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

Troels Holch Povlsen is a Danish businessman, founder of the fashion chain Bestseller.

Yahya Hassan was a Danish poet and political activist of Palestinian descent, whose poems and public statements criticizing both Islam and Danish policies on migration and participation in armed conflicts made him a much-debated and controversial figure.

Jonas Flodager Rasmussen, known professionally as simply Rasmussen, is a Danish singer and actor. He represented Denmark in the Eurovision Song Contest 2018 in Lisbon, Portugal, with the song "Higher Ground".

Ole Christensen Rømer was a Danish astronomer who, in 1676, made the first quantitative measurements of the speed of light.

Thomas Bjørn is a professional golfer from Denmark who plays on the European Tour. He is the most successful Danish golfer to have played the game having won fifteen tournaments worldwide on the European Tour. In 1997 he also became the first Dane to qualify for a European Ryder Cup team. Bjørn is remembered for his collapse at Royal St. George's during the 2003 Open Championship, when he led by two strokes with three holes to play, but took three attempts to get out of a greenside bunker on the par three 16th, handing the tournament to Ben Curtis. He captained the winning European side at the 2018 Ryder Cup.

Berl Kutchinsky was a Danish Professor of Criminology at the University of Copenhagen. He became internationally famous for his studies in the public health effects of pornography.

Ole Worm, who often went by the Latinized form of his name Olaus Wormius, was a Danish physician, natural historian and antiquary. He was a professor at the University of Copenhagen where he taught Greek, Latin, Physics and Medicine.

Lars Kristinus Larsen was a Danish businessman, owner and founder of the Jysk retail chain.

Ellen Trane Nørby is a Danish politician. From 28 November 2016 to 27 June 2019 she was her country's Minister of Health.

Erik Sergiyovych Sviatchenko is a Danish footballer who plays as a defender for FC Midtjylland.