List of personalities of the city of Copenhagen
The following list contains people who were born in Copenhagen as well as those who lived there temporarily, in each case listed chronologically according to the year of birth. The list does not claim to be complete.
Personalities born in Copenhagen
15th to 17th centuries
- Margaret of Denmark (around 1456–1486), Queen of Scotland
- Claus Kniphoff (around 1500–1525), admiral and pirate
- Peder Aagesen (1546–1591), philologist
- Mogens Pedersøn (around 1585–1623), composer
- Hans van Steenwinckel the Younger (1587–1639), builder and sculptor
- Stephan Hansen Stephanius (1599–1650), philologist and historian
- Christian of Denmark and Norway (1603–1647), son of Christian IV of Denmark
- Thomas Bartholin (1616–1680), physician, anatomist, mathematician and theologian
- Peder Hansen Resen (1625–1688), lawyer and historian
- Jasper Köneken (1629–1715), theologian and book auctioneer
- Justus Valentin Stemann (1629–1689), German Protestant theologian
- Benno Haan (1631–1720), art sticker
- Peder Schumacher Griffenfeld (1635–1699), statesman
- Nicolaus Steno (1638–1686), doctor, anatomist and geologist
- Hans van Steenwinckel (before 1639–1700), architect and sculptor
- Georg Mohr (1640–1697), mathematician
- Conrad von Reventlow (1644–1708), Grand Chancellor
- Wilhelmine Ernestine (1650–1706), Princess of the House of Oldenburg
- Leo Ulfeldt (1651–1716), nobleman
- George of Denmark and Norway (1653–1708), husband of Queen Anne of Great Britain
- Sophie Amalie Moth (1654–1719), mistress of the Danish-Norwegian King Christian V.
- Caspar Bartholin the Younger (1655–1738), anatomist
- Ulrike Eleonore of Denmark and Norway (1656–1693), Danish-Norwegian princess
- Søster von Knuth , b. Lerche (1658–1723), landlady
- Sophie Eleonore of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Beck (1658–1744), princess of the House of Oldenburg
- Christian Thomesen Sehested (1664–1736), Admiral and Oberlanddrost in Oldenburg
- Bartholomæus Deichman (1671–1731), bishop in Christiania, today Oslo
- Frederick IV (1671–1730), King of Denmark and Norway
- Christian Friedrich Falckenberg (around 1675-1745), painter
- Andreas Möller (1684–1762), miniature and portrait painter
- Adolph Wilhelm von Gohren (1685–1734), Protestant theologian
- Ismael Mengs (1688–1764), miniature painter
- Christian VI. (1699–1746), King of Denmark and Norway
18th century
1701 to 1750
- Simon Carl Stanley (1703–1761), plasterer and sculptor
- Conrad Wilhelm von Ahlefeldt (1707–1791), General and Minister of War
- Ludwig von der Osten (1710–1756), Russian, Prussian colonel, most recently Major General in Saxony
- Johann Georg Ziesenis the Younger (1716–1776), German portrait painter
- Berthel Laersen (1722–1782), missionary and Greenland pioneer
- Frederick V (1723–1766), King of Denmark and Norway
- Severin Jensen (* 1723; † after 1809), architect of Danish origin
- Frederik Christian Rosenkrantz (1724–1802), statesman
- Louise (1726–1756), Princess of Denmark and Norway, Duchess of Schleswig
- Andreas Schumacher (1726–1790), diplomat
- Christian Friderich Knuth (1728–1801), Lieutenant Colonel
- Peter Frederik Suhm (1728–1798), Danish-Norwegian historian
- Friedrich Christian Juncker (1730–1770), German physician
- Otto Friedrich Müller (1730–1784), zoologist
- Anna Catharina von Passow (1731–1757), actress and author
- Gregers Kristian von Haxthausen (1732–1802), nobleman and minister
- Caspar Frederik Harsdorff (1735–1799), architect of classicism
- Morten Thrane Brünnich (1737-1827), zoologist and mineralogist
- Nicolai Abildgaard (1743–1809), painter, sculptor and architect of the neoclassical era
- Johannes Ewald (1743–1781), poet
- Sophie of Denmark (1746–1813), Queen of Sweden
- Wilhelmine Karoline of Denmark and Norway (1747–1820), Electress of Hesse-Kassel
- Christian VII (1749–1808), King of Denmark and Norway
- Peter Meyn (1749–1808), court architect and city architect of Copenhagen
- Frederik von Haxthausen (1750-1825), Danish-Norwegian officer
- Jens Clausen Wille (1750–1820), merchant and inspector of Greenland
1751 to 1800
- Heinrich XLIII. (1752–1814), Count and Prince Reuss zu Köstritz
- Frederick of Denmark (1753–1805), son of King Frederick V of Denmark
- Peter Haas (1754 – after 1804), engraver
- Envold de Falsen (1755–1808), Norwegian lawyer, civil servant and author
- Isaac Euchel (1756–1804), representative of the Haskala Jewish enlightenment movement
- Georg Haas (1756–1817), engraver
- Johan Cornelius Krieger (1756–1824), naval officer, admiral
- Claus Schall (1757–1835), composer
- Andreas Wilhelm Cramer (1760–1833), German law teacher and librarian
- Joseph Christian Lillie (1760–1827), architect and interior designer of Danish classicism
- Knud Lyne Rahbek (1760-1830), writer
- Janus Genelli (1761–1813), landscape painter
- Carl Conrad Gustav Knuth (1761–1815), post director and chamberlain
- Hans Otto von der Lühe (1762–1836), civil servant and politician from Württemberg
- Hans Christian Genelli (1763–1823), German architect
- Friedrich VI. (1768–1839), King of Denmark and Norway
- Christian Günther von Bernstorff (1769–1835), Prussian statesman and diplomat
- Bertel Thorvaldsen (1770–1844), sculptor
- Hans Hagerup Falbe (1772–1830), Norwegian composer and politician
- Thomasine Gyllembourg-Ehrensvärd (1773–1856), writer and novelist
- Jens Christian Berg (1775–1852), Norwegian lawyer and historian
- Jacob Peter Mynster (1775-1854), bishop
- Kamma Rahbek (1775-1829), Salonnière
- Peter Thonning (1775–1848), botanist
- Urban Jürgensen (1776–1830), clock and chronometer maker
- Georg Ludwig von Köller-Banner (1776–1843), councilor and landowner
- Peter Erasmus Müller (1776–1834), bishop, historian and linguist
- Barthold Georg Niebuhr (1776–1831), German ancient historian
- Adam Oehlenschläger (1779–1850), national romantic poet
