List of Danes

This is a list of notable Danish people.

Actors

• Ellen Aggerholm (1882–1963), stage and screen actress
• Ane Grethe Antonsen (1855–1930), actress
• Anna BÃ¥rd (1980–), model, actress
• Gry Bay (1974–), actress
• Rasmus Bjerg (1976–), actor
• Anna Bloch (1868–1953), actress
• Lars Bom (1961–), actor
• Charlotte Bournonville (1832–1911), actress and opera singer
• Johanne Brun (1874–1954), opera singer
• Hans Egede Budtz (1889–1968), actor
• Poul Bundgaard (1922–1998), actor
• Jesper Christensen (1948–), actor
• Nikolaj Coster-Waldau (1970–), actor
• Karl Dane (1886–1934), silent film actor, comedian
• Mille Dinesen (1974–), actress
• Uffe Ellemann-Jensen (1941-2022), Minister of Foreign Affairs and President of the European Liberals (ALDE)
• Olaf Fønss (1882–1949), silent film actor
• Morten Grunwald (1934-2018), actor
• Ruth Guldbæk (1919–2006), opera singer
• John Hahn-Petersen (1930-2006), actor
• Caroline Halle-Müller (1755–1826), actor, singer and dancer
• Holger Juul Hansen, (1924-2013), actor
• Betty Hennings (1850–1939), actress, famous for her roles in Ibsen's plays
• Jean Hersholt (1886–1956), film actor (Academy Awards Jean Hersholt Humanitarian Award)
• Iben Hjejle (1971–), actress
• Astrid Holm (1893–1961), actress
• Gudrun Houlberg (1889–1940), actress
• Inge Hvid-Møller (1912–1970), actress and theatre director
• Allan Hyde (1989–), actor
• Bodil Ipsen (1889–1964), actress
• Katja K (1968–), ex-adult performer, actor
• Tina Kiberg (1958–), opera singer
• Lone Koppel (1938–), opera singer
• Nikita Klæstrup (1994–), political commentator, model, reality TV star
• Nikolaj Lie Kaas (1973–), actor
• Bodil Kjer (1917–2003), actress
• Makka Kleist (born 1951), Greenlandic actress
• Brigitte Kolerus (1941–2001), actress and theatre director
• Tenna Kraft (1885–1954), opera singer
• Johanne Krarup-Hansen (1870–1958), opera singer
• Lilly Lamprecht (1887–1976), opera singer
• Dorothy Larsen (1911–1990), opera singer
• Lau Lauritzen Jr. (1910–1977), director, actor, producer
• Thure Lindhardt (1974–), actor
• Julie Lund (1979–), actress
• Augusta Lütken (1855–1910), opera singer
• Mia Lyhne (1971–), film and television actress
• Anders Matthesen (1975–), actor, comedian
• Svend Melsing (1888–1946), actor, playwright
• Svend Methling (1891–1977), actor
• Mads Mikkelsen (1965–), actor
• Lars Mikkelsen (1964–), actor
• Viggo Mortensen (1958–), actor (half Danish)
• Sigrid Neiiendam (1873–1955), actress
• Birthe Neumann (1947–), actress at the Royal Danish Theatre
• Asta Nielsen (1883–1972), silent film star, actress
• Brigitte Nielsen (1963–), actress, former wife of Sylvester Stallone
• Connie Nielsen (1965–), film actress
• Oda Nielsen (1851–1936), actress in Copenhagen theatres
• Ghita Nørby (1935–), film actress
• Jens Okking (1939—2018), actor
• Kirsten Olesen (1949–), actress
• Dagmar Orlamundt (1863–1939), comic actress
• Elna Panduro (1882–1983), actress, operetta singer
• Dirch Passer (1926–1980), actor
• Johanne Pedersen-Dan (1860–1934), actress and operetta singer
• Ulf Pilgaard (1940–2024), actor
• Søren Pilmark (1955–), actor
• Clara Pontoppidan (1883–1975), actress
• Valdemar Psilander (1884–1917), silent film star
• Poul Reichhardt (1913–1985), actor
• Asbjørn Riis (1957–), actor, professional wrestler
• Kirsten Rolffes (1928–2000), actress
• Lisbeth Cathrine Amalie Rose (1738–1793), actress
• Louise Sahlgreen (1818–1891), opera singer
• Emilie Sannom (1886–1931), actress and stunt woman
• Johanne Louise Schmidt (1983–), actress
• Jonas Schmidt (1973–), actor
• Ib Schønberg (1902–1955), actor
• Clara Schønfeld (1856–1938), actress
• Else Schøtt (1895–1989), opera singer
• Ingeborg Skov (1893–1990), actress
• Lis Smed (1914–1944), actress
• Ingeborg Spangsfeldt (1895–1968), early film actress
• Ove Sprogøe (1919–2004), actor
• Paprika Steen (1964–), film actress and director
• Karl Stegger (1913–1980), actor
• Ingeborg Steffensen (1888–1964), opera singer
• Inger Stender (1912–1989), stage, film and television actress
• Yutte Stensgaard (1946–), film and television actress
• Ebba Thomsen (1887–1973), silent movie actor
• Emma Thomsen (1863–1910), actress
• Ulrich Thomsen (1963–), actor
• Sven-Ole Thorsen (1944–), actor
• Emilie Ullerup (1984–), actress
• Nicolai Vemming (born 1961), theatre producer and director
• Soffy Walleen (1861–1940), actress
• Lilian Weber Hansen (1911–1987), opera singer
• Charlotte Wiehe-Berény (1865–1947), ballet dancer and actress
• Viggo Wiehe (1874–1956), actor
• Carlo Wieth (1885–1943), actor
• Ebba Wilton (1896–1951), opera singer
• Lulu Ziegler (1903–1973), actress, singer and theatre director
• Marie Zinck (1789–1823), actress and opera singer

Archaeologists

• Frans Blom (1893–1963)
• Peter Oluf Brøndsted (1780–1842), classic archaeologist
• Peter Glob (1911–1985)
• Erik Holtved (1899–1981), Greenland
• Sanne Houby-Nielsen (1960–), Danish-Swedish archaeologist and museum director
• Lis Jacobsen (1882–1961), philologist, runologist
• Eigil Knuth (1903–1996), Greenland
• Therkel Mathiassen (1892–1967), Arctic
• Christian Jürgensen Thomsen (1788–1865), archaeologist
• Jens Jacob Asmussen Worsaae (1821–1885), archaeologist, historian and politician

Architects and designers

• Rigmor Andersen (1903–1995), furniture designer
• Axel Berg (1856–1929), architect
• Antoine de Bosc de la Calmette (1752–1803), landscape architect
• Ellen Braae (1965–), landscape architect
• Karen Clemmensen (1917–2001), architect
• Sophy A. Christensen (1867–1893), furniture designer
• Vilhelm Dahlerup (1826–1907), architect
• Knud V. Engelhardt (1882–1931), designer
• Inger Exner (1926–), architect
• Johannes Exner (1926–2015), architect
• Jørgen Gammelgaard (1938–1991), furniture designer
• Jan Gehl (1947–), architect, urban planner
• Kaj Gottlob (1887–1976), architect and furniture designer
• Ragna Grubb (1903–1961), architect
• Andreas Hallander (1755–1828), Golden Age architect
• Christina Liljenberg Halstrøm (1977–), furniture designer
• Christian Frederik Hansen (1756–1845), architect
• Christian Hansen (1803–1883), architect active mainly in Athens and Copenhagen
• Erik Hansen (1927–2016), architect
• Theophilus Hansen (1813–1891), architect active in Athens and Vienna
• Caspar Frederik Harsdorff (1735–1799), Golden Age architect
• Malene Hauxner (1942–2012), architect
• Piet Hein (1905–1996)
• Poul Henningsen (1894–1967), author, architect, designer
• Peter Hvidt (1916–1986), architect and furniture designer
• Anna Maria Indrio (1943–), architect
• Bjarke Ingels (1974–), architect
• Andreas Jeppe Iversen (1888–1979), furniture designer
• Arne Jacobsen (1902–1971), architect
• Grete Jalk (1920–2006), furniture designer
• Georg Jensen (1866–1935), silversmith, designer
• Jacob Jensen (1926–2015), designer
• Jens Jensen (1860–1951), landscape architect
• Timothy Jacob Jensen (1962–), designer
• Finn Juhl (1912–1989)
• Jørgen Kastholm (1938–2007), furniture designer
• Bodil Kjær (1932–), architect and furniture designer
• Jacob Kjær (1896–1957), furniture designer
• Hanne Kjærholm (1930–2009), architect
• Jens Christian Kofoed (1864–1941), architect
• Eva Koppel (1916–2006), architect
• Mette Lange (graduated 1990), architect, mobile schools for India
• Henning Larsen (1925–2013), architect
• Mogens Lassen (1901–1987), architect
• Vilhelm Lauritzen (1894–1984), architect and furniture designer
• Marie Gudme Leth (1895–1997), textile designer
• Aksel Bender Madsen (1916–2000), furniture designer
• Anne Sofie Madsen (1979–), fashion designer
• Dorte Mandrup-Poulsen (1961–), architect
• Ferdinand Meldahl (1827–1908), architect
• Børge Mogensen (1914–1972), designer
• Orla Mølgaard-Nielsen (1907–1993), architect and furniture designer
• Elna Møller (1913–1994), principal editor of Danmarks Kirker
• Ibi Trier Mørch (1910–1980), designer, especially as a silversmith and glazier
• Hans Olsen (1919–1992), furniture designer
• Johan Martin Quist (1755–1818), Golden Age architect
• (1954–), architect, designer
• Steen Eiler Rasmussen (1898–1990), architect
• Lise Roel (1928–2017), architect
• Rudolph Rothe (1802–1877), landscape architect
• Kasper Salto (1957–), designer
• Jens Martin Skibsted (1970–), designer
• Lene Tranberg (1956–), architect, co-founder of Lundgaard & Tranberg
• Susanne Ussing (1940–1998), architect
• Jan Utzon (1944–), architect
• Jørn Utzon (1918–2008), architect, Sydney Opera House
• Kim Utzon (1957–), architect
• Henrik Valeur (1966–), architect
• Gertrud Vasegaard (1913–2007), ceramist
• Arne Vodder (1926–2009), furniture designer and architect
• Vilhelm Theodor Walther (1819–1892), architect
• Hans J. Wegner (1914–2007), designer
• Lone Wiggers (1963–), architect
• Vilhelm Wohlert (1920–2007), architect, Louisiana Museum of Modern Art
• Kurt Østervig (1912–1986), furniture designer

