Hans Christian Andersen | Hans Holbein the Younger | Hans Zimmer | Hans Werner Henze | Hans Memling | Hans Pfitzner | Hans Küng | Hans Conried | Hans Knappertsbusch | Hans Magnus Enzensberger | Hans-Dietrich Genscher | Hans Blix | Hans Zender | Hans Scholl | Hans Hofmann | Hans Christian Ørsted | Hans Raj Hans | Hans Habe | Hans Baldung | Baron Hans Heinrich Thyssen-Bornemisza | Hans von Ohain | Hans van Manen | Hans Urs von Balthasar | Hans Sloane | Hans Rosbaud | Hans-Georg Backhaus | Hans-Adam II, Prince of Liechtenstein | Yuvraj Hans | Hans von Halban | Hans von Bülow |
Balestrand became popular early due to the interest of artists, such as Hans Gude, Alfred Heaton Cooper, Hans Dahl and Johannes Flintoe.
Painters Erik Werenskiold, Hans Gude and not least Harald Solberg have all found motives in Rondane for their works.
In 1861 he went on a study trip together with Hans Gude and Peter Nicolai Arbo.