Famous People with Name Kristjan

Kristjan Jaak Peterson            Origin/Culture/Country: Russian

Kristjan Jaak Peterson: was an Estonian poet, commonly regarded as a herald of Estonian national literature and the founder of modern Estonian poetry. His literary career was cut short by the tuberculosis that killed him at the age of 21. His birthday on March 14 is celebrated i

Kristjan Palusalu            Origin/Culture/Country: Russian

Kristjan Palusalu: was an Estonian heavyweight wrestler and Olympic medalist. Born in Läänemaa, Estonia, Palusalu is best remembered for winning two gold medals at the 1936 Olympic Games in Berlin.

Kristjan Raud            Origin/Culture/Country: Russian

Kristjan Raud: was an Estonian painter and drawer. His parents were Jaan Raud and his wife Henriette Loviisa Raud. Kristian had a twin brother (Paulus; Paul Raud) who was born on October 23 and would become a painter as well.

Kristján Örn Sigurðsson            Origin/Culture/Country: Norse

Kristján Örn Sigurðsson: is a former Icelandic professional footballer who played as a defender.He played for Stoke City and West Bromwich Albion in England, and was Albion's player of the season in 1999-2000. Sigurðsson was forced to retire in 2004 after failing to overcome a serious knee injury.

Kristján Finnbogason            Origin/Culture/Country: Norse

Kristján Finnbogason: is an Icelandic footballer.He started his career at his local club ÍF Völsungur Húsavik, and moved to Stoke City in England as a teenager. Failing to grab a place on the first team, he returned to Iceland to play for KR. After the 2004 season he moved to SK Brann in Bergen, Norway where he plays as a defender. His first season was okay defensively, but he showed clear weaknesses in his passing game and general offensive play from his right back position. Before the 2006 season, Sigurdsson was moved into the central defence, after both Ragnvald Soma and Paul Scharner were sold after the 2005 season.

Martin Kristjansen            Origin/Culture/Country: Danish

Martin Kristjansen: is a Danish lightweight boxer from Slagelse, Denmark. He is a former WBO inter-continental lightweight champion.Kristjansen was ranked first in the WBO Lightweight rankings when he fought the third ranked British Lightweight Amir Khan on 5 April 2008 in a

Jón Kristjánsson            Origin/Culture/Country: Norse

Jón Kristjánsson: was an Icelandic cross country skier who competed in the 1950s. At the 1952 Winter Olympics in Oslo, he finished 45th in the 18 km event and 30th in the 50 km event.

Matthías Kristjánsson            Origin/Culture/Country: Norse

Matthías Kristjánsson: was an Icelandic cross country skier who competed in the 1950s. He finished 33rd in the 50 km event at the 1952 Winter Olympics in Oslo.

Albert E. Kristjansson            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Albert E. Kristjansson: was a politician in Manitoba, Canada. He served in the Legislative Assembly of Manitoba from 1920 to 1922. During his political career, he was a resident of Lundar, Manitoba. He subsequently left the Labour Party to sit with the Independent-Farmer legislative group, loosely aligned with the Progressive Party of Canada. He sought re-election as a candidate of the United Farmers of Manitoba in the 1922 campaign, and lost to Sigfusson by 652 votes. Kristjansson attempted to return to the legislature as a Progressive candidate in the 1927 election, but lost to Sigfusson again.