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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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Niels Gade
1817 - 1890
Rued Langgaard
1893 - 1952
Johan Peter Emilius Hartmann
1805 - 1900
Hans Christian Lumbye
1810 - 1874
Hans Abrahamsen
Born 1952
John Tchicai
1936 - 2012
Joachim Andersen
1847 - 1909
Niels Viggo Bentzon
1919 - 2000
Emil Hartmann
1836 - 1898
Peter Arnold Heise
1830 - 1879
Georges Ulmer
1919 - 1989
Pelle Gudmundsen-Holmgreen
1932 - 2016
Louis Glass
1864 - 1936
Victor Bendix
1851 - 1926
Henning Christiansen
1932 - 2008
Anders Koppel
Born 1947
Herman David Koppel
1908 - 1998
Hakon Børresen
1876 - 1954
Halfdan E
Born 1965
Kai Normann Andersen
1900 - 1967
Andreas Peter Berggreen
1801 - 1880
Otto Malling
1848 - 1915
Fini Henriques
1867 - 1940
C. F. E. Horneman
1840 - 1906
Rudolph Simonsen
1889 - 1947
Pierre Dørge
Born 1946
Jørgen Bentzon
1897 - 1951
Holger Simon Paulli
1810 - 1891
Finn Høffding
1899 - 1997
Mogens Pedersøn
1585 - 1623
Kasper Winding
Born 1956
Leif Kayser
1919 - 2001
Claus Schall
1757 - 1835
Sven Gyldmark
1904 - 1981
Ib Nørholm
1931 - 2019
Søren Hyldgaard
1962 - 2018
Bo Stief
Born 1946
Otto Mortensen
1907 - 1986
Johannes Frederik Fröhlich
1806 - 1860
Gunnar Johansen
1906 - 1991
Carsten Dahl
Born 1967
Poul Schierbeck
1888 - 1949
Otto Dütsch
1823 - 1863
Troels Brun Folmann
Born 1974
Gustav Helsted
1857 - 1924
Henrik Rung
1807 - 1871
Hans Ernst Krøyer
1798 - 1879
Rudolph Sophus Bergh
1859 - 1924
Peder Gram
1881 - 1956
Thomas Clausen (musician)
Born 1949
Johan Christian Gebauer
1808 - 1884
Georg Gerson
1790 - 1825
Rudolph Bay
1791 - 1856
Hans Hagerup Falbe
1772 - 1830
Siegfried Langgaard
1852 - 1914
Carl Helsted
1818 - 1904
Carl Viggo Meincke
1902 - 1959
Axel Gade
1860 - 1921
Niels Peter Jensen
1802 - 1846
Emma Hartmann
1807 - 1851
Henrik Strube
Born 1949
Lotte Anker
Born 1958
Otto Lington
1903 - 1992
Thorvald Hansen (composer)
1847 - 1915
Ivar Bredal
1800 - 1864
Ludvig Birkedal-Barfod
1850 - 1937
Maria Kannegaard
Born 1970
Anthony Lledo
Born 1972
Siegfried Salomon
1885 - 1962
Steen Pade
Born 1956
Julius Jacobsen
1915 - 1990
Mogens Winkel Holm
1936 - 1999
Emilius Bangert
1883 - 1962
Svend Westergaard
1922 - 1988
Eduard Holst
1843 - 1899
Flemming Weis
1898 - 1981
Orla Rosenhoff
1844 - 1905
Niels Clemmensen
1900 - 1950
Julius Bechgaard
1843 - 1917
Cornelius Rübner
1853 - 1929
Nanna Liebmann
1849 - 1935
Carl Christian Møller
1823 - 1893
James Price (composer)
Born 1959
K.A. Wieth-Knudsen
1878 - 1962
Jens Wendelboe
Born 1956
Ludvig Hegner
1851 - 1923
Leopold Rosenfeld
1849 - 1909
Bernhard Christensen
1906 - 2004
Roger Henrichsen
1876 - 1926
Axel Liebmann
1849 - 1876
Jørgen Malling
1836 - 1905
Erik Norby
1936 - 2007
Christian Julius Hansen
1814 - 1875
Hugo Gyldmark
1899 - 1971
Charles Kjerulf
1858 - 1919
P. S. Rung-Keller
1879 - 1966
Ludvig Holm
1858 - 1928
Sophus Hagen
1842 - 1929
Vilhelm Christian Holm
1820 - 1886
Heinrich von Nutzhorn
1833 - 1925
Povl Hamburger
1901 - 1972
Hans Gram (composer)
1754 - 1804
Ove Christensen (Komponist)
1856 - 1909
Sada Vidoo
Born 1977
Viggo Bielefeldt
1852 - 1909
Christian Skeel
Born 1956
Jan Maegaard
1926 - 2012
Benna Moe
1897 - 1983
Thorvald Otterstrom
1868 - 1942
Poul Rovsing Olsen
1922 - 1982
Erik Siboni
1828 - 1892
Martha von Sabinin
1831 - 1892
Alfred Tofft
1865 - 1931
Knud Harder
1885 - 1967
Simon Ravn
Born 1974
Carl Bergstrøm-Nielsen
Born 1951
Viggo Kalhauge
1840 - 1905
Anton Hegner
1861 - 1915
Carsten Bo Eriksen
Born 1973
Ole Lützow-Holm
Born 1954
Edgar Henrichsen
1879 - 1955
Christian Henrik Glass
1821 - 1893
Edvard Brink
1883 - 1970
Elisabeth Boisen
1850 - 1919
Kai Senstius
1889 - 1966
Christian Mondrup
Born 1947
Carl Christian Lumbye
1841 - 1910
Georg August Lumbye
1843 - 1922
Lars Henning-Jensen
Born 1943
Morten Pedersen (Musiker)
Born 1980
August Rosenbaum
Born 1987
Adolf Riis-Magnussen
1883 - 1950
Kenneth Dahl Knudsen
Born 1984
Carl Julius Malmqvist
1819 - 1859
Sven Erik Werner
Born 1937
Carl Gottschalksen
1854 - 1939