- Ihsan Danish
Ihsan Danish (Urdu: احسان دانش), was a prominent Urdu poet from Pakistan. His life marked the struggle of person who didn’t have more than a primary level of education, who worked as ordinary laborer for years in odd jobs, and finally became a poet of excellence. His autobiography Jahan-i-Danish is a classic now and has motivated many.
- Hans Christian Andersen
Hans Christian Andersen or simply H.C. Andersen was a Danish author and poet, most famous for his fairy tales. Among his best-known stories are "The Snow Queen", "The Little Mermaid", "The Emperor's New Clothes" and "The Ugly Duckling". During Anderson's lifetime he was feted by Royalty and acclaimed as having brought joy to children across Europe.
- Anders Fogh Rasmussen
Anders Fogh Rasmussen, also: (born January 26, 1953) is the current Prime Minister of Denmark (in Danish "Statsminister", meaning State Minister). He is the leader of the Liberal ("Venstre") Party. He leads a right-wing coalition of his Liberal ("Venstre") Party and the Conservative People's Party which took office in 2001, and won their second term in 2005. His government has made a major reform of the structure of government in Denmark, …
- Lars von Trier
Lars von Trier (born Lars Trier, April 30, 1956) is a Danish film director. He is closely associated with the Dogme 95 collective, although his own films have taken a variety of different approaches.
- Mel Gibson
Mel Columcille Gerard Gibson (born January 3 1956) is an American-born actor, director, and producer raised primarily in Australia. After establishing himself as a household name with the "Mad Max" and "Lethal Weapon" series, Gibson went on to direct and star in the Academy Award-winning "Braveheart". Gibson's direction of "Braveheart" made him the sixth actor-turned-filmmaker to receive an Oscar for Best Director.
- Gus Hansen
Gustav Hansen (born February 13, 1974 outside Copenhagen, Denmark) is a professional poker player who lives in Monaco.
- Arne Jacobsen
Arne Jacobsen (February 11, 1902 - March 24, 1971) was a Danish Jewish architect and designer, exemplar of the "Danish Modern" style. Among his architecturanal Bank building in Copenhagen, The Royal Danish Embassy in Knightsbridge, London as well as a number of town halls and other buildings in his native Denmark. Jacobsen has created a number of highly original chairs and other furniture. He has received several international distinctions and medals.
- Georg Jensen
Georg Arthur Jensen (August 31, 1866, Raadvad, Denmark - October 2, 1935, Copenhagen) was a Danish silversmith. Born in 1866, Jensen was the son of a knife grinder in the town of Raadvad just to the north of Copenhagen. Jensen began his training in goldsmithing at the age of 14 in Copenhagen. His apprenticeship, with the firm Guldsmed Andersen, ended in 1884 and this freed young Georg to follow his artistic interests.
- Niels Bohr
Niels (Henrik David) Bohr was a Danish physicist who made fundamental contributions to understanding atomic structure and quantum mechanics, for which he received the Nobel Prize in 1922. He was also part of the team of physicists working on the Manhattan Project. Bohr married Margrethe Nørlund in 1912, and one of their sons Aage Niels Bohr grew up to be an important physicist, who like his father received the Nobel prize.
- Anders Morgenthaler
Anders Morgenthaler (born December 5, 1972) is a Danish comics artist, children's book author, and film director.
- Kurt Westergaard
Kurt Westergaard (born July 13, 1935) is a Danish cartoonist who created the controversial cartoon of the Muslim prophet Muhammad wearing a bomb as a turban. This cartoon was the most contentious of the 12 Jyllands-Posten Muhammad cartoons and offended many Muslims.
- Donald Trump
Donald John Trump (born June 14, 1946 in Queens, New York, New York) is an American business executive, entrepreneur, television personality and author. He is the CEO of Trump Organization, an American-based real estate developer, and the founder of Trump Entertainment, which operates several casinos. He received a great deal of publicity following the success of his reality television show, …
- Tycho Brahe
Tycho Brahe, born Tyge Ottesen Brahe, was a Danish nobleman from the region of Scania (in modern-day Sweden), best known today as an early astronomer, though in his lifetime he was also well known as an astrologer and alchemist. The Latinized name Tycho Brahe is usually pronounced or in American English, and or in British English. The original Danish name Tyge Ottesen Brahe is pronounced in Modern Standard Danish as.
- Michael Rasmussen
Michael Rasmussen is a Danish professional road bicycle racer who rides for Dutch team Rabobank. Specializing in climbing, Rasmussen has shown a propensity for attempting spectacular stage wins in mountain stages in which he breaks away from the peloton early and rides alone for most of the stage. Michael Rasmussen is known for his care for detail when considering weight and he is known to constantly pester his mechanics to make his bike lighter.
