List of Danes

Actors

• Anna Bård, model, actress
• Gry Bay, actress
• Rasmus Bjerg, actor
• Anna Bloch, actress
• Lars Bom, actor
• Charlotte Bournonville, actress and opera singer
• Hans Egede Budtz, actor
• Poul Bundgaard, actor
• Jesper Christensen, actor
• Nikolaj Coster-Waldau, actor
• Karl Dane, silent film actor, comedian
• Mille Dinesen, actress
• Olaf Fønss, silent film actor
• Morten Grunwald, actor
• John Hahn-Petersen, actor
• Caroline Halle-Müller, actor, singer and dancer
• Liv Hansen, actress and photographer
• Holger Juul Hansen
• Betty Hennings, actress, famous for her roles in Ibsen's plays
• Jean Hersholt, film actor
• Iben Hjejle, actress
• Astrid Holm, actress
• Gudrun Houlberg, actress
• Allan Hyde, actor
• Bodil Ipsen, actress
• Katja K, ex-adult performer, actor
• Tina Kiberg, opera singer
• Lone Koppel, opera singer
• Nikita Klæstrup, political commentator, model, reality TV star
• Nikolaj Lie Kaas, actor
• Bodil Kjer, actress
• Lau Lauritzen Jr., director, actor, producer
• Thure Lindhardt, actor
• Julie Lund, actress
• Augusta Lütken, opera singer
• Mia Lyhne, film and television actress
• Anders Matthesen, actor, comedian
• Svend Melsing, actor, playwright
• Svend Methling, actor
• Mads Mikkelsen, actor
• Lars Mikkelsen, actor
• Viggo Mortensen, actor
• Sigrid Neiiendam, actress
• Birthe Neumann, actress at the Royal Danish Theatre
• Asta Nielsen, silent film star, actress
• Brigitte Nielsen, actress, former wife of Sylvester Stallone
• Connie Nielsen, film actress
• Oda Nielsen, actress in Copenhagen theatres
• Ghita Nørby, film actress
• Jens Okking, actor
• Kirsten Olesen, actress
• Dirch Passer, actor
• Johanne Pedersen-Dan, actress and operetta singer
• Ulf Pilgaard, actor
• Søren Pilmark, actor
• Clara Pontoppidan, actress
• Valdemar Psilander, silent film star
• Poul Reichhardt, actor
• Asbjørn Riis, actor, professional wrestler
• Kirsten Rolffes, actress
• Lisbeth Cathrine Amalie Rose, actress
• Emilie Sannom, actress and stunt woman
• Johanne Louise Schmidt, actress
• Jonas Schmidt, actor
• Ib Schønberg, actor
• Clara Schønfeld, actress
• Ingeborg Spangsfeldt, early film actress
• Ove Sprogøe, actor
• Paprika Steen, film actress and director
• Karl Stegger, actor
• Inger Stender, stage, film and television actress
• Yutte Stensgaard, film and television actress
• Ebba Thomsen, silent movie actor
• Emma Thomsen, actress
• Ulrich Thomsen, actor
• Sven-Ole Thorsen, actor
• Charlotte Wiehe-Berény, ballet dancer and actress
• Viggo Wiehe, actor
• Carlo Wieth, actor

  Archaeologists

• Frans Blom
• Peter Oluf Brøndsted, classic archaeologist
• Peter Glob
• Erik Holtved, Greenland
• Sanne Houby-Nielsen, Danish-Swedish archaeologist and museum director
• Lis Jacobsen, philologist, runologist
• Eigil Knuth, Greenland
• Therkel Mathiassen, Arctic
• Christian Jürgensen Thomsen, archaeologist
• Jens Jacob Asmussen Worsaae, archaeologist, historian and politician

  Architects and designers

• Rigmor Andersen, furniture designer
• Axel Berg, architect
• Antoine de Bosc de la Calmette, landscape architect
• Ellen Braae, landscape architect
• Karen Clemmensen, architect
• Vilhelm Dahlerup, architect
• Knud V. Engelhardt, designer
• Inger Exner, architect
• Johannes Exner, architect
• Jørgen Gammelgaard, furniture designer
• Jan Gehl, architect, urban planner
• Kaj Gottlob, architect and furniture designer
• Ragna Grubb, architect
• Andreas Hallander, Golden Age architect
• Christina Liljenberg Halstrøm, furniture designer
• Christian Frederik Hansen, architect
• Christian Hansen, architect active mainly in Athens and Copenhagen
• Erik Hansen, architect
• Theophilus Hansen, architect active in Athens and Vienna
• Caspar Frederik Harsdorff, Golden Age architect
• Malene Hauxner, architect
• Piet Hein
• Poul Henningsen, author, architect, designer
• Peter Hvidt, architect and furniture designer
• Anna Maria Indrio, architect
• Bjarke Ingels, architect
• Andreas Jeppe Iversen, furniture designer
• Arne Jacobsen, architect
• Grete Jalk, furniture designer
• Georg Jensen, silversmith, designer
• Jacob Jensen, designer
• Jens Jensen, landscape architect
• Timothy Jacob Jensen, designer
• Finn Juhl
• Jørgen Kastholm, furniture designer
• Bodil Kjær, architect and furniture designer
• Jacob Kjær, furniture designer
• Hanne Kjærholm, architect
• Jens Christian Kofoed, architect
• Eva Koppel, architect
• Mette Lange, architect, mobile schools for India
• Henning Larsen, architect
• Mogens Lassen, architect
• Vilhelm Lauritzen, architect and furniture designer
• Marie Gudme Leth, textile designer
• Aksel Bender Madsen, furniture designer
• Anne Sofie Madsen, fashion designer
• Dorte Mandrup-Poulsen, architect
• Ferdinand Meldahl, architect
• Børge Mogensen, designer
• Orla Mølgaard-Nielsen, architect and furniture designer
• Elna Møller, principal editor of Danmarks Kirker
• Hans Olsen, furniture designer
• Johan Martin Quist, Golden Age architect
• :da:Søren Rasmussen|Søren Rasmussen, architect, designer
• Steen Eiler Rasmussen, architect
• Lise Roel, architect
• Rudolph Rothe, landscape architect
• Kasper Salto, designer
• Jens Martin Skibsted, designer
• Lene Tranberg, architect, co-founder of Lundgaard & Tranberg
• Susanne Ussing, architect
• Jan Utzon, architect
• Jørn Utzon, architect, Sydney Opera House
• Kim Utzon, architect
• Henrik Valeur, architect
• Gertrud Vasegaard, ceramist
• Arne Vodder, furniture designer and architect
• Vilhelm Theodor Walther, architect
• Hans J. Wegner, designer
• Lone Wiggers, architect
• Vilhelm Wohlert, architect, Louisiana Museum of Modern Art
• Kurt Østervig, furniture designer