- Nikolai Nathan Fürst (1779–1857), author of early romanticism
- Jørgen Jürgensen (1780–1841), adventurer
- Johann Matthias Hansen (1781–1850), architect
- Ludwig Levin Jacobson (1783–1843), medic
- Morten Wormskjold (1783–1845), traveler
- Johan Gunder Adler (1784-1852), Danish-Norwegian civil servant
- Christian VIII (1786–1848), King of Denmark and Norway
- Nathaniel Wallich (1786-1854), botanist
- Christian Frederik Knuth (1788–1852), cavalry officer and master hunter
- Christian Jürgensen Thomsen (1788–1865), archaeologist
- Wolf Heinrich Graf von Baudissin (1789–1878), German diplomat, writer and translator
- Joakim Frederik Schouw (1789–1852), botanist and university professor
- Jacob Jacobsen Dampe (1790–1867), politician
- Ferdinand von Eckstein (1790–1861), writer and French civil servant
- Rudolph Bay (1791-1856), composer
- Johan Ludvig Heiberg (1791–1860), mathematician, poet and literary critic
- Andreas Gottlob Rudelbach (1792–1862), theologian
- Ludvig Bødtcher (1793–1874), poet
- Isaak Mannheimer (1793–1865), Jewish preacher and rabbi
- Ole Schmidt (1793–1848), architect
- Christian Albrecht Bluhme (1794–1866), statesman
- Carl Peter Holbøll (1795–1856), ornithologist, botanist, entomologist, naval officer and inspector of Greenland
- Urban Kreutzbach (1796–1868), organ builder
- Caroline Amalie of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Augustenburg (1796–1881), wife of King Christian VIII of Denmark
- Hans Mathias Velschow (1796–1862), historian
- Steen Andersen Bille (1797–1883), Vice Admiral and Minister of the Navy
- Rudolf Christiani (1797-1858), lawyer
- Henrik Hertz (1798–1870), writer
- Andreas Nikolai de Saint-Aubain (1798–1865), writer
- Christian August von Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Augustenburg (1798–1869), head of the Augustenburg line of the House of Oldenburg
- Eugen von Reventlow (1798–1885), envoy, member of the Prussian manor house
- Emil Aarestrup (1800–1856), poet
- Ivar Fredrik Bredal (1800–1864), conductor and composer
19th century
1801 to 1820
- Andreas Peter Berggreen (1801–1880), composer and organist
- Christian Heinrich Grosch (1801–1865), Danish-Norwegian architect
- Peter Wilhelm Lund (1801–1880), zoologist and paleontologist
- Alexander Christian Friedrich von Württemberg (1801–1844), German poet and officer
- Niels Peter Jensen (1802–1846), composer
- Adolphe Monod (1802-1856), Reformed revival preacher
- Jacob Arøe (1803–1870), colonial administrator in Greenland and painter
- Hans Christian Hansen (1803–1883), master builder
- Albert Küchler (1803–1886), painter and Franciscan monk
- Christian Pløyen (1803–1867), lawyer and high government official
- Carl Georg Scheuermann (1803-1859), landscape painter
- Carl van Dockum (1804–1893), Admiral and Minister of the Navy
- Carl Julius Flensborg (1804–1852), artillery officer and minister of war
- August Bournonville (1805–1879), dancer, choreographer and ballet master
- Johann Peter Emilius Hartmann (1805–1900), composer
- Olaus Kellermann (1805–1837), philologist and epigraphist
- Johannes Frederik Fröhlich (1806–1860), composer
- Carl Bagger (1807–1846), writer and journalist
- Meyer Herman Bing (1807–1883), book publisher and entrepreneur
- Gustav Gardthausen (1807–1872), pastor and writer
- Theodor Vilhelm Rumohr (1807-1884), writer
- Carl Anton Saabye (1807–1878), landscape painter
- Frederick VII (1808–1863), King of Denmark
- Johan Christian Gebauer (1808–1884), composer, music theorist and organist
- Theodore Edward Cantor (1809–1860), physician, zoologist and botanist
- Christen Købke (1810–1848), painter
- Orla Lehmann (1810–1870), lawyer and politician
- Wolfgang von Haffner (1810–1887), General and Minister
- Otto Fredrik Suenson (1810–1888), naval officer and Minister of the Navy
- Hans Christian Lumbye (1810–1874), conductor and composer
- Vilhelm Marstrand (1810–1873), painter and draftsman
- Holger Simon Paulli (1810–1891), conductor and composer
- Jacob Herman Bing (1811-1896), publisher and entrepreneur
- Martin Hammerich (1811–1881), teacher and writer
- Hans Peter Holst (1811–1893), poet and novelist
- Jacob Christian Jacobsen (1811–1887), industrialist
- Ditlev Gothard Monrad (1811–1887), politician and bishop
- Peter Frederik Steinmann , General and Minister of War
- Carl Berling (1812–1871), newspaper editor
- Wilhelm Hoffbauer (1812-1892), German doctor and politician
- Wilhelm Lesser (1812–1889), civil servant, railway director and politician
- Theophil von Hansen (1813–1891), Danish-Austrian builder and architect
- Carl Janssen (1813–1884), missionary in Greenland, university director, author and pastor
- Søren Kierkegaard (1813–1855), philosopher, essayist, theologian and writer
- Frederik Dreyer (1814–1898), Lieutenant General and Minister
- Marie Luise Charlotte of Hesse (1814–1895), noblewoman
- Carl Berendt Lorck (1814–1905), Danish-German bookseller, typographer and publisher
- Hans Herman Grove (1814–1866), naval officer and Minister of the Navy
- Carl Bille (1815–1898), marine painter
- Louise Countess Danner (1815–1874), wife of Frederick VII of Denmark
- Niels Ludwig Westergaard (1815–1872), orientalist
- Peter Holten (1816–1897), Governor of the Faroe Islands
- Johannes Theodor Reinhardt (1816–1882), zoologist
- Peter von Bauditz (1817–1864), Danish officer and sculptor
- Christen Andreas Fonnesbech (1817–1880), statesman
- Niels Wilhelm Gade (1817–1890), composer and conductor
- Johan Vilhelm Gertner (1818–1871), painter
- Jens Christian Hostrup (1818–1892), writer
- Christian Sörensen (1818–1861), typesetter and inventor
- Lucile Grahn (1819–1907), dancer and ballerina
- Friedrich Heinrich Otto Jensen (1819–1908), lawyer and member of the Reichstag
- Hinrich Johannes Rink (1819–1893), geologist and Greenland researcher
- Albert Bonnier (1820–1900), Swedish book publisher and entrepreneur
