List of Danes
This is a list of notable Danish people.
Actors
- Ellen Aggerholm, stage and screen actress
- Ane Grethe Antonsen, actress
- Anna Bård, model, actress
- Gry Bay, actress
- Rasmus Bjerg, actor
- Anna Bloch, actress
- Lars Bom, actor
- Charlotte Bournonville, actress and opera singer
- Johanne Brun, opera singer
- Hans Egede Budtz, actor
- Poul Bundgaard, actor
- Jesper Christensen, actor
- Nikolaj Coster-Waldau, actor
- Karl Dane, silent film actor, comedian
- Mille Dinesen, actress
- Uffe Ellemann-Jensen, Minister of Foreign Affairs and President of the European Liberals
- Olaf Fønss, silent film actor
- Morten Grunwald, actor
- Ruth Guldbæk, opera singer
- John Hahn-Petersen, actor
- Caroline Halle-Müller, actor, singer and dancer
- Holger Juul Hansen,, actor
- Betty Hennings, actress, famous for her roles in Ibsen's plays
- Jean Hersholt, film actor
- Iben Hjejle, actress
- Astrid Holm, actress
- Gudrun Houlberg, actress
- Inge Hvid-Møller, actress and theatre director
- Allan Hyde, actor
- Bodil Ipsen, actress
- Katja K, ex-adult performer, actor
- Tina Kiberg, opera singer
- Lone Koppel, opera singer
- Nikita Klæstrup, political commentator, model, reality TV star
- Nikolaj Lie Kaas, actor
- Bodil Kjer, actress
- Makka Kleist, Greenlandic actress
- Brigitte Kolerus, actress and theatre director
- Tenna Kraft, opera singer
- Johanne Krarup-Hansen, opera singer
- Lilly Lamprecht, opera singer
- Dorothy Larsen, opera singer
- Lau Lauritzen Jr., director, actor, producer
- Thure Lindhardt, actor
- Julie Lund, actress
- Augusta Lütken, opera singer
- Mia Lyhne, film and television actress
- Anders Matthesen, actor, comedian
- Svend Melsing, actor, playwright
- Svend Methling, actor
- Mads Mikkelsen, actor
- Lars Mikkelsen, actor
- Viggo Mortensen, actor
- Sigrid Neiiendam, actress
- Birthe Neumann, actress at the Royal Danish Theatre
- Asta Nielsen, silent film star, actress
- Brigitte Nielsen, actress, former wife of Sylvester Stallone
- Connie Nielsen, film actress
- Oda Nielsen, actress in Copenhagen theatres
- Ghita Nørby, film actress
- Jens Okking, actor
- Kirsten Olesen, actress
- Dagmar Orlamundt, comic actress
- Elna Panduro, actress, operetta singer
- Dirch Passer, actor
- Johanne Pedersen-Dan, actress and operetta singer
- Ulf Pilgaard, actor
- Søren Pilmark, actor
- Clara Pontoppidan, actress
- Valdemar Psilander, silent film star
- Poul Reichhardt, actor
- Asbjørn Riis, actor, professional wrestler
- Kirsten Rolffes, actress
- Lisbeth Cathrine Amalie Rose, actress
- Louise Sahlgreen, opera singer
- Emilie Sannom, actress and stunt woman
- Johanne Louise Schmidt, actress
- Jonas Schmidt, actor
- Ib Schønberg, actor
- Clara Schønfeld, actress
- Else Schøtt, opera singer
- Ingeborg Skov, actress
- Lis Smed, actress
- Ingeborg Spangsfeldt, early film actress
- Ove Sprogøe, actor
- Paprika Steen, film actress and director
- Karl Stegger, actor
- Ingeborg Steffensen, opera singer
- Inger Stender, stage, film and television actress
- Yutte Stensgaard, film and television actress
- Ebba Thomsen, silent movie actor
- Emma Thomsen, actress
- Ulrich Thomsen, actor
- Sven-Ole Thorsen, actor
- Emilie Ullerup, actress
- Nicolai Vemming, theatre producer and director
- Soffy Walleen, actress
- Lilian Weber Hansen, opera singer
- Charlotte Wiehe-Berény, ballet dancer and actress
- Viggo Wiehe, actor
- Carlo Wieth, actor
- Ebba Wilton, opera singer
- Lulu Ziegler, actress, singer and theatre director
- Marie Zinck, actress and opera singer
Archaeologists
- Frans Blom
- Peter Oluf Brøndsted, classic archaeologist
- Peter Glob
- Erik Holtved, Greenland
- Sanne Houby-Nielsen, Danish-Swedish archaeologist and museum director
- Lis Jacobsen, philologist, runologist
- Eigil Knuth, Greenland
- Therkel Mathiassen, Arctic
- Christian Jürgensen Thomsen, archaeologist
- Jens Jacob Asmussen Worsaae, archaeologist, historian and politician
Architects and designers
- Rigmor Andersen, furniture designer