  Artists

• Nikolaj Abraham Abildgaard, painter
• Else Alfelt, painter
• Merete Barker, painter
• Wilhelm Bendz, painter
• Albert Bertelsen, painter
• Ejler Bille, painter
• Johanne Bindesbøll, textile artist
• Herman Wilhelm Bissen, sculptor
• Lars Bo, etcher
• Jørgen Boberg, painter
• Kay Bojesen, silversmith, designer
• Peter Brandes, painter, sculptor and ceramic artist
• Thorald Brendstrup, painter
• Anders Bundgaard, sculptor
• Emil Bærentzen, painter and lithographer
• Anne Marie Carl-Nielsen, sculptor
• Johannes Carstensen, painter, stained glass artist
• Poul Simon Christiansen, painter
• Ingvar Cronhammar, Swedish-born sculptor
• Carl Dahl, painter
• Kirsten Dehlholm, scenic artist
• Heinrich Dohm, painter
• Anton Dorph, painter
• Christoffer Wilhelm Eckersberg, painter
• Heinrich Eddelien, painter
• Gottfred Eickhoff
• Olafur Eliasson, sculptor, installation, photography
• Michael Elmgreen, installations
• Lisa Engqvist, ceramist
• Gutte Eriksen, ceramist
• Adam Fischer, sculptor
• Wilhelm Freddie, painter
• Hermann Ernst Freund, sculptor
• Paul Gadegaard, painter and sculptor
• Ib Geertsen, painter and sculptor
• Albert Gottschalk, painter
• Hans Jørgen Hammer, painter
• Svend Hammershøi, painter and ceramist
• Vilhelm Hammershøi, painter
• Karen Hannover, ceramist
• Aksel Hansen, sculptor
• Constantin Hansen, painter
• Heinrich Hansen, painter
• Johannes Hansen, sculptor
• Peter Hansen, painter
• Karl Hansen Reistrup, sculptor, ceramist, illustrator
• Arne Haugen Sørensen, painter, illustrator and church decorator
• Jørgen Haugen Sørensen, sculptor
• Sven Havsteen-Mikkelsen, painter, illustrator and church decorator
• Henry Heerup, painter
• Einar Hein, painter
• Jeppe Hein, installations
• Gerhard Henning, sculptor
• Frants Henningsen, artist
• Jacob Holdt, photographer, writer
• Hans Holst, woodcarver
• Johannes Holt-Iversen, painter
• Paul Høm, artist and church decorator
• Horder, stonemason and sculptor
• Knud Hvidberg, painter and sculptor
• Peter Ilsted, painter/etcher
• Valdemar Irminger, painter
• Robert Jacobsen, sculptor and painter
• Ville Jais-Nielsen, painter
• Axel P. Jensen, painter
• Johan Laurentz Jensen, painter
• Jens Adolf Jerichau, sculptor
• Svend Johansen, painter, scenographer
• Viggo Johansen, painter
• Lorentz Jørgensen, woodcarver
• Asger Jorn, painter
• Jens Juel, painter mainly known for portraits
• Bodil Kaalund, painter, textile artist, church decorator
• Herman A. Kähler, ceramist
• Per Kirkeby, painter
• Anna Klindt Sørensen, painter
• Jesper Knudsen, painter
• Eva Koch, sculptor
• Kristiane Konstantin-Hansen, textile artist
• John Kørner, painter
• Nathalie Krebs, potter
• Pietro Krohn, painter, illustrator
• Peder Severin Krøyer, painter
• Christen Købke, painter
• Michael Kvium, painter
• Poul Lange graphic designer, artist, photographer
• Alhed Larsen, painter
• Emanuel Larsen, painter
• Johannes Larsen, painter
• Harald Leth, painter
• Kirsten Lockenwitz, painter and sculptor
• Christian August Lorentzen, painter
• Frederik Christian Lund, painter
• Vilhelm Lundstrøm, painter
• Christine Løvmand, painter
• Jais Nielsen, painter and ceramist
• Karl Madsen, painter and art historian
• Wilhelm Marstrand, painter
• Brix Michgell, sculptor, woodworker
• Mogens Møller, painter and sculptor
• Moritz Georg Moshack, clavichord builder
• Richard Mortensen, painter
• Adam August Müller, painter
• Christian Mølsted, painter
• Rasmus Nellemann, painter and illustrator
• Knud Nellemose, sculptor
• Anders Nielsen Hatt, sculptor, woodworker
• Elsa Nielsen, graphic artist
• Kai Nielsen, sculptor
• Palle Nielsen, graphic artist
• Thorvald Niss, painter
• Astrid Noack, sculptor
• Emil Normann
• Dagmar Olrik, painter and tapestry artist
• John Olsen, painter, sculptor
• Willy Ørskov, sculptor
• Erik Ortvad, painter
• Carl-Henning Pedersen, painter
• Axel Poulsen, sculptor
• Tal R, painter
• Anu Ramdas, interdisciplinary artist
• Svend Rathsack, sculptor
• Jytte Rex, painter, writer, filmmaker
• Jørgen Ringnis, woodcarver
• Elof Risebye, painter, church decorator
• Martinus Rørbye, painter
• Arild Rosenkrantz, painter, stained glass artist, sculptor and illustrator
• William Scharff, painter
• Abel Schrøder the Younger, woodcarver
• Hans Smidth, painter
• Povl Søndergaard, sculptor
• Karen Strand, goldsmith
• Jakob Martin Strid, cartoonist
• Kamma Svensson, illustrator
• Christine Swane, painter
• Sigurd Swane, painter
• Anna Syberg, painter
• Fritz Syberg, painter and illustrator
• Carl Frederik Sørensen
• Carl Thomsen, painter and illustrator
• Bertel Thorvaldsen, sculptor
• Jette Thyssen, textile artist
• Elisabeth Toubro, sculptor
• Kurt Trampedach, painter
• Paula Trock, weaver, textile artist
• Lise Warburg, textile artist and writer
• Gunnar Westman, sculptor
• Svend Wiig Hansen, sculptor and painter
• Johannes Wiedewelt, sculptor
• Christian Zacho, painter