- Carl Nielsen
Carl August Nielsen (June 9, 1865 - October 3, 1931) was a conductor, violinist, and the most internationally known composer from Denmark. He is especially admired for his six symphonies and his concerti for violin, flute and clarinet.
- Per Stig Møller
Per Stig Møller, informal: (born August 27, 1942 in Frederiksberg) is the current Foreign Minister of Denmark, as of 2007. He has been a member of Folketinget for the Conservative People's Party since 1984, and was Minister for the Environment from December 18 1990 to January 24 1993 as part of the Cabinet of Poul Schlüter IV and Foreign Minister from November 27 2001 as part of the Cabinet of Anders Fogh Rasmussen I and Cabinet of Anders Fogh Rasmussen II.
- Verner Panton
Verner Panton (13 February 1926 - 5 September 1998) is considered one of Denmark's most influential 20th-century furniture and interior designers. During his career, he created innovative and futuristic designs in a variety of materials, especially plastics, and in vibrant colors. His style was very "1960s" but regained popularity at the end of the 20th century; as of 2004, Panton's most well-known furniture models are still in production (at Vitra, among others).
- David Williams
David Williams is an Indigenous Australian football (soccer) player for Danish Superliga side Brøndby IF. He is a striker and has played for Australia at both U-17 and U-20 levels, and has been labelled as "one of the best prospects we have had in Australia since Harry Kewell."
- Flemming Rose
Flemming Rose (born March 11 1958) is a Danish journalist, author and the current cultural editor at the Danish newspaper Jyllands-Posten. He was principally responsible for the publishing of the cartoons that initiated the Jyllands-Posten Muhammad cartoons controversy.
- Søren Kierkegaard
Søren Aabye Kierkegaard 5 May, 1813 - 11 November, 1855) was a prolific 19th century Danish philosopher and theologian. Kierkegaard strongly criticized both the Hegelianism of his time, and what he saw as the empty formalities of the Danish church. Much of his work deals with religious problems such as the nature of faith, the institution of the Christian Church, Christian ethics and theology, and the emotions and feelings of individuals when faced with life choices.
- Piet Hein
Piet Hein (December 16, 1905 - April 17, 1996) was a Danish scientist, mathematician, inventor, author, and poet, often writing under the Old Norse pseudonym "Kumbel" meaning "tombstone". His short poems, "gruks" (or grooks), first started to appear in the daily newspaper "Politiken" shortly after the Nazi Occupation in April 1940 under the pseudonym Kumbel Kumbell.
- Alfred The Great
Alfred (also "Ælfred" from the Old English: "Ælfrēd" //) (c. 849 - 26 October 899) was king of the southern Anglo-Saxon kingdom of Wessex from 871 to 899. Alfred is noted for his defence of the kingdom against the Danish Vikings, becoming the only English King to be awarded the epithet 'the Great' (although not English, Canute the Great was another "King of England" given this title by the Danes).
- Susanne Bier
Susanne Bier (born April 15, 1960 in Copenhagen, Denmark) is a Danish producer, director and writer. She is recognized as one of the most influential of her kind in Denmark. Her 2006 movie "After the Wedding" was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film.
- Denice Klarskov
Denice Klarskov (born April 18 1986 in Denmark) is an international pornstar. Sometimes credited as Denice K. She is currently living in Denmark, and is filming and doing photo shoots all over the world. At this time she is rapidly breaking into the mainstream U.S. porn business and is also doing internet work. She has appeared in about 40 American movies in a little less than 2 years. Denice had many dreams as a child.
- Mads Mikkelsen
"'"' is a Danish actor. He was born on November 22 1965 in the Østerbro area of Copenhagen, Denmark. Mikkelsen has been married to Hanne Jacobsen since 2001 (they have been together since 1987) and together they have two children, Viola and Carl Mikkelsen. After attending Århus Theatre School, he made his film debut in the movie "Pusher". He has starred in popular movies such as "Blinkende Lygter", "The Green Butchers", …
- Karen Blixen
Baroness Karen von Blixen-Finecke ," née" Dinesen, was a Danish author also known under her pen name Isak Dinesen. Blixen wrote works both in Danish and in English. She is best known, at least in English, for "Out of Africa", her account of living in Kenya, and one of her stories, "Babette's Feast", both of which were adapted into highly acclaimed motion pictures.
- Victor Borge
Victor Borge (January 3 1909 - December 23 2000) was a Danish-Jewish humorist, entertainer and world-class pianist affectionately known as "the Clown Prince of Denmark" and "the Great Dane".
