List of Famous people born in Denmark, Kingdom of Denmark
Wahid Faghir
Wahidullah Faghir is a Danish professional footballer who plays as a forward for Bundesliga club VfB Stuttgart.
Frederick VIII of Denmark
Frederick VIII was King of Denmark from 1906 to 1912. Before his accession to the throne at age 62, he served as crown prince for over 42 years. During the long reign of his father, King Christian IX, he was largely excluded from influence and political power.
Niels Skovgaard
Niels Kristian Skovgaard was a Danish painter and sculptor. His statue of N.F.S. Grundtvig is considered to be a masterpiece of Danish sculpture.
Princess Elisabeth of Hesse-Kassel
Princess Elizabeth Charlotte Alexandra Mary Louise of Hesse-Kassel, was a Princess of Hesse-Kassel by birth and, by her marriage to Leopold, Hereditary Prince of Anhalt, the Hereditary Princess of Anhalt.
Lotte Tarp
Lotte Tarp was a Danish film actress. She appeared in 27 films between 1962 and 1990. She was born in Århus, Denmark to the Danish composer, Svend Erik Tarp and died in Copenhagen, Denmark.
Martin Andersen Nexø
Martin Andersen Nexø was a Danish author. He was one of the authors in the Modern Breakthrough movement in Danish art and literature. He was a socialist throughout his life and during the second world war moved to the Soviet Union, and afterwards to Dresden in East Germany.
Conrad Wilhelm von Ahlefeldt
Prince Gorm of Denmark
Prince Gorm of Denmark was the first son of Prince Harald of Denmark and his wife, Princess Helena of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Glücksburg.
Joakim Skovgaard
Joakim Frederik Skovgaard was a Danish painter. He is remembered above all for the frescos which decorate Viborg Cathedral.
Count Ingolf of Rosenborg
Count Ingolf of Rosenborg is a former Danish prince. Born Prince Ingolf of Denmark, he appeared likely to some day become king until the constitution was changed in 1953 to allow females to inherit the crown, placing his branch of the dynasty behind that of his cousin Princess Margrethe and her two younger sisters. He later gave up his princely rank and his rights to the throne in order to marry a commoner. However, through his mother, he is a legitimate descendant of King George II of Great Britain, and retains a place in line to the British throne.