List of Famous people born in Denmark, Kingdom of Denmark

Jens Christian Christensen, most often called J. C. Christensen with the 'J' pronounced as an 'I', was a Danish politician.

Laurids Lauridsen de Thurah, known as Lauritz de Thurah, was a Danish architect and architectural writer. He became the most important Danish architect of the late baroque period. As an architectural writer and historian he made a vital contribution to the understanding of both Denmark's architectural heritage and building construction in his day.

Thorvald August Marinus Stauning was the first social democratic Prime Minister of Denmark. He served as Prime Minister from 1924 to 1926 and again from 1929 until his death in 1942.

Heinrich Nissen was a German professor of ancient history.

Viggo Dorph-Petersen was a Danish architect He is best known for designing French chateaus including Château d'Aubiry.

Knud Kristensen was Prime Minister of Denmark from 7 November 1945 to 13 November 1947 in the first elected government after the German occupation of Denmark during World War II. After the October 1945 election Knud Kristensen formed the Cabinet of Knud Kristensen, a minority government consisting only of his Liberal party (Venstre).

William Wain Prior was a Danish Lieutenant general and the Chief of the Royal Danish Army from 1939 to 1941.

Christen Christensen Raunkiær was a Danish botanist, who was a pioneer of plant ecology. He is mainly remembered for his scheme of plant strategies to survive an unfavourable season and his demonstration that the relative abundance of strategies in floras largely corresponded to the Earth's climatic zones. This scheme, the Raunkiær system, is still widely used today and may be seen as a precursor of modern plant strategy schemes, e.g. J. Philip Grime's CSR system.

Hans Hagerup Falbe was a Norwegian lawyer, judge and government official. He served as a member of the Norwegian Council of State Department in Stockholm .