- Friedrich Wilhelm von Hessen (1820–1884), Landgrave of Hessen-Rumpenheim and titular Landgrave of Hessen-Kassel
1821 to 1840
- Rudolph Garrigue (1822–1891), German-American bookseller and director of insurance
- Christian Emilius Reich (1822–1865), Lieutenant Colonel and Minister of War
- Kristian Arentzen (1823–1899), poet and literary historian
- Svend Grundtvig (1824–1883), literary scholar and folklorist
- Theodor Hansen (1824–1903), German educator, Evangelical Lutheran clergyman and author
- Frederik Moltke (1825–1875), Foreign Minister
- Helvig Conrad Engelhardt (1825–1881), archaeologist
- Julius Exner (1825–1910), painter
- Ludvig Adam Theodor Restorff (1825-1896), painter
- Malvina Schnorr von Carolsfeld (1825–1904), Portuguese opera singer
- Frederik Christian Lund (1826–1901), genre and portrait painter
- Julius Thomsen (1826–1909), chemist
- Niels Frederik Ravn (1826–1910), Vice Admiral and Minister
- Christian Albert Frederich Thomsen (1827–1896), Lieutenant General and Minister
- Frederik Dreier (1827-1853), writer
- Carl Andreas Ancker (1828–1857), founder of the Ancker legate
- Carl Emil Baagøe (1829–1902), marine painter
- Mathilde Fibiger (1830–1872), tutor, women's rights activist and writer
- Peter Heise (1830–1879), composer
- Harald Hirschsprung (1830–1916), pediatrician
- Eduard Lassen (1830–1904), composer and conductor
- Haldor Ferdinand Jørgensen (1831–1904), university professor, pastor and translator
- Christian Richardt (1831-1892), author and pastor
- Valdemar Tofte (1832–1907), violinist and music teacher
- Edvard Holm (1833–1915), historian
- Carl Bloch (1834–1890), painter
- Vilhelm Bergsøe (1835–1911), novelist, naturalist and numismatist
- Albert F. Hammel (1835–1903), automobile pioneer
- Hjalmar Kiærskou (1835–1900), botanist
- Sophus Williams (1835–1900), Danish-German photographer
- August Winding (1835–1899), composer and pianist
- Emil Hartmann (1836–1898), composer
- Heinrich Hirschsprung (1836–1908), entrepreneur, art patron and art collector
- Niels Hoffmeyer (1836–1884), meteorologist
- Jørgen Malling (1836–1905), composer
- Henrik Scharling (1836–1920), writer
- Emilio Wilhelm Ramsøe (1837–1895), composer and conductor
- Ernst Trier (1837–1893), founder and rector of the Vallekilde Adult Education Center
- Christian Tuxen (1837–1903), major general and minister of war
- Ferdinand Henrik Jøhnke (1837–1908), Vice Admiral and Minister of the Navy
- Thorvald Nicolai Thiele (1838–1910), mathematician and astronomer
- Christian Horneman (1840–1906), composer
- Theodor Philipsen (1840–1920), painter
1841 to 1860
- Georg Brandes (1842–1927), literary critic, philosopher and writer
- Hugo Egmont Hørring (1842–1909), lawyer and politician
- Frederick VIII (1843–1912), King of Denmark
- Victor Gardthausen (1843–1925), German ancient historian, palaeographer and librarian
- Harald Høffding (1843–1931), philosopher
- Carl Frederick Pechüle (1843–1914), astronomer
- Wilhelm Hermann Orluf (1844–1917), Major General and Minister of War
- Orla Rosenhoff (1844–1905), composer and music teacher
- Alexandra of Denmark (1844–1925), King Wife of Great Britain and Ireland and Empress of India
- Johan Henrik Deuntzer (1845–1918), legal scholar, politician and Prime Minister
- George I (1845–1913), King of Greece
- Herman Trier (1845–1925), educator and politician
- Holger Drachmann (1846–1908), painter and poet
- Christian Pram-Henningsen (1846-1892), painter
- Joachim Andersen (1847–1909), flautist, conductor and composer
- Edvard Brandes (1847–1931), cultural politician and writer
- Dagmar of Denmark (1847–1928), Empress of Russia
- Otto Malling (1848–1915), organist and composer
- Carl Alfred Bock (1849–1932), Norwegian naturalist and explorer
- Gustav Frederik Holm (1849–1940), naval officer and explorer
- Henry Petersen (1849-1896), archaeologist
- Ludvig Birkedal-Barfod (1850–1937), organist and composer
- Frants Buhl (1850–1932), orientalist and Old Testament scholar
- Thor Lange (1851–1915), writer and translator
- Johan Ludvig Emil Dreyer (1852–1926), astronomer and science historian
- Aage von Kauffmann (1852–1922), architect
- Thyra of Denmark (1853–1933), noblewoman
- Hans Christian Gram (1853-1938), bacteriologist
- Cornelius Rübner (1853–1929), pianist, composer and music teacher
- Hans Tegner (1853–1932), painter and draftsman
- Friedrich Wilhelm von Hessen (1854–1888), (titular) Landgrave of Hessen-Kassel
- Carl Julius Peter Ryberg (1854–1929), businessman, civil servant and inspector of Greenland
- Christian Bohr (1855–1911), physiologist
- Karl Georg Brandis (1855–1931), librarian
- Hugo von Freytag-Loringhoven (1855–1924), Prussian general and military writer
- Ove Christensen (1856–1909), violinist, pianist and composer
- Wilhelm Johannsen (1857–1927), botanist and geneticist
- Andreas Kornerup (1857–1881), geologist and polar researcher
- Kristoffer Nyrop (1858–1931), Romanist
- Carl Nikolaj Starcke (1858–1926), scholar and anti-evolutionist
- Constantin Philipsen (1859–1925), cinema operator, film producer and film director
- Rudolph Sophus Bergh (1859–1924), composer
- Anders Bjørn Drachmann (1860–1935), classical philologist
- Mathilde Freiin von Freytag-Loringhoven (1860–1941), painter, graphic artist, art critic, writer and animal psychologist
- Otto Liebe (1860–1929), Prime Minister of Denmark
- Egmont Harald Petersen (1860–1914), publisher
1861 to 1880
- Maximilian von Spee (1861–1914), German naval officer
- Oscar Matthiesen (1861–1957), Danish painter
- Henriette Hahn-Brinckmann (1862–1934), Danish-German painter
- Eugen Schmidt (1862–1931), athlete and marksman
- John Christian Gustav Baumann (1863–1939), merchant and inspector of Greenland
- Anne Marie Carl-Nielsen (1863–1945), sculptor
- Ole Olsen (1863-1943), film producer
- Jens Ferdinand Willumsen (1863–1958), painter and sculptor
