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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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- Film & TV
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- Field: Actor Clear ×
Elise Holst
1811 - 1891
Emilie Otterdahl
1882 - 1971
Richard Jensen
1883 - 1935
Paul Leyssac
1881 - 1946
Peter Jørgensen (skådespelare)
1865 - 1942
Elna Panduro
1882 - 1983
Johanne Krum-Hunderup
1853 - 1929
Agnes Nørlund
1882 - 1973
Olivia Norrie
1869 - 1945
Gudrun Stephensen
1892 - 1946
Albert Helsengreen
1854 - 1943
Augusta Schrumpf
1813 - 1900
Emilie da Fonseca
1803 - 1884
Preben Rist
1885 - 1967
Ernst Göpel
1862 - 1919
Mogens Enger
1894 - 1918
Mette Marie Astrup
1760 - 1834
Kate Fabian
1870 - 1929
Emma Thomsen
1863 - 1910
Boyd Bachmann
1908 - 1981
Gitte Reingaard
Born 1943
Mette Marie Rose
1745 - 1819
Ludvig Gade
1823 - 1897
Börge Krüger
1917 - 1995
Emilie Rosing
1783 - 1811
Oda Alstrup
1888 - 1964
Ellen Dall
1899 - 1971
Adolph Price
1805 - 1890
Marie Madeleine de Montaigu
1692 - 1736
James Price den yngre
1801 - 1865
Waldemar Price
1836 - 1908
Hillevi Hofmann
Born 1972
Oda Larsen
1886 - 1920
Clara Ursin
1828 - 1890
Joachim Daniel Preisler
1755 - 1809
Severin Abrahams
1843 - 1900
Agnes Nyrup-Christensen
1876 - 1933
Ellen Tegner
1878 - 1957
Cecilie Jørgensen
1814 - 1890
Alice Guldbrandsen
1909 - 1995
Vilhelm Petersen
1852 - 1939
Martha Helsengreen
1882 - 1938
Emil Helsengreen
1863 - 1932
Johanne Spindler
1781 - 1861
Peter Jørgen Frydendahl
1766 - 1830
Ebba Flygare
1879 - 1967
Margaret Blanche
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Mogens Brems
1911 - 1989
Nicolay Wolf
1824 - 1875
Johan Wiehe
1830 - 1877
Wilhelm Wiehe (1826–1884)
1826 - 1884
Ferdinand Lindgreen
1770 - 1842
Fritz Hultmann
1820 - 1894
Anne Rosenkilde
1825 - 1885
Augusta Schiemann
1824 - 1902
Sophus Neumann
1846 - 1912
Teodor Andersen
1835 - 1909
Erhardine Adolphine Hansen
1815 - 1893
Anna Dorothea Liebe
1784 - 1838
Anton Ludvig Arnesen
1808 - 1860
Josephine Eckardt
1839 - 1906
Peter Nielsen (1808–1900)
1808 - 1900
Frederikke Larcher
1812 - 1892