guðmundsson is an Icelandic

patronym A patronymic, or patronym, is a component of a personal name based on the given name of one's father, grandfather (more specifically an avonymic), or an earlier male ancestor. It is the male equivalent of a matronymic. Patronymics are used, ...

, meaning ''son of

Guðmundur Guðmundur (), sometimes rendered as Gudmundur, is an Icelandic male first name, sometimes shortened to Gummi or Gvendur. The Icelandic surname Guðmundsson is a patronymic surname meaning ''son of Guðmundur''. Guðmundsdóttir is a patronymic s ...

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Ágúst Guðmundsson Ágúst Guðmundsson (born 29 June 1947) is an Icelandic film director and screenwriter. He studied French, Icelandic in Reykjavík and filmmaking at the National Film School in London. He has made many popular Icelandic films that have also bee ...

(born 1947), Icelandic film director * Albert Guðmundsson (disambiguation) *

Ari Guðmundsson Ari Guðmundsson (14 September 1927 – 6 September 2003) was an Icelandic swimmer who competed in the 1940s and 1950s. He competed in two freestyle swimming events at the 1948 Summer Olympics The 1948 Summer Olympics, officially th ...

(1927–2003), Icelandic Olympic ski jumper *

Arinbjörn Guðmundsson Arinbjörn Guðmundsson (22 May 1932 – 2014) was an Icelandic and Australian chess player. He is a Chess Olympiad individual medalist (1960). Biography Arinbjörn Guðmundsson learned to play chess late, at the age of seventeen. However, he a ...

(1932–2014), Icelandic chess master *

Birkir Ívar Guðmundsson Birkir Ívar Guðmundsson was a goalkeeper for the Iceland men's national handball team. He is married to Kristín Ólafsdóttir and has two daughters with her. He ended his playing career for Haukar in Iceland Iceland is a Nordic countri ...

(contemporary), Icelandic professional handball player *

Björgólfur Guðmundsson Björgólfur Guðmundsson (2 January 1941 – 2 February 2025) was an Icelandic businessman and chairman and owner of West Ham United. Björgólfur was Iceland's second businessman to be worth more than a billion dollars — his son, Björgólf ...

(1941–2025), Icelandic billionaire businessman *

Björn Hjörtur Guðmundsson Björn Hjörtur Guðmundsson (14 January 1911 – 14 July 1998), also known as Bjössi, was an Icelandic craftsman, master carpenter, idealist and environmental pioneer. He lived and worked in Borgarnes, Iceland, where he designed and constructed ...

(1911–1998), Icelandic master carpenter and environmental pioneer *

Böðvar Guðmundsson Böðvar Guðmundsson is an Icelandic writer born 9 January 1939; he grew up in Borgarfjörður, specifically Kirkjuból í Hvítársíðu. He is known for plays, poetry, novels, and children's books. He is said to be best known for the novels ''H ...

(born 1939), Icelandic author, playwright, and poet *

Einar Már Guðmundsson Einar Már Guðmundsson (born 18 September 1954 in Reykjavík) is an Icelandic author of novels, short stories, and poetry. His books have been translated into several languages. Background Einar grew up in Reykjavík. In 1979 he received hi ...

(born 1954), Icelandic author and poet *

Guðmundur Guðmundsson (chess player) Guðmundur Guðmundsson (11 May 1918 – 20 April 1974) was an Icelandic chess player, and the 1954 Icelandic Chess Championship winner. Biography From the late 1930s to late 1950s, Guðmundur Guðmundsson was also one of the leading Icelandic c ...

(1918–1974), Icelandic chess player * Guðmundur Guðmundsson (handballer) (born 1960), Icelandic professional handball coach * Guðmundur Guðmundsson (Mormon) (1825–1883), Icelandic Mormon missionary *

Guðmundur Ívarsson Guðmundsson Guðmundur Ívarsson Guðmundsson (17 July 1909 – 19 December 1987) was an Icelandic politician and former minister. He was the Minister of Finance of Iceland from 1958 to 1959. He was also a diplomat who served as ambassador to the United King ...

(1909–1987), Icelandic politician and minister *

Haraldur Freyr Guðmundsson Haraldur Freyr Guðmundsson (born 14 December 1981) is an Icelandic retired professional footballer who played as a defender. During his career, Guðmundsson played in Norway for Aalesunds FK and Start; in Cyprus for Apollon Limassol; and had t ...

