56.1565° N, 10.2098° E
ARHUS
Most Famous People Born in Arhus, Denmark
- Notable people
- 429
- Peak decade
- 1970s
- Median birth year
- 1951
- Most distinctive
- Sailor 17.6×
One face per decade — the most globally famous figure born in Arhus during each.
Notable Births by Decade
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What Arhus Is Known For
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Football is Arhus's biggest profession — 12% of all notables (53).
Arhus over-indexes on sailor — 17.6× the global rate.
Arhus under-produces politician — only 0.5× the global rate.
Profession Mix Over Time
Each band shows a profession family's share of Arhus's notable births by decade. Hover the chart for the breakdown at any decade.
- Sports
- Film & TV
- Music
- Writing
- Art & Design
- Politics & Law
- Other
Bjarne Stroustrup
Born 1950
Ole Rømer
1644 - 1710
Gitte Hænning
Born 1946
Medina (singer)
Born 1982
Ole Worm
1588 - 1654
Jørgen Leth
Born 1937
Gabriel Axel
1918 - 2014
Martin Jørgensen
Born 1975
Viktor Fischer
Born 1994
Max Heindel
1865 - 1919
Ida Corr
Born 1977
Ari Behn
1972 - 2019
Erik Pontoppidan
1698 - 1764
Kai Winding
1922 - 1983
Tina Dico
Born 1977
Hans Hedtoft
1903 - 1955
Yahya Hassan
1995 - 2020
H. C. Hansen
1906 - 1960
Ole Lund Kirkegaard
1940 - 1979
Birthe Kjær
Born 1948
Leon Andreasen
Born 1983
Stig Tøfting
Born 1969
Nils Malmros
Born 1944
Anna David (singer)
Born 1984
Else Marie Pade
1924 - 2016
Ellen Winther
1933 - 2011
Helle Virkner
1925 - 2009
Svend Auken
1943 - 2009
Michael Lumb (footballer)
Born 1988
Svend Aage Madsen
Born 1939
Carl Holsøe
1863 - 1935
Inez Bjørg David
Born 1982
Karl Verner
1846 - 1896
Jens Jønsson
Born 1993
Ludvig Schytte
1848 - 1909
Mikkel Beck
Born 1973
Kirsten Olesen
Born 1949
Peter Madsen (cartoonist)
Born 1958
Niels Brinck
Born 1974
Casper Sloth
Born 1992
Charlotte Munck
Born 1969
Claus Thomsen
Born 1970
Margrete Auken
Born 1945
Knud Enemark Jensen
1936 - 1960
Martin Kampmann
Born 1982
Karl Stegger
1913 - 1980
Lauritz de Thurah
1706 - 1759
Olaf Fønss
1882 - 1949
Lotte Tarp
1945 - 2002
Sofie Junge Pedersen
Born 1992
L.O.C. (rapper)
Born 1979
Tomas N'evergreen
Born 1969
Camilla Martin
Born 1974
Ejner Federspiel
1896 - 1981
Julie Berthelsen
Born 1979
Lone Frank
Born 1966
Henrik Malberg
1873 - 1958
Tommy Bechmann
Born 1981
Povl Ole Fanger
1934 - 2006
Søren Andersen
Born 1970
Peter Malberg
1887 - 1965
Anne Gadegaard
Born 1991
Jørgen Buckhøj
1935 - 1994
Jørgen Hansen (boxer)
1943 - 2018
Thorkild Bjørnvig
1918 - 2004
Anders Eggert
Born 1982
Poul Pedersen
1932 - 2016
Frank Pingel
Born 1964
William Hillcourt
1900 - 1992
Kasper Rørsted
Born 1962
Niels Olsen
Born 1960
Tue Madsen
Born 1969
Lily Broberg
1923 - 1989
Morten Østergaard
Born 1976
Thomas Helmig
Born 1964
Henry From
1926 - 1990
Ole Henrik Laub
1937 - 2019
Janne Kolling
Born 1968
Anne Dorte Michelsen
Born 1958
Karin Mortensen
Born 1977
Erik Møller
1909 - 2002
Michael Teschl
Born 1971
Mikkel Kirkeskov
Born 1991