  Business people

• Birgit Aagard-Svendsen, CFO of J. Lauritzen
• Laura Aller, editor and pioneering magazine publisher at Aller
• Hans Niels Andersen, founder of the East Asiatic Company
• Lilly Brændgaard, fashion designer specializing in wedding dresses
• Constantin Brun, merchant, royal administrator of trade on the Danish West Indies
• Elsebeth Budolfsen, pharmacist and business executive
• Ole Kirk Christiansen, inventor of Lego
• Johan Frederik Classen, statesman and industrialist, founder of Frederiksværk
• Peter Hersleb Classen, statesman and financial administrator
• Mads Clausen, founder of Danfoss Industries
• Janus Friis, Skype, Kazaa, Joost and minor companies
• Ole Henriksen, cosmetologist for Hollywood stars
• Søren Hjorth, inventor
• Henning Holck-Larsen and Søren Kristian Toubro, founders of Indian engineering firm Larsen & Toubro
• J. C. Jacobsen, founder of Carlsberg Brewing
• Hanni Toosbuy Kasprzak, owner of the ECCO shoe company
• William S. Knudsen, industrialist; president, General Motors in the US
• Camilla Ley Valentin, entrepreneur and co-founder of Queue-it
• Martin Lindstrom, marketing advisor
• Arnold Peter Møller, founder of A.P. Møller-Mærsk Group, the largest Danish company
• Mærsk Mc-Kinney Møller, shipping magnate
• Jørgen Skafte Rasmussen
• Kevin Bendix temporary urban culture developer
• Tine Susanne Miksch Roed, deputy director-general, Confederation of Danish Industry
• Rasmus Sigvardt, engine manufacturer
• Carl Frederik Tietgen, financier and industrialist; co-founder of many large Danish companies
• Ane Mærsk Mc-Kinney Uggla, business executive, chair of the A.P. Møller Foundation

  Chefs and restaurateurs

• Sven and Lene Grønlykke
• Rasmus Kofoed
• Claus Meyer
• Michel Michaud, brought French cuisine to Denmark in 1971
• René Redzepi, chef, co-founder of Noma restaurant
• Lertchai Treetawatchaiwong

  Comedians

• Anders Bircow, comedian, musician
• Rasmus Bjerg, comedian
• Victor Borge, comedian, musician
• Casper Christensen, comedian
• Drengene fra Angora, comedy trio
• Thomas Eje, comedian, musician, touring in U.S. as Tom Dane
• Jan Gintberg, comedian
• Lars Hjortshøj, comedian
• Frank Hvam, comedian
• Rune Klan, comedian
• Simon Kvamm, comedian, musician
• Morten Lindberg, comedian also known as "Master Fatman"
• Anders Matthesen, comedian
• De Nattergale, comedy trio
• Lasse Rimmer, comedian
• Sandi Toksvig, comedian in the UK
• Mads Vangsø, 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
• Erik Ninn-Hansen, abuse of power as Minister of Justice by impeachment
• Palle Sørensen, murder of four police officers