(born 1981), Icelandic professional football player *

Herbert Guðmundsson Herbert "Hebbi" Guðmundsson (born 15 December 1953) is an Icelandic pop music singer-songwriter. He is best known for his songs "Svaraðu", "Time", "Hollywood" and "Can‘t Walk Away", which reached No. 1 on the Icelandic listings chart in 19 ...

(born 1953), Icelandic pop singer *

Jóhann Berg Guðmundsson Jóhann Berg Guðmundsson (born 27 October 1990) is an Icelandic professional association football, footballer who plays for Saudi Pro League club Al-Orobah FC, Al-Orobah and the Iceland national football team, Iceland national team. A versati ...

(born 1990), Icelandic professional football player *

Jóhann Birnir Guðmundsson Jóhann Birnir Guðmundsson (born 5 December 1977) is a retired Icelandic footballer, who last played as a midfielder for Icelandic club Keflavík. Jóhann previously played for Watford F.C. in the Football League First Division The Foot ...

(born 1977), Icelandic professional football player *

Jón Guðmundsson Jón Guðmundsson (1904 – 1980) was an Icelandic chess player, three-times Icelandic Chess Championship winner (1932, 1936, 1937), Chess Olympiad and an individual gold medal winner (1939). Biography In the 1930s Jón Guðmundsson was one of ...

(1904–1988) was an Icelandic chess player. *

Jón Axel Guðmundsson Jón Axel Guðmundsson (born 27 October 1996) is an Icelandic professional basketball player. He played college basketball for the Davidson Wildcats. He won two national championships with Grindavík in 2012 and 2013 and the Icelandic Basket ...

(born 1996), Icelandic basketball player. *

Jón lærði Guðmundsson Jón lærði Guðmundsson (; 1574–1658) was an Icelandic autodidact, poet, and alleged sorcerer. He is considered a pioneer of Icelandic literary history, because he was the first to write a description of Icelandic nature and a critical acc ...

(1574–1658) was an Icelandic autodidact, poet, and alleged sorcerer. *

Kristján Guðmundsson Kristján Guðmundsson (born 1941, Snæfellsnes, Iceland) is a contemporary Icelandic conceptual artist. He started his career as an artist in the 1960s as a member of ''SÚM'' - a group of young artists influenced by then-new currents in concept ...

(born 1941), contemporary Icelandic conceptual artist * Kristmann Guðmundsson (1901–1983), Icelandic novelist of romantic fiction *

Magnús Guðmundsson Magnús Guðmundsson (6 February 1879 – 28 November 1937) was an Icelandic politician. He graduated in laws from the University of Copenhagen in 1907. Magnus was a member of Althingi for his constituency in North west Iceland from 1916 till ...

(1879–1937), Icelandic politician; member of the ''Althing'' 1916–1937 *

Páll Guðmundsson Páll Guðmundsson (; born 1959) is an Icelandic sculptor and artist. Born in Húsafell in the west of Iceland (where he still lives), he has done part of his studies at the University of Fine Arts in Cologne, Germany. Mostly, he sculptures fa ...

(born 1959), Icelandic sculptor and artist *

Pétur Guðmundsson (basketball) Pétur Karl Guðmundsson (born 30 October 1958) is an Icelandic former professional basketball player and coach. Standing , weighing and playing the center (basketball), center position, Pétur was the first Icelander and one of the first Europ ...

(born 1958), Icelandic professional basketball player * Pétur Guðmundsson (athlete) (born 1962), Icelandic shot putter *

Sigmar Guðmundsson Sigmar Guðmundsson (born 7 April 1969) is an Icelandic politician from Viðreisn. He is a member of the Parliament of Iceland for the Southwest constituency. He worked for years in the media but was elected to parliament in the 2021 Icelandic pa ...

(born 1969), Icelandic politician *

Tómas Guðmundsson Tómas Guðmundsson (6 January 1901 – 14 November 1983) was an Icelandic writer. He was known as Reykjavík's poet ''(Reykjavíkurskáldið, skáld Reykjavíkur)''. Tómas's parents were Steinunn Þorsteinsdóttir and Guðmundur Ögmundsson, li ...

(1901–1983), Icelandic author and poet; known as “Reykjavík’s poet” *

Tryggvi Guðmundsson Tryggvi Guðmundsson (born 30 July 1974) is an Icelandic former professional association football, footballer. He is Iceland's all-time top scorer in the Úrvalsdeild. He is the highest scoring male Icelandic footballer of all time in associati ...

(born 1974), Icelandic professional football player

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