- Axel Berg, architect
- Antoine de Bosc de la Calmette, landscape architect
- Ellen Braae, landscape architect
- Karen Clemmensen, architect
- Sophy A. Christensen, furniture designer
- Vilhelm Dahlerup, architect
- Knud V. Engelhardt, designer
- Inger Exner, architect
- Johannes Exner, architect
- Jørgen Gammelgaard, furniture designer
- Jan Gehl, architect, urban planner
- Kaj Gottlob, architect and furniture designer
- Ragna Grubb, architect
- Andreas Hallander, Golden Age architect
- Christina Liljenberg Halstrøm, furniture designer
- Christian Frederik Hansen, architect
- Christian Hansen, architect active mainly in Athens and Copenhagen
- Erik Hansen, architect
- Theophilus Hansen, architect active in Athens and Vienna
- Caspar Frederik Harsdorff, Golden Age architect
- Malene Hauxner, architect
- Piet Hein
- Poul Henningsen, author, architect, designer
- Peter Hvidt, architect and furniture designer
- Anna Maria Indrio, architect
- Bjarke Ingels, architect
- Andreas Jeppe Iversen, furniture designer
- Arne Jacobsen, architect
- Grete Jalk, furniture designer
- Georg Jensen, silversmith, designer
- Jacob Jensen, designer
- Jens Jensen, landscape architect
- Timothy Jacob Jensen, designer
- Finn Juhl
- Jørgen Kastholm, furniture designer
- Bodil Kjær, architect and furniture designer
- Jacob Kjær, furniture designer
- Hanne Kjærholm, architect
- Jens Christian Kofoed, architect
- Eva Koppel, architect
- Mette Lange, architect, mobile schools for India
- Henning Larsen, architect
- Mogens Lassen, architect
- Vilhelm Lauritzen, architect and furniture designer
- Marie Gudme Leth, textile designer
- Aksel Bender Madsen, furniture designer
- Anne Sofie Madsen, fashion designer
- Dorte Mandrup-Poulsen, architect
- Ferdinand Meldahl, architect
- Børge Mogensen, designer
- Orla Mølgaard-Nielsen, architect and furniture designer
- Elna Møller, principal editor of Danmarks Kirker
- Ibi Trier Mørch, designer, especially as a silversmith and glazier
- Hans Olsen, furniture designer
- Johan Martin Quist, Golden Age architect
- Søren Rasmussen, architect, designer
- Steen Eiler Rasmussen, architect
- Lise Roel, architect
- Rudolph Rothe, landscape architect
- Kasper Salto, designer
- Jens Martin Skibsted, designer
- Lene Tranberg, architect, co-founder of Lundgaard & Tranberg
- Susanne Ussing, architect
- Jan Utzon, architect
- Jørn Utzon, architect, Sydney Opera House
- Kim Utzon, architect
- Henrik Valeur, architect
- Gertrud Vasegaard, ceramist
- Arne Vodder, furniture designer and architect
- Vilhelm Theodor Walther, architect
- Hans J. Wegner, designer
- Lone Wiggers, architect
- Vilhelm Wohlert, architect, Louisiana Museum of Modern Art
- Kurt Østervig, furniture designer
Artists
- Nikolaj Abraham Abildgaard, painter
- Else Alfelt, painter
- Merete Barker, painter
- Wilhelm Bendz, painter
- Albert Bertelsen, painter
- Ejler Bille, painter
- Johanne Bindesbøll, textile artist
- Herman Wilhelm Bissen, sculptor
- Lars Bo, etcher
- Jørgen Boberg, painter
- Kay Bojesen, silversmith, designer
- Peter Brandes, painter, sculptor and ceramic artist
- Thorald Brendstrup, painter
- Anders Bundgaard, sculptor
- Emil Bærentzen, painter and lithographer
- Anne Marie Carl-Nielsen, sculptor
- Johannes Carstensen, painter, stained glass artist
- Poul Simon Christiansen, painter
- Ingvar Cronhammar, Swedish-born sculptor
- Carl Dahl, painter
- Kirsten Dehlholm, scenic artist
- Heinrich Dohm, painter
- Anton Dorph, painter
- Christoffer Wilhelm Eckersberg, painter
- Heinrich Eddelien, painter
- Gottfred Eickhoff
- Olafur Eliasson, sculptor, installation, photography; is Icelandic–Danish, considered one of the most famous Icelandic artists, in Iceland written Ólafur Elíasson
- Michael Elmgreen, installations
- Lisa Engqvist, ceramist
- Gutte Eriksen, ceramist
- Adam Fischer, sculptor
- Wilhelm Freddie, painter
- Ingeborg Frederiksen, painter and botanical illustrator
- Hermann Ernst Freund, sculptor
- Paul Gadegaard, painter and sculptor
