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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 1880s Clear ×
Niels Bohr
1885 - 1962
Carl Theodor Dreyer
1889 - 1968
Jean Hersholt
1886 - 1956
Asta Nielsen
1881 - 1972
Harald Bohr
1887 - 1951
Inge Lehmann
1888 - 1993
Sveinn Björnsson
1881 - 1952
Karl Dane
1886 - 1934
Prince Axel of Denmark
1888 - 1964
Bodil Ipsen
1889 - 1964
Torben Meyer
1884 - 1975
Kay Bojesen
1886 - 1958
Valdemar Psilander
1884 - 1917
Viggo Larsen
1880 - 1957
Kay Nielsen
1886 - 1957
Carl Schenstrøm
1881 - 1942
Clara Pontoppidan
1883 - 1975
Paul von Klenau
1883 - 1946
Edgar Rubin
1886 - 1951
Poul Reumert
1883 - 1968
Battling Nelson
1882 - 1954
Sophus Nielsen
1888 - 1963
Launy Grøndahl
1886 - 1960
Axel Salto
1889 - 1961
Viggo Brøndal
1887 - 1942
Harald Giersing
1881 - 1927
Rudolph Simonsen
1889 - 1947
Max Rée
1889 - 1953
Hans Christian Hagedorn
1888 - 1971
Emil Reesen
1887 - 1964
Harry August Jansen
1883 - 1955
Elith Pio
1887 - 1983
Svend Borberg
1888 - 1947
Ivan Joseph Martin Osiier
1888 - 1965
Harold M. Westergaard
1888 - 1950
Harald Hansen
1884 - 1927
Poul Schierbeck
1888 - 1949
Frederik Zeuthen
1888 - 1959
Sophus Hansen
1889 - 1962
Vilhelm Wolfhagen
1889 - 1958
Jais Nielsen
1885 - 1961
Johannes Poulsen
1881 - 1938
Carlo Wieth
1885 - 1943
Bjørn Rasmussen
1885 - 1962
Charles E. Sorensen
1881 - 1968
Peder Gram
1881 - 1956
August Lindgren
1883 - 1945
Peter Marius Andersen
1885 - 1972
Anthon Olsen
1889 - 1972
Aksel Jørgensen
1883 - 1957
Sofie Castenschiold
1882 - 1979
Emil Jørgensen
1882 - 1947
Ebba Thomsen
1887 - 1973
Lis Jacobsen
1882 - 1961
Johannes Hohlenberg
1881 - 1960
Svend Rindom
1884 - 1960
Louis Sigurd Fridericia
1881 - 1947
Anders Andersen (wrestler)
1881 - 1961
Axel Poulsen
1887 - 1972
Valdemar Møller
1885 - 1947
Marinus (photographe)
1884 - 1964
Kaj Gottlob
1887 - 1976
Hjalmar Christoffersen
1889 - 1966
Christian Ingerslev Baastrup
1885 - 1950
William Scharff
1886 - 1959
Knud V. Engelhardt
1882 - 1931
Christiane Reimann
1888 - 1979
Jens Einar Meulengracht
1887 - 1976
Axel Thufason
1889 - 1962
Olga Svendsen
1883 - 1942
Johannes Kjærbøl
1885 - 1973
Jacques Debat-Ponsan
1882 - 1942
Axel Petersen (footballer)
1887 - 1968
Adam Fischer (sculptor)
1888 - 1968
Siegfried Salomon
1885 - 1962
Holger Wederkinch
1886 - 1959
Emilius Bangert
1883 - 1962
Johann Berthelsen
1883 - 1972
Niels Petersen (gymnast)
1885 - 1961
Paul Sarauw
1883 - 1959
Steen Olsen
1886 - 1960
Niels Otto Raasted
1888 - 1966
Torkild Garp
1883 - 1976
Paul Hansen (tenor)
1886 - 1967
Einar Zangenberg
1882 - 1918
Robert Schmidt (actor)
1882 - 1941
Arvor Hansen
1886 - 1962
Hans W. Petersen
1887 - 1974
Ingeborg Hansen
1886 - 1954
Jens Christensen (wrestler)
1884 - 1959
Paul Lassenius Kramp
1887 - 1975
Anna Henriques-Nielsen
1881 - 1962
Sven Risom
1880 - 1971
Axel Nielsen
1880 - 1951
Svend Dahl
1887 - 1963
Waldemar Holberg
