List of Famous people born in Capital Region of Denmark, Kingdom of Denmark

Lars Dittmann Mikkelsen is a Danish actor. He has played Copenhagen mayoral election candidate Troels Hartmann in the drama series The Killing, Charles Augustus Magnussen in the third series of Sherlock, the Russian president Viktor Petrov in the American House of Cards on Netflix, and Grand Admiral Thrawn in Star Wars Rebels. In 2011, he won the Reumert Prize of Honour.

Thomas Vinterberg is a Danish film director who, along with Lars von Trier, co-founded the Dogme 95 movement in filmmaking, which established rules for simplifying movie production. He is best known for the films The Celebration (1998), Submarino (2010), The Hunt (2012), Far from the Madding Crowd (2015), and Another Round (2020), for which he received a nomination for the Academy Award for Best Director.

Lukas Forchhammer, also known as Lukas Graham is a Danish singer, songwriter, multi-instrumentalist, and former actor. He is the lead singer and best known as multi-instrumentalist for the Danish band Lukas Graham. As a child, Forchhammer starred in the Danish family movie series Krummerne.

Morten Wieghorst is a Danish association football manager and former player. He was most recently head coach for AaB. He is the former head coach of the Denmark national under-21 football team and FC Nordsjælland in the Danish Superliga whom he guided to the 2010 and 2011 Danish Cup trophy.

Andreas Bødtker Christensen is a Danish professional footballer who plays as a centre back for Premier League club Chelsea and the Denmark national team.

Susanne Bier is a Danish film director, screenwriter, and producer. She is best known for her feature films Brothers (2004), After the Wedding (2006), In a Better World (2010), and Bird Box (2018), and the TV miniseries The Night Manager on AMC and The Undoing on HBO. Bier is the first female director to win a Golden Globe Award, a Primetime Emmy Award, and a European Film Award, collectively.

Lasse Schöne is a Danish professional footballer who plays as a midfielder or winger for the Denmark national team, and most recently at club level for Genoa. He is known for his free kick taking and shooting abilities.

Mikkel Hansen is a Danish handball player for Paris Saint-Germain and the Danish national team.

Jannik Vestergaard is a Danish professional footballer who plays as a centre back for Premier League club Southampton, and for the Danish national team.

Frederik, Crown Prince of Denmark, Count of Monpezat, is the heir apparent to the Danish throne. He is the elder son of Queen Margrethe II and the late Prince Henrik.