List of Greenlanders
The following is a list of notable people from Greenland:
- Naja Abelsen, artist, book illustrator
- Arnarsaq, translator, interpreter, and missionary
- Arnarulunnguaq, native Greenlandic woman who accompanied Knud Rasmussen on his Fifth Thule Expedition
- Aron of Kangeq, hunter, painter, and oral historian
- Julie Berthelsen, singer-songwriter
- Rasmus Berthelsen, teacher, poet and artist
- Jørgen Brønlund, explorer, educator, and catechist
- Bibi Chemnitz, fashion designer
- Kathrine Chemnitz, politician and champion of Greenlandic women's education
- Nukaaka Coster-Waldau, singer, actress, and Miss Greenland, 1990
- Aviâja Egede Lynge, indigenous rights activist, childhood rights commissioner
- Jesper Grønkjær, professional footballer
- Ole Jørgen Hammeken, explorer and actor
- Hans Hendrik, Arctic traveller and interpreter
- Arnannguaq Høegh, graphic artist and educator
- Ricky Enø Jørgensen, racing cyclist
- Jessie Kleemann, poet, performance artist
- Makka Kleist, actress
- Nina Kreutzmann Jørgensen, singer
- Angunnguaq Larsen, actor
- Thorkell Leifsson, son of Leif Erikson, paramount chieftain of Greenland
- Rasmus Lerdorf, creator of the PHP programming language
- Henrik Lund, lyricist, painter and priest
- Nauja Lynge, writer, lecturer
- Anders Olsen, trader and colonial administrator
- Maligiaq Padilla, famous kayaker
- Johan Carl Christian Petersen, seaman and interpreter
- Gertrud Rask, wife of missionary Hans Egede and mother of Paul
- Knud Rasmussen, polar explorer and anthropologist
- Signe Rink, writer and ethnologist
- Lars Rosing, actor, brother of film director Otto
- Otto Rosing, film director, brother of actor Lars
- Minik Wallace, Inughuaq child brought to New York in 1897 by Robert Peary
- Karla Jessen Williamson, executive director of the Arctic Institute of North America
- Qupanuk Olsen, Greenlandic YouTuber, content creator, and engineer
Politicians
- Maliina Abelsen, politician and MP for Inuit Ataqatigiit
- Hermann Berthelsen, politician of the Siumut party; mayor of Sisimiut
- Palle Christiansen, Democrats politician, Minister for Finance, and Member of the Greenland Government
- Agnethe Davidsen, first female government minister
- Hans Enoksen, politician, fourth prime minister
- Agathe Fontain, politician, Minister for Health
- Anthon Frederiksen, leader of the Democrats, Minister for Housing, Infrastructure and Transport, and Deputy-Premier
- Ane Hansen, politician, Minister for Fisheries, Hunting and Agriculture
- Aki-Matilda Høegh-Dam, politician, member of the Folketing, Siumut party
- Doris J. Jensen, politician, member of the Siumut party
- Lars-Emil Johansen, second prime minister
- Mimi Karlsen, politician, Minister for Culture, Education, Research and Church Affairs
- Kuupik Kleist, politician
- Aqqaluk Lynge, former president of the Inuit Circumpolar Council
- Jonathan Motzfeldt, first prime minister
- Josef Motzfeldt, politician, Minister for Finance and Foreign Affairs
- Asii Chemnitz Narup, politician and MP for Inuit Ataqatigiit
- Lena Pedersen, Canadian politician and social worker
- Kristine Raahauge, municipal politician, activist, eskimologist and writer
- Henriette Rasmussen, educator, journalist, women's rights activist and politician
- Augusta Salling, politician, former finance minister