List of Famous people born in Denmark, Kingdom of Denmark

Christian Søren Nielsen was a Danish sailor who competed in the 1924 Summer Olympics.

Ditlev Gothard Monrad was a Danish politician and bishop, a founding father of Danish constitutional democracy but also led the country as Council President in its huge defeat during the Second Schleswig War. Later, he became a New Zealand pioneer before returning to Denmark to become a bishop and politician once more.

Margarete Mitscherlich-Nielsen or the "Grande Dame of German Psychoanalysis" as she was often referred to as, was a German psychoanalyst who focused mainly on the themes of feminism, female sexuality, and the national psychology of post-war Germany.

Kim Vilfort is a Danish retired footballer who played as a midfielder. He is the head talent scout at Brøndby IF.

Thorkild Grosbøll was a parish priest in the Church of Denmark. In the early 2000s he received a lot of media attention in Denmark for publicly stating disbelief in an interventionist creator God. He died on 10 May 2020 after a short illness.

Cæcilie Norby is a Danish jazz and rock singer.

Tapani Kaarle Heikinpoika Brotherus is a Finnish diplomat who was acting as a Finnish Chargé d'Affaires in Chile during the 1973 coup d'état lead by General Augusto Pinochet. Brotherus saved hundreds of Chilean dissidents from death during the coup.

Bjarne Lykkegård Riis, nicknamed The Eagle from Herning, is a Danish former professional road bicycle racer who placed first in the 1996 Tour de France. For many years he was the owner and later manager of Russian UCI WorldTeam Tinkoff–Saxo. Other career highlights include placing first in the Amstel Gold Race in 1997, multiple Danish National Championships, and stage wins in the Giro d'Italia. On 25 May 2007, he admitted that he placed first in the Tour de France using banned substances, and he was no longer considered the winner by the Tour's organizers. In July 2008, the Tour reconfirmed his victory but with an asterisk label to indicate his doping offences.

Uffe Valentin Haagerup was a mathematician from Denmark.

Bent Fabricius-Bjerre, better known internationally as Bent Fabric, was a Danish pianist and composer.