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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
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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.
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- Filtered to 1850s Clear ×
Wilhelm Johannsen
1857 - 1927
Hans Christian Gram
1853 - 1938
Laurits Tuxen
1853 - 1927
John Louis Emil Dreyer
1852 - 1926
Viggo Johansen
1851 - 1935
Christian Bohr
1855 - 1911
George Buchanan (diplomat)
1854 - 1924
Karl Madsen
1855 - 1938
Erik Henningsen
1855 - 1930
Victor Bendix
1851 - 1926
Joakim Skovgaard
1856 - 1933
Peter Adler Alberti
1851 - 1932
Thor Lange
1851 - 1915
Kristoffer Nyrop
1858 - 1931
Hugo von Freytag-Loringhoven
1855 - 1924
Emma Gad
1852 - 1921
Emil Carlsen
1853 - 1932
Herluf Winge
1857 - 1923
Antonio Jacobsen
1850 - 1921
Frants Henningsen
1850 - 1908
Kristian Erslev
1852 - 1930
Hans Tegner
1853 - 1932
Niels Skovgaard
1858 - 1938
Mathilde Nielsen
1858 - 1945
Frants Buhl
1850 - 1932
Gustav Helsted
1857 - 1924
Rudolph Sophus Bergh
1859 - 1924
Anna Sterky
1856 - 1939
Carl Nicolai Starcke
1858 - 1926
Siegfried Langgaard
1852 - 1914
Harald Jerichau
1852 - 1878
Johan Erik Vesti Boas
1855 - 1935
Frederik Rung
1854 - 1914
Frederick William III of Hesse
1854 - 1888
Valdemar Irminger
1850 - 1938
Lauritz Kolderup Rosenvinge
1858 - 1939
Otto Benzon
1856 - 1927
Harald Ludvig Westergaard
1853 - 1936
Anders Thiset
1850 - 1917
Alfred Georg Ludvig Lehmann
1858 - 1921
Ludvig Birkedal-Barfod
1850 - 1937
Oda Nielsen
1851 - 1936
Thomas Vilhelm Garde
1859 - 1926
Cornelius Rübner
1853 - 1929
Carl Jeppesen
1858 - 1930
David Simonsen
1853 - 1932
Betty Hennings
1850 - 1939
Ludvig Hegner
1851 - 1923
Carl Ryder
1858 - 1923
Axel Berg (architect)
1856 - 1929
Viggo Pedersen
1854 - 1926
Charles Kjerulf
1858 - 1919
Ludvig Holm
1858 - 1928
Frans Schwartz
1850 - 1917
Aage von Kauffmann
1852 - 1922
Adolf Heinrich-Hansen
1859 - 1925
Ove Christensen (Komponist)
1856 - 1909
Viggo Bielefeldt
1852 - 1909
Carsten Ravn
1859 - 1914
Frederik Lange Grundtvig
1854 - 1903
Hans Nikolaj Hansen
1853 - 1923
Danske Dandridge
1854 - 1914
Marcus Rubin
1854 - 1923
Adolph Larsen
1856 - 1942
Alba Schwartz
1857 - 1942
Gerson Trier
1851 - 1918
Johannes August Fischer
1854 - 1921
Constantin Philipsen
1859 - 1925
Andreas Nicolaus Kornerup
1857 - 1881
Theo Holm
1854 - 1932
Sophie Keller
1850 - 1929
Vilhelm Østergaard
1852 - 1928
Henry Ussing (präst)
1855 - 1943
Elisabeth Wandel
1850 - 1926
Martinius Nielsen
1859 - 1928
Harald Jensen
1851 - 1925
Johannes Karup
1854 - 1927
A.C. Meyer
1858 - 1938
Gerhard Leslie Grove
1855 - 1911
Frederik Winther
1853 - 1916
Hermann Krumm
1855 - 1915
Thorolf Pedersen
1859 - 1942
Sofus Larsen
1855 - 1938
Alfred Benzon (1855–1932)
1855 - 1932
Waldemar Dreyer
1853 - 1924
Magnus Steendorff
1855 - 1945
Johanne Krum-Hunderup
1853 - 1929
Julius Schultz
1851 - 1924
Emil Piper
1856 - 1928
Albert Helsengreen
1854 - 1943
Emil Wiinblad
1854 - 1935
Olivo Krause
1857 - 1927
John Lübschitz
1858 - 1941
Ingeborg Maria Sick
1858 - 1951
Karl Georg Brandis
1855 - 1931
Oscar Ellinger
1857 - 1947
Thorvald Køhl
1852 - 1931
Cordt Trap
1859 - 1937
Edgard Høyer
1859 - 1942
Elisabeth Grundtvig
1856 - 1945
Elisabeth Boisen
1850 - 1919
Jacob Hegel
1851 - 1918
Leopold Helweg
1851 - 1920
Vilhelm Bardenfleth
1850 - 1933
Augusta Lütken
1855 - 1910
John Sebelien
1858 - 1932
Henny Tscherning
1853 - 1932
Harald Goldschmidt
1857 - 1923
Vilhelm Petersen
1852 - 1939
Edward Ludwig Albert Pausch
1856 - 1931
Carl Rosendahl
1852 - 1917
Oluf Winge
1855 - 1889
Athalia Reumert
1858 - 1952
Herman Tuxen
1856 - 1910
Fernando Linderberg
1854 - 1914
Elisabeth Schiøtt
1856 - 1938
Carl Julius Peter Ryberg
1854 - 1929
Emilie Walbom
1858 - 1932
Christian Keller
1858 - 1934
Johannes Hegner
1852 - 1938
Axel Emil Betzonich
1852 - 1899
Carl Gottschalksen
1854 - 1939
Georg Valdemar Brücker
1852 - 1929