- Ib Geertsen, painter and sculptor
- Albert Gottschalk, painter
- Hans Jørgen Hammer, painter
- Svend Hammershøi, painter and ceramist
- Vilhelm Hammershøi, painter
- Karen Hannover, ceramist
- Aksel Hansen, sculptor
- Constantin Hansen, painter
- Heinrich Hansen, painter
- Johannes Hansen, sculptor
- Peter Hansen, painter
- Karl Hansen Reistrup, sculptor, ceramist, illustrator
- Arne Haugen Sørensen, painter, illustrator and church decorator
- Jørgen Haugen Sørensen, sculptor
- Sven Havsteen-Mikkelsen, painter, illustrator and church decorator
- Henry Heerup, painter
- Einar Hein, painter
- Jeppe Hein, installations
- Gerhard Henning, sculptor
- Frants Henningsen, artist
- Jacob Holdt, photographer, writer
- Hans Holst, woodcarver
- Johannes Holt-Iversen, painter
- Paul Høm, artist and church decorator
- Horder, stonemason and sculptor
- Knud Hvidberg, painter and sculptor
- Peter Ilsted, painter/etcher
- Valdemar Irminger, painter
- Robert Jacobsen, sculptor and painter
- Ville Jais-Nielsen, painter
- Axel P. Jensen, painter
- Johan Laurentz Jensen, painter
- Jens Adolf Jerichau, sculptor
- Svend Johansen, painter, scenographer
- Viggo Johansen, painter
- Lorentz Jørgensen, woodcarver
- Asger Jorn, painter
- Jens Juel, painter mainly known for portraits
- Bodil Kaalund, painter, textile artist, church decorator
- Herman A. Kähler, ceramist
- Per Kirkeby, painter
- Anna Klindt Sørensen, painter
- Jesper Knudsen, painter
- Eva Koch, sculptor
- Kristiane Konstantin-Hansen, textile artist
- John Kørner, painter
- Theodora Krarup, portrait painter
- Nathalie Krebs, potter
- Pietro Krohn, painter, illustrator
- Peder Severin Krøyer, painter
- Christen Købke, painter
- Michael Kvium, painter
- La Norma Fox, trapeze artist
- Poul Lange graphic designer, artist, photographer
- Alhed Larsen, painter
- Emanuel Larsen, painter
- Johannes Larsen, painter
- Harald Leth, painter
- Kirsten Lockenwitz, painter and sculptor
- Christian August Lorentzen, painter
- Frederik Christian Lund, painter
- Vilhelm Lundstrøm, painter
- Julie Lütken, painter
- Christine Løvmand, painter
- Jais Nielsen, painter and ceramist
- Karl Madsen, painter and art historian
- Wilhelm Marstrand, painter
- Brix Michgell, sculptor, woodworker
- Mogens Møller, painter and sculptor
- Moritz Georg Moshack, clavichord builder
- Richard Mortensen, painter
- Adam August Müller, painter
- Christian Mølsted, painter
- Rasmus Nellemann, painter and illustrator
- Knud Nellemose, sculptor
- Anders Nielsen Hatt, sculptor, woodworker
- Elsa Nielsen, graphic artist
- Kai Nielsen, sculptor
- Palle Nielsen, graphic artist
- Thorvald Niss, painter
- Astrid Noack, sculptor
- Emil Normann
- Dagmar Olrik, painter and tapestry artist
- John Olsen, painter, sculptor
- Willy Ørskov, sculptor
- Erik Ortvad, painter
- Carl-Henning Pedersen, painter
- Axel Poulsen, sculptor
- Tal R, painter
- Anu Ramdas, interdisciplinary artist
- Svend Rathsack, sculptor
- Jytte Rex, painter, writer, filmmaker
- Jørgen Ringnis, woodcarver
- Elof Risebye, painter, church decorator
- Martinus Rørbye, painter
- Arild Rosenkrantz, painter, stained glass artist, sculptor and illustrator
- William Scharff, painter
- Abel Schrøder the Younger, woodcarver
- Hans Smidth, painter
- Povl Søndergaard, sculptor
- Karen Strand, goldsmith
- Jakob Martin Strid, cartoonist
- Kamma Svensson, illustrator
- Christine Swane, painter
- Sigurd Swane, painter
- Anna Syberg, painter
- Fritz Syberg, painter and illustrator
- Carl Frederik Sørensen
- Carl Thomsen, painter and illustrator
- Bertel Thorvaldsen, sculptor
- Jette Thyssen, textile artist
- Elisabeth Toubro, sculptor
- Kurt Trampedach, painter
- Paula Trock, weaver, textile artist
- Lise Warburg, textile artist and writer
- Gunnar Westman, sculptor
- Svend Wiig Hansen, sculptor and painter
- Johannes Wiedewelt, sculptor
- Thomas Winkler, clothing designer, writer and visual multi-artist; house artist for the Tivoli Gardens
- Christian Zacho, painter