Christian Blache
1838 - 1920
Lasse Hoile
Born 1973
Johan Jacobsen
1912 - 1972
Anne Dorthe Tanderup
Born 1972
Lars Muhl
Born 1950
Per Nielsen
Born 1973
Arne Weel
1891 - 1975
Heinrich Wenck
1851 - 1936
Anders Walter
Born 1978
Mille Lehfeldt
Born 1979
Poul Krebs
Born 1956
Shaka Loveless
Born 1984
Josephine Touray
Born 1979
Jesper Jensen (handballer)
Born 1977
Øjvind Winge
1886 - 1964
Torkel Weis-Fogh
1922 - 1975
Ove Paulsen
1874 - 1947
Jonas Rasmussen
Born 1977
Ole Krarup
1935 - 2017
Viktor Bromer
Born 1993
Holger Perfort
Born 1925
Holger Seebach
1922 - 2011
Merete Riisager
Born 1976
Luna Gevitz
Born 1994
Hans Hartvig Seedorff
1892 - 1986
Katrine Madsen
Born 1972
Jens Stage
Born 1996
Aage Fønss
1887 - 1976
Gunnar Asmussen
Born 1944
Per Buckhøj
1902 - 1964
Lone Fleming
Born 1945
Kay Werner Nielsen
1921 - 2014
Aage Rou Jensen
1924 - 2009
Susan Thorsgaard
Born 1988
Thomas Thorninger
Born 1972
Erik Kuld Jensen
1925 - 2004
Jesper Juul (game researcher)
Born 1970
Johannes Aagaard
1928 - 2007
Carsten Lund
Born 1963
Rikke Petersen-Schmidt
Born 1975
Grethe Rostbøll
Born 1941
Malene Rydahl
Born 1975
Jonas Warrer
Born 1979
Mette Moestrup
Born 1969
Morten Breum
Born 1982
Mikael Jalving
Born 1968
Troels Wörsel
1950 - 2018
Ulla Dahlerup
Born 1942
Ane Riel
Born 1971
Joanna Roth
Born 1965
Alfred Jensen (politician)
1903 - 1988
Ilselil Larsen
Born 1934
Line Kjærsfeldt
Born 1994
Althea Reinhardt
Born 1996
Thomas Lund
Born 1968
Anders Peter Nielsen
1867 - 1950
Peter Skaarup
Born 1964
Dan Thomassen
Born 1981
Anders Dahl-Nielsen
Born 1951
Finn Haunstoft
1928 - 2008
Oliger Jacobaeus
1650 - 1701
Lene Adler Petersen
Born 1944
Rikke Hvilshøj
Born 1970
Sophus Bauditz
1850 - 1915
Andreas Peter Hovgaard
1853 - 1910
USO (rapper)
Born 1981
Ibi Makienok
Born 1975
Nathalie Krebs
1895 - 1978
Valdemar Adolph Thisted
1815 - 1887
Frans Dhia Putros
Born 1993
Eigil Reimers
1904 - 1976
Asbjørn Sennels
Born 1979
Jens Bangsbo
Born 1957
Marie Gudme Leth
1895 - 1997
Mikkel Jensen (racing driver)
Born 1994
Rasmus Thude
Born 1989
Thomas Rydahl
Born 1974
Mette Ingvartsen
Born 1980
Carl Krebs
1889 - 1971
Martin Kirketerp
Born 1982
Maibritt Kviesgaard
Born 1986
Anders Antonsen
Born 1997
Adda Djørup
Born 1972
Jens Jacob Tychsen
Born 1975
Signe Egholm Olsen
Born 1980
Susanne Nielsson
Born 1960
Thomas Røll
Born 1977
Jørgen Brinch Hansen
1909 - 1969
Esper Hagen
1948 - 2015
Louise Mieritz
Born 1971
Annevig Schelde Ebbe
Born 1983
Ole Skouboe
Born 1949
Peter Land
Born 1966
H.O. Lange
1863 - 1943
Kim Sønderholm
Born 1973
Casper Elgaard
Born 1978
Johan Andersen (canoeist)
1920 - 2003
Charlotte Bøving
Born 1964
Jørgen Kiil
1931 - 2003
Erni Arneson
1917 - 2006
Grethe Thordahl
1926 - 2004
John Korner
Born 1967
Lars Schandorff
Born 1965
Rasmus Walter
Born 1978
Christoffer Faarup
Born 1992
Signe Søes
Born 1983
Henrik August Flindt
1822 - 1901
Veronica Mortensen
Born 1973
Peter Bartram
Born 1961
Tom Hansen (athlete)
Born 1948
Søren Jensen (footballer)
Born 1984
Klaus Kynde Nielsen