- Vilhelm Bille (1864–1908), marine painter
- Louis Glass (1864–1936), composer
- Vilhelm Hammershøi (1864–1916), painter
- Nina Bang (1866–1928), politician
- Holger Louis Nielsen (1866–1955), fencer, marksman and athlete
- Christian Rosing (1866–1944), Greenlandic missionary
- Fini Valdemar Henriques (1867–1940), composer and violinist
- Carl Wesenberg-Lund (1867–1955), biologist
- Thorvald Otterstrom (1868–1942), American composer
- August Blom (1869–1947), film director
- Martin Andersen Nexø (1869–1954), writer
- Hans Ræder (1869–1959), classical philologist
- Christian Aigens (1870–1940), artist
- Erik Erstad-Jørgensen (1871–1945), garden architect
- Poul Heegaard (1871-1948), mathematician
- Carl Emil Krarup (1872–1909), civil engineer
- Robert Schyberg (1872–1946), actor
- Thorvald Stauning (1873–1942), politician and statesman
- Rudolph Tegner (1873–1950), sculptor of symbolism
- Axel Anthon Bjørnbo (1874–1911), mathematician
- Robert Dinesen (1874–1972), actor and director
- Viggo Jensen (1874–1930), weightlifter, marksman and athlete
- Arthur Christensen (1875–1945), orientalist
- Christian Frederik Beck (1876–1954), landscape and architecture painter
- Hakon Børresen (1876–1954), composer
- Edvard Eriksen (1876–1959), sculptor
- William Wain Prior (1876-1946), General
- Hans-Heinrich Egeberg (1877–?), Wrestler
- Svend Gade (1877–1952), director, set designer, screenwriter and production designer
- Ulrich Salchow (1877–1949), Swedish figure skater
- Albert Thormann (1878–1952), German local politician and victim of Stalinism
- Niels Janniksen Bjerrum (1879–1958), chemist
- Thyra of Denmark (1880–1945), member of the Danish royal family
- Ingeborg Hammer-Jensen (1880–1955), classical philologist and economic historian
- Erik Larsen (1880-1914), tennis player
- Viggo Larsen (1880–1957), film actor, director and producer
1881 to 1900
- Sveinn Björnsson (1881–1952), President of Iceland
- Louis Sigurd Fridericia (1881-1947), hygienist
- Peder Gram (1881–1956), composer and conductor
- Asta Nielsen (1881–1972), actress
- Carl Schenstrøm (1881–1942), film actor
- Thora Castenschiold (1882–1979), tennis player
- Viggo Kihl (1882–1945), Canadian pianist and music teacher
- Battling Nelson (1882–1954), American boxer
- Einar Zangenberg (1882–1918), actor, film director and producer
- Paul von Klenau (1883–1946), composer and conductor
- Anders Møller (1883–1966), wrestler
- Clara Pontoppidan (1883–1975), theater and film actress
- Adolf Riis-Magnussen (1883–1950), organist and composer
- Harald Christensen (1884–1944), wrestler
- Harald Hansen (1884–1927), Danish football player and coach
- Knud Ove Hilkier (1884–1953), painter
- Jacob Kjeldgaard (1884–1964), photographer and journalist
- Valdemar Psilander (1884–1917), silent film actor
- Christian Ingerslev Baastrup (1885–1950), radiologist
- Niels Bohr (1885–1962), physicist
- Johannes Kjærbøl (1885–1973), Minister
- Bjørn Rasmussen (1885–1962), football player
- Preben Rist (1885–1967), actor and director
- Kay Bojesen (1886–1958), designer
- Karl Dane (1886–1934), American actor
- Jean Hersholt (1886–1956), Danish-American actor
- Ellen Schou (1886–1972), Danish-German journalist and translator
- Harald Bohr (1887–1951), mathematician and soccer player
- Viggo Brøndal (1887–1942), Romance scholar and philosopher of languages
- Einar Meulengracht (1887–1976), medic
- Svend Borberg (1888–1947), writer, editor, publicist and theater critic
- Hans Christian Hagedorn (1888–1971), pharmacologist and diabetes researcher
- Inge Lehmann (1888–1993), geodesist and seismologist
- Sophus Nielsen (1888–1963), football player
- Ingeborg Steffensen (1888–1964), opera singer
- Harold Malcolm Westergaard (1888–1950), Danish-American civil engineer
- Frederik Ludvig Bang von Zeuthen (1888–1959), economist
- Willy Bille (1889–1944), painter
- Carl Theodor Dreyer (1889–1968), film director
- Bodil Ipsen (1889–1964), actress and film director
- Mischa Léon (1889–1928), singer
- Max Rée (1889–1953), art director, costume and production designer
- Kai Senstius (1889–1966), composer
- Julie Marie Vinter Hansen (1890–1960), astronomer
- Elna Jørgen-Jensen (1890–1969), ballet dancer
- Erik Kjeldsen (1890–1976), track cyclist
- Lauritz Melchior (1890–1973), heroic tenor
- Johannes Reinwaldt (cyclist) (1890–1958), Danish cyclist
- Poul Nielsen (1891–1962), football player
- One Johansen (1893–1965), painter
- Rued Langgaard (1893–1952), composer and organist
- Ole Bjørn Kraft (1893–1980), politician
- Henrik Dam (1895–1976), physiologist and biochemist
- Henry Brask Andersen (1896–1970), track cyclist
- Jacob Paludan (1896–1975), writer
- Carl Erik Martin Soya (1896–1983), writer
- Emil Vodder (1896–1986), philologist and physiotherapist
- Nils Asther (1897–1981), actor
- Jørgen Bentzon (1897–1951), composer
- Helge Rosvaenge (1897–1972), opera, operetta and oratorio singer
- Arthur Jensen (1897–1981), actor
- Mogens Wöldike (1897–1988), conductor, choirmaster and founder
- Johannes Jakobsen (1898–1932), wrestler
- Flemming Weis (1898–1981), composer
- Carl Aage Hilbert (1899–1953), lawyer and governor of the Faroe Islands
- Louis Hjelmslev (1899-1965), linguist
- Finn Høffding (1899–1997), composer and music teacher
- Victor Schiøler (1899–1967), pianist
- Stefanie Clausen (1900–1981), diver
- Niels Clemmensen (1900–1950), pianist and composer
- Vilhelm Hansen (1900–1992), comic artist
20th century
1901 to 1910
- Arne Jacobsen (1902–1971), architect and designer
- Ulrich Wilhelm Graf Schwerin von Schwanenfeld (1902–1944), German landowner, reserve officer and resistance fighter against National Socialism
- Gunnar Theilmann Åbel (1903–1961), organist and cantor
- Willy Gervin (1903–1951), track cyclist
- Otto Lington (1903–1992), musician and band leader
- Kai Molter (1903–1977), painter
- Oscar Guldager (1904–1986), track cyclist
