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COPENHAGEN
Most Famous People Born in Copenhagen, Denmark
- Notable people
- 3,495
- Peak decade
- 1940s
- Median birth year
- 1904
- Most distinctive
- Fencer 6.0×
Nordic letters, in roughly equal measure with Nordic Olympic sport. Copenhagen's distinctive professions are fencers and rowers at the top — the Olympic tradition of a small Nordic capital — alongside painters, architects, composers, sculptors, and photographers in roughly equal columns. The 18th and 19th centuries are unusually well represented, the era of Andersen and Kierkegaard and the Royal Theatre that has shared a few square blocks with the Royal Library and the publishing houses for two hundred years.
One face per decade — the most globally famous figure born in Copenhagen during each.
Notable Births by Decade
Click a decade to filter the list below. Peak: 1940s with 241 notable births.
What Copenhagen Is Known For
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Actor is Copenhagen's biggest profession — 10% of all notables (363).
Copenhagen over-indexes on fencer — 6.0× the global rate.
Copenhagen under-produces politician — only 0.4× the global rate.
Profession Mix Over Time
Each band shows a profession family's share of Copenhagen's notable births by decade. Hover the chart for the breakdown at any decade.
- Sports
- Art & Design
- Film & TV
- Music
- Writing
- Science
- Other
- Filtered to 1710s Clear ×
Johann Georg Ziesenis
1716 - 1776
Christian Horrebow
1718 - 1776
Christian Ditlev Reventlow (1710–1775)
1710 - 1775
Bolle Willum Luxdorph
1716 - 1788
Christoffer Foltmar
1718 - 1759
Henrik Bech
1718 - 1776
Henrik Hielmstierne
1715 - 1780
Peter Elias von Gähler
1718 - 1783
Christian Leberecht von Prøck
1718 - 1780
Hans Jacob Scheel
1714 - 1774
Ludwig von der Osten
1710 - 1756