# List of Greenlanders

The following is a list of notable people from Greenland:
* Naja Abelsen (born 1964), artist, book illustrator
* Arnarsaq (c. 1716 – fl. 1778), translator, interpreter and missionary
* Arnarulunnguaq (1896–1933), native Greenlandic woman who accompanied Knud Rasmussen on his Fifth Thule Expedition
* Aron of Kangeq (1822–1869), hunter, painter, and oral historian
* Julie Berthelsen (born 1979), singer-songwriter
* Jørgen Brønlund (1877–1907), explorer, educator, and catechist
* Bibi Chemnitz (born 1983), fashion designer
* Kathrine Chemnitz (1894–1978), politician and champion of Greenlandic women's education
* Nukaaka Coster-Waldau (born 1971), singer, actress, and Miss Greenland, 1990
* Aviâja Egede Lynge (born 1974), indigenous rights activist, childhood rights commissioner
* Jesper Grønkjær (born 1977), professional footballer
* Ole Jørgen Hammeken (born 1956), explorer and actor
* Hans Hendrik (1832–1889), Arctic traveller and interpreter
* Arnannguaq Høegh (1956–2020), graphic artist and educator
* Ricky Enø Jørgensen (1989), racing cyclist
* Jessie Kleemann (born 1959), poet, performance artist
* Makka Kleist (born 1951), actress
* Nina Kreutzmann Jørgensen (born 1977), singer
* Angunnguaq Larsen, actor (Borgen)
* Thorkell Leifsson (11th cent.), son of Leif Erikson, paramount chieftain of Greenland
* Rasmus Lerdorf (born 1968), creator of the PHP programming language
* Henrik Lund (1875–1948), lyricist, painter and priest
* Nauja Lynge (born 1965), writer, lecturer
* Anders Olsen (1718-1786), trader and colonial administrator
* Maligiaq Padilla (born 1982), famous kayaker
* Johan Carl Christian Petersen (1813–1880), seaman and interpreter
* Gertrud Rask (1673–1735), wife of missionary Hans Egede and mother of Paul
* Knud Rasmussen (1879–1933), polar explorer and anthropologist
* Signe Rink (1836–1909), writer and ethnologist
* Lars Rosing (born 1972), actor, brother of film director Otto
* Otto Rosing (born 1967), film director, brother of actor Lars
* Minik Wallace (c.1890–1918), an Inughuaq child brought to New York in 1897 by Robert Peary
* Karla Jessen Williamson (born 1954), executive director of the Arctic Institute of North America
* Qupanuk Olsen (born 1985), Greenlandic YouTuber, content creator, and engineer

## Politicians

* Maliina Abelsen (born 1976), politician and MP for Inuit Ataqatigiit
* Hermann Berthelsen (born 1956), politician of the Siumut (Forward) party; mayor of Sisimiut
* Palle Christiansen (born 1973), Democrats politician, Minister for Finance, and Member of the Greenland Government
* Agnethe Davidsen (1947–2007), first female government minister
* Hans Enoksen (born 1956), politician, fourth prime minister
* Agathe Fontain (born 1951), politician, Minister for Health
* Anthon Frederiksen, leader of the Democrats, Minister for Housing, Infrastructure and Transport, and Deputy-Premier
* Ane Hansen (born 1961), politician, Minister for Fisheries, Hunting and Agriculture
* Aki-Matilda Høegh-Dam (born 1996), politician, member of the Folketing, Siumut party
* Doris J. Jensen (born 1978), politician, member of the Siumut party
* Lars-Emil Johansen (born 1946), second prime minister
* Mimi Karlsen (born 1957), politician, Minister for Culture, Education, Research and Church Affairs
* Kuupik Kleist (born 1958), politician
* Aqqaluk Lynge (born 1947), former president of the Inuit Circumpolar Council
* Jonathan Motzfeldt (1938–2010), first prime minister
* Josef Motzfeldt (born 1941), politician, Minister for Finance and Foreign Affairs
* Asii Chemnitz Narup (born 1954), politician and MP for Inuit Ataqatigiit
* Lena Pedersen (born 1940), Canadian politician and social worker
* Henriette Rasmussen (1950–2017), educator, journalist, women's rights activist and politician
* Augusta Salling (born 1954), politician, former finance minister