List of Famous people born in Denmark, Kingdom of Denmark
Caspar Bartholin the Younger
Caspar Bartholin the Younger, was a Danish anatomist who first described the "Bartholin's gland" in the 17th century. The discovery of the Bartholin's gland is sometimes mistakenly credited to his grandfather.
Vibeke Windeløv
Vibeke Windeløv is a Danish film producer. She founded Refugees United in 2008 and served on numerous corporate boards, film festival juries and association committees. She produced the films of Lars von Trier for ten years.
Kai Nielsen
Kai Nielsen was a Danish sculptor.
Jørgen Ingmann
Jørgen Ingmann was a Danish jazz and pop guitarist from Copenhagen. He was popular in Europe and had a wider international hit in 1961 with his version of "Apache". He and his wife Grethe Ingmann won the 1963 Eurovision Song Contest with the song "Dansevise".
Erland Kops
Erland Kops was a badminton player from Denmark who won numerous major international singles and doubles titles from the late 1950s to the early 1970s.
Jytte Hilden
Jytte Hilden is a Danish chemical engineer and politician. She was elected member of the Folketing from 1979 to 1998, and was appointed Minister for Culture in Poul Nyrup Rasmussen's first Cabinet.
Morten Østergaard
Morten Østergaard is a Danish politician who served as Denmark's Minister for Economic and Interior Affairs from 2 September 2014 to 28 June 2015. Leader of the Danish Social Liberal Party from September 2014 to October 2020, he has been a member of the Folketing since 2005; he was furthermore Minister for Research, Innovation and Higher Education from 2011 to 2014 and for a short term in 2014 also Minister for Taxation.
Carl-Henning Pedersen
Carl-Henning Pedersen was a Danish painter and a key member of the COBRA movement. He was known as the "Scandinavian Chagall", and was one of the leading Danish artists of the second half of the 20th century.
Vilhelm Wohlert
Vilhelm Wohlert was a Danish architect. His most notable work was on the Louisiana Museum of Modern Art in Humlebæk, Denmark.
Birte Weiss
Birte Weiss is a Danish journalist and social democrat politician, who served in various capacities in the government of Denmark. She now works as a journalist for the newspaper Weekendavisen.