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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 1720s Clear ×
Frederick V of Denmark
1723 - 1766
Peter Frederik Suhm
1728 - 1798
Vigilius Eriksen
1722 - 1782
Johannes Rach
1720 - 1783
Princess Louise of Denmark (1726–1756)
1726 - 1756
Peder Als
1725 - 1776
Peter Cramer
1726 - 1782
Johanna Marie Fosie
1726 - 1764
Severin Jensen
1723 - 1809
Frederik Christian Rosenkrantz
1724 - 1802
Jemima Yorke, 2nd Marchioness Grey
1723 - 1797
Frederik Christian Kaas
1727 - 1804
Christian Conrad Danneskiold-Laurvig
1723 - 1783
Andreas Bodenhoff
1723 - 1794
Peder Horrebow (1728–1812)
1728 - 1812
Charles Frédéric le Sage de Fontenay
1723 - 1799
Antoine-Nicolas le Sage de Fontenay
1725 - 1787
Christian Friderich Knuth
1728 - 1801