Artists

• Nikolaj Abraham Abildgaard (1744–1809), painter
• Else Alfelt (1910–1974), painter
• Merete Barker (1944–), painter
• Wilhelm Bendz (1804–1832), painter
• Albert Bertelsen (1921–2019), painter
• Ejler Bille (1910–2004), painter
• Johanne Bindesbøll (1851–1934), textile artist
• Herman Wilhelm Bissen (1798–1868), sculptor
• Lars Bo (1924–1999), etcher
• Jørgen Boberg (1940–2009), painter
• Kay Bojesen (1886–1958), silversmith, designer
• Peter Brandes (1944–2025), painter, sculptor and ceramic artist
• Thorald Brendstrup (1812–1883), painter
• Anders Bundgaard (1864–1937), sculptor
• Emil Bærentzen (1799–1868), painter and lithographer
• Anne Marie Carl-Nielsen (1863–1945), sculptor
• Johannes Carstensen (1924–2010), painter, stained glass artist
• Poul Simon Christiansen (1855–1933), painter
• Ingvar Cronhammar (1947–2021), Swedish-born sculptor
• Carl Dahl (1812–1865), painter
• Kirsten Dehlholm (1945–2024), scenic artist
• Heinrich Dohm (1875–1940), painter
• Anton Dorph (1831–1914), painter
• Christoffer Wilhelm Eckersberg (1783–1853), painter
• Heinrich Eddelien (1802–1852), painter
• Gottfred Eickhoff (1902–1982)
• Olafur Eliasson (1967–), sculptor, installation, photography; is Icelandic–Danish, considered one of the most famous Icelandic artists, in Iceland written Ólafur Elíasson
• Michael Elmgreen (1961–), installations
• Lisa Engqvist (1914–1989), ceramist
• Gutte Eriksen (1918–2008), ceramist
• Adam Fischer (1888–1968), sculptor
• Wilhelm Freddie (1909–1995), painter
• Ingeborg Frederiksen (1886–1976), painter and botanical illustrator
• Andreas Friis (1890-1983), painter
• Hermann Ernst Freund (1786–1840), sculptor
• Paul Gadegaard (1920–1996), painter and sculptor
• Ib Geertsen (1919–2009), painter and sculptor
• Albert Gottschalk (1866–1906), painter
• Hans Jørgen Hammer (1815–1882), painter
• Svend Hammershøi (1873–1948), painter and ceramist
• Vilhelm Hammershøi (1864–1916), painter
• Karen Hannover (1872–1943), ceramist
• Aksel Hansen (1853–1933), sculptor
• Constantin Hansen (1804–1880), painter
• Heinrich Hansen (1821–1890), painter
• Johannes Hansen (1903–1995), sculptor
• Peter Hansen (1868–1928), painter
• Karl Hansen Reistrup (1863–1929), sculptor, ceramist, illustrator
• Arne Haugen Sørensen (1932–), painter, illustrator and church decorator
• Jørgen Haugen Sørensen (1934–2021), sculptor
• Sven Havsteen-Mikkelsen (1912–1999), painter, illustrator and church decorator
• Henry Heerup (1907–1993), painter
• Einar Hein (1875–1931), painter
• Jeppe Hein (1974–), installations
• Gerhard Henning (1880–1967), sculptor
• Frants Henningsen (1850–1908), artist
• Jacob Holdt (1947–), photographer, writer
• Hans Holst (born before 1619, died after 1640), woodcarver
• Johannes Holt-Iversen (1989–), painter
• Paul Høm (1905–1994), artist and church decorator
• Horder (12th century), stonemason and sculptor
• Knud Hvidberg (1927–1986), painter and sculptor
• Peter Ilsted (1861–1933), painter/etcher
• Valdemar Irminger (1850–1938), painter
• Robert Jacobsen (1912–1993), sculptor and painter
• Ville Jais-Nielsen (1886–1949), painter
• Axel P. Jensen (1885–1972), painter
• Johan Laurentz Jensen (1800–1856), painter
• Jens Adolf Jerichau (1818–1883), sculptor
• Svend Johansen (1890–1970), painter, scenographer
• Viggo Johansen (1851–1935), painter
• Lorentz Jørgensen (1644–1681), woodcarver
• Asger Jorn (1914–1973), painter
• Jens Juel (1745–1802), painter mainly known for portraits
• Bodil Kaalund (1930–2016), painter, textile artist, church decorator
• Herman A. Kähler (1846–1917), ceramist
• Per Kirkeby (1938–2018), painter
• Anna Klindt Sørensen (1899–1985), painter
• Jesper Knudsen (1964–), painter
• Eva Koch (1953–), sculptor
• Kristiane Konstantin-Hansen (1848–1925), textile artist
• John Kørner (1967–), painter
• Theodora Krarup (1862–1941), portrait painter
• Nathalie Krebs (1895–1978), potter
• Pietro Krohn (1840–1905), painter, illustrator
• Peder Severin Krøyer (1851–1909), painter
• Christen Købke (1810–1848), painter
• Michael Kvium (1955–), painter
• La Norma Fox (born 1926), trapeze artist
• Poul Lange (1956–) graphic designer, artist, photographer
• Alhed Larsen (1872–1927), painter
• Emanuel Larsen (1823–1859), painter
• Johannes Larsen (1867–1961), painter
• Harald Leth (1899–1986), painter
• Kirsten Lockenwitz (1932–2025), painter and sculptor
• Christian August Lorentzen (1749–1828), painter
• Frederik Christian Lund (1826–1901), painter
• Vilhelm Lundstrøm (1893–1950), painter
• Julie Lütken (1788–1816), painter
• Christine Løvmand (1803–1872), painter
• Jais Nielsen (1885–1961), painter and ceramist
• Karl Madsen (1855–1938), painter and art historian
• Wilhelm Marstrand (1810–1873), painter
• Brix Michgell (early 17th century), sculptor, woodworker
• Mogens Møller (1934–2021), painter and sculptor
• Moritz Georg Moshack (1730–before 1772), clavichord builder
• Richard Mortensen (1910–1993), painter
• Adam August Müller (1811–1844), painter
• Christian Mølsted (1862–1930), painter
• Rasmus Nellemann (1923–2004), painter and illustrator
• Knud Nellemose (1908–1997), sculptor
• Anders Nielsen Hatt (early 17th century), sculptor, woodworker
• Elsa Nielsen (1923–2011), graphic artist
• Kai Nielsen (1882–1924), sculptor
• Palle Nielsen (1923–2000), graphic artist
• Thorvald Niss (1842–1905), painter
• Astrid Noack (1888–1954), sculptor
• Emil Normann (1798–1881)
• Dagmar Olrik (1860–1932), painter and tapestry artist
• John Olsen (1938–2019), painter, sculptor
• Willy Ørskov (1920–1990), sculptor
• Erik Ortvad (1917–2008), painter
• Carl-Henning Pedersen, painter
• Axel Poulsen (1887–1972), sculptor
• Tal R (1967–), painter
• Anu Ramdas (1980–), interdisciplinary artist
• Svend Rathsack (1885–1941), sculptor
• Jytte Rex (1942–), painter, writer, filmmaker
• Jørgen Ringnis (?–1652), woodcarver
• Elof Risebye (1892–1961), painter, church decorator
• Martinus Rørbye (1803–1848), painter
• Arild Rosenkrantz (1870–1964), painter, stained glass artist, sculptor and illustrator
• William Scharff (1886–1959), painter
• Abel Schrøder the Younger (1602–1676), woodcarver
• Hans Smidth (1839–1917), painter
• Povl Søndergaard (1905–1986), sculptor
• Karen Strand (1924–2000), goldsmith
• Jakob Martin Strid (1972–), cartoonist
• Kamma Svensson (1908–1998), illustrator
• Christine Swane (1876–1960), painter
• Sigurd Swane (1879–1973), painter
• Anna Syberg (1870–1914), painter
• Fritz Syberg (1862–1939), painter and illustrator
• Carl Frederik Sørensen (1818–1879)
• Carl Thomsen (1847–1912), painter and illustrator
• Bertel Thorvaldsen (1770–1844), sculptor
• Jette Thyssen (born 1933), textile artist
• Elisabeth Toubro (1956–), sculptor
• Kurt Trampedach, painter
• Paula Trock (1889–1979), weaver, textile artist
• Lise Warburg (born 1932), textile artist and writer
• Gunnar Westman (1915–1985), sculptor
• Svend Wiig Hansen (1922–1997), sculptor and painter
• Johannes Wiedewelt (1731–1802), sculptor
• Thomas Winkler (1953–), clothing designer, writer and visual multi-artist; house artist for the Tivoli Gardens
• Christian Zacho (1843–1913), painter

