List of Famous people born in Denmark, Kingdom of Denmark
Laurits Tuxen
Laurits Tuxen was a Danish painter and sculptor specialising in figure painting. He was also associated with the Skagen Painters. He was the first head of Kunstnernes Frie Studieskoler, an art school established in the 1880s to provide an alternative to the education offered by the Royal Danish Academy of Fine Arts.
Ib Michael
Ib Michael is a Danish novelist and poet. His writing style has been described as magic realism.
Robert Jacobsen
Robert Julius Tommy Jacobsen was a Danish sculptor and painter. The Danish Robert Award award is named in his honor.
Lau Lauritzen
Lau Lauritzen Sr., born Lauritz Lauritzen was a noted early Danish film director, screenwriter and actor of the silent era in Denmark. His son, Lau Lauritzen Jr. also went on to become one of Denmark's leading directors in the 1940s and 1950s.
Helena Dam á Neystabø
Helena Dam á Neystabø is a Faroese Social Democratic politician. She has been served in the Lagting from 1990 to 2002, 2008 to 2011 and 2015 to 2019, has been a minister in three governments, and has been a member of the Tórshavn municipal council.
Lasse Norman Hansen
Lasse Norman Hansen is a Danish professional road and track racing cyclist, who currently rides for UCI WorldTeam Team Qhubeka Assos. He turned professional in 2014.
Christian Günther von Bernstorff
Count Christian Günther von Bernstorff was a Danish and Prussian statesman and diplomat.
Harald Bohr
Harald August Bohr was a Danish mathematician and footballer. After receiving his doctorate in 1910, Bohr became an eminent mathematician, founding the field of almost periodic functions. His brother was the Nobel Prize-winning physicist Niels Bohr. He was a member of the Danish national football team for the 1908 Summer Olympics, where he won a silver medal.
Jette Kaarsbøl
Svend Aage Rask
Svend Aage Rask was a Danish footballer. During his club career he played for Boldklubben 1909. He earned 1 cap for the Denmark national football team, and was in the finals squad for the 1964 European Nations' Cup.