  Dancers

• Frank Andersen, Royal Danish Ballet: ballet dancer and ballet master
• Mads Blangstrup, principal dancer, Royal Danish Ballet
• August Bournonville, ballet dancer and choreographer
• Gudrun Bojesen, principal dancer, Royal Danish Ballet
• Dinna Bjørn, principal dancer, ballet mistress, Royal Danish Ballet
• Marie Christine Bjørn, outstanding ballerina, Royal Danish Theatre
• Ida Brun, dancer, mime artist, singer
• Erik Bruhn, ballet dancer
• Lise la Cour, ballet dancer and choreographer
• Camilla Dallerup, British-based Danish ballroom dancer
• Vivi Flindt, choreographer, Royal Danish Ballet
• Anine Frölich, ballet dancer
• Adeline Genée, ballerina, Royal Danish Ballet; later music hall roles in London, New York and Sydney
• Lucile Grahn, ballerina, Royal Danish Ballet, performed widely across Europe
• Susanne Grinder, principal dancer, Royal Danish Ballet
• Eline Heger, ballet dancer, Royal Danish Ballet
• Else Højgaard, ballerina, stage and film actress, Royal Danish Theatre
• Mette Hønningen, ballerina, Royal Danish Ballet
• Nikolaj Hubbe, Royal Danish Ballet balletmaster and former New York City Ballet principal dancer
• Palle Jacobsen, ballet dancer and ballet master
• Caroline Kellermann, solo dancer in the Royal Danish Ballet
• Andrea Krætzmer, soloist in August Bournonville's early ballets
• Henning Kronstam, dancer, balletmaster, theatre director, Royal Danish Ballet
• Margot Lander, Denmark's first prima ballerina, Royal Danish Ballet
• Toni Lander, ballerina in Copenhagen, Paris, London and Salt Lake City
• Elna Lassen, ballerina, Royal Danish Ballet
• Gitte Lindstrøm, principal dancer, Royal Danish Ballet
• Nilas Martins, New York City Ballet principal dancer
• Peter Martins, New York City Ballet balletmaster in chief, choreographer and former ballet dancer
• Asta Mollerup, modern dance teacher and school director
• Augusta Nielsen, ballerina, soloist in Bournonville's ballets
• Elna Ørnberg, ballerina, soloist in Bournonville's ballets
• Ulla Poulsen, ballerina, Royal Danish Ballet
• Ellen Price, prima ballerina, Royal Danish Ballet
• Juliette Price, prima ballerina, Royal Danish Ballet, worked with Bournonville
• Kirsten Ralov, ballerina, ballet mistress, associate director, Royal Danish Ballet
• Louise Rasmussen, ballet dancer and stage actor, Royal Danish Ballet
• Margrethe Schall, ballerina, Royal Danish Ballet
• Silja Schandorff, ballerina, Royal Danish Ballet
• Kirsten Simone, first soloist Royal Danish Ballet
• Nini Theilade, ballet dancer, choreographer, film star
• Anna Tychsen, ballet dancer
• Valda Valkyrien, prima ballerina, Royal Danish Ballet, silent film actress in the United

  Economists

• Tim Bollerslev, economist and professor at American institutions
• Ernst Immanuel Cohen Brandes, economist and editor
• Johan Christian Fabricius, economist and entomologist
• Bodil Nyboe Andersen, governor of the Danish National Bank from 1995 to 2005
• Bo Honoré, economist and professor at Princeton University
• Lasse Heje Pedersen, financial economist and professor at Copenhagen Business School

  Explorers

• Vitus Bering
• Hans Egede
• Peter Freuchen, Greenland
• Thomas Vilhelm Garde, Greenland
• Wilhelm August Graah, Greenland
• Gustav Frederik Holm, Greenland
• Erik Holtved
• Jochem Pietersen Kuyter, seaman and early settler of New Netherland
• Godske Lindenov, Greenland
• Conrad Malte-Brun, Danish-born French geographer
• Ejnar Mikkelsen, Greenland
• Harald Moltke, Greenland
• Jens Munk
• Ludvig Mylius-Erichsen, Greenland
• Ole Olufsen, Central Asia
• Didrik Pining, Greenland
• Hans Pothorst, Greenland
• Knud Rasmussen, the Arctic
• Barclay Raunkiær, Arabia
• Carl Ryder, Greenland
• Peder Olsen Walløe, Greenland
• Carl Krebs, Central Asia

  Fictional Danes

• Dan I of Denmark, mythological first king of Denmark
• Frotho I, mythological king of Denmark
• Frotho II, mythological king of Denmark
• Dani Beck
• Beowulf
• King Claudius
• Holger Danske
• Gertrude
• King Hamlet
• Prince Hamlet
• Hans
• The Little Mermaid
• Skærmtrolden Hugo
• Thumbelina
• Ragnar Lothbrok

  Film directors

• Bille August, director
• Erik Balling, director
• Susanne Bier, director, writer
• August Blom, director, producer
• Ole Bornedal, director
• Carl Theodor Dreyer, film director
• Peter Elfelt, photographer, silent film director
• Per Fly
• Bodil Ipsen, director, actress
• Anders Thomas Jensen
• Lau Lauritzen Jr., director, actor, producer
• Jørgen Leth, filmmaker and poet
• Nils Malmros, filmmaker
• Nicolas Winding Refn, director
• Mikael Salomon, director, writer
• Lone Scherfig, director
• Lars von Trier, director
• Thomas Vinterberg, director

  Gamers

• Søeren Bjerg, League of Legends gamer for Team SoloMid
• Henrik Hansen, League of Legends gamer
• Martin Hansen, League of Legends gamer for G2 Esports
• Nicolaj Jensen, League of Legends gamer for Cloud9
• Dennis Johnsen, League of Legends gamer for Cloud9
• Lucas Tao Kilmer Larsen, League of Legends gamer
• Chres Laursen, League of Legends gamer for Misfits Gaming
• Jesper Svenningsen, League of Legends gamer for Team SoloMid