Business people

• Birgit Aagard-Svendsen (1956–), CFO of J. Lauritzen
• Laura Aller (1849–1917), editor and pioneering magazine publisher at Aller
• Hans Niels Andersen (1852–1937), founder of the East Asiatic Company
• Dagmar Andreasen (1920–2006), ran the Rynkeby juice factory deom 1953 to 1986
• Irene Benneweis (1891–1970), circus director
• Lilly Brændgaard (1918–2009), fashion designer specializing in wedding dresses
• Bianca Bruhn (born 1975), technology-focused business executive, from 2022 director of Google Denmark
• Constantin Brun (1746–1836), merchant, royal administrator of trade on the Danish West Indies
• Elsebeth Budolfsen (1947–), pharmacist and business executive
• Ole Kirk Christiansen (1891–1958), inventor of Lego
• Johan Frederik Classen (1725–1792), statesman and industrialist, founder of Frederiksværk
• Peter Hersleb Classen (1738–1825), statesman and financial administrator
• Mads Clausen (1905–1966), founder of Danfoss Industries
• Henriette Danneskiold-Samsøe (1776–1843), founder of the Holmegaard Glass Factory
• Janus Friis (1976–), Skype, Kazaa, Joost and minor companies
• Ole Henriksen (1951–), cosmetologist for Hollywood stars
• Søren Hjorth (1801–1870), inventor
• Henning Holck-Larsen (1907–2003) and Søren Kristian Toubro (1906–1982), founders of Indian engineering firm Larsen & Toubro
• J. C. Jacobsen (1811–1887), founder of Carlsberg Brewing
• Hanni Toosbuy Kasprzak (1957–), owner of the ECCO shoe company
• William S. Knudsen (1879–1948), industrialist; president, General Motors in the US
• Camilla Ley Valentin (1973–), entrepreneur and co-founder of Queue-it
• Martin Lindstrom (1970–), marketing advisor
• Arnold Peter Møller (1876–1965), founder of A.P. Møller-Mærsk Group, the largest Danish company
• Mærsk Mc-Kinney Møller (1913–2012), shipping magnate
• Nikoline Nielsen (1874–1951), brewer
• Inger Marie Plum (1889–1965), early businesswoman in butter and canned meat production
• Jørgen Skafte Rasmussen (1878–1964)
• Kevin Bendix (1968–) temporary urban culture developer
• Tine Susanne Miksch Roed (1964–), deputy director-general, Confederation of Danish Industry
• Frida Schou (1891–1980), early businesswoman and brick manufacturer
• Rasmus Sigvardt (1886–), engine manufacturer
• Nina Smith (born 1955), economist and university professor
• Carl Frederik Tietgen (1829–1901), financier and industrialist; co-founder of many large Danish companies
• Ane Mærsk Mc-Kinney Uggla (1948–), business executive, chair of the A.P. Møller Foundation
• Lillian von Kauffmann (1920–2016), businesswoman and property owner

Chefs and restaurateurs

• Sven and Lene Grønlykke (1927–1998, 1933–1990)
• Rasmus Kofoed (1974–)
• Claus Meyer (1963–)
• Michel Michaud (1946–), brought French cuisine to Denmark in 1971
• René Redzepi (1977–), chef, co-founder of Noma restaurant
• Lertchai Treetawatchaiwong (1978–)
• Karen Volf (1864–1946), pioneering female baker and pastry cook

Comedians

• Anders Bircow (1951–), comedian, musician
• Rasmus Bjerg (1976–), comedian
• Victor Borge (1909–2000), comedian, musician
• Christian Fuhlendorff, comedian
• Tobias Dybvad, comedian
• Mick Øgendahl, comedian, actor
• Casper Christensen (1968–), comedian
• Drengene fra Angora, comedy trio
• Thomas Eje (1957–), comedian, musician, touring in U.S. as Tom Dane
• Jan Gintberg (1963–), comedian
• Lars Hjortshøj (1967–), comedian
• Ane Høgsberg (born 1988), stand-up comedian
• Frank Hvam (1970–), comedian
• Rune Klan (born 1976), comedian
• Simon Kvamm (1975–), comedian, musician
• Morten Lindberg (1965–2019), comedian also known as "Master Fatman"
• Anders Matthesen (1975–), comedian
• De Nattergale, comedy music trio
• Lasse Rimmer (1972–), comedian
• Sanne Søndergaard (born 1980), stand-up comedian and writer
• Sandi Toksvig (1958–), comedian in the UK
• Mads Vangsø (1971–), comedian

Criminals

• Peter Adler Alberti, abuse of power as Minister of Justice by impeachment and embezzlement
• Stein Bagger, the IT Factory Fraud Case
• The Blekinge Street Gang, robbery, financial aid to PFLP
• Peter Brixtofte, abuse of power as Mayor of Farum
• Niels Holck, involved in illegal weapons supply in India
• Peter Lundin, four cases of murder
• Peter Langkjær Madsen, murder of journalist
• Erik Ninn-Hansen, abuse of power as Minister of Justice by impeachment
• Palle Sørensen, murder of four police officers

Dancers

• Frank Andersen (1953–), Royal Danish Ballet: ballet dancer and ballet master
• Mads Blangstrup (1974–), principal dancer, Royal Danish Ballet
• August Bournonville (1805–1879), ballet dancer and choreographer
• Gudrun Bojesen (1976–), principal dancer, Royal Danish Ballet
• Dinna Bjørn (1947–), principal dancer, ballet mistress, Royal Danish Ballet
• Marie Christine Bjørn (1763–1837), outstanding ballerina, Royal Danish Theatre
• Ida Brun (1792–1857), dancer, mime artist, singer
• Erik Bruhn (1929–1986), ballet dancer
• Lise la Cour (1944–2016), ballet dancer and choreographer
• Camilla Dallerup (1974–), British-based Danish ballroom dancer
• Vivi Flindt (1943–), choreographer, Royal Danish Ballet
• Anine Frölich (1762–1784), ballet dancer
• Adeline Genée (1878–1970), ballerina, Royal Danish Ballet; later music hall roles in London, New York and Sydney
• Lucile Grahn (1819–1907), ballerina, Royal Danish Ballet, performed widely across Europe
• Susanne Grinder (1981–), principal dancer, Royal Danish Ballet
• Eline Heger (1774–1842), ballet dancer, Royal Danish Ballet
• Else Højgaard (1906–1979), ballerina, stage and film actress, Royal Danish Theatre
• Mette Hønningen (1944–), ballerina, Royal Danish Ballet
• Nikolaj Hubbe (1967–), Royal Danish Ballet balletmaster and former New York City Ballet principal dancer
• Palle Jacobsen (1940–2009), ballet dancer and ballet master
• Caroline Kellermann (1821–1881), solo dancer in the Royal Danish Ballet
• Andrea Krætzmer (1811–1889), soloist in August Bournonville's early ballets
• Henning Kronstam (1934–1995), dancer, balletmaster, theatre director, Royal Danish Ballet
• Margot Lander (1910–1961), Denmark's first prima ballerina, Royal Danish Ballet
• Toni Lander (1931–1985), ballerina in Copenhagen, Paris, London and Salt Lake City
• Elna Lassen (1901–1930), ballerina, Royal Danish Ballet
• Gitte Lindstrøm (1975–), principal dancer, Royal Danish Ballet
• Nilas Martins, New York City Ballet principal dancer
• Peter Martins (1946–), New York City Ballet balletmaster in chief, choreographer and former ballet dancer
• Asta Mollerup (1881–1945), modern dance teacher and school director
• Augusta Nielsen (1822–1902), ballerina, soloist in Bournonville's ballets
• Elna Ørnberg (1880–1969), ballerina, soloist in Bournonville's ballets
• Ulla Poulsen (1905–2001), ballerina, Royal Danish Ballet
• Ellen Price (1878–1968), prima ballerina, Royal Danish Ballet
• Juliette Price (1831–1906), prima ballerina, Royal Danish Ballet, worked with Bournonville
• Kirsten Ralov (1922–1999), ballerina, ballet mistress, associate director, Royal Danish Ballet
• Louise Rasmussen (1815–1874), ballet dancer and stage actor, Royal Danish Ballet
• Margrethe Schall (1775–1852), ballerina, Royal Danish Ballet
• Silja Schandorff (1969–), ballerina, Royal Danish Ballet
• Kirsten Simone (1934–2024), first soloist Royal Danish Ballet
• Nini Theilade (1915–2018), ballet dancer, choreographer, film star
• Anna Tychsen (1863–1896), ballet dancer
• Valda Valkyrien (1895–1956), prima ballerina, Royal Danish Ballet, silent film actress in the United

