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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 1900s Clear ×
Arne Jacobsen
1902 - 1971
Victor Borge
1909 - 2000
Piet Hein (scientist)
1905 - 1996
Hans Scherfig
1905 - 1979
Ruth Berlau
1906 - 1974
Henry Heerup
1907 - 1993
Knud Ejler Løgstrup
1905 - 1981
Ib Schønberg
1902 - 1955
Wilhelm Freddie
1909 - 1995
Ulrich Wilhelm Graf Schwerin von Schwanenfeld
1902 - 1944
Thorkild Jacobsen
1904 - 1993
Herman David Koppel
1908 - 1998
Marguerite Viby
1909 - 2001
Kai Normann Andersen
1900 - 1967
Leo Mathisen
1906 - 1969
Harald Lander
1905 - 1971
Herman Kalckar
1908 - 1991
Bodil Koch
1903 - 1972
Tyge W. Böcher
1909 - 1983
Ole Monty
1908 - 1977
Sven Gyldmark
1904 - 1981
Karen Aabye
1904 - 1982
Folmar Blangsted
1904 - 1982
Valsø Holm
1906 - 1987
Otto Mortensen
1907 - 1986
Asbjørn Andersen
1903 - 1978
Margita Alfvén
1905 - 1962
Gunnar Johansen
1906 - 1991
Eigil Knuth
1903 - 1996
Bjarne Henning-Jensen
1908 - 1995
Povl Bang-Jensen
1909 - 1959
Finn Salomonsen
1909 - 1983
Børge Jessen
1907 - 1993
Jens Enevoldsen
1907 - 1980
Mogens Lassen
1901 - 1987
Mogens Klitgaard
1906 - 1945
Gwili Andre
1908 - 1959
Paul Diderichsen
1905 - 1964
Elga Olga Svendsen
1906 - 1992
Erling Porsild
1901 - 1977
Stefanie Clausen
1900 - 1981
Wilhelm Lanzky-Otto
1909 - 1991
Carl Viggo Meincke
1902 - 1959
Torben Anton Svendsen
1904 - 1980
Leck Fischer
1904 - 1956
Pouel Kern
1908 - 1993
Otto Lington
1903 - 1992
Svend Jensen
1905 - 1979
Lise Lindbæk
1905 - 1961
Poul Bang
1905 - 1967
Arvid Müller
1906 - 1964
Else-Marie Hansen
1904 - 2003
Willy Gervin
1903 - 1951
Carl Henrik Clemmensen
1901 - 1943
Karen Berg
1906 - 1995
Knud Nellemose
1908 - 1997
Else Brems
1908 - 1995
Grete Heckscher
1901 - 1987
Helen von Münchofen
1904 - 1956
Niels Clemmensen
1900 - 1950
Peter Sekaer
1901 - 1950
Knud Hallest
1909 - 1991
Lili Lani
1905 - 1996
Flemming Muus
1907 - 1982
Stig Lommer
1907 - 1976
Beatrice Bonnesen
1906 - 1979
Carla Hansen
1906 - 2001
Flemming Lassen
1902 - 1984
Johannes Hansen (sculptor)
1903 - 1995
Gunnar Lemvigh
1909 - 1979
Povl Christensen
1909 - 1977
Harald Nielsen (boxer)
1902 - 1983
Ragna Grubb
1903 - 1961
Erik Worm
1900 - 1962
Bernhard Christensen
1906 - 2004
Poul Ingerslev-Jensen
1903 - 1979
Vagn Poulsen
1909 - 1970
Henning Mourier Lemche
1904 - 1977
Mogens Brandt
1909 - 1970
Meir David Loewenstein
1904 - 1995
Ebba Amfeldt
1906 - 1974
Mogens Zieler
1905 - 1983
Povl Hamburger
1901 - 1972
Maria Vigeland
1903 - 1983
Paul Seelig
1900 - 1931
Hans Hvass
1902 - 1990
Ole Palsbo
1909 - 1952
Hakon Stangerup
1908 - 1976
Poul Müller
1909 - 1979
Holger Guldager
1904 - 1986
Lili Heglund
1904 - 1992
Erna Hamilton
1900 - 1996
Adam Afzelius (historiker)
1905 - 1957
Randi Michelsen
1903 - 1981
Nick Clausen
1900 - 1989
Ego Brønnum-Jacobsen
1905 - 1978
Erik Krag
1902 - 1987
Minna Jørgensen
1904 - 1975
Christian Hamburger
1904 - 1992
Aage Thaarup
1906 - 1987
Knud Andersen (footballer)
1900 - 1967
Jannik Bjerrum
1909 - 1992
Johannes Wulff
1902 - 1980
Mikael Gam
1901 - 1982
Berthel Michael Iversen
1906 - 1976
Else Fischer-Hansen
1905 - 1996
Vilhelm Hansen
1900 - 1992
Knud Christophersen
1905 - 1975
Gregers Münter
1907 - 1988
Kim Bærentzen
1905 - 1999
Harald Rudyard Engman
1903 - 1968
Eyolf Kleven
1908 - 1989
Holger J. Jensen
1900 - 1966
Kaj Uldaler
1906 - 1987
Poul Schiang
1904 - 1981
Brita Hazelius
1909 - 1975
Osmund Hansen
1908 - 1995
Carl P. Jensen
1906 - 1987
Else-Merete Ross
1903 - 1976
Elena Lauri
1907 - 1961
Hedevig Rasmussen
1902 - 1985
Helge Harder
1908 - 1962
Karen Taft
1905 - 1997
Boyd Bachmann
1908 - 1981
Aage Lundvald
1908 - 1983
Eiler Holm
1904 - 1965
Ingvard Ludvigsen
1904 - 1965
Harry Bendixen
1901 - 1954
Otto Busch
1904 - 1983
Grete Billgren
1907 - 1986
Eigil Wangøe
1902 - 1987
Agnete Olsen
1905 - 1990
Agnete Olsen
1909 - 1997
Eyvind Bastholm
1904 - 1989
Niels Heilbuth
1906 - 1992
Gustav Albeck
1905 - 1995
Kaj Ejstrup
1902 - 1956
Gottlieb Bach
1900 - 1973
Carlo Rosberg
1902 - 1994
Svend O. Heiberg
1900 - 1965
Alice Guldbrandsen
1909 - 1995
Dicte Sjögren
1901 - 1977
Svend Yort
1908 - 1981
Ernst Friborg Jensen
1906 - 1996
Svend Aage Grønvold
1903 - 1969
Sigfred Sørensen
1907 - 1962
Bernhardt Møller Sørensen
1908 - 1958
Martin Glanner
1908 - 1949
Else Ahlmann-Ohlsen
1907 - 1994
Knud Olsen (rower)
1906 - 1994
Carl Schmidt (rower)
1904 - 1992
Svend Jensen (wrestler)
1900 - 1975
Børge Ralov
1908 - 1981
Georg Sjøht
Born 1901
Gytte Minton
1901 - 1964
Svend Jacobsen
1906 - 1986
Gerda Bredgaard
1908 - 1996
Kai Molter
1903 - 1977
Olaf Iversen (Karikaturist)
1902 - 1959
Gunnar Theilmann Åbel
1903 - 1961
Helga Foght
1902 - 1974
Ulla Kåge
1901 - 2003
Carl Gustav Herslev
1901 - 1960
Lisbet Juel
1903 - 1977
Brita Juel-Soop
1904 - 1997
Ejnar Eising
1909 - 1995
Holger Worm
1901 - 1978