- Piet Hein (1905–1996), scientist, mathematician, inventor and man of letters
- Harald Lander (1905–1971), dancer and choreographer
- Thomas Lauritsen (1915–1973), American experimental nuclear physicist
- Hans Scherfig (1905–1979), writer, painter and illustrator
- Ruth Berlau (1906–1974), actress, director, photographer and writer
- Carla Hansen (1906-2001), writer
- Leo Mathisen (1906–1969), jazz band leader, composer and pianist
- Børge Jessen (1907–1993), mathematician
- Else Brems (1908–1995), singer and music teacher
- Osmund Hansen (1908–1995), painter and graphic artist
- Helge Harder (1908–1962), track cyclist
- Herman Moritz Kalckar (1908–1991), biochemist
- Herman D. Koppel (1908–1998), pianist and composer
- Børge Ralov (1908–1981), ballet dancer and choreographer
- Victor Borge (1909–2000), Danish-American pianist and comedian
- Anker Meyer Andersen (1910– † unknown), track cyclist
- Henry Hagemann (1910–1964), jazz musician
- Richard Mortensen (1910-1993), painter
- Preben Philipsen (1910-2005), film producer
- Helge Tramsen (1910–1979), forensic doctor
1911 to 1920
- Mogens Brems (1911–1989), actor
- Harald von Mendelssohn (1911–2008), German-Danish writer and journalist
- Timme Rosenkrantz (1911–1969), jazz producer, author and radio host
- Robert Jacobsen (1912–1993), sculptor, painter and graphic artist
- Gustaf Munch-Petersen (1912–1938), author and painter
- Maria Wine (1912–2003), Swedish writer and poet
- Erik Asmussen (1913–1998), architect
- Mærsk Mc-Kinney Møller (1913–2012), ship owner and industrialist
- Carl-Henning Pedersen (1913–2007), painter
- Poul Reichhardt (1913–1985), actor
- Knud Børge Andersen (1914–1984), politician
- Poul Hartling (1914-2000), politician
- Astrid Henning-Jensen (1914–2002), director and screenwriter
- Osa Massen (1914–2006), actress
- Poul Bjørndahl Astrup (1915–2000), physiologist and laboratory chemist
- Carl Johan Becker (1915–2001), prehistorian and university professor
- Halfdan Rasmussen (1915–2002), poet and resistance fighter
- Jørgen C. Siim (1915–2012), parasitologist
- Svend Asmussen (1916–2017), jazz musician and actor
- Freddy Koch (1916–1980), film and theater actor, theater director
- Heinrich Prinz zu Sayn-Wittgenstein (1916–1944), German professional soldier from the Sayn-Wittgenstein family
- Bodil Svendsen (* 1916), canoeist
- Tove Ditlevsen (1917–1976), writer
- Arne W. Pedersen (1917–1959), racing cyclist
- Algirdas Savickis (1917–1943), Lithuanian painter
- Henning Koppel (1918–1981), designer, sculptor and graphic artist
- Mogens Lüchow (1918–1989), fencer
- Ulrik Neumann (1918–1994), guitarist, singer, composer and film actor
- Mogens Schou (1918-2005), psychiatrist
- Jørn Utzon (1918–2008), architect
- Bjørn Wiinblad (1918–2006), painter, designer, set designer and visual artist
- Niels Viggo Bentzon (1919–2000), composer and pianist
- Jørgen Bo (1919–1999), architect
- Jens Petersen (1919–1993), track cyclist
- Georges Ulmer (1919–1989), French chanson writer and singer
- Augustinas Savickas (1919–2012), Lithuanian painter, art critic, university professor and author
- Paul Hagen (1920–2003), actor
1921 to 1930
- Jørn Grauengaard (1921–1988), jazz and entertainment musician , film composer
- Lis Hartel (1921–2009), dressage rider
- Sören Kam (1921–2015), member of the Danish SS units
- Ole Sarvig (1921–1981), writer, translator, art historian and critic
- Tove Maës (1921-2010), actress
- Ole Wivel (1921–2004), author, editor and publishing director
- Asger Aaboe (1922–2007), mathematics and astronomy historian
- Aage Niels Bohr (1922–2009), physicist and Nobel Prize winner
- Poul Bundgaard (1922–1998), actor and singer
- Willi Dansgaard (1922–2011), paleoclimatologist
- Anker Jørgensen (1922–2016), politician
- Ole Lando (* 1922), legal scholar
- Karl Aage Præst (1922–2011), football player
- Nanna Ditzel (1923–2005), designer
- Carl Koblauch (1923–1951), track cyclist
- Ralph Oppenhejm (1924–2008), writer
- Kurt Ard (* 1925), illustrator, painter and graphic artist
- Bent Axen (1925–2010), jazz pianist, theater and film composer
- Nils Bennike (* 1925), soccer player
- Ib Eisner (1925–2003), artist
- Birgitte Federspiel (1925–2005), actress
- Poul Gernes (1925–1996), artist
- Jørgen Ingmann (1925-2015), guitarist
- Ove Krogh Rants (* 1925), track cyclist
- Axel Schandorff (1925–2016), track cyclist
- Jørgen Sonne (1925–2015), poet and author
- Claus von Bülow (* 1926), British murder suspect
- Jacob Jensen (1926–2015), industrial designer
- Greta Andersen (* 1927), swimmer
- Birgit Brüel (1927–1996), singer and actress
- Hans Ludvig Martensen (1927–2012), Roman Catholic Bishop of Copenhagen
- Henning Bahs (1928–2002), screenwriter and production designer
- Erik Bruhn (1928–1986), ballet dancer
- Paul Elvstrøm (1928–2016), sailor
- Ib Hansen (1928–2013), opera singer and actor
- Tove Lindbo Larsen (1928–2018), Minister
- Arne Bue Jensen (1930–2011), jazz musician
- John Hahn-Petersen (1930–2006), actor
- Otto Weitling (* 1930), architect
- Erik Wiedemann (1930–2001), jazz researcher and author
1931 to 1940
- Klaus Rifbjerg (1931–2015), writer
- Erling Blöndal Bengtsson (1932–2013), cellist
- Katy Bødtger (1932–2017), singer
- Henning Christiansen (1932–2008), composer
- Pelle Gudmundsen-Holmgreen (1932–2016), composer
- Ernst Meyer (1932–2008), actor
- Nina van Pallandt (* 1932), singer and actress
- Bengt Holbek (1933–1992), folklorist
- Christian Pommerenke (* 1933), German mathematician
- Kirsten Walther (1933–1987), actress
- Ove Ekebjærg (* 1934), chess player
- Ib Glindemann (1934–2019), jazz musician
- Ole Barndorff-Nielsen (* 1935), mathematician
- Elisabeth of Denmark (1935–2018), daughter of the Danish Hereditary Prince Knut of Denmark
- Bent Jædig (1935–2004), jazz musician
- Erling Mandelmann (1935–2018), photographer
- Olaf Nielsen (* 1935), actor