Economists

• Tim Bollerslev (1958–), economist and professor at American institutions
• Ernst Immanuel Cohen Brandes (1844–1892), economist and editor
• Johan Christian Fabricius (1745–1808), economist and entomologist
• Bodil Nyboe Andersen (1940–2025), governor of the Danish National Bank from 1995 to 2005
• Bo Honoré (1960–), economist and professor at Princeton University
• Lasse Heje Pedersen (1972–), financial economist and professor at Copenhagen Business School

Explorers

• Vitus Bering (1680–1741)
• Hans Egede (1686–1758)
• Carl Gunnar Feilberg (1894–1972), Iran
• Peter Freuchen (1886–1957), Greenland
• Thomas Vilhelm Garde (1859–1926), Greenland
• Wilhelm August Graah (1793–1863), Greenland
• Henning Haslund-Christensen (1896–1948), Mongolia
• Gustav Frederik Holm (1849–1940), Greenland
• Erik Holtved (1899–1981)
• Carl Krebs (1889–1971), Central Asia
• Jochem Pietersen Kuyter (?–1654), seaman and early settler of New Netherland
• Godske Lindenov (?–1612), Greenland
• Conrad Malte-Brun (1755–1826), Danish-born French geographer
• Ejnar Mikkelsen (1880–1971), Greenland
• Harald Moltke (1871–1960), Greenland
• Jens Munk (1579–1628)
• Ludvig Mylius-Erichsen (1872–1907), Greenland
• Ole Olufsen (1865–1929), Central Asia
• Didrik Pining (c. 1428–1491), Greenland
• Hans Pothorst (c. 1440–c. 1490), Greenland
• Knud Rasmussen (1879–1933), the Arctic
• Barclay Raunkiær (1889–1915), Arabia
• Carl Ryder (1858–1923), Greenland
• Peder Olsen Walløe (1716–1793), Greenland

Fictional Danes

• Dan I of Denmark, mythological first king of Denmark
• Frotho I, mythological king of Denmark (King Frodo I, see Fróði)
• Frotho II, mythological king of Denmark (King Frodo II, see Fróði)
• Dani Beck
• Beowulf
• King Claudius
• Holger Danske
• Gertrude
• King Hamlet
• Prince Hamlet
• Hans (Disney)
• The Little Mermaid
• Skærmtrolden Hugo
• Thumbelina
• Ragnar Lothbrok
• Egon Olsen

Film directors

• Bille August (1948–), director
• Erik Balling (1924–2005), director
• Susanne Bier (1960–), director, writer
• August Blom (1869–1947), director, producer
• Ole Bornedal (1959–), director
• Carl Theodor Dreyer (1889–1968), film director (The Passion of Joan of Arc, Ordet)
• Peter Elfelt (1866–1931), photographer, silent film director
• Per Fly (1960–)
• Bodil Ipsen (1889–1964), director, actress
• Anders Thomas Jensen (1972–)
• Lau Lauritzen Jr. (1910–1977), director, actor, producer
• Jørgen Leth (1937–2025), filmmaker and poet
• Nils Malmros (1944–), filmmaker
• Nicolas Winding Refn (1970–), director
• Mikael Salomon (1945–), director, writer
• Lone Scherfig (1959–), director
• Lars von Trier (1956–), director
• Thomas Vinterberg (1969–), director

Gamers

• Søren Bjerg (1996–), League of Legends gamer for Team SoloMid
• Rasmus Winther (1999–), League of Legends gamer for G2 Esports, widely regarded as the best western player of all time
• Henrik Hansen (1994–), League of Legends gamer
• Nicolaj Jensen (1995–), League of Legends gamer for Cloud9
• Dennis Johnsen (1996–), League of Legends gamer for Cloud9
• Lucas Tao Kilmer Larsen (1997–), League of Legends gamer
• Chres Laursen (1998–), League of Legends gamer for Misfits Gaming
• Jesper Svenningsen (1997–), League of Legends gamer for Team SoloMid
• Nicolai Hvilshøj Reedtz (1995–), Counter Strike: Global Offensive gamer for Astralis
• Lukas Egholm Rossander (1995–), Counter Strike: Global Offensive gamer for Astralis
• Peter Rothmann Rasmussen (1993–), Counter Strike: Global Offensive gamer for Astralis
• Andreas Højsleth (1995–), Counter Strike: Global Offensive gamer for Astralis
• Emil Hoffmann Reif (1998–), Counter Strike: Global Offensive gamer for Astralis
• Johan Sundstein (1993–), Dota 2 gamer for OG, highest earning Esports player by pricepool
• benjamin vestergaard, Minecraft gamer

Historians

• Sven Aggesen (fl. 12th century), historian
• Ellen Andersen (1898–1989), museum curator, specializing in the history of textiles
• Kirsti Andersen (1941–), historian of mathematics
• Erik Arup (1876–1951), historian
• Tom Buk-Swienty (1966–), historian with a focus on the Second Schleswig War
• Tove Clemmensen (1915–2006), art historian and curator
• A. G. Drachmann (1891-1980), historian
• Kristian Erslev (1852–1930), historian and Historiographer
• Saxo Grammaticus (c. 1160–c. 1220), historian
• Ingeborg Hammer-Jensen (1880–1955), classical philologist and historian of alchemy
• Karin Hindsbo (1974–), art historian
• Anna Hude (1858–1934), first Danish woman to graduate as a historian
• Arild Huitfeldt (1546–1609), historian
• Adolf Ditlev Jørgensen (1840–1897), historian
• Maria Nielsen (1882–1931), historian and headmistress
• Louise Nyholm Kallestrup (1975–), historian with a focus on early modern history
• Bo Lidegaard (1958–), historian
• Troels Frederik Lund (1840–1921), historian
• Astrid Friis (1893–1966), historian focusing on 17th-century trade and commerce
• Elisabeth Munksgaard (1924–1997), historian and expert on art from the late Iron Age and Viking Age
• Niels Neergaard (1854–1936), historian
• Elise Otté (1818–1903), historian and linguist
• Else Roesdahl (1942–), historian and Viking specialist
• Bente Scavenius (1944–), art historian
• Else Kai Sass (1912–1987), art historian
• Peter Frederik Suhm (1728–1798), historian
• Per K. Sørensen (1950–), Tibetologist
• Stephanius (1599–1650), historian
• Anders Sørensen Vedel (1542–1616), historian
• Jens Jacob Asmussen Worsaae (1821–1885), archaeologist, historian and pioneer in paleobotany

Linguists

• Ada Adler (1878–1946)
• Una Canger (born 1938), linguist
• Christian Falster (1690–1752), poet and philologist
• Louis Hjelmslev (1899–1955)
• Eli Fischer-Jørgensen (1911–2010), phonetician
• Frede Jensen (1926–2008), philologist and professor
• Otto Jespersen (1860–1943)
• Johan Nicolai Madvig (1804–1886)
• Axel Olrik (1864–1917)
• Holger Pedersen (1867–1953), linguist
• Rasmus Rask (1787–1832), linguist
• Jørgen Rischel (1934–2007), linguist
• Kim Ryholt (born 1970), philologist and egyptologist
• Vilhelm Thomsen (1842–1927)
• Karl Verner (1846–1896), linguist

Models

• Nina Agdal, model
• Heidi Albertsen, model
• May Andersen, model
• Anine Bing, model
• Oliver Bjerrehuus, model
• Helena Christensen, model
• Kira Eggers, adult model
• Freja Beha Erichsen, model
• Majken Haugedal, model
• Katja K, pornstar
• Mathias Lauridsen, model
• Renée Simonsen, model
• Josephine Skriver, model
• Tania Strecker, model
• Catharina Svensson, model, Miss Earth 2001
• Cecilie Thomsen, model, appeared in Tomorrow Never Dies
• Victoria Kjær Theilvig, model, Miss Universe 2024

