# 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 Bård (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, actor
* Jesper Christensen, actor
* Nikolaj Coster-Waldau, 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, 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, actor, comedian
* Svend Melsing, actor, playwright
* Svend Methling, 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, actor
* Kirsten Olesen (1949–), actress
* Dagmar Orlamundt (1863–1939), comic actress
* Elna Panduro (1882–1983), actress, operetta singer
* Dirch Passer, actor
* Johanne Pedersen-Dan (1860–1934), actress and operetta singer
* Ulf Pilgaard, actor
* Søren Pilmark, actor
* Clara Pontoppidan (1883–1975), actress
* Valdemar Psilander (1884–1917), silent film star
* Poul Reichhardt, actor
* Asbjørn Riis, actor, professional wrestler
* Kirsten Rolffes, 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, actor
* Ib Schønberg, 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, actor
* Paprika Steen (1964–), film actress and director
* Karl Stegger, 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, actor
* Sven-Ole Thorsen, actor
* Emilie Ullerup, 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, actor
* Carlo Wieth, 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–), 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, 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
* Søren Rasmussen (1954–), architect, designer
* Steen Eiler Rasmussen (1898–1990), architect
* Lise Roel (1928–), 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–), 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–), Swedish-born sculptor
* Carl Dahl (1812–1865), painter
* Kirsten Dehlholm (1945–), scenic artist
* Heinrich Dohm (1875–1940), painter
* Anton Dorph (1831–1914), painter
* Christoffer Wilhelm Eckersberg, painter
* Heinrich Eddelien (1802–1852), painter
* Gottfred Eickhoff (1902–1982)
* Olafur Eliasson, 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
* 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, 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–), 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–), 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 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–), 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–), 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–), 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, founder of Danfoss Industries
* Henriette Danneskiold-Samsøe (1776–1843), founder of the Holmegaard Glass Factory
* Janus Friis, Skype, Kazaa, Joost and minor companies
* Ole Henriksen (1951–), cosmetologist for Hollywood stars
* Søren Hjorth (1801–1870), inventor
* Henning Holck-Larsen and Søren Kristian Toubro, 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, 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
* 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
* Karen Volf (1864–1946), pioneering female baker and pastry cook

## Comedians

* Anders Bircow, comedian, musician
* Rasmus Bjerg, comedian
* Victor Borge (1909–2000), comedian, musician
* Casper Christensen (1968–), comedian
* Drengene fra Angora, comedy trio
* Thomas Eje, 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, comedian
* Simon Kvamm (1975–), comedian, musician
* Morten Lindberg, 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, 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
* 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–), first soloist Royal Danish Ballet
* Nini Theilade (1915–), 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–), 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
* 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
* 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
* 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

## Film directors

* Bille August (1948–), director
* Erik Balling (1924–2005), director
* Susanne Bier (1960–), director, writer
* August Blom (1869–1947), director, producer
* Ole Bornedal, 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
* Bodil Ipsen (1889–1964), director, actress
* Anders Thomas Jensen
* Lau Lauritzen Jr. (1910–1977), director, actor, producer
* Jørgen Leth, filmmaker and poet
* Nils Malmros, filmmaker
* Nicolas Winding Refn, director
* Mikael Salomon, 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
* Henrik Hansen, League of Legends gamer
* 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 (1997–), League of Legends gamer for Team SoloMid
* Nicolai Hvilshøj Reedtz, Counter Strike: Global Offensive gamer for Astralis
* Lukas Egholm Rossander, Counter Strike: Global Offensive gamer for Astralis
* Peter Rothmann Rasmussen, Counter Strike: Global Offensive gamer for Astralis
* Andreas Højsleth, Counter Strike: Global Offensive gamer for Astralis
* Emil Hoffmann Reif, Counter Strike: Global Offensive gamer for Astralis
* Johan Sundstein, Dota 2 gamer for OG, highest earning Esports player by pricepool

## 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
* 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, 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, linguist
* Jørgen Rischel, linguist
* Kim Ryholt, 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
* 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
* Ellen Beck (1873–1953), soprano concert singer
* Bamses Venner
* Julie Berthelsen, singer
* Bikstok Røgsystem
* Birmingham 6
* The Blue Van
* Helene Blum (1979–), folk singer and musician
* Henriette Bonde-Hansen (1963–), operatic soprano
* Dagmar Borup (1867–1959), pianist and educator
* Brixx
* Gunna Breuning-Storm (1891–1966), violinist, educator
* Gerda von Bülow (1904–1990), violinist, educator
* Dieterich Buxtehude (1637–1707), 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 (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

