List of Famous people born in Denmark, Kingdom of Denmark
Søren Lerby
Søren Lerby is a Danish former football player, manager, and licensed agent. As a player, he spent most of his career in Dutch football, winning five Eredivisie championships with Ajax Amsterdam and two with PSV Eindhoven. With the latter club, he also won the 1988 European Cup. He won two Bundesliga titles with Bayern Munich, and played one season for AS Monaco in France. He played 67 matches for the Denmark national football team from 1978 to 1989, and represented Denmark at the 1986 FIFA World Cup and two European Championship tournaments. Currently, he is the agent of Napoli winger Dries Mertens.
Ruth Berlau
Ruth Berlau was a Danish actress, director, photographer and writer, known for her collaboration with Bertolt Brecht and for founding the Bertolt-Brecht-Archiv in Berlin.
Ejner Johansson
Ejner Bainkamp Johansson was a Danish art historian, magister of art, writer, and documentary film director. He is also a 1998 N. L. Høyen Medal recipient.
Vitus Bering
Vitus Jonassen Bering, also known as Ivan Ivanovich Bering, was a Danish cartographer and explorer in Russian service, and an officer in the Russian Navy. He is known as a leader of two Russian expeditions, namely the First Kamchatka Expedition and the Great Northern Expedition, exploring the north-eastern coast of the Asian continent and from there the western coast on the North American continent. The Bering Strait, the Bering Sea, Bering Island, the Bering Glacier and the Bering Land Bridge were all named in his honor.
Susanne Augustesen
Susanne "Susy" Augustesen is a Danish former international footballer who played club football for many years in Italy.
Anne of Denmark
Anne of Denmark was Queen of Scotland, England, and Ireland by marriage to King James VI and I.
Mathias Boe
Mathias Boe is a badminton player from Denmark. He was the gold medalist at the 2015 European Games, two time European champions winning in 2012 and 2017, and the silver medalist at the 2012 Summer Olympics. He joined the Denmark winning team at the 2016 Thomas Cup in Kunshan, China.
Anders Lindegaard
Anders Rozenkrantz Lindegaard is a Danish footballer who plays as a goalkeeper for Helsingborgs IF. He has earned five caps for the Denmark national team.
Nikolaj Arcel
Nikolaj Arcel is a Danish filmmaker and screenwriter. He is best known for his 2012 film A Royal Affair which won two prizes at the Berlin International Film Festival and was nominated for Best Foreign Language Film at the Academy Awards, as well as the 2017 American film The Dark Tower. He is based in Hollywood, where he is working on a feature adaptation of Don Winslow's The Power of the Dog.
Frederik Andersen
Frederik Andersen is a Danish professional ice hockey goaltender for the Toronto Maple Leafs of the National Hockey League (NHL). He has also played for the Anaheim Ducks.