List of Famous people born in Capital Region of Denmark, Kingdom of Denmark
Prince Felix of Denmark
Prince Felix of Denmark is a member of the Danish royal family. He is the younger son of Prince Joachim and his first wife, Alexandra, Countess of Frederiksborg. Prince Felix is currently eighth in the line of succession to the Danish throne.
Paprika Steen
Kirstine "Paprika" Steen is a Danish actress and director best known for her performances in the films Festen, The Idiots, and Open Hearts. Steen was the first Danish actress since Karin Nellemose in 1994 to win both Best Actress and Best Supporting Actress in the same year at the Robert Festival, the Danish equivalent of the Oscars.
Kim Bodnia
Kim Bodnia is a Danish actor, writer, and director. He became widely known for his role as police detective Martin Rohde in the Scandinavian crime drama series The Bridge. He became internationally known for his lead role as the drug dealer "Frank" in Nicolas Winding Refn's 1996 directorial debut Pusher. Today he is best known as Konstantin in Phoebe Waller-Bridge's 2018 BBC America spy thriller TV series Killing Eve.
Peter Mygind
Peter Mygind is a Danish actor and television personality. He has had roles in films including the World War II drama Flame & Citron as well as several TV series such as Borgen, Unit One, Lars Von Trier's The Kingdom and the police drama series Anna Pihl, as the roommate of the title character. Mygind hosted the Dansk Melodi Grand Prix (2011) and the quiz show Boom Boom. In 2005, he participated in Vild Med Dans, the Danish production of Dancing with the Stars.
Sandra Toft
Sandra Toft Galsgaard is a Danish handball goalkeeper for Brest Bretagne Handball and the Danish national team.
Carsten Bjørnlund
Carsten Bjørnlund is a Danish theatre, film and television actor.
Leonora
Leonora Colmor Jepsen, also known simply as Leonora, is a Danish singer and former competitive figure skater. As a figure skater, she was a two-time national junior champion in singles in 2015, 2016 and represented her country at the 2016 World Junior Championships. As a singer, she won the 2019 Dansk Melodi Grand Prix and represented Denmark at that year's Eurovision Song Contest in Tel Aviv, finishing 12th with 120 points.
Ulrich Wilhelm Graf Schwerin von Schwanenfeld
Ulrich-Wilhelm Graf von Schwerin von Schwanenfeld was a German landowner, officer, and resistance fighter against the Nazi régime. His name is commonly shortened to Schwerin.
Emil Holst
Emil Holst is a Danish badminton player.
Riza Durmisi
Riza Durmisi is a Danish professional footballer who plays as a left-back for Italian club Salernitana on loan from Lazio. He has represented Denmark at several youth levels and made his debut for the senior national team in 2015.