- Ghita Nørby (born 1935), actress
- Ib Ohlsson (* 1935), graphic artist and illustrator
- Marcello Truzzi (1935–2003), lecturer in sociology
- Flemming Flindt (1936–2009), ballet dancer and choreographer
- Finn Kobberø (1936–2009), badminton player
- John Tchicai (1936–2012), jazz musician
- Erland Kops (1937-2017), badminton player
- Peter Ryom (* 1937), musicologist
- Theis Jensen (* 1938), jazz musician
- Per Kirkeby (1938–2018), painter, sculptor, architect and poet
- Jan Holger Lindhardt (1938–2014), theologian and bishop
- Vivi Bach (1939–2013), singer, actress, television presenter and writer
- Henning Christophersen (1939–2016), politician
- Flemming Hansen (* 1939), politician
- John Martinus (1939-2016), actor
- Torolf Mølgaard (* 1939), trombonist
- Jens Okking (1939–2018), actor and politician
- Snu Abecassis (1940–1980), publisher and first lady in Portugal
- Allan Botschinsky (* 1940), jazz trumpeter, flugelhorn player, composer, arranger and producer
- Ole Ernst (1940–2013), actor
- Sven Holm (1940–2019), writer
- Anna Karina (1940–2019), actress and singer
- Margrethe II (* 1940), Queen of Denmark
- Alex Riel (* 1940), jazz and rock drummer
- Bjørn Tidmand (* 1940), pop singer
- Dorrit Willumsen (* 1940), writer
1941 to 1950
- Kirsti Andersen (* 1941), mathematician
- Ritt Bjerregaard (* 1941), politician
- Freddy Eugen (1941–2018), racing cyclist
- Gunnar Hoydal (* 1941), Faroese writer and architect
- Svend-Erik Nørregaard (1941–2002), jazz and entertainment musician
- Ole Nydahl (* 1941), Lama of Diamond Way Buddhism
- Erik Norman Svendsen (* 1941), clergyman
- Jesper Thilo (* 1941), jazz musician
- Peter Valentiner (* 1941), French painter
- Tom Belsø (1942–2020), racing car driver
- Jytte Hilden (* 1942), politician
- Ib Madsen (* 1942), mathematician
- Christian Tscherning (1942–2014), geodesist and university professor
- Kurt Helmudt (1943–2018), rower
- Preben Isaksson (1943–2008), track cyclist
- Troels Kløvedal (1943–2018), writer
- Mette Knudsen (* 1943), film director and screenwriter
- Erling Kroner (1943–2011), jazz trombonist and composer
- Poul Nielson (* 1943), politician
- Jan Persson (1943–2018), concert photographer
- Gitte Reingaard (* 1943), actress
- Hugh Steinmetz (* 1943), trumpeter and composer
- Kitty Swan (born 1943), actress
- Karsten Vogel (* 1943), jazz and fusion saxophonist and composer
- Vita Andersen (* 1944), author
- Jesper Bøje Christensen (* 1944), harpsichordist and music researcher
- Finn von Eyben (* 1944), internist and oncologist, also a jazz and improvisation musician
- Aage Haugland (1944–2000), opera singer
- Poul Høj Jensen (* 1944), regatta sailor and boat builder
- Torben Jensen (1944-2018), actor
- Jac Nelleman (* 1944), racing car driver
- Sven-Ole Thorsen (* 1944), actor and stuntman
- Klaus Bechgaard (1945–2017), chemist
- Kim Larsen (1945–2018), musician
- Ulla Pia (1945–2020), pop singer
- Svend Pri (1945-1983), badminton player
- Jens Søndergaard (* 1945), jazz musician
- Krass Clement (* 1946), photographer
- Pierre Dørge (* 1946), composer and jazz musician
- Mogens Lykketoft (born 1946), politician
- Olivia Molina (born 1946), singer
- Hannah Nydahl (1946–2007), teacher
- Lars-Henrik Olsen (* 1946), writer and zoologist
- Ingo Radcke (* 1946), German diplomat
- Gudrun Schaich-Walch (* 1946), German politician
- Turið Sigurðardóttir (* 1946), Faroese literary scholar, author and translator
- Bo Stief (* 1946), jazz bassist
- Thorkild Thyrring (* 1946), racing car driver
- Ken Gudman (1947-2003), drummer and musician
- Jacob Holdt (* 1947), photographer, writer and development worker
- Karen Jespersen (* 1947), politician
- Pia Kjærsgaard (* 1947), politician
- Dorthe Kollo (* 1947), singer
- Søren Kragh-Jacobsen (* 1947), director
- Allan Michaelsen (1947–2016), football player and coach
- Christian Mondrup (* 1947), music educator, editor and composer
- Bjørn Nørgaard (* 1947), sculptor and performance artist
- Elsebeth Reingaard (1947–2004), actress
- Hans Aabech (1948–2018), football player
- Torben Brylle (* 1948), politician
- Jesper Christensen (born 1948), actor
- Peter Dahl (* 1948), football player
- Kirsten Hastrup (* 1948), anthropologist and Scandinavian
- Mimi Jakobsen (* 1948), Minister
- Jan Kaspersen (* 1948), pianist and composer
- Jens Klüver (* 1948), jazz musician and orchestra leader
- Ulla Koppel (* 1948), actress
- Lee Oskar (* 1948), Danish-American harmonica player and instrument maker
- Mads Vinding (* 1948), jazz bassist
- Thomas Clausen (* 1949), jazz musician
- Peter Schaufuss (* 1949), dancer, choreographer and ballet master
- Jussi Adler-Olsen (* 1950), crime writer, jazz trombonist and composer
- Ole Qvist (* 1950), soccer goalkeeper
1951 to 1960
- Knud Bartels (* 1952), General, Commander of the Danish Armed Forces, Chairman of the NATO Military Committee
- Jens Kristiansen (* 1952), chess player
- Flemming Lund (* 1952), soccer player
- Pia Tafdrup (* 1952), poet and writer
- Knud Wollenberger (1952–2012), German poet
- Michael Schønwandt (* 1953), conductor
- Michael Melchior (* 1954), Danish-Norwegian rabbi and Israeli politician
- Michael Tetzschner (* 1954), Norwegian politician
- Helena Dam á Neystabø (* 1955), politician
- Tor Nørretranders (* 1955), science journalist and non-fiction author
- Søren Pilmark (* 1955), actor and director
- Simon Spang-Hanssen (* 1955), jazz saxophonist
- Frank Arnesen (* 1956), football player and official
- Ben Besiakov (* 1956), jazz musician
- Jes Holtsø (* 1956), actor
- Jens Fink-Jensen (* 1956), author, photographer, synthesizer composer and architect
- Lars von Trier (* 1956), film director
- Peter Høeg (* 1957), writer
- Carsten Høi (* 1957), chess player
- Preben Elkjær Larsen (* 1957), football player
- Jakob Nielsen (* 1957), writer, speaker and consultant