  Historians

• Sven Aggesen, historian
• Kirsti Andersen, historian of mathematics
• Erik Arup, historian
• Tom Buk-Swienty, historian with a focus on the Second Schleswig War
• Tove Clemmensen art historian and curator
• Kristian Erslev, historian and Historiographer
• Saxo Grammaticus, historian
• Karin Hindsbo, art historian
• Ludvig Holberg, historian
• Anna Hude, first Danish woman to graduate as a historian
• Arild Huitfeldt, historian
• Adolf Ditlev Jørgensen, historian
• Louise Nyholm Kallestrup, historian with a focus on early modern history
• Bo Lidegaard, historian
• Troels Frederik Lund, historian
• Elisabeth Munksgaard, historian and expert on art from the late Iron Age and Viking Age
• Niels Neergaard, historian
• Elise Otté, historian and linguist
• Else Roesdahl, historian and Viking specialist
• Bente Scavenius, art historian
• Per K. Sørensen, Tibetologist
• Stephanius, historian
• Anders Sørensen Vedel, historian
• Jens Jacob Asmussen Worsaae, archaeologist, historian and pioneer in paleobotany

  Linguists

• Ada Adler
• Una Canger, linguist
• Christian Falster, poet and philologist
• Louis Hjelmslev
• Eli Fischer-Jørgensen, phonetician
• Frede Jensen, philologist and professor
• Otto Jespersen
• Johan Nicolai Madvig
• Axel Olrik
• Holger Pedersen, linguist
• Rasmus Rask, linguist
• Jørgen Rischel, linguist
• Kim Ryholt, philologist and egyptologist
• Vilhelm Thomsen
• Karl Verner, 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
• Maria Gregersen, model
• Gitte Hanspal, model
• Majken Haugedal, model
• Katja K, pornstar
• Mathias Lauridsen, male model
• Mia Rosing, model
• Renée Simonsen, model
• Josephine Skriver, model
• Elsa Sørensen, model
• Tania Strecker, model
• Catharina Svensson, model, Miss Earth 2001
• Cecilie Thomsen, model, appeared in Tomorrow Never Dies

  Music

A

• Afenginn
• Alphabeat
• Aqua, peaked in 1997 with "Barbie Girl"
• Artillery
• Signe Asmussen, mezzo-soprano
• Christina Åstrand, violinist, leader of the Danish National Symphony Orchestra

  B

• Lisbeth Balslev, operatic soprano
• Bamses Venner
• Julie Berthelsen, singer
• Bikstok Røgsystem
• Birmingham 6
• The Blue Van
• Helene Blum, folk singer and musician
• Henriette Bonde-Hansen, operatic soprano
• Dagmar Borup, pianist and educator
• Brixx
• Gunna Breuning-Storm, violinist, educator
• Gerda von Bülow, violinist, educator
• Dieterich Buxtehude, composer

  C

• C21
• Debbie Cameron
• Carpark North
• The Cartoons
• 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, 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

  G

• Jacob Gade
• Niels W. Gade
• Gangway
• Gasolin'
• Susanne Georgi, one half of Me & My
• Leocadie Gerlach, Danish-Swedish opera singer
• Lukas Graham
• Peder Gram, composer
• Edith Guillaume, mezzo-soprano opera singer

  H

• Lars Hannibal, 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

• Knud Jeppesen
• Jokeren
• Junior Senior

  K

• Kashmir
• Sophie Keller, opera singer
• King Diamond
• Birthe Kjær
• Kliché
• Klutæ
• Kølig Kaj

  L

• Laban
• Laid Back
• Kim Larsen
• Jeppe Laursen
• Lazyboy
• Margrethe Lendrop, opera singer
• Rasmus Lerdorf
• Leæther Strip
• Anne Linnet
• Hans Christian Lumbye

  M

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

  N

• The Naked
• Nanna
• Natasja Saad
• Nekromantix
• Nephew
• New Politics
• Amanda Nielsen, cabaret singer
• Carl Nielsen, composer
• Inga Nielsen, soprano
• Ida Nielsen, bassist
• Nik og Jay
• Eva Noer Kondrup, composer
• Claus Norreen, composer
• Rasmus Nøhr
• Per Nørgård

  O

• Edith Oldrup, opera singer
• Oh No Ono
• Olsen Brothers
• Outlandish
• Aage Oxenvad, clarinetist

  P

• Else Paaske, mezzo-soprano concert singer
• Parzival
• Niels-Henning Ørsted Pedersen, jazz bass player
• Michala Petri, recorder player
• Pretty Maids
• Psyched Up Janis
• Pyramaze

  R

• Lina Rafn
• Wilhelm Ramsøe, composer
• Søren Nystrøm Rasted, composer
• Raunchy
• The Raveonettes
• Simon Ravn, film composer
• Remee, composer
• Bryan Rice
• Ridin' Thumb
• Rollo & King
• Rune RK

  S

• Safri Duo
• Soluna Samay
• Sanne Salomonsen
• Savage Rose
• Saybia
• Sebastian
• Rasmus Seebach
• Tommy Seebach
• Sidsel Ben Semmane
• Shu-Bi-Dua
• Catharine Simonsen, opera singer
• S.O.A.P.
• Sort Sol
• Spleen United
• Simon Steen-Andersen, composer
• Johanne Stockmarr, classical pianist
• Superheroes
• Jakob Sveistrup
• Bent Sørensen

  T

• Tiggy
• Jette Torp
• Toy-Box
• Mike Tramp, singer in White Lion
• Trentemøller
• Trille, singer-songwriter
• Thomas Troelsen
• TV-2