1883 - 1927
Erik Larsen (tennis)
1880 - 1914
Axel Linvald
1886 - 1965
Agnete von Prangen
1880 - 1968
Axel Juel (författare)
1883 - 1948
Alfred Hansen (cinematographer)
1885 - 1935
Kai Friis Møller
1888 - 1960
Alfred Cock-Clausen
1886 - 1983
Victor Hansen
1889 - 1974
Louis von Kohl
1882 - 1962
Johan Thomas Skovgaard
1888 - 1977
Amory Hansen
1887 - 1961
Ødbert Bjarnholt
1885 - 1946
Birger von Cotta-Schønberg
1889 - 1958
Mogens Clemmensen
1885 - 1943
Carl Gerard
1885 - 1966
Sven Thomsen
1884 - 1968
Sigurd Eriksen
1884 - 1976
Nanna Ullman
1888 - 1964
Robert Neiiendam
1880 - 1966
Ole Falkentorp
1886 - 1948
Steen Herschend
1888 - 1976
Barclay Raunkiær
1889 - 1915
Tenna Kraft
1885 - 1954
Ingeborg Steffensen
1888 - 1964
Ellen Duurloo
1888 - 1960
Knud Holm
1887 - 1972
Carlo Jacobsen
1884 - 1960
Mårten Sjöbeck
1886 - 1976
Knud Harder
1885 - 1967
Erik Seidenfaden (ethnologist)
1881 - 1958
Jens Locher
1889 - 1952
Knud Ove Hilkier
1884 - 1953
Elvin Ottoson
1880 - 1950
Johan Praem
1889 - 1967
Niels Busch-Jensen
1886 - 1987
Ellen Ferslev
Born 1886
Knud Almar
1889 - 1965
Agnes Thorberg Wieth
1886 - 1981
Johanne Skram Knudsen
1889 - 1972
Gustav Brock
1881 - 1945
Kaj Gnudtzmann
1880 - 1948
Viktor Rasmussen
1882 - 1956
Arvid Ringheim
1880 - 1941
Otto Detlefsen
1886 - 1963
Emilie Otterdahl
1882 - 1971
Richard Jensen
1883 - 1935
Charles Von der Ahe
1882 - 1973
Paul Leyssac
1881 - 1946
Elna Panduro
1882 - 1983
Leif Rovsing
1887 - 1977
Agnes Nørlund
1882 - 1973
Axel Aabrink
1887 - 1965
Christen Borch
1883 - 1972
Kirsten Gloerfelt-Tarp
1889 - 1977
Preben Rist
1885 - 1967
Helga Larsen
1884 - 1947
Hellwig F. Rimmen
1884 - 1959
Eduard Saltoft
1883 - 1939
Valther Jensen
1888 - 1982
Vilhelm Gylche
1888 - 1952
Otto Nagel (wrestler)
1889 - 1947
Ernst Frigast
1889 - 1968
Ingeborg Hammer-Jensen
1880 - 1955
Viggo Kihl
1882 - 1945
Ejnar Levison
1880 - 1970
Christian Bogø
1882 - 1945
Edvard Brink
1883 - 1970
Kai Senstius
1889 - 1966
Bjarne Eriksen (painter)
1882 - 1970
Oda Alstrup
1888 - 1964
Viggo Petersen
1889 - 1965
Laura Brun-Pedersen
1883 - 1961
Poul Gregaard
1885 - 1950
Niels Peter Bolt
1886 - 1965
Julius Ahlmann
1880 - 1931
Ellen Schou
1886 - 1972
Oda Larsen
1886 - 1920
Otto Becker (fencer)
1887 - 1970
Jens Chievitz
1889 - 1965
Niels Løw
1881 - 1964
Louis Jensen (musiker)
1882 - 1955
Margrete Drejer
1889 - 1975
Albert Naur
1889 - 1973
Ella Sprange
1885 - 1913
Mischa Léon
1889 - 1928
Gustav Weinreich
1886 - 1980
Martha Helsengreen
1882 - 1938
Axel Dyrberg
1889 - 1971
Bent Holstein
1881 - 1945
Inger Bentzon
1886 - 1971
Knud Gøtke
1886 - 1963
Carl Hansen (wrestler)
1887 - 1953
Adolf Riis-Magnussen
1883 - 1950
Lauritz Christian Østrup
1881 - 1940
Frantz Jørgensen
1881 - 1973
Anders Møller (Ringer)
1883 - 1966
Ella Taube
1884 - 1966
Ernestine Nyrop
1888 - 1975
Ole Due
1885 - 1925
Bengt Djupfeldt
1882 - 1958
Else Steenbæk Knap
1888 - 1909