- Kim Fupz Aakeson (* 1958), writer, illustrator, comic book author and screenwriter
- Lotte Anker (* 1958), jazz saxophonist and composer
- Tim Bollerslev (* 1958), economist
- Giancarlo Esposito (* 1958), American actor
- Søren Lerby (* 1958), football player and coach
- Johan Lund Olsen (* 1958), Greenlandic politician (Inuit Ataqatigiit)
- Michala Petri (* 1958), recorder player
- Sandi Toksvig (* 1958), writer, comedian and radio presenter
- Kenneth Brylle (born 1959), football player
- Lone Scherfig (* 1959), screenwriter and director
- Morten Andersen (born 1960), American football player
- Susanne Bier (* 1960), director
- Kim Christofte (* 1960), soccer player
- Claus Dam (* 1960), musical actor
- Connie Hedegaard (* 1960), politician
- Anders Hejlsberg (* 1960), programmer
- Peter Mikkelsen (1960–2019), football referee
- Kim Milton Nielsen (* 1960), football referee
- Gitte Seeberg (* 1960), politician
1961 to 1970
- Henrik Jørgensen (1961–2019), long distance runner
- Michel Birbaek (* 1962), author
- Brian Holm (born 1962), racing cyclist
- Søren Hyldgaard (1962–2018), composer
- Peter Ingwersen (* 1962), fashion designer
- Søren Steen Jespersen (* 1962), documentary filmmaker
- Christian Jungersen (* 1962), writer
- Hanna Lützen (* 1962), author and translator
- Thomas Mørk (* 1962), actor, comedian, voice actor and director
- Ulrik Schmidt (* 1962), curler
- Jacob Thuesen (* 1962), film editor and film director
- Jens Veggerby (* 1962), racing cyclist
- Kim Vilfort (* 1962), soccer player and youth coordinator
- Johnny Weltz (* 1962), cyclist
- Niels Lan Doky (* 1963), jazz pianist
- Birthe Rønn Hornbech (* 1963), politician
- Fredrik Lundin (* 1963), jazz musician
- Thomas Dyani (* 1964), musician
- Peter Flinth (* 1964), director
- Paprika Steen (* 1964), actress and director
- Janne Teller (* 1964), writer
- Morten Søndergaard (* 1984), writer, editor, translator and sound artist
- Kim Bodnia (* 1965), film and stage actor
- Morten Christensen (* 1965), tennis player
- André Georgi (* 1965), screenwriter and writer
- Hasse Poulsen (* 1965), jazz musician
- John Jensen (born 1965), football player
- Søren Lilholt (* 1965), racing cyclist
- Mads Mikkelsen (born 1965), actor
- Halfdan E Nielsen (* 1965), composer
- Annette K. Olesen (* 1965), film director
- Jimmi Roger Pedersen (* 1965), jazz musician
- Lars Ranch (* 1965), trumpeter
- Hans Ulrik (* 1965), jazz saxophonist and band leader
- Johan Dalsgaard (* 1966), entertainer in the Faroe Islands
- Høgni Hoydal (* 1966), politician
- Brian Mikkelsen (born 1966), politician
- Lars Møller (* 1966), jazz musician and conductor
- Morten Helveg Petersen (* 1966), politician
- Ulla Schmidt (* 1966), Protestant theologian
- Michael Tauson (born 1966), tennis player
- Gorm Transgaard (* 1966), comic book author
- Bent Christensen Arensøe (* 1967), football player and coach
- Carsten Dahl (* 1967), jazz pianist
- Olafur Eliasson (* 1967), artist
- Jacob Fischer (* 1967), jazz musician
- Ellen Hillingsø (* 1967), actress
- Henrik Plenge Jakobsen (* 1967), artist
- Pernille Nedergaard (* 1967), badminton player
- Marina Cecilie Roné (* 1967), writer and journalist
- Flemming Andersen (* 1968), comic artist
- Juan Barazi (* 1968), entrepreneur and racing car driver
- Helena Christensen (* 1968), photo model
- Frederik of Denmark (* 1968), heir to the Danish throne
- Bjarne Goldbæk (* 1968), football player
- Michael Sandstød (* 1968), racing cyclist
- Andy Bruce (* 1969), jazz musician
- Chris Minh Doky (* 1969), jazz bassist
- Simone Aaberg Kaern (* 1969), artist and aviator
- Jimmi Madsen (* 1969), racing cyclist
- Lars Michaelsen (* 1969), racing cyclist
- Lars Brøgger (* 1970), football player
- Dan Eggen (* 1970), Norwegian football player and coach
- Per Frandsen (* 1970), soccer player
- Jan Eiberg Jørgensen (* 1970), handball player
- Miklos Molnar (* 1970), football player
- Nicolas Winding Refn (* 1970), film director and screenwriter
1971 to 1980
- Joakim Eskildsen (* 1971), photography artist
- Iben Hjejle (* 1971), actress
- Morten Bjerre (* 1972), handball player
- Hillevi Eva Hofmann (* 1972), Austrian actress, director and journalist
- Sisse Graum Jørgensen (* 1972), film producer
- Morten Lund (* 1972), entrepreneur and venture capitalist
- Stine Stengade (* 1972), theater and film actress
- Tommy Støckel (* 1972), artist
- Carsten Bjørnlund (* 1973), actor
- Kenneth Carlsen (* 1973), tennis player
- Thomas Christiansen (* 1973), Spanish-Danish soccer player
- Christian Hjermind (* 1973), handball player
- Ann Jørgensen (* 1973), badminton player
- Rune Glifberg (* 1974), skateboarder
- Gus Hansen (* 1974), poker player
- Søren Hansen (* 1974), professional golfer
- Jeppe Hein (* 1974), sculptor
- Bjarke Ingels (* 1974), architect
- Niclas Jensen (* 1974), football player
- Klavs Bruun Jørgensen (* 1974), handball player
- Camille Jones (* 1974), pop and dancehouse singer
- Jeppe Kofod (* 1974), politician
- Thure Lindhardt (* 1974), actor
- Kenneth Perez (* 1974), football player
- Peter Rasmussen (* 1974), badminton player
- Thomas Rytter (* 1974), football player
- Ane Hansen (* 1975), curler
- Rasmus Henning (* 1975), triathlete
- Michael Hoffmann (* 1975), handball player
- Brian Jensen (* 1975), soccer goalkeeper
- Sara Indrio Jensen (* 1975), actress and musician
- Henrik Pedersen (* 1975), football player
- Nathalie zu Sayn-Wittgenstein-Berleburg (* 1975), German-Danish dressage rider
- Mikkel Solnado (* 1975), singer
- Karim Zaza (* 1975), football player
- Nikolaj Znaider (* 1975), Danish-Israeli violinist and conductor
- Heidi Albertsen (* 1976), photo model
- Johan Holten (* 1976), curator from Denmark
- Bo Jensen (born 1976), curler
- Andreas Mogensen (* 1976), engineer, first Danish ESA astronaut
- Marc Nygaard (* 1976), football player
- Lina Rafn (* 1976), pop singer, songwriter and producer
