List of Famous people born in Kingdom of Denmark
Lars Eller
Lars Fosgaard Eller is a Danish professional ice hockey player for the Washington Capitals of the National Hockey League (NHL). Nicknamed "the Tiger", he was drafted by the St. Louis Blues in the first round, 13th overall in the 2007 NHL Entry Draft. He later joined the Montreal Canadiens, where he played six seasons before being traded to the Capitals in 2016. He became the first person born in Denmark to win the Stanley Cup when the Capitals won in 2018, notably scoring the Stanley Cup-winning goal.
René Redzepi
René Redzepi is a Danish chef and co-owner of the two-Michelin star restaurant Noma in the Christianshavn neighborhood of Copenhagen, Denmark. His restaurant was voted the best restaurant in the world by Restaurant magazine's World's Best Restaurants in 2010, 2011, 2012 and 2014. Redzepi is noted for his work on the reinvention and refinement of a new Nordic cuisine and food that is characterized by inventiveness and clean flavours.
Lars Larsen
Lars Kristinus Larsen was a Danish businessman, owner and founder of the Jysk retail chain.
Carl Rasmussen
Jens Erik Carl Rasmussen was a Danish painter was best known for his marine art and scenes of Greenland.
Paul Elvstrøm
Paul Bert Elvstrøm was a Danish yachtsman. He won four Olympic gold medals and thirteen world titles in a range of classes including Snipe, Soling, Star, Flying Dutchman and Finn. For his achievements, Elvstrøm was chosen as "Danish Sportsman of the Century."
Prince Christian of Schleswig-Holstein
Prince Christian of Schleswig-Holstein was a minor Danish-born German prince who became a member of the British Royal Family through his marriage to Princess Helena of the United Kingdom, the fifth child and third daughter of Queen Victoria and Prince Albert of Saxe-Coburg-Gotha.
Malvina Garrigues
Malvina Garrigues, later Malvina Schnorr von Carolsfeld was a Danish-born Portuguese operatic soprano.
Princess Louise Auguste of Denmark
Princess Louise Augusta of Denmark and Norway was the daughter of the Queen of Denmark, Caroline Matilda of Great Britain. Though officially regarded as the daughter of King Christian VII, it is widely accepted that her biological father was Johann Friedrich Struensee, the king's royal physician and de facto regent of the country at the time of her birth. She was referred to sometimes as "la petite Struensee"; this did not, however, have any effect on her position.
Emilie Ullerup
Emilie Ullerup is a Danish actress. She is best known for playing Ashley Magnus on the television series Sanctuary and Bree O'Brien on the Hallmark Channel drama series Chesapeake Shores.
Frederik Schram
Frederik August Albrecht Schram is a Danish-born Icelandic football goalkeeper who plays for Lyngby BK in the Danish Superliga.