List of Famous people born in Denmark, Kingdom of Denmark

Henning Bahs was a Danish screenwriter and special effects designer. He wrote for 41 films between 1960 and 2002. He is best known as the co-author of the Olsen-banden series of films. The Henning Bahs Award was established in 2012 by the Danish Film Critics Association in commemoration of Bahs' death ten years earlier.

Anne Marie Helger is a Danish actress and performer. She has performed in theatre, films and television.

Henrik Malberg (1873–1958) was a Danish actor of theater and Danish cinema who played his most noted role at the age of 80—the stoic authoritative farm owner in the Carl Theodor Dreyer classic film Ordet.

Gyrd Løfqvist was a Danish film actor. He appeared in more than sixty films from 1945 to 2006.

Edvard Petersen was a Danish painter. He also designed the Stork Fountain on Amagertorv in Copenhagen.

Lars Hjortshøj is a Danish stand-up comedian and television and radio host.

Ejnar Mikkelsen (1880–1971), was a Danish polar explorer and author. He is most known for his expeditions to Greenland.

Aage Haugland was a Danish operatic bass.

Poul Villiam Borum was a Danish writer, poet and critic. He was editor of the influential Danish literary magazine Hvedekorn from 1968 to his death in 1996. He also initiated the Danish writers school (Forfatterskolen) in 1987, of which he was also principal. Borum was married to Danish poet Inger Christensen for 17 years; the couple had one son.