List of Famous people born in Southern Denmark, Kingdom of Denmark
Jacob Holm
Jacob Tandrup Holm is a Danish handball player who plays for Füchse Berlin and the Danish national team.
Lars Løkke Rasmussen
Lars Løkke Rasmussen is a Danish politician who served as the 25th Prime Minister of Denmark from 2009 to 2011 and again 2015 to 2019. He was the leader of the liberal Venstre party from 2009 to 2019.
Eva Kjer Hansen
Eva Kjer Hansen is a Danish politician. She was the Danish Minister for Food, Agriculture and Fisheries as member of the Cabinet of Anders Fogh Rasmussen II, III and the Lars Løkke Rasmussen I Cabinet from 12 September 2007 until 23 February 2010, and she was Social Minister and Minister for Women's Rights from 2 August 2004 to 12 September 2007, as member of the Cabinet of Anders Fogh Rasmussen I and II. As part of the Lars Løkke Rasmussen II Cabinet she was Minister for Food, Agriculture and Fisheries from 28 June 2015 until 29 February 2016. She has been Minister for Gender Equality and Nordic Cooperation since 2 May 2018.
Allan Simonsen
Allan Rodenkam Simonsen is a Danish former footballer and manager. He most prominently played as a forward for German Bundesliga club Borussia Mönchengladbach, winning the 1975 and 1979 UEFA Cups, as well as for Barcelona from Spain, winning the 1982 Cup Winners' Cup. Simonsen is the only footballer to have scored in the European Cup, UEFA Cup, and Cup Winners' Cup finals. Simonsen was named 1977 European Footballer of the Year.
Sarah-Sofie Boussnina
Sarah-Sofie Boussnina is a Danish actress, best known to international audiences for the TV series The Bridge and 1864 (2014).
Wahid Faghir
Wahidullah Faghir is a Danish professional footballer who plays as a forward for Bundesliga club VfB Stuttgart.
Uffe Ellemann-Jensen
Uffe Ellemann-Jensen (Danish pronunciation: [ˈufə ˈeləmæn ˈjensn̩], informal: [ˈufə ˈeləˌmænˀ] was Minister for Foreign Affairs of Denmark in the Conservative led Poul Schlüter Administration 1982–1993. He was leader of the Danish Liberal Party, Venstre 1984–1998 and President of the European Liberals 1995–2000. Since 1998, Ellemann-Jensen has been Chairman of Baltic Development Forum, a non-profit networking organisation dedicated to the business development of the Baltic Sea region. He is non-executive director of various boards of international companies.
Kjeld Kirk Kristiansen
Kjeld Kirk Kristiansen is the former president and CEO of The Lego Group (1979–2004). According to Forbes, Kristiansen is the third richest Dane, with a net worth of $6.7 billion as of October 2020. He is the grandson of Lego founder Ole Kirk Christiansen.
Thomas Kirk Kristiansen
Thomas Kirk Kristiansen is a Danish fourth-generation owner of The Lego Group. Together with his father Kjeld, and sisters Agnete and Sofie, they split ownership of a 75% stake in the company.
Casper Christensen
Casper Lindholm Christensen is a Danish comedian. He has hosted many shows including Casper & Mandrilaftalen, the Danish airing of Shooting Stars and Don't Forget Your Toothbrush, and the Danish version of Deal or No Deal. He also had a leading role in the Danish sit-coms Langt fra Las Vegas and Klovn (Clown/Fool).