  U

• Lars Ulrich, drummer in Metallica
• Under byen

  V

• Esther Vagning, classical concert pianist
• Volbeat
• Vola

  W

• Sune Rose Wagner
• Galina Werschenska, Russian-born Danish pianist
• Christopher Ernst Friedrich Weyse
• Whigfield
• Birthe Wilke
• Gustav Winckler
• Lars Winther

  Z

• Josephine Zinck, concert and opera singer

  Philosophers

• N. F. S. Grundtvig, educationalist, philosopher and social reformer
• Harald Høffding
• Søren Kierkegaard, philosopher
• Knud Ejler Løgstrup, Christian philosopher
• Rasmus Nielsen
• Johannes Sløk, Christian philosopher and translator of Shakespeare
• Martinus Thomsen, referred to as Martinus, writer and mystic

  Photographers

• Mads Alstrup, first Danish photographer with own studio
• Per Bak Jensen, influential photographer with an innovative artistic landscape style
• Morten Bo, influential photographer, author of many photo books
• Pietro Boyesen, photographer in Rome
• Krass Clement, specializing in the photo-essay style
• Peter Faber, took oldest photo on record
• Frederikke Federspiel, first female photographer to practice in Denmark
• Kristen Feilberg, remembered for many early photographs in Dutch East Indies
• Jens Fink-Jensen, contemporary artistic photographer
• Jan Grarup, award-winning press photographer specializing in war and conflict
• Ludvig Grundtvig, photographer and portrait painter
• Caroline Hammer, early woman photographer with a studio on the Frisian island of Föhr
• Georg Emil Hansen, pioneering court photographer
• Christian Hedemann, remembered for his early photographs of Hawaii
• Keld Helmer-Petersen, pioneer in colour photography in the 1940s
• Jacob Holdt, used photography to encourage social reform
• Jesper Høm, influential press photographer and film director
• Kirsten Klein, specializing in black-and-white landscapes
• Astrid Kruse Jensen, specializing in night photography with an unreal dimension
• Claus Bjørn Larsen, award-winning press photographer
• Anton Melbye, artist using photography as an aid to painting
• Israel B. Melchior, amateur photographer who photographed Hans Christian Andersen
• Rigmor Mydtskov, theatre photography and court photographer for Queen Margrethe
• Viggo Rivad, used photographic essays to portray ordinary citizens
• Leif Schiller, photographer
• Lars Schwander, portraits of international artists
• Jacob Aue Sobol, award-winning collections from Greenland, Guatemala and Tokyo
• Mary Steen, pioneer of indoor photography, including royalty
• Rudolph Striegler, pioneering portrait photography
• Heinrich Tønnies, early studio in Aalborg, portraits and landscapes
• Sigvart Werner, amateur who gained fame from Danish landscapes in book form
• Mary Willumsen, sold postcards of scantily-dressed women from 1916
• Benedicte Wrensted, took photographs of Native Americans in Idaho

  Politicians

• Frank Aaen, politician
• Yildiz Akdogan, politician
• Karen Ankersted, pioneering female politician
• Svend Auken, politician
• Bendt Bendtsen, politician
• Klaus Bondam, politician, actor
• Vilhelm Buhl
• Marie Chistensen, one of the first five women to be elected to the Landsting in 1918
• Kristian Thulesen Dahl, politician
• Marie Egeberg, schoolteacher, women's rights activist and Ventre politician
• Erik Eriksen
• Lene Espersen, politician
• Jacob Brønnum Scavenius Estrup, Council President
• Mette Frederiksen, politician
• Louise Frevert, politician
• Lis Groes, politician and feminist
• Hans Christian Hansen
• Hans Hedtoft
• Marianne Jelved, politician
• Frank Jensen, politician, Lord Mayor of Copenhagen
• Anker Jørgensen, politician, Danish prime minister 1972–1982
• Viggo Kampmann
• Naser Khader, politician
• Pia Kjærsgaard, politician
• Jens Otto Krag, former prime minister
• Knud Kristensen
• Edele Kruchow, member of the Folketing, served on Denmark's delegation to the United Nations
• Camma Larsen-Ledet, politician, minister and mayor
• Helga Larsen, one of the first four women to be elected to the Folketing
• Mogens Lykketoft, politician
• Eva Madsen, Denmark's first female mayor
• Brian Mikkelsen, politician
• Per Stig Møller, politician
• Holger K. Nielsen, politician
• Elisa Petersen, early female politician and women's rights activist
• Petra Petersen, politician and resistance fighter
• Anders Fogh Rasmussen, Danish prime minister 2001–2009
• Lars Løkke Rasmussen, politician, Danish prime minister 2009–2011
• Poul Nyrup Rasmussen, politician, Danish prime minister 1993–2001
• Pernille Rosenkrantz-Theil, politician
• Erik Scavenius
• Johanne Schmidt-Nielsen, politician
• Johnny Søtrup, mayor of Esbjerg since 1994
• Erna Sørensen,
• Villy Søvndal, politician
• Thorvald Stauning, politician, Danish prime minister 1924–1926 & 1929–1942
• Helle Thorning-Schmidt, politician, Danish prime minister 2011
• Margrethe Vestager, politician
• Anna Westergaard - railway official, trade unionist, women's rights activist, politician

