Pontoppidan is a surname. Notable people with the surname include:
- Clara Pontoppidan (1883âÂÂ1975), Danish actress
- Erik Pontoppidan (1698âÂÂ1764), Danish author, Lutheran bishop, historian, and antiquarian
- Hendrik Pontoppidan (1814âÂÂ1901), Danish merchant, consul, and philanthropist
- Henrik Pontoppidan (1857âÂÂ1943), Danish realist writer, Nobel Prize for Literature in 1917
- Julie Pontoppidan (born 1996), Danish handball player
- Knud Pontoppidan (1853âÂÂ1916), Danish psychiatrist and coroner, brother of Henrik Pontoppidan
See also