# List of people from Aarhus

A person who lives in or comes from Aarhus, Denmark, is called an Aarhusian (Aarhusianer). This is a list of well known people who were born, lived, or grew up in the city of Aarhus.

## People by field

Politics
* Svend Unmack Larsen (1893–1965), Mayor of Aarhus, Minister of Justice
* Hans Hedtoft (1903–1955), Prime Minister
* H. C. Hansen (1906–1960), Prime Minister
* Marichen Nielsen (1921–2014), MP, MEP (Social Democrats)
* Thorkild Simonsen (1926–2022), Mayor of Aarhus, Minister of Interior Affairs
* Svend Auken (1943–2009), Minister of Labour, Leader of The Social Democrats party, Minister of the Environment and Energy
* Uffe Elbæk (b. 1954), politician and founder of the KaosPilot school, Minister of Culture, founder and leader of The Alternative party
* Nicolai Wammen (b. 1971), Mayor of Aarhus, Minister for European Affairs, Minister of Defence, Minister for Finance
* Morten Østergaard (b. 1976), Deputy Prime Minister, Minister, Leader of the Danish Social Liberal Party
* Linea Søgaard-Lidell (b. 1987), MEP, MP
* Marie Jepsen (1940–2018), MEP
Business
* Hans Broge (1822-1908), businessman, entrepreneur, member of the city council
* Søren Frich (1827-1901), industrialist, member of the city council
* Laurits Christian Meulengracht (1827-1903), businessman, director of the Ceres breweries, member of the city council
* Otto Mønsted (1838–1916), businessman, member of the city council
* Anders Holch Povlsen (b. 1972), owner of Bestseller
Science
* Ole Worm (1588–1655), physician, scholar and antiquarian
* Ole Rømer (1644–1710), astronomer
* William Hovgaard (1857–1957), professor of naval design and construction
* H.O. Lange (1863-1943), librarian and egyptologist
* Jens Christian Skou (1918–2018), physiologist, Nobel laureate in chemistry 1997
* Ole Barndorff-Nielsen (1935–2022), statistician
* Drude Dahlerup (b. 1945), Professor of Political Science
* Bjarne Stroustrup (b. 1950), computer scientist
* Ivan Damgård (b. 1956) cryptographer
* Lene Hau (b. 1959), physicist
* Lars Bak (b. 1965), computer scientist
Sports
* Johan Andersen (1920-2003), sprint canoeist, World Champion
* Stig Tøfting (b. 1969), footballer
* Martin Jørgensen (b. 1975), footballer
* Martin Kampmann (b. 1982), UFC Fighter
* Sara Petersen (b. 1987), hurdler, European Champion
* Dennis Ceylan (b. 1989), boxer, European Champion (EBU)
* Andrej Lawaetz Bendtsen (b. 1990), rower, World Champion
* Line Kjærsfeldt - (b. 1994), Badminton player, European champion.
Music and culture
* Morten Børup (1446–1526), educator, cathedral cantor, writer
* Heinrich Ernst Grosmann (1732–1811), cantor, composer
* Gabriel Axel (1918–2014), film director (Oscar winner 1988), actor, writer and producer.
* Kai Winding (1922-1983), American jazz trombonist
* Erling Møldrup (1943-2016), classical guitarist
* Nils Malmros (b. 1944), film director, screenwriter
* Gitte Hænning (b. 1946), singer and film actress
* Flemming Jørgensen (Bamse) (1947-2011), singer, songwriter, guitarist and actor
* Birthe Kjær (b. 1948), singer
* Wayne Siegel (b. 1953), composer, electronic music educator
* Steffen Brandt (b. 1953), singer, composer and musician
* Anne Linnet (b. 1953), singer and composer
* Finn Nygaard (b. 1955), graphic designer and artist
* Lis Sørensen (b. 1955), singer, guitarist
* Poul Krebs (b. 1956), singer-songwriter, guitarist and composer
* Anne Dorte Michelsen (b. 1958), singer and composer
* Kaare Norge (b. 1963), classical guitarist
* Thomas Helmig (b. 1964), singer
* Mek Pek (b. 1964), singer and actor
* Renée Simonsen (b. 1965), supermodel and author
* Ida Corr (b. 1977), singer
* Tina Dico (b. 1977), pop singer and guitarist
* Liam O'Connor (L.O.C.) (b. 1979), rapper, songwriter and TV-host
* Marwan (b. 1980), rapper and producer
* Medina (b. 1982), pop singer
* Armen Adamjan (b. 1989), YouTuber
* Mona Tougaard (b. 2002), Danish fashion model with Ethiopian, Somali, and Turkish ancestry
Literature
* Erik Pontoppidan (1698–1764) an author, a Lutheran bishop of the Church of Norway, a historian and an antiquarian.
* Thorkild Bjørnvig (1918–2004), writer
* Bent Faurby (b. 1937), children's writer
* Jørgen Leth (b. 1937), poet, director, author and journalist
* Svend Åge Madsen (b. 1939), writer and playwright
* Peter Laugesen (b. 1942), poet and playwright
* Elsebeth Egholm (b. 1960), crime fiction writer
* Lene Kaaberbøl (b. 1960), writer (crime fiction and children's literature)
* Yahya Hassan (1995-2020), poet and activist
Religion and spirituality
* Peder Vognsen (d. 1204), first bishop of Aarhus
* Frederik Paludan-Müller (1809–1876) a Danish poet and bishop of Aarhus, 1830 to 1845.
* Kjeld Christian Festersen Holm (b. 1945), Bishop of Aarhus 1994–2015
* Lars Muhl (b. 1950), mystic, author and musician