List of Famous people born in Southern Denmark, Kingdom of Denmark

Morten Kirkskov is a Danish actor, theatre director and writer. He was appointed artistic director of the Royal Danish Playhouse for the Royal Danish Theatre in Copenhagen in 2015.

Dan Jørgensen is a Danish politician of the Social Democrats who has been serving as the Minister of Climate and Energy and Public Utilities in the government of Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen. He most recently served as Minister for Food, Agriculture and Fisheries under Prime Minister Helle Thorning-Schmidt. Previously, he served as a Member of the European Parliament for the Social Democrats, part of the Party of European Socialists.

Hans Christian Schmidt is a Danish politician and former Minister of Transport. A teacher by profession, he was the Danish Minister of Food from 2004 to 2007. Before that, he was the Minister for the Environment from 2001. He is a member of Venstre, and has been a member of the Folketinget (parliament) since the Danish parliamentary elections of 1994.

Frederik Søgaard Mortensen is a Danish badminton player. He was the silver medalist at the 2015 World Junior Championships partnered with Joel Eipe.

Astrid Krag is a Danish politician, member of parliament for the Social Democrats. She is currently the Minister of Social Affairs and the Interior in the Cabinet of Mette Frederiksen. She previously served as Minister of Health and Prevention in the Cabinet of Helle Thorning-Schmidt October 2011 – January 2014. She was a part of the SF youth movement since her high school years at Tørring Amtsgymnasium. She studied Political Science at the University of Copenhagen from 2003 to 2007, and in November 2007 she was elected to parliament.

Rasmus Poulsen Guldhammer is a Danish former professional cyclist.

Kristian Jensen is a Danish politician who was Minister for Foreign Affairs of Denmark from 2015 to 2016, and Minister of Finance from 2016 to 2019. Jensen is a member of the liberal party Venstre. He briefly served as acting chairman of Venstre in 2019.

Mariann Fischer Boel is a Danish politician, serving as European Commissioner for Agriculture and Rural Development from 2004 to 2009. A member of the party Venstre, she had previously been minister of agriculture and foods since 2002, in the government of Anders Fogh Rasmussen.

Holger Kirkholm Nielsen, known as Holger K. Nielsen, is a Danish politician, member of the Folketing for the Socialist People's Party. He was Denmark's Minister for Foreign Affairs from 2013 to 2014. He was leader of the Socialist People's Party from 1991 to 2005 and served as the Minister for Taxation from 2012 to 2013.