Music

A

• Afenginn
• Alphabeat
• Anti Social Media
• Aqua, peaked in 1997 with "Barbie Girl"
• Artillery
• Signe Asmussen (1970–), mezzo-soprano
• Christina Åstrand (1969–), violinist, leader of the Danish National Symphony Orchestra

B

• Lisbeth Balslev, operatic soprano
• Basim
• Ellen Beck (1873–1953), soprano concert singer
• Bamses Venner
• Ben and Tan
• Julie Berthelsen, singer
• Bikstok Røgsystem
• Birmingham 6
• The Blue Van
• Helene Blum (1979–), folk singer and musician
• Katy Bødtger
• Henriette Bonde-Hansen (1963–), operatic soprano
• Dagmar Borup (1867–1959), pianist and educator
• Brixx
• Gunna Breuning-Storm (1891–1966), violinist, educator
• Niels Brinck
• Birgit Brüel
• Gerda von Bülow (1904–1990), violinist, educator
• Dieterich Buxtehude (1637–1707), composer

C

• C21
• Debbie Cameron
• Dario Campeotto
• Carpark North
• The Cartoons
• Christina Chanée
• Tim Christensen
• Ida Corr

D

• D-A-D
• Anna David
• Daze
• Emmelie de Forest, winner of Eurovision Song Contest 2013
• Lonnie Devantier
• Tina Dickow, singer
• Tina Dico
• René Dif, singer, member of Aqua
• Dizzy Mizz Lizzy
• DJ Encore
• Dominus
• Elisabeth Dons (1864–1942), opera singer
• DQ

E

• Efterklang
• Amir El-Falaki
• Michael Elo, composer
• Evil Masquerade

F

• Bent Fabricius-Bjerre
• Fate
• Fielfraz
• Figurines
• Sharin Foo
• Anders Frandsen
• Lars Frederiksen, vocalist of Rancid
• A Friend in London
• Fyr og Flamme

G

• Jacob Gade
• Niels W. Gade
• Gangway
• Gasolin'
• Susanne Georgi, one half of Me & My
• Leocadie Gerlach (1826–1919), Danish-Swedish opera singer
• Lukas Graham
• Peder Gram (1881–1956), composer
• Edith Guillaume (1943–2013), mezzo-soprano opera singer

H

• Lise Haavik
• Golla Hammerich (1854–1903), pianist
• Lars Hannibal (1951–), guitarist and lutenist
• Hatesphere
• Caroline Henderson
• Hit'n'Hide
• Horrorpops
• Hot Eyes
• Hurdy Gurdy
• Húsakórið, Faroese/Danish

I

• Illdisposed
• Infernal
• Grethe Ingmann
• Jørgen Ingmann

J

• Louise Janssen (1863–1938), opera singer
• Knud Jeppesen (1892–1974)
• Trine Jepsen
• Gry Johansen
• Jokeren
• Junior Senior

K

• Kashmir
• Sophie Keller (1850–1929), opera singer
• King Diamond (1956–)
• Birthe Kjær
• Kliché
• Klutæ
• Kølig Kaj

L

• Laban
• Laid Back
• Kim Larsen (1945–2018)
• Jeppe Laursen
• Lazyboy
• Margrethe Lendrop (1873–1920), opera singer
• Leonora
• Rasmus Lerdorf
• Leæther Strip
• Lighthouse X
• Anne Linnet
• Hans Christian Lumbye

M

• Mabel
• Frederik Magle
• Malk de Koijn
• Manticora
• Mames Babegenush
• Simon Mathew
• MC Einar, rap band
• Me & My
• Medina
• Mercenary
• Mercyful Fate
• Mew
• Michael Learns to Rock
• Ulla Miilmann (1972–), flautist
• Christine Milton
• Anila Mirza (1974–), singer
• MØ (1988–), pop singer
• Ida Møller (1872–1947), opera singer
• Miss Papaya
• Mnemic
• Mofus
• John Mogensen
• Malene Mortensen

N

• The Naked
• Nanna
• Natasja Saad
• Nekromantix
• Nephew
• Tomas N'evergreen
• New Politics
• Amanda Nielsen (1866–1953), cabaret singer
• Carl Nielsen (1865–1931), composer
• Inga Nielsen (1946–2008), soprano
• Ida Nielsen (Prince), bassist
• Nik og Jay
• Anja Nissen
• Eva Noer Kondrup (1964–), composer
• Claus Norreen, composer
• Rasmus Nøhr
• Per NørgÃ¥rd

O

• Edith Oldrup, opera singer
• Oh No Ono
• Olsen Brothers
• Outlandish
• Aage Oxenvad (1884–1944), clarinetist

P

• Else Paaske (1941–), mezzo-soprano concert singer
• Niels-Henning Ørsted Pedersen, jazz bass player
• Michala Petri (1958–), recorder player
• Ulla Pia
• Pretty Maids
• Psyched Up Janis
• Pyramaze

R

• Lina Rafn
• Wilhelm Ramsøe (1837–1895), composer
• Rasmussen
• Søren Nystrøm Rasted, composer
• Raquel Rastenni
• Raunchy
• The Raveonettes
• Simon Ravn, film composer
• Reddi
• Reiley
• Remee, composer
• Bryan Rice
• Ridin' Thumb
• Rollo & King
• Rune RK

S

• Saba
• Safri Duo
• Soluna Samay
• Louise Sahlgreen (1818–1891), opera singer
• Sanne Salomonsen
• Savage Rose
• Saybia
• Sebastian
• Rasmus Seebach
• Tommy Seebach
• Sidsel Ben Semmane
• Shu-Bi-Dua
• Catharine Simonsen (1816–1849), opera singer
• Sissal
• S.O.A.P.
• Sort Sol
• Spleen United
• Simon Steen-Andersen, composer
• Johanne Stockmarr (1869–1944), classical pianist
• Superheroes
• Jakob Sveistrup
• Bent Sørensen

T

• Tomas Thordarson
• Bjørn Tidmand
• Tiggy
• Jette Torp
• Søren Torpegaard Lund
• Toy-Box
• Mike Tramp (1961–), singer in White Lion
• Trentemøller
• Trille (1945–2016), singer-songwriter
• Thomas Troelsen
• TV-2

U

• Lars Ulrich (1963–), drummer in Metallica
• Under byen

V

• Esther Vagning (1905–1986), classical concert pianist
• Volbeat (band)
• Vola (progressive rock band)

W

• Sune Rose Wagner
• Galina Werschenska (1906–1994), Russian-born Danish pianist
• Christopher Ernst Friedrich Weyse
• Whigfield
• Birthe Wilke
• Aud Wilken
• Gustav Winckler
• Ellen Winther
• Lars Winther

Z

• Josephine Zinck (1829–1919), concert and opera singer

Philanthropists

• Mimi Carstensen (1852–1935), philanthropist and journalist
• Valborg Hammerich (1897–1988), resistance member and founder of "Red Barnet"
• Kirsten Lauritzen (1902–1980), helped needy children and the elderly
• Camilla Nielsen (1856–1932), philanthropist and politician
• Julie Ramsing (1871–1954), organized trips to Denmark for malnourished German children
• Lucie Marie Reventlow (1884–1894), philanthropist, supporter of the scouting movement

Philosophers

• N. F. S. Grundtvig (1783–1872), educationalist, philosopher and social reformer
• Harald Høffding (1843–1931)
• Søren Kierkegaard (1813–1855), philosopher
• Knud Ejler Løgstrup (1905–1981), Christian philosopher
• Rasmus Nielsen (1809–1884)
• Johannes Sløk (1916–2001), Christian philosopher and translator of Shakespeare
• Martinus Thomsen (1890–1981), referred to as Martinus, writer and mystic

Photographers

• Mads Alstrup (1808–1876), first Danish photographer with own studio
• Per Bak Jensen (1949–), influential photographer with an innovative artistic landscape style
• Morten Bo (1945–), influential photographer, author of many photo books
• Pietro Boyesen (1819–1882), photographer in Rome
• Krass Clement (1946–), specializing in the photo-essay style
• Peter Faber (1810–1877), took oldest photo on record
• Frederikke Federspiel (1839–1913), first female photographer to practice in Denmark
• Kristen Feilberg (1839–1919), remembered for many early photographs in Dutch East Indies
• Jens Fink-Jensen (1956–), contemporary artistic photographer
• Jan Grarup (1968–), award-winning press photographer specializing in war and conflict
• Ludvig Grundtvig (1836–1901), photographer and portrait painter
• Caroline Hammer (1832–1915), early woman photographer with a studio on the Frisian island of Föhr
• Georg Emil Hansen (1833–1891), pioneering court photographer
• Christian Hedemann (1852–1932), remembered for his early photographs of Hawaii
• Keld Helmer-Petersen (1920–2013), pioneer in colour photography in the 1940s
• Jacob Holdt (1947–), used photography to encourage social reform
• Jesper Høm (1931–2000), influential press photographer and film director
• Kirsten Klein (1945–), specializing in black-and-white landscapes
• Astrid Kruse Jensen (1975–), specializing in night photography with an unreal dimension
• Claus Bjørn Larsen (1963–), award-winning press photographer
• Anton Melbye (1818–1875), artist using photography as an aid to painting
• Israel B. Melchior (1827–1893), amateur photographer who photographed Hans Christian Andersen
• Rigmor Mydtskov (1925–2010), theatre photography and court photographer for Queen Margrethe
• Viggo Rivad (1922–2016), used photographic essays to portray ordinary citizens
• Leif Schiller (1939–2007), photographer
• Lars Schwander (1957–), portraits of international artists
• Jacob Aue Sobol (1976–), award-winning collections from Greenland, Guatemala and Tokyo
• Mary Steen (1856–1939), pioneer of indoor photography, including royalty
• Rudolph Striegler (1816–1876), pioneering portrait photography
• Heinrich Tønnies (1825–1903), early studio in Aalborg, portraits and landscapes
• Sigvart Werner (1872–1959), amateur who gained fame from Danish landscapes in book form
• Mary Willumsen (1884–1961), sold postcards of scantily-dressed women from 1916
• Benedicte Wrensted (1859–1949), took photographs of Native Americans in Idaho