Born 1966
Andreas Blinkenberg
1893 - 1982
Michael Zacho
Born 1996
Allan Mortensen
Born 1946
Ole Højlund Pedersen
Born 1943
Carl Møller
1887 - 1948
Jesper Sørensen
Born 1973
Gitte Lillelund Bech
Born 1969
Anna Sophie Okkels
Born 1990
Nina Malinovski
Born 1951
Tivi Magnusson
Born 1942
Peter Tudvad
Born 1966
Carl Hammerich
1888 - 1945
Rasmus Jarlov
Born 1977
Anna Ladegaard
1913 - 2000
Elith Foss
1911 - 1972
Anne Cecilie de la Cour
Born 1993
Steen Springborg
Born 1954
Mads Rieper
Born 1973
Peter Adolphsen
Born 1972
William Hovgaard
1857 - 1950
Hugo Helmig
Born 1998
Johan Richter (architect)
1925 - 1998
Michèle Bjørn-Andersen
Born 1954
Rasmus Christiansen (actor)
1885 - 1964
Henning Bjerregaard
1927 - 2014
Poul Sørensen (poet)
1906 - 1973
Hans Henrik Lerfeldt
1946 - 1989
Willy Ørskov
1920 - 1990
Povl Stegmann
1888 - 1944
Line Damkjær Kruse
Born 1988
Kristian Haugaard
Born 1991
Fritze Carstensen
1925 - 2005
Julius Hoffory
1855 - 1897
Børge Gissel
1915 - 2002
Jakob Kehlet
Born 1980
Jens Nordvig
Born 1974
Mek Pek
Born 1964
Povl Ahm
1926 - 2005
Tayeb Braikia
Born 1974
Sara Soulié
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Henning Lund-Sørensen
Born 1942
Eva Arndt
1919 - 1993
Hans Thybo
Born 1954
Aage Langeland-Mathiesen
1868 - 1933
Frans Lasson
1935 - 2009
Finn Borchsenius
Born 1959
Karen Busck
Born 1975
Bent Conradi
Born 1932
Clara Østø
1911 - 1983
Kurt Thyboe
Born 1940
Peder Krog
1654 - 1731
Eva Gram Schjoldager
Born 1966
Berl Kutchinsky
1935 - 1995
Astrid Kruse Jensen
Born 1975
Morten Christiansen
Born 1978
Marcus Solberg
Born 1995
Per Knudsen (footballer)
1925 - 1999
Allan Stig Rasmussen
Born 1983
Bob Ramsing
1923 - 1998
Steffen Bernhardt Jensen
1910 - 1978
Jesper Blicher
Born 1988
Grethe Bartram
1924 - 2017
Lotte Salling
Born 1964
Kai Henning Bothildsen Nielsen
1919 - 1947
Carl Jensen (boxer)
1909 - 1991
Sine Bundgaard
Born 1970
Rasmus Torgensen
1900 - 1932
Hans Peter Ingerslev
1831 - 1896
Henry Ussing (jurist)
1886 - 1954
Mette Tranborg
Born 1996
Kasper Antonsen
Born 1994
Mike Hawkins (musician)
Born 1991
Lars P. Gammelgaard
1945 - 1994
Jørgen Jensen (Archäologe)
1936 - 2008
Martin Loft
Born 1965
Peter Due
Born 1947
Anders Kure
Born 1985
Rasmus Bonde
Born 1986
Knud Fabricius
1875 - 1967
Britta Andersen
Born 1979
Leif Hjernøe
Born 1938
Valdemar Schønheyder Møller
1864 - 1905
Jan Boye
1962 - 2011
Rigmor Andersen
1903 - 1995
Niels Jørgensen
Born 1971
Johannes Fønss
1884 - 1964
Erling Brøndum
1930 - 2017
Michelle Gatting
Born 1993
Eigil Pedersen
1917 - 1994
Mie Andreasen
Born 1972
Michael Røn
Born 1984
Nauja Lynge
Born 1965
Per Kjærgaard Nielsen
Born 1955
Gynther Hansen
1930 - 2014
Erik Crone (resistance member)
1919 - 1945
Morten Ramsbøl
Born 1970
Emmerik Høegh-Guldberg
1807 - 1881
Tina Nedergaard
Born 1969
Peter Holm (museum director)
1873 - 1950
Carl Frederik Liisberg
1860 - 1909
Flemming Quach
Born 1992
Søren Hess-Olesen
Born 1991
Jean-Jacques Baruël
1923 - 2010
Jens Juul Eriksen
Born 1926
Emil Stær
Born 1989