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 (1922–1998), actor Jesper Christensen (1948–), actor Nikolaj Coster-Waldau (1970–), 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 (1973–), 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 (1975–), actor, comedian Svend Melsing (1888–1946), actor, playwright Svend Methling (1891–1977), 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 (1939–2018), actor Kirsten Olesen (1949–), actress Dagmar Orlamundt (1863–1939), comic actress Elna Panduro (1882–1983), actress, operetta singer Dirch Passer (1926–1980), actor Johanne Pedersen-Dan (1860–1934), actress and operetta singer Ulf Pilgaard (1940–2024), actor Søren Pilmark (1955–), actor Clara Pontoppidan (1883–1975), actress Valdemar Psilander (1884–1917), silent film star Poul Reichhardt (1913–1985), actor Asbjørn Riis (1957–), actor, professional wrestler Kirsten Rolffes (1928–2000), 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 (1973–), actor Ib Schønberg (1902–1955), 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 (1919–2004), actor Paprika Steen (1964–), film actress and director Karl Stegger (1913–1980), 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 (1963–), actor Sven-Ole Thorsen (1944–), actor Emilie Ullerup (1984–), 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 (1874–1956), actor Carlo Wieth (1885–1943), 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 (1942–2012), 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 (1931–2007), 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 (1925–2013), 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 (1928–2017), 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 (1944–2025), 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 (1947–2021), Swedish-born sculptor Carl Dahl (1812–1865), painter Kirsten Dehlholm (1945–2024), scenic artist Heinrich Dohm (1875–1940), painter Anton Dorph (1831–1914), painter Christoffer Wilhelm Eckersberg (1783–1853), painter Heinrich Eddelien (1802–1852), painter Gottfred Eickhoff (1902–1982) Olafur Eliasson (1967–), 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 Andreas Friis (1890–1983), painter 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 (1853–1933), 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 (1934–2021), 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