Politicians

• Frank Aaen (born 1951), politician (Enhedslisten)
• Yildiz Akdogan (born 1973), politician (Social Democrats)
• Ragnhild Andersen (1907–1990), politician and trade unionist (Communist Party)
• Karen Ankersted (1859–1921), pioneering female politician (Conservative People's Party)
• Svend Auken (1943–2009), politician (Social Democrats)
• Bendt Bendtsen (born 1954), politician (Konservative Folkeparti)
• Gudrun Bjørner (1898–1959), politician (Justice Party)
• Klaus Bondam (born 1963), politician, actor (Det Radikale Venstre)
• Vilhelm Buhl (1881–1954), politician, Danish prime minister 1942 & 1945 (Social Democrats)
• Kirsten Marie Christensen (1860–1935), one of the first five women to be elected to the Landsting in 1918
• Henriette Crone (1874–1933), Landsting politician, trade unionist, peace activist
• Kristian Thulesen Dahl (born 1969), politician (Dansk Folkeparti)
• Karen Dahlerup (1920–2018), politician (Social Democrats)
• Marie Egeberg (1865–1952), schoolteacher, women's rights activist and Ventre politician
• Erik Eriksen (1902–1972)
• Lene Espersen (born 1965), politician (Konservative Folkeparti)
• Jacob Brønnum Scavenius Estrup (1825–1913), Council President
• Mette Frederiksen(born 1977), politician (Social Democrats)
• Louise Frevert (born 1953), politician (no political party)
• Lis Groes (1910–1974), politician (Social Democrats) and feminist
• Mette Groes (1937–2014), politician (Social Democrats)
• Hans Christian Hansen (1906–1960)
• Litten Hansen (born 1944), actress, activist and politician (Left Socialists)
• Hans Hedtoft
• Lisbet Hindsgaul (1890–1969), politician (Conservative People's Party) and women's rights activist
• Frode Jakobsen (1906–1997), WWII in the resistance movement, member of the Danish Freedom Council, politician (Social Democrats)
• Marianne Jelved (born 1943), politician (Det Radikale Venstre)
• Frank Jensen (born 1961), politician (Social Democrats), Lord Mayor of Copenhagen
• Anker Jørgensen (1922–2016), politician, Danish prime minister 1972–1973 & 1975–1982 (Social Democrats)
• Viggo Kampmann (1910–1976)
• Naser Khader (born 1963), politician (Konservative Folkeparti)
• Pia Kjærsgaard (born 1947), politician (Dansk Folkeparti)
• Jens Otto Krag (1914–1978), former prime minister
• Knud Kristensen (1880–1962)
• Edele Kruchow (1915–1989), member of the Folketing, served on Denmark's delegation to the United Nations
• Camma Larsen-Ledet (1915–1991), politician, minister and mayor (Social Democrats)
• Helga Larsen (1884–1947), one of the first four women to be elected to the Folketing
• Mogens Lykketoft (born 1946), politician (Social Democrats)
• Eva Madsen (1884–1972), Denmark's first female mayor
• Brian Mikkelsen (born 1966), politician (Konservative Folkeparti)
• Per Stig Møller (born 1942), politician (Konservative Folkeparti)
• Poul Møller (1919–1997), politician, minister of Finance 1968–1971, member of the European Parliament 1979–1986 (Konservative Folkeparti)
• Holger K. Nielsen (born 1950), politician (Socialistisk Folkeparti)
• Marichen Nielsen (1921–2014), politician (Social Democrats)
• Elisa Petersen (1876–1932), early female politician (Venstre) and women's rights activist
• Petra Petersen (1901–1989), politician and resistance fighter
• Søren Pape Poulsen (1971–2024), politician (Konservative Folkeparti)
• Anders Fogh Rasmussen (born 1953), Danish prime minister 2001–2009 (Venstre)
• Lars Løkke Rasmussen (born 1964), politician, Danish prime minister 2009–2011 (Venstre)
• Poul Nyrup Rasmussen (born 1943), politician, Danish prime minister 1993–2001 (Social Democrats)
• Pernille Rosenkrantz-Theil (born 1977), politician (Social Democrats)
• Erik Scavenius (1877–1962), Danish prime minister (1943–1945)
• Poul Schlüter (1929–2021), politician, Danish prime minister 1982–1993 (Konservative Folkeparti)
• Johanne Schmidt-Nielsen (born 1984), politician (Enhedslisten)
• Johnny Søtrup (Venstre) (born 1949), mayor of Esbjerg (1994–2017)
• Erna Sørensen (1896–1980), (Conservative People's Party)
• Villy Søvndal (born 1952), politician (Socialistisk Folkeparti)
• Thorvald Stauning (1873–1942), politician, Danish prime minister 1924–1926 & 1929–1942 (Social Democrats)
• Helle Thorning-Schmidt (born 1966), politician, Danish prime minister 2011–2015 (Social Democrats)
• Margrethe Vestager (born 1968), politician (Det Radikale Venstre)
• Anna Westergaard (1882–1964), railway official, trade unionist, women's rights activist, politician (Social Liberal Party)

Religion

• Absalon (c. 1128–1201), bishop of Roskilde (1158–1192), archbishop of Lund (1178–1201)
• Johanne Andersen, one of the first three women to be ordained as priests of the Church of Denmark
• Henning Toft Bro (1956–), bishop of Aalborg
• Hans Adolph Brorson (1694–1764), pietist and hymn writer, bishop of Ribe (1741–1764)
• Jacob Dacian, 16th-century Franciscan missionary to Mexico
• Karen Horsens (1932–), first female minister of the Church of Denmark to become a dean
• Thomas Kingo (1634–1703), poet and hymn writer, bishop of Funen (1677–1703)
• Czeslaw Kozon (1951–), Roman Catholic bishop of the Diocese of Copenhagen
• Stygge Krumpen (c. 1485–1551), last catholic bishop in Denmark (before the Lutheran reformation)
• Hans Ludvig Martensen (1927–2012), bishop of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Copenhagen (1965–1995)
• Bent Melchior (1929–2021), chief rabbi of Denmark (1969–1996)
• Knut Ansgar Nelson (1906–1990), Roman Catholic bishop of Stockholm (1957–1962)
• Peder Palladius (1503–1560), Lutheran reformator, bishop of Zealand (1537–1560)
• Kirsten Stoffregen Pedersen (1932–2017), nun, theologian, iconographer
• Edith Brenneche Petersen (1896–1973), one of the first three women to be ordained as Church of Denmark priests
• Lise-Lotte Rebel (1951–), first woman to become a bishop in the Church of Denmark (1995)
• Hans Svane (1634–1703), bishop of Zealand (1655–1668), archbishop (1660–1668)
• Hans Tausen (1494–1561), Lutheran reformator, bishop of Ribe (1542–1561)
• Ruth Vermehren (1894–1983), one of the Church of Denmark's first three women priests

