Former Vice President of the United States, Hubert Humphrey (1911–1978) had family ties to the area, and visited relatives here in 1951 and 1969, and is honored by a memorial stone close to Tveit Church.
Tveit, Odd Karsten, Annas hus, En beretning fra Stavanger til Jerusalem, Cappelen forlag, Oslo (2000) ISBN 82-02-18591-2