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

Andreas Evald Cornelius is a Danish professional footballer who plays as a striker for Parma, on loan from Atalanta, and the Denmark national team.

Michael Laudrup is a Danish professional football coach and former player. He is the older brother of fellow retired footballer Brian Laudrup.

Margrethe Vestager is a Danish politician and European Commissioner in the Von der Leyen Commission, currently serving as Executive Vice President of the European Commission for A Europe Fit for the Digital Age since December 2019 and European Commissioner for Competition since 2014. Vestager is a member of the Danish Social Liberal Party, and of the Alliance of Liberals and Democrats for Europe Party (ALDE) on the European level.

Michael Krohn-Dehli is a Danish former professional footballer. He played mostly as an attacking midfielder, but was also deployed as a winger.

Mathias Jattah-Njie Jørgensen, commonly known as Zanka, is a Danish professional footballer who plays as a centre back for Copenhagen on loan from Fenerbahçe, and the Denmark national team.

Prince Joachim of Denmark, Count of Monpezat, is the younger son of Queen Margrethe II and Prince Henrik. He is sixth in the line of succession to the Danish throne, following his elder brother, Crown Prince Frederik, and Frederik's four children.

Daniel Wass is a Danish professional footballer who plays as a utility player for Spanish club Valencia and the Danish national team. He is capable of playing as a left-back, right-back, midfielder, and attacking midfielder.

Joachim Christian Andersen is a Danish professional footballer who plays as a centre-back for Premier League club Fulham, on loan from Lyon, and the Denmark national team.

Nicolas Winding Refn is a Danish film director, screenwriter, and producer. He is known for directing the Pusher trilogy (1996–2005), the fictionalised biographical film Bronson (2008), the adventure film Valhalla Rising (2009), the action drama film Drive (2011), the crime film Only God Forgives (2013), the psychological horror film The Neon Demon (2016), and the crime series Too Old to Die Young (2019).

Bjarne Goldbæk is a Danish former professional footballer and current sports pundit for Eurosport. He played for a number of foreign clubs, including Chelsea and Fulham in England and several clubs in Germany. He most prominently won the 1990 German Cup tournament and 1990–91 Bundesliga championship with 1. FC Kaiserslautern. For the Denmark national football team, Goldbæk was capped 28 times, and he was a part of the Danish squads for the 1998 FIFA World Cup and UEFA Euro 2000 tournaments.