List of Famous people born in Denmark, Kingdom of Denmark

Jon Dahl Tomasson is a Danish former football player and the current manager of Swedish side Malmö FF. A former forward, his most notable run of football came in his first stint at Feyenoord, with whom he won the 2002 UEFA Cup, and Italian club Milan, with whom he won the 2003 UEFA Champions League and reached the final in 2005. He was also honoured with the Danish Player of the Year award in both 2002 and 2004.

Holger Vitus Nødskov Rune is a Danish professional tennis player. He has a career-high ATP singles ranking of world No. 145 achieved on 23 August 2021. He has trained at the Mouratoglou Academy since 2016.

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

Walter Morten Grunwald was a Danish actor, stage director and theatre manager.

Sonja Richter is a Danish actress. She is best known for her performance in the 2002 film Open Hearts by Susanne Bier, for which she was nominated for both the Bodil Award and the Robert Award.

Kim Mellius Flyvholm Larsen was a Danish rock and pop musician. He was a major selling Scandinavian act with over 5 million albums sold.

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

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

Ernst Rudolf Johannes Reuter was the German mayor of West Berlin from 1948 to 1953, during the time of the Cold War.

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.