Royalty

Danish monarchs

• Abel
• Canute the Great, King of England, Denmark and Norway
• Canute III
• Canute IV
• Canute V
• Canute VI
• Christian I
• Christian II, last king of the Kalmar Union
• Christian III
• Christian IV
• Christian V
• Christian VI
• Christian VII
• Christian VIII
• Christian IX, king known as the "Father-in-law of Europe"
• Christian X, king during German occupation
• Christopher I
• Christopher II
• Christopher of Bavaria
• Eric I
• Eric II
• Eric III
• Eric IV
• Eric V
• Eric VI
• Eric of Pomerania, crowned king of the Kalmar Union 1397
• Eric Christoffersen
• Frederick I
• Frederick II
• Frederick III
• Frederick IV
• Frederick V
• Frederick VI
• Frederick VII
• Frederik VIII
• Frederik IX
• Frederik X
• Gorm the Old
• Gnupa
• Gyrd
• Gøtrik, challenged Charlemagne in 810
• Harald Klak
• Harald Bluetooth
• Harald II
• Harald III
• Harald Kesja
• Harthacnut (I)
• Helge
• Hemming
• Horik I
• Horik II
• John
• Magnus the Good
• Magnus Nielsen
• Margrethe I (1353–1412), unified the Scandinavian countries
• Margrethe II (1940–), also a writer, painter, translator and illustrator of books
• Niels
• Olof
• Oluf I
• Oluf II
• Oluf (II) Haraldsen
• Ongendus, first historical Danish king
• Reginfrid
• Sigfred
• Sigfred & Halfdan
• Sigtrygg
• Sweyn I, King of Denmark, Norway and England
• Sweyn II
• Sweyn III
• Toke Gormsson, king of Scania
• Valdemar I
• Valdemar II
• Valdemar III
• Valdemar IV Atterdag
• Valdemar the Young

Other Danish royalty

• ( – 930s – ), Queen of Denmark, wife of Gnupa
• Thyra (? – 958(?)), Queen of Denmark (930s–958(?)), wife of Gorm the Old
• Margareta Hasbjörnsdatter, Queen of Denmark (1076–1080), wife of Harald Hen
• Bodil, ( –1103), Queen of Denmark (1095–1103), wife of Eric I
• Sophie of Mecklenburg-Güstrow (1557–1631), Queen of Denmark and Norway (1572–1588), wife of Frederick II
• Anne Sophie (1693–1743), Queen of Denmark and Norway (1721–1730), wife of Frederick IV
• Countess Danner (1815–1874), wife of Frederick VII
• Henrik, Prince Consort of Denmark (1934–2018), Prince Consort of Denmark
• Mary, Crown Princess of Denmark (1972–), Crown Princess of Denmark
• Princess Marie of Denmark (1976–), Princess of Denmark
• Prince Nikolai of Denmark (1999–)
• Prince Felix of Denmark (2002–)
• Prince Christian of Denmark (2005–)

Danes becoming kings or regents in other countries

• George I
• Guthrum
• Harold Harefoot
• Haakon VII
• Johann (Prince)
• Magnus Henriksen
• Magnus of Livonia
• Olav V
• Rollo
• Svein Knutsson

Other foreign royalty

• Alexandra of Denmark (1844–1925), Queen of the United Kingdom and Empress of India, daughter of Christian IX
• Anne of Denmark (1574–1619), Queen of Scotland, England and Ireland, daughter of Frederick II
• Queen Anne-Marie of Greece (1946–), daughter of Frederik IX
• Christina of Denmark (c. 1118–1139), Queen of Norway, daughter of Canute Lavard
• Christina of Denmark, Queen of Sweden, daughter of Bjørn Ironside
• George, Prince of Denmark (1653–1708), Duke of Cumberland, son of Frederick III
• Ingeborg of Denmark (1175–1238), Queen of France, daughter of Valdemar I
• Ingeborg of Denmark (c. 1244–1287), Queen of Norway, daughter of Eric IV
• Ingerid of Denmark, Queen of Norway, daughter of Sweyn II
• Margaret of Denmark (1456–1486), Queen of Scotland, daughter of Christian I
• Maria Feodorovna (1847–1928), Empress of Russia, daughter of Christian IX
• Martha of Denmark (1277–1341), Queen of Sweden, daughter of Eric V
• Rikissa of Denmark (–1220), Queen of Sweden, daughter of Valdemar I
• Sophia of Denmark (1241–1286), Queen of Sweden, daughter of Eric IV
• Sophia Magdalena of Denmark (1746–1813), Queen of Sweden, daughter of Frederick V
• Tyra of Denmark, Queen of Norway, daughter of Harald Bluetooth
• Ulrika Eleonora of Denmark (1656–1693), Queen of Sweden, daughter of Frederick III

Science and research

• Hanna Adler (1859–1947), early woman physicist and mixed school pioneer
• Julie Arenholt (1873–1952), early female civil engineer, women's rights activist
• Heinrich Louis d'Arrest, Prussian astronomer, died in Copenhagen
• Ove Arup (1895–1988), Danish-born leading engineer, founder of Arup
• Caspar Bartholin the Elder (1585–1629)
• Caspar Bartholin the Younger (1655–1738)
• Rasmus Bartholin (1625–1698)
• Thomas Bartholin (1616–1680)
• Tove Birkelund (1928–1986), historical geologist
• Aage Bohr (1922–2009), physicist and Nobel Prize laureate
• Harald Bohr (1887–1951), mathematician
• Niels Bohr (1885–1962), physicist and Nobel Prize laureate
• Tycho Brahe (1546–1601), provided the observational data for Kepler's laws of planetary motion
• Johannes Nicolaus Brønsted (1879–1947)
• Karen Callisen (1882–1970), geologist
• Claudius Clavus (Claudius Claussøn Swart) (1388–?)
• Carl Peter Henrik Dam (1895–1976)
• Willi Dansgaard (1922–2011), geophysics
• Johan Ludvig Emil Dreyer (1852–1926), Danish-born astronomer
• A. K. Erlang, engineer, industrial and systems engineer
• Henning Frederik Feilberg (1831–1921), philologist, folklorist and writer
• Johannes Andreas Grib Fibiger, physician and Nobel Prize laureate
• Thomas Fincke (1561–1656), mathematician
• Niels Ryberg Finsen (1860–1904), physician and Nobel Prize laureate
• Bent Flyvbjerg, geographer and theorist of phronetic social science
• Anca Giurchescu (1930–2015), Romanian-born folk dance researcher and academic
• Hans Christian Gram (1853–1938), bacteriologist (gram staining)
• Jørgen Pedersen Gram
• Marie Hammer (1907–2002), zoologist
• Emil Christian Hansen (1842–1909), Saccharomyces carlsbergensis
• Peter Andreas Hansen (1795–1874)
• David Heinemeier Hansson, Ruby on Rails (lives in the US)
• Lene Hau (1959–), physicist and professor at Harvard University
• Piet Hein (1905–1996), poet and designer
• Anders Hejlsberg, Turbo Pascal, Delphi, C# (lives in the US)
• Ejnar Hertzsprung (1873–1967), astronomer
• Harald Hirschsprung (1830–1916), physician
• Ole Humlum (born 1949), geologist and professor emeritus at the University of Oslo
• Niels Kaj Jerne, immunologist and Nobel Prize laureate
• Wilhelm Johannsen (1857–1927), coined the term "gene"
• Johannes Juul (1887–1969), inventor of wind turbines
• Christian Keller (1858-1934), physician
• Jens Martin Knudsen (1930–2005)
• Evald Tang Kristensen (1843–1929), folklore collector
• Schack August Steenberg Krogh, physiologist and Nobel Prize laureate
• Sine Larsen (1943–2025), chemist and crystallographer
• Niels A. Lassen, neuroimaging pioneer
• Inge Lehmann (1888–1993), seismologist (Earth's inner core)
• Rasmus Lerdorf, PHP (born in Greenland, lives in the US)
• Bergnart Carl Lewy (1817–1863), professor of chemistry
• Bodil Jerslev Lund (1919–2005), Danish chemist and pharmacist
• Peter Wilhelm Lund (1801–1880), paleontologist and zoologist, founder of Brazilian paleontology
• Conrad Malte-Brun (1775–1826)
• Georg Mohr (1640–1697), mathematician
• Peter Naur (1928–2016), Algol 60 and Backus-Naur form; Turing Award winner
• Ebbe Nielsen (1950–2001), entomologist
• Holger Bech Nielsen, physicist, co-inventor of string theory
• Jakob Nielsen (1890–1959), mathematician
• Jakob Nielsen (1957–), usability (lives in the US)
• Ida Ørskov (1922–2007), bacteriologist
• Hans Christian Ørsted (1777–1851), physicist, discoverer of electromagnetism, speed of light
• Asger Skovgaard Ostenfeld (1866–1931), civil engineer
• Julius Petersen (1839–1910), mathematician
• Ragna Rask-Nielsen (1900–1998), biochemist
• Christen C. Raunkiær (1860–1938), ecologist and botanist, plant life-form
• Ole Rømer (1644–1710), first to calculate the speed of light
• Ozer Schild (1930–2006), Danish-born Israeli academic, President of the University of Haifa and President of the College of Judea and Samaria ("Ariel College").
• Johannes Schmidt
• Marianne Schroll (born 1942), geriatrician
• Heinrich Christian Friedrich Schumacher (1757–1830)
• Birte Siim (born 1945), political scientist specializing in gender studies
• Jens Christian Skou, chemist and Nobel Prize laureate 1997
• Nicolas Steno / Niels Stensen (1638–1686), geologist, anatomist
• Bjarne Stroustrup (1950–), C++ (lives in the US)
• Bengt Strömgren (1908–1987)
• Bent Erik Sørensen (1941–), physicist and researcher into renewable energy
• Søren Peder Lauritz Sørensen (1868–1939), chemist
• Thorvald Sørensen (1902–1973), botanist
• Thorvald N. Thiele (1883–1910), astronomer, actuary and mathematician, most notable for his work in statistics, interpolation and the three-body problem
• Christian Jürgensen Thomsen, archaeologist, inventor of the three-age system
• Bjarne Tromborg (1940–), physicist
• Eugen Warming (1841–1924), ecologist and botanist
• Caspar Wessel (1745–1818), Norwegian-Danish mathematician
• Jacob B. Winsløw (1669–1760)
• Ole Worm (1588–1654)