### 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

* 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)
* 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
* 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 (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
* 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
* Eva Noer Kondrup (1964–), composer
* Claus Norreen, composer
* Rasmus Nøhr
* Per Nørgård

### O

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

### P

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

### R

* Lina Rafn
* Wilhelm Ramsøe (1837–1895), 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
* 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
* S.O.A.P.
* Sort Sol
* Spleen United
* Simon Steen-Andersen, composer
* Johanne Stockmarr (1869–1944), classical pianist
* Superheroes
* Jakob Sveistrup
* Bent Sørensen

### T

* Tiggy
* Jette Torp
* 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
* Gustav Winckler
* 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, 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, politician (Konservative Folkeparti)
* Klaus Bondam, politician, actor (Det Radikale Venstre)
* Vilhelm Buhl, 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, politician (Dansk Folkeparti)
* Karen Dahlerup (1920–2018), politician (Social Democrats)
* Marie Egeberg (1865–1952), schoolteacher, women's rights activist and Ventre politician
* Erik Eriksen
* Lene Espersen, politician (Konservative Folkeparti)
* Jacob Brønnum Scavenius Estrup (1825–1913), Council President
* Mette Frederiksen, politician (Social Democrats)
* Louise Frevert, politician (no political party)
* Lis Groes (1910–1974), politician (Social Democrats) and feminist
* Mette Groes (1937–2014), politician (Social Democrats)
* Hans Christian Hansen
* Hans Hedtoft
* Lisbet Hindsgaul (1890–1969), politician (Conservative People's Party) and women's rights activist
* Frode Jakobsen, WWII in the resistance movement, member of the Danish Freedom Council, politician (Social Democrats)
* Marianne Jelved, politician (Det Radikale Venstre)
* Frank Jensen, politician (Social Democrats), Lord Mayor of Copenhagen
* Anker Jørgensen, politician, Danish prime minister 1972–1973 & 1975–1982 (Social Democrats)
* Viggo Kampmann
* Naser Khader, politician (Konservative Folkeparti)
* Pia Kjærsgaard, politician (Dansk Folkeparti)
* 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 (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, politician (Social Democrats)
* Eva Madsen (1884–1972), Denmark's first female mayor
* Brian Mikkelsen, politician (Konservative Folkeparti)
* Per Stig Møller, politician (Konservative Folkeparti)
* Poul Møller, politician, minister of Finance 1968–1971, member of the European Parliament 1979–1986 (Konservative Folkeparti)
* Holger K. Nielsen, politician (Socialistisk Folkeparti)
* Marichen Nielsen (1921–2014), politician (Social Democrats)
* Elisa Petersen, early female politician (Venstre) and women's rights activist
* Petra Petersen (1901–1989), politician and resistance fighter
* Søren Pape Poulsen, politician (Konservative Folkeparti)
* Anders Fogh Rasmussen, Danish prime minister 2001–2009 (Venstre)
* Lars Løkke Rasmussen, politician, Danish prime minister 2009–2011 (Venstre)
* Poul Nyrup Rasmussen, politician, Danish prime minister 1993–2001 (Social Democrats)
* Pernille Rosenkrantz-Theil, politician (Social Democrats)
* Erik Scavenius, Danish prime minister 1943(–1945)
* Poul Schlüter, politician, Danish prime minister 1982–1993 (Konservative Folkeparti)
* Johanne Schmidt-Nielsen, politician (Enhedslisten)
* Johnny Søtrup (Venstre), mayor of Esbjerg (1994–2017)
* Erna Sørensen (1896–1980), (Conservative People's Party)
* Villy Søvndal, politician (Socialistisk Folkeparti)
* Thorvald Stauning, politician, Danish prime minister 1924–1926 & 1929–1942 (Social Democrats)
* Helle Thorning-Schmidt, politician, Danish prime minister 2011–2015 (Social Democrats)
* Margrethe Vestager, 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–), 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
* Gorm the Old
* Gnupa
* Gyrd
* Gøtrik, challenged Charlemagne in 810
* Harald
* Harald Klak
* Harald Bluetooth
* Harald II
* Harald III
* Harald Kesja
* Harthacnut (I)
* Helge
* Hemming
* Horik I
* Horik II
* John
* Magnus the Good
* Magnus the Strong
* 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

* Asfrid ( – 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 II
* 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
* Jens Martin Knudsen (1930–2005)
* Evald Tang Kristensen (1843–1929), folklore collector
* Schack August Steenberg Krogh, physiologist and Nobel Prize laureate
* 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)

## 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
* 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