List of Famous people born in Kingdom of Denmark
Erik Aaes
Erik Aaes was a Danish set designer and art director. He was a prominent figure behind the scenes of Scandinavian theatre and in film.
Johan Christian Fabricius
Johan Christian Fabricius was a Danish zoologist, specialising in "Insecta", which at that time included all arthropods: insects, arachnids, crustaceans and others. He was a student of Carl Linnaeus, and is considered one of the most important entomologists of the 18th century, having named nearly 10,000 species of animals, and established the basis for the modern insect classification.
Bernhard Keil
Bernhard Keil or Keyl was a Danish Baroque painter who became a pupil of Rembrandt.
Sophus Mads Jørgensen
Sophus Mads Jørgensen was a Danish chemist. He is considered one of the founders of coordination chemistry, and is known for the debates which he had with Alfred Werner during 1893-1899. While Jørgensen's theories on coordination chemistry were ultimately proven to be incorrect, his experimental work provided much of the basis for Werner's theories. Jørgensen also made major contributions to the chemistry of platinum and rhodium compounds.
Alfred Lind
Alfred Lind was a Danish cinematographer, screenwriter, and film director of the silent era. Lind was a prominent director in early Scandinavian cinema, and also worked in the German film industry. He is believed to have shot the earliest surviving footage of Iceland from 1906.
Theodor Brorsen
Theodor Johan Christian Ambders Brorsen was a Danish astronomer. He is best known for his discovery of five comets, including the lost periodic comet, 5D/Brorsen, and the periodic comet 23P/Brorsen-Metcalf.
Ole Olsen
Ole Olsen was a Danish film producer and the 1906 founder of Nordisk Film.
Holger Pedersen
Holger Pedersen was a Danish linguist who made significant contributions to language science and wrote about 30 authoritative works concerning several languages.
Peder Mørk Mønsted
Peder Mørk Mønsted was a Danish realist painter. He is best known for his landscape paintings in a realistic style. His favorite motifs include snowy winter landscapes, still water and forests.
Anton Melbye
Daniel Herman Anton Melbye was a Danish painter and photographer who specialized in maritime scenes. He was the brother of painters Vilhelm and Fritz Melbye.