List of Famous people born in Denmark, Kingdom of Denmark

Princess Elisabeth of Denmark, was the only daughter and eldest child of Hereditary Prince Knud and Hereditary Princess Caroline-Mathilde of Denmark, and a first cousin of the present Danish monarch, Queen Margrethe II.

Lorenz Peter Elfred Freuchen was a Danish explorer, author, journalist and anthropologist. He is notable for his role in Arctic exploration, namely the Thule Expeditions.

Kirsten Walther was a Danish actress. She appeared in more than 50 films and television shows between 1956 and 1983. She is well known for her role in the films of the Olsen Gang and died unexpectedly at the age of 53 from heart failure.

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.

Jesper Juul was a Danish family therapist and author of several books on parenting to a general audience. In his book Your Competent Child he argues that today's families are at an exciting crossroads because the destructive values — obedience, physical and emotional violence, and conformity — that governed traditional hierarchical families are being transformed. The book has been translated into 13 languages and has popularized current ideas of non-authoritarian parenting.

Poul Arne Bundgaard was a Danish actor and singer. He is probably best known for his role as the henpecked Kjeld in the Olsen-banden films.

Camilla Sacre-Dallerup is a Danish author, life coach, hypnotherapist and ballroom dancer.

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.

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).