  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
• 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
• Frederick I
• Frederick II
• Frederick III
• Frederick IV
• Frederick V
• Frederick VI
• Frederick VII
• Frederick VIII
• Frederick IX
• Gorm the Old
• Harald Bluetooth
• Harald II
• Harald III
• John I
• Magnus the Great
• Margrethe I, unified the Scandinavian countries
• Margrethe II, also a writer, painter, translator and illustrator of books
• Niels
• Oluf I
• Oluf II
• Sweyn I
• Sweyn II
• Sweyn III
• Valdemar I
• Valdemar II
• Valdemar III
• Valdemar IV Atterdag

  Other Danish royalty

• Sophie of Mecklenburg-Güstrow, Queen of Denmark and Norway, wife of Frederick II
• Henrik, Prince Consort of Denmark, Prince Consort of Denmark
• Princess Marie of Denmark, Princess of Denmark
• Mary, Crown Princess of Denmark, Crown Princess of Denmark
• Prince Nikolai of Denmark
• Prince Felix of Denmark
• Prince Christian of Denmark

  Foreign royalty

• Alexandra of Denmark, Queen of the United Kingdom, daughter of Christian IX
• Anne of Denmark, Queen of Scotland, England and Ireland, daughter of Frederick II
• Queen Anne-Marie of Greece, daughter of Frederick IX
• George I of Greece, King of Greece, son of Christian IX
• Ingeborg of Denmark, Queen of France, daughter of Valdemar I of Denmark
• Maria Feodorovna, Empress of Russia, daughter of Christian IX

  Science and research

• Julie Arenholt, early female civil engineer, women's rights activist
• Heinrich Louis d'Arrest, Prussian astronomer, died in Copenhagen
• Ove Arup, Danish-born leading engineer, founder of Arup
• Caspar Bartholin the Elder
• Caspar Bartholin the Younger
• Rasmus Bartholin
• Thomas Bartholin
• Aage Bohr, physicist and Nobel Prize laureate
• Harald Bohr, mathematician
• Niels Bohr, physicist and Nobel Prize laureate
• Tycho Brahe, provided the observational data for Kepler's laws of planetary motion
• Johannes Nicolaus Brønsted
• Claudius Clavus
• Carl Peter Henrik Dam
• Willi Dansgaard, geophysics
• Johan Ludvig Emil Dreyer, Danish-born astronomer
• A. K. Erlang, engineer, industrial and systems engineer
• Henning Frederik Feilberg, philologist, folklorist and writer
• Johannes Andreas Grib Fibiger, physician and Nobel Prize laureate
• Thomas Fincke, mathematician
• Niels Ryberg Finsen, physician and Nobel Prize laureate
• Bent Flyvbjerg, geographer and theorist of phronetic social science
• Anca Giurchescu, Romanian-born folk dance researcher and academic
• Hans Christian Gram, bacteriologist
• Jørgen Pedersen Gram
• Marie Hammer, zoologist
• Emil Christian Hansen, Saccharomyces carlsbergensis
• Peter Andreas Hansen
• David Heinemeier Hansson, Ruby on Rails
• Lene Hau, physicist and professor at Harvard University
• Piet Hein, poet and designer
• Anders Hejlsberg, Turbo Pascal, Delphi language, C#
• Ejnar Hertzsprung, astronomer
• Niels Kaj Jerne, immunologist and Nobel Prize laureate
• Wilhelm Johannsen, coined the term "gene"
• Johannes Juul, inventor of wind turbines
• Jens Martin Knudsen
• Evald Tang Kristensen, folklore collector
• Schack August Steenberg Krogh, physiologist and Nobel Prize laureate
• Niels A. Lassen, neuroimaging pioneer
• Inge Lehmann, seismologist
• Rasmus Lerdorf, PHP
• Bergnart Carl Lewy, professor of chemistry
• Peter Wilhelm Lund, paleontologist and zoologist, founder of Brazilian paleontology
• Conrad Malte-Brun
• Georg Mohr, mathematician
• Peter Naur, Algol 60 and Backus-Naur form; Turing Award winner
• Ebbe Nielsen, entomologist
• Holger Bech Nielsen, physicist, co-inventor of string theory
• Jakob Nielsen, mathematician
• Jakob Nielsen, usability
• Asger Skovgaard Ostenfeld, civil engineer
• Julius Petersen, mathematician
• Christen C. Raunkiær, ecologist and botanist, plant life-form
• Ole Rømer, first to calculate the speed of light
• Ozer Schild, Danish-born Israeli academic, President of the University of Haifa and President of the College of Judea and Samaria.
• Johannes Schmidt
• Marianne Schroll, geriatrician
• Heinrich Christian Friedrich Schumacher
• Birte Siim, political scientist specializing in gender studies
• Jens Christian Skou, chemist and Nobel Prize laureate 1997
• Nicolas Steno / Niels Stensen, geologist, anatomist
• Bjarne Stroustrup, C++
• Bengt Strömgren
• Bent Erik Sørensen, physicist and researcher into renewable energy
• Søren Peder Lauritz Sørensen, chemist
• Thorvald Sørensen, botanist
• Thorvald N. Thiele, 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, physicist
• Eugen Warming, ecologist and botanist
• Caspar Wessel, Norwegian-Danish mathematician
• Jacob B. Winsløw
• Ole Worm
• Hans Christian Ørsted, physicist, discoverer of electromagnetism, speed of light
• Ida Ørskov, bacteriologist