- Bjarne Riis
Bjarne Lykkegård Riis, nicknamed "the Eagle from Herning", is a Danish former professional road bicycle racer who won the 1996 Tour de France, and is now the team owner and manager of Danish UCI ProTour outfit Team CSC. Other career highlights include winning the Amstel Gold Race in 1997, multiple Danish National Championships, and stage wins in the Giro d'Italia. On May 25 2007 he admitted that he won the Tour de France using banned substances, …
- Edward The Confessor
St Edward the Confessor or "Eadweard III" (c. 1004-5 January 1066), son of Ethelred the Unready, was the penultimate Anglo-Saxon King of England and the last of the House of Wessex, ruling from 1042 until his death. His reign marked the continuing disintegration of royal power in England and the aggrandisement of the great territorial earls, and it foreshadowed the country's later connection with Normandy, …
- Hans Wegner
Hans J. Wegner, (April 2, 1914 - January 26, 2007), was one of the most innovative and prolific of all Danish furniture designers. His work is representative of the excellent craftsmanship and commitment to modern living that made mid-century Danish design internationally popular. His work belongs to a minimalist school, but preserves function. He is perhaps best known for his many beautifully and cleverly designed chairs using the finest of craftmanship.
- Poul Henningsen
Poul Henningsen, Danish author, architect and critic, was one of the leading figures of the cultural life of Denmark between the World Wars. In Denmark, he is often referred to as "PH". Poul Henningsen was the illegitimate son of author Agnes Henningsen and satirist Carl Ewald. He spent a happy childhood in a tolerant and modern home which was often visited by the leading literates. Between 1911 and 1917 he was educated as an architect, …
- Thomas Jensen
Thomas Jensen was a Danish orchestra conductor. Born in Copenhagen, Jensen led several Danish ensembles, including the Danish State Radio Orchestra and the Aarhus Symphony Orchestra (then known as the Aarhus Civic Orchestra). Jensen is best remembered (with Erik Tuxen and Launy Grøndahl) as one of the pioneers of the music of Carl Nielsen. He studied cello at the Royal Danish Academy of Music, where his harmony teacher was Nielsen.
- Christian Poulsen
Christian Bager Poulsen (born February 28, 1980) is a Danish professional football (soccer) player who currently plays for Sevilla FC. He has been a regular member of the Denmark national football team since his debut in 2001, and has played more than 40 matches, scoring two goals. He represented Denmark at the 2002 FIFA World Cup and 2004 European Championship tournaments. He was named 2005 and 2006 Danish "Player of the Year".
- Naser Khader
Naser Khader (born July 1, 1963) is a member of the Parliament of Denmark for New Alliance. Until 7 May 2007, he represented the Social Liberal Party. A leading proponent of peaceful co-existence of democracy and Islam, he established a new movement, "Moderate Muslims" (later renamed to Democratic Muslims), when the Jyllands-Posten Muhammad cartoons controversy started.
- Saxo Grammaticus
Saxo Grammaticus was a Danish medieval historian of whose life practically nothing is known. The sixteen books of Danish history of this time, known as the Gesta Danorum, are attributed to him, and also contribute our principal evidence of his own existence. We know he was a "follower" of Archbishop Absalon, which probably means he worked in the Archbishop’s administration; his exact status is not determined. He might have been a clerk.
- Ulla Tørnæs
Ulla Pedersen Tørnæs is a Danish politician and the present Minister for Development Cooperation of Denmark. She is a member of the Liberal Party (Denmark) and, since 1994, of the Danish parliament ("Folketing"). She served as Minister for Education in the Cabinet of Anders Fogh Rasmussen I (2001-2005) and switched to her current position when the Cabinet of Anders Fogh Rasmussen II was appointed on 18 February 2005.
- Pia Kjærsgaard
Pia Merete Kjærsgaard is a Danish politician. She is a co-founder and current leader of the Danish People's Party, ("), a Danish nationalist political party.
- Thomas Vinterberg
Thomas Vinterberg (born May 19 1969) is a Danish film director who, along with Lars von Trier, co-founded the Dogme 95 movement in filmmaking, which established rules for simplifying movie production. In 1993 he graduated from the National Film School of Denmark with "Last Round" ("Sidste Omgang"), which won the jury and producers' awards at the International Student Film Festival in Munich, and First Prize at Tel Aviv, …
- Brian Mikkelsen
Brian Arthur Mikkelsen (born January 31 1966) is a Danish politician. He is a member of the Conservative People's Party, and has been a member of parliament (Folketinget) since September 21 1994. He has been the Danish Culture Minister since 27 November 2001, as member of the Cabinet of Anders Fogh Rasmussen I and II. Brian Mikkelsen has since 2002 been a member of the World Anti-Doping Agency, and is the current vice-chairman of the organization.
- John Jensen
John Jensen, nicknamed Faxe, is a former Danish international footballer who was, until June 2006, assistant manager at Danish Superliga club Brøndby IF. He is known for his temper and is often outspoken in interviews. His playing career lasted over a decade, during which he played most famously for Arsenal F.C. in England and amounted 4 goals in 69 caps for the Danish national team, including a successful 1992 European Championship tournament, …