Noted Icelandic scholar Sveinbjörn Egilsson served as the first rector of the school from its founding in Reykjavík in 1846.

Jónas Kristjánsson (born 1924) is an Icelandic scholar and novelist.

It was written by the Icelandic scholar and historian Snorri Sturluson around 1220.

January 7 - Árni Magnússon, Icelandic scholar (born 1663)

Ingunn Arnórsdóttir (12th century), was an Icelandic scholar.

It is generally referred to as Egla by Icelandic scholars.

The knowledge of cipher runes was best preserved in Iceland, and during the 17th and the 18th centuries, Icelandic scholars produced several treatises on the subject.

Gunnlaugr Leifsson (d. 1218 or 1219) was an Icelandic scholar, writer and poet.

Sigurður Nordal (14 September 1886 - 21 September 1974) was an Icelandic scholar, writer and ambassador.

Árni Magnússon (13 November 1663 - 7 January 1730) was an Icelandic scholar and collector of manuscripts.