- David Rasmussen (* 1976), football player
- Lars Rasmussen (* 1976), handball player
- Jon Dahl Tomasson (born 1976), football player
- Jan Christensen (* 1977), artist
- Thomas Laybourn (* 1977), badminton player
- Rudy Markussen (* 1977), boxer
- Ida Auken (* 1978), theologian and politician
- Ronnie Bremer (* 1978), racing car driver
- Nicolas Kiesa (* 1978), racing car driver
- Jakob Bro (* 1978), jazz guitarist
- Rie Rasmussen (* 1978), photo model, actress, as well as director and screenwriter
- Dennis Rommedahl (* 1978), soccer player
- Peter Bruun (* 1979), jazz musician
- Peter Hirsch (* 1979), ice hockey goalkeeper
- Daniel Jensen (* 1979), football player
- Mikkel Kessler (born 1979), boxer
- Rune Pedersen (* 1979), soccer goalkeeper
- Kenn Hansen (* 1980), football referee
- Morten Pedersen (* 1980), jazz pianist, composer and music teacher
1981 to 1990
- Stephan Andersen (* 1981), soccer goalkeeper
- Rajko Lekić (* 1981), football player
- Patrick Mtiliga (* 1981), soccer player
- Hjalte Bo Nørregaard (* 1981), football player
- Agnes Obel (* 1980), pop singer
- Lykke May Andersen (* 1982), model and mannequin
- Francis Dickoh (* 1982), Ghanaian soccer player
- Peter Nymann (* 1982), soccer player
- Christina Nimand Hansen (* 1982), handball player
- Daniel Svensson (* 1982), handball player
- Kevin Stuhr Ellegaard (* 1983), soccer player
- Michael Krohn-Dehli (* 1983), soccer player
- Christian Bakkerud (1984–2011), racing car driver
- Martin Bergvold (* 1984), soccer player
- Kenneth Dahl Knudsen (* 1984), jazz musician
- Søren Nissen (* 1984), racing cyclist
- Mikkel Thygesen (* 1984), soccer player
- Emilie Turunen (* 1984), politician
- Carl Winther (1984), jazz musician
- Aura Dione (* 1985), singer-songwriter
- Morten Rasmussen (* 1985), football player
- Kris Stadsgaard (* 1985), football player
- Jonas Troest (* 1985), soccer player
- Ken Ilsø (* 1986), football player
- Michael Jakobsen (* 1986), football player
- Deepika Padukone (* 1986), Indian actress
- Kasper Schmeichel (* 1986), soccer goalkeeper, son of Peter Schmeichel
- Natasha Thomas (* 1986), singer
- Jacob Bagersted (* 1987), handball player
- Sebastian Dahm (* 1987), ice hockey goalkeeper
- Nikolaj Hansen (* 1987), football player
- Magnus Troest (* 1987), football player
- Nicklas Bendtner (* 1988), soccer player
- Trine Schmidt (* 1988), racing cyclist
- Mick Schubert (* 1988), handball player
- Mickey Petersen (* 1989), poker player
- Zanka (* 1990), soccer player
- Johan Jokinen (* 1990), racing car driver
- Jóhanna Guðrún Jónsdóttir (* 1990), Icelandic singer
- Morten Nielsen (* 1990), football player
- Saban Özdogan (* 1990), soccer player
1991 to 2000
- Bashkim Kadrii (born 1991), football player
- Christopher Olczyk (* 1991), football player
- Jannik Vestergaard (* 1992), football player
- Uffe Bech (* 1993), soccer player
- Linnea Berthelsen (* 1993), actress
- Josephine Skriver (* 1993), model
- Christian Nørgaard (* 1994), football player
- Yussuf Poulsen (* 1994), football player
- Kenneth Zohoré (* 1994), football player
- Ida Jacobsen (* 1995), rower
- Mathias Krigbaum (* 1995), racing cyclist
- Casper Pedersen (* 1996), cyclist
- Anna Emilie Møller (* 1997), track and field athlete
- Mikkel Bjerg (* 1998), cyclist
- Mia Helene Mørck (* 1999), track and field athlete
21st century
- Holger Vitus Nødskov Rune (* 2003), Danish tennis player
- Christian zu Denmark (* 2005), heir to the Danish throne
People related to Copenhagen
- Kaspar Förster the Younger (1616–1673), German singer, conductor and composer
- Franz Julius Lütkens (1650–1712), German pietistic theologian
- Zacharias Allewelt (1682–1744), Danish-Norwegian captain
- Andreas Hojer (1690–1739), German-Danish historian and legal scholar, professor, civil servant, general procurator and librarian in Copenhagen
- Georg Heuermann (1722 / 1723–1768), German-Danish surgeon, physiologist and university professor
- Johann Clemens Tode (1736–1806), German-Danish physician, university professor and writer
- Jens Christian Svabo (1746-1824), scholar
- Friedrich Bernhard von Wickede (1748–1825), German educator, writer and silhouette cutter
- Edvard Storm (1749–1794), Norwegian poet and educator
- Jonas Anton Hielm (1782–1848), Norwegian lawyer and politician
- Carl Christian Rafn (1795–1864), archaeologist and Norse philologist
- Hans Christian Lumbye (1810–1874), conductor and composer
- Laura Marholm (1854–1928), German-Baltic author
- Herman Bang (1857–1912), writer, director and journalist
- Bess Mensendieck (1864–1957), Dutch-American doctor and gymnastics teacher
- Albert Gottschalk (1866–1906), painter
- Hjalmar Söderberg (1869–1941), Swedish writer
- Aaron Nimzowitsch (1886–1935), Latvian chess player and theorist
- Paula Preradović (1887–1951), Austrian poet and writer
- Wild Bill Davison (1906-1989), American jazz cornetist
- Ove Sprogøe (1919–2004), actor
- Kim Malthe-Bruun (1923–1945), cabin boy and ordinary seaman
- Rolf Billberg (1930–1966), Swedish jazz saxophonist
- Inger Christensen (1935–2009), writer
- Annika Hoydal (* 1945), Faroese singer, composer and actress
- Rói Patursson (* 1947), Faroese writer and philosopher
- Henrik Metz (* 1948), pianist, organist and harpsichord player
- Lilian Brøgger (* 1950), illustrator
- Leif Davidsen (born 1950), writer
- Anthony Dod Mantle (* 1955), British cameraman
- Hans Pauli Olsen (* 1957), Faroese sculptor
- Jón Kalman Stefánsson (born 1963), writer
- Jonny Hector (* 1964), Swedish chess player
- Peter Land (* 1966), artist
- Charlotte Munck (* 1969), actress, speaker and singer
- Pætur við Keldu (* 1970), Faroese musician and composer
- Heike Omerzu (* 1970), German Protestant theologian
- Catherine Marsal (* 1971), French cyclist and trainer
- Kristian von Bengtson (* 1974), architect
- Angu Motzfeldt (* 1976), Greenlandic singer-songwriter