Sports

Writers

• Hans Christian Andersen (1805–1875), Fairy Tales
• Hansine Andræ (1817–1898), feminist diarist
• Jens Immanuel Baggesen (1764–1826)
• Karen Blixen (aka Isak Dinesen) (1885–1962), author (Out of Africa, Seven Gothic Tales)
• Georg Brandes (1842–1927)
• Suzanne Brøgger (1944–), novelist and essayist
• Tove Ditlevsen (1918–1976), poet and author
• Holger Drachmann (1846-1908), poet and painter
• Bent Faurby (1937–), children's writer
• Kate Fleron (1909–2006), journal editor, resistance member
• Piet Hein (1905–1996)
• Dagmar Hjort (1860–1902), schoolteacher, writer and women's rights activist
• Peter Høeg (1957–), author
• Bernhard Severin Ingemann (1789–1862) novelist, poet and hymn writer
• FP Jac (1955–2008), poet
• Jens Peter Jacobsen (1847–1885), novelist (Niels Lyhne)
• Thit Jensen (1876–1957), writer and worker for women's suffrage
• Dorthe Jørgensen (1959–), philosopher and educator, first Danish woman to be awarded the honorary Dr.Phil
• Christian Jungersen (1962–)
• Hans Kirk (1898–1962), author
• Cornelia von Levetzow (1836–1921), popular novelist
• Hulda Lütken (1896–1946), poet and novelist
• Bodil Neergaard (1867–1959), estate owner, philanthropist, memoirist
• Martin Andersen Nexø (1869–1954), writer (Pelle, the Conqueror)
• Adam Gottlob Oehlenschläger (1779–1850)
• Henrik Pontoppidan, author and Nobel Prize laureate
• Jacob Riis (1849–1914), photographer, journalist and social activist in the US
• Edith Rode (1879–1956), novelist and journalist
• Alba Schwartz (1857–1942), novelist
• Ingeborg Maria Sick (1858–1951), novelist and biographer
• Tage Skou-Hansen (1925–), novels include De nøgne træer (The Naked Trees)
• Carl Erik Soya (1896–1993), author, playwright, poet, satirist
• Villy Sørensen (1929–2001), author
• Dan Turéll (1946–1993), author
• Fanny Tuxen (1832–1906), children's writer
• Johannes Østrup (1867–1938), philologist, educator, writer

Other notables

• Andreas Aagesen (1826–1879), jurist
• Jette Albinus (1966–), first female general in the Danish army
• Vibeke Ammundsen (1913–1988), librarian, head of Denmark's Technical Library
• Finn Andersen, Secretary General of Danish Cultural Institute
• Ingeborg Appel (1869–1948), folk high school teacher
• Fredrik Bajer, writer, MP, peace researcher, Nobel Peace Prize Laureate 1908
• Anne Bruun (1853–1934), women's rights activist
• Biker-Jens, reality TV star
• Jutta Bojsen-Møller (1837–1927), high school proponent, women's rights activist
• Line Bonde (c.1979–), in 2006 first Danish woman to become a fighter pilot
• Aase Bredsdorff (1919–2017), Danish library inspector specialising in children's literature
• Ellen Johanne Broe (1900–1994), nurse and nursing educator
• Degn Brøndum (1856–1932), proprietor of Brøndums Hotel in Skagen frequented by the Skagen Painters
• Christine Buhl Andersen (born 1967), museum director
• Henrik Kurt Carlsen, sea captain
• Esther Carstensen (1873–1955), feminist, journal editor
• Ellen Christensen (1913–1998), nurse and resistance fighter
• B.S. Christiansen, Danish special force soldier, TV personality
• Louise Conring (1824–1891), first trained nurse in Denmark, head of Copenhagen's Deaconess Institute
• Natasja Crone Back, journalist, host at the Eurovision Song Contest 2001
• Alma Dahlerup (1874–1969), Danish-American philanthropist
• Thomas Dam
• Thora Daugaard (1874–1951), women's rights activist and pacifist
• Bodil Dybdal (1901–1992), first woman to be appointed judge in the Supreme Court of Denmark
• Ragnhild Fabricius Gjellerup (1896–1958), Denmark's first female judge
• Anette Fischer (1946–1992), librarian and head of Amnesty International's International Board
• Nicolai Frahm, art advisor and collector
• Merete Gerlach-Nielsen (1933–2019), academic, UNESCO official, co-founder of KVINFO
• Anne Gøye (1609–1681), noblewoman, book collector
• Jutta Graae (1906–1997), Danish resistance fighter and archivist
• Gus Hansen, professional poker player
• Estrid Hein (1873–1956), ophthalmologist, women's rights activist and pacifist
• Ville Heise (1838–1912), philanthropist
• Birte Høeg Brask (1918–1997), Danish resistance fighter and psychiatrist
• Niels Ingwersen (1935–2009), promoter of Scandinavian literature and culture in the United States
• Ingrid Jespersen (1867–1938), pedagogue and school principal
• Karen Johnsen (1899–1990), high court judge
• Jørgen Jørgensen, 19th-century adventurer famous for ruling Iceland for 2 months
• Katja Kean, former professional porn star; first Danish worldwide porn star
• Charlotte Klein (1834–1915), educator, art school principal and women's rights activist
• Nanna Kristensen-Randers (1864–1908), lawyer, folk school administrator
• Lars Kruse (1828–1894), Skagen fisherman and heroic lifesaver
• Marie Kruse (1842–1923), pioneering schoolteacher and girls school principal
• Anders Lassen, British Major, the only foreign soldier in the British forces in the Second World War to be awarded the Victoria Cross
• Lis Lauritzen, Cruise ship Captain
• Anna Laursen (1845–1911), educator and women's rights activist
• Magdalene Lauridsen (1873–1957), headmistress, school founder, women's rights activist
• Rasmus Lerdorf, creator of PHP (Greenland)
• Bjørn Lomborg, skeptical environmentalist
• Henny Magnussen (1878–1937), lawyer
• Margrethe Marstrand (1874–1948), schoolteacher and writer, word-picture reading expert
• Ellen Marsvin (1572–1649), landowner and county administrator
• Lone Maslocha (1921–1945), resistance fighter
• Camilla Mordhorst (born 1970), museum director
• Marie Mørk (1861–1944), teacher, school founder
• Charlotte Munck (1876–1932), nurse, important figure in the training of nurses
• Flemming Muus, resistance fighter and author
• Jørgen de Mylius, TV and radio presenter
• Olivia Nielsen (1852–1910), women's trade unionist leader
• Benedict Nordentoft (1873–1942), Danish educator and cleric; co-founder of Solvang, California
• Charlotte Norrie (1855–1940), nursing campaigner and women's rights activist
• Knud Olsen, boat designer
• Camilla Ottesen, TV host
• Deepika Padukone (1986–), Danish-born Indian actress
• Johanne Christine Petersen (1847–1922), pioneering educator of handicapped children
• Valdemar Poulsen (1869–1942), inventor of the tape recorder
• Gabriele Rohde (1904–1946), League of Nations official and member of the Danish Council in London in World War II
• Marie Rovsing (1814–1888), women's rights activist
• Søren Ryge Petersen (1945–), author, TV host
• Andrea Elisabeth Rudolph, radio and TV host
• Jette Sandahl (1949–), museum director
• Frida Schmidt (1849–1934), Danish women's rights activist and suffragist
• Josephine Schneider (1820–1887), Danish philosopher and school principal
• Henriette Skram (1841–1929), school principal and writer
• Ingeborg Suhr Mailand (1871–1969), educator and cookbook writer
• Marie Toft (1813–1854), landowner and religious revivalist, second wife of N.F.S. Grundtvig
• Ulla Terkelsen (born 1944), foreign correspondent for TV 2
• Lone Træholt (1958–), first female general in the Danish armed forces
• Clara Tybjerg (1864–1941), women's rights activist and pacifist
• Elisa Ussing (1885–1949), pioneering female lawyer and judge
• Martha Wærn (1741–1812), philanthropist
• Monica Wichfeld, entrepreneur and resistance fighter
• Anna Wulff (1874–1935), educator, pioneering kindergarten teaching
• Sophie Zahrtmann (1841–1925), deaconess, nurse, head of Copenhagen's Deaconess Institute

See also

• List of Danish Americans
• List of Danish Jews
• List of Danish nurses

References

Citations

External links

• List of Danish women in national biographical encyclopedia