  Sports

Writers

• Hans Christian Andersen, Fairy Tales
• Hansine Andræ, feminist diarist
• Jens Immanuel Baggesen
• Karen Blixen , author
• Georg Brandes
• Suzanne Brøgger, novelist and essayist
• Tove Ditlevsen, poet and author
• Bent Faurby, children's writer
• Kate Fleron, journal editor, resistance member
• Piet Hein
• Dagmar Hjort, schoolteacher, writer and women's rights activist
• Ludvig Holberg, dramatist, historian, essayist and playwright
• Peter Høeg, author
• FP Jac, poet
• Thit Jensen, writer and worker for women's suffrage
• Dorthe Jørgensen, philosopher and educator, first Danish woman to be awarded the honorary Dr.Phil
• Christian Jungersen
• Hans Kirk, author
• Bodil Neergaard, estate owner, philanthropist, memoirist
• Martin Andersen Nexø, writer
• Adam Gottlob Oehlenschläger
• Henrik Pontoppidan, author and Nobel Prize laureate
• Jacob Riis, photographer, journalist and social activist in the US
• Tage Skou-Hansen, novels include De nøgne træer
• Carl Erik Soya, author, playwright, poet, satirist
• Villy Sørensen, author
• Dan Turéll, author
• Johannes Østrup, philologist, educator, writer

  Other notables

• Andreas Aagesen, jurist
• Jette Albinus, first female general in the Danish army
• Vibeke Ammundsen, librarian, head of Denmark's Technical Library
• Finn Andersen, Secretary General of Danish Cultural Institute
• Johanne Andersen, one of the first three women to be ordained as priests of the Church of Denmark
• Fredrik Bajer, writer, MP, peace researcher, Nobel Peace Prize Laureate 1908
• Anne Bruun, women's rights activist
• Biker-Jens, reality TV star
• Jutta Bojsen-Møller, high school proponent, women's rights activist
• Line Bonde, in 2006 first Danish woman to become a fighter pilot
• Edith Brenneche Petersen, one of the first three women to be ordained as Church of Denmark priests
• Aase Bredsdorff, Danish library inspector specialising in children's literature
• Ellen Johanne Broe, nurse and nursing educator
• Degn Brøndum, proprietor of Brøndums Hotel in Skagen frequented by the Skagen Painters
• Henrik Kurt Carlsen, sea captain
• Esther Carstensen, feminist, journal editor
• Ellen Christensen, nurse and resistance fighter
• B.S. Christiansen, Danish special force soldier, TV personality
• Louise Conring, first trained nurse in Denmark, head of Copenhagen's Deaconess Institute
• Natasja Crone Back, journalist, host at the Eurovision Song Contest 2001
• Jacob Dacian, 16th-century Franciscan missionary to Mexico
• Alma Dahlerup, Danish-American philanthropist
• Thomas Dam
• Thora Daugaard, women's rights activist and pacifist
• Bodil Dybdal, first woman to be appointed judge in the Supreme Court of Denmark
• Ragnhild Fabricius Gjellerup, Denmark's first female judge
• Anette Fischer, librarian and head of Amnesty International's International Board
• Nicolai Frahm, art advisor and collector
• Merete Gerlach-Nielsen, academic, UNESCO official, co-founder of KVINFO
• Anne Gøye, noblewoman, book collector
• Jutta Graae, Danish resistance fighter and archivist
• Gus Hansen, professional poker player
• Estrid Hein, ophthalmologist, women's rights activist and pacifist
• Ville Heise, philanthropist
• Birte Høeg Brask, Danish resistance fighter and psychiatrist
• Karen Horsens, first female minister of the Church of Denmark to become a dean
• Niels Ingwersen, promoter of Scandinavian literature and culture in the United States
• Ingrid Jespersen, pedagogue and school principal
• Karen Johnsen, 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, educator, art school principal and women's rights activist
• Nanna Kristensen-Randers, lawyer, folk school administrator
• Lars Kruse, Skagen fisherman and heroic lifesaver
• Marie Kruse, 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, educator and women's rights activist
• Rasmus Lerdorf, creator of PHP
• Bjørn Lomborg, skeptical environmentalist
• Henny Magnussen, lawyer
• Margrethe Marstrand, schoolteacher and writer, word-picture reading expert
• Lone Maslocha, resistance fighter
• Charlotte Munck, nurse, important figure in the training of nurses
• Flemming Muus, resistance fighter and author
• Jørgen de Mylius, TV and radio presenter
• Olivia Nielsen, women's trade unionist leader
• Benedict Nordentoft, Danish educator and cleric; co-founder of Solvang, California
• Charlotte Norrie, nursing campaigner and women's rights activist
• Knud Olsen, boat designer
• Camilla Ottesen, TV host
• Deepika Padukone, Danish-born Indian actress
• Valdemar Poulsen, inventor of the tape recorder
• Gabriele Rohde, League of Nations official and member of the Danish Council in London in World War II
• Marie Rovsing, women's rights activist
• Andrea Elisabeth Rudolph, radio and TV host
• Jette Sandahl, museum director
• Frida Schmidt, Danish women's rights activist and suffragist
• Kirsten Stoffregen Petersen, nun, theologian, iconographer
• Marie Toft, landowner and religious revivalist, second wife of N.F.S. Grundtvig
• Lone Træholt, first female general in the Danish armed forces
• Clara Tybjerg, women's rights activist and pacifist
• Elisa Ussing, pioneering female lawyer and judge
• Ruth Vermehren, one of the Church of Denmark's first three women priests
• Martha Wærn, philanthropist
• Monica Wichfeld, entrepreneur and resistance fighter
• Sophie Zahrtmann, deaconess, nurse, head of Copenhagen's Deaconess Institute