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

Lau Lauritzen Sr., born Lauritz Lauritzen was a noted early Danish film director, screenwriter and actor of the silent era in Denmark. His son, Lau Lauritzen Jr. also went on to become one of Denmark's leading directors in the 1940s and 1950s.

Niels Olsen is a Danish actor. He appeared in more than forty films since 1990.

Eskild Balschmidt Ebbesen is a Danish lightweight rower, who as part of the Gold Four has won a total number of five Olympic medals and six World Championship gold medals.

Janus Andreas Bartholin la Cour was a Danish painter who is remembered for his landscapes painted in the classical style of the Eckersberg school.

Søren Dyrberg Malling is a Danish actor.

Camilla Martin Nygaard is a retired badminton player from Denmark. She and Lene Køppen, who played two decades earlier, are the only Danish women to have won both the All England and World Championships singles titles.

Anne Louise Hassing is a Danish actress best known for her award-winning roles in the films The Idiots and Pain of Love.

Anders Wilhelm Sandberg was a Danish film director and screenwriter.

Hack Kampmann was a Danish architect, Royal Inspector of Listed State Buildings in Jutland and professor at the architecture department of the Royal Danish Academy of Fine Arts. Marselisborg Palace in Aarhus, built between 1899 and 1902, is among his best known works.

Uffe Elbæk is a Danish politician, social worker, author, journalist, entrepreneur. In 2013 he founded the green political party The Alternative, which he led until February 2020. He is an independent member of the Folketing.