| Anders Fogh Rasmussen | Secretary General of NATO (2009), Former Prime Minister |
Kong Knud | King Canute |
A.P. Møller | Arnold Peter Møller, Mærsk founder |
Kurt Trampedach | Painter and sculptor |
Arne Jacobsen | Architect and designer |
Lars Løkke Rasmussen | Former Prime Minister (2009-2011) |
Asger Jorn | Artist and essayist |
Lars von Trier | Film director (Breaking the Waves, Dancer in the Dark) |
Beowulf | Epic hero |
Mads Mikkelsen | Actor (Casino Royale) |
Bille August | Film director (Pelle the Conqueror, House of the Spirits) |
Michael Laudrup | Football/soccer player |
Bjarne Riis | Cyclist (won Tour de France with help of banned substances) |
Niels Bohr | Physicist |
Bjørn Lomborg | Skeptical environmentalist |
Odin | Nordic god |
Brian Laudrup | Football/soccer player |
Ole Rømer | Astronomer (also invented first street lights in Copenhagen) |
Brigitte Nielsen | Ex Mrs Stallone |
Otto Jespersen | Linguist |
Carl Nielsen | Composer and violinist |
Peter Brixtofte | *Mayor of Farum, criminal |
Connie Hedegaard | EU Climate Commissioner (2009) |
Peter Høeg | Author (Smilla's Sense of Snow) |
Connie Nielsen | Actress (Gladiator, Basic) |
Peter Schmeichel | Football/soccer player ("World's Best Goalkeeper" in 1992 and 1993) |
Den Lille Havfrue | The Little Mermaid |
Pia Kjærsgaard | Anti-immigration politician, leader of the Danish Folk Party |
Dirch Passer | *Actor |
Piet Hein | *Writer, scientist, designer |
Dronning Margrethe | Queen Margrethe |
Søren Kierkegård | Existentialist philosopher and theologian |
Ebbe Sand | Football/soccer player |
Stein Bagger | Entrepreneur and fraudster (defrauded 1.2 billion Danish kroner) |
Freja | Nordic goddess |
Susanne Bier | Film director (Things We Lost in the Fire, In a Better World) |
Georg Jensen | Silversmith |
Thor | God of thunder |
Ghita Nørby | *Actress |
Tove Ditlevsen | *Female poet and author |
H. C. Andersen | Hans Christian Andersen, storyteller |
Tycho Brahe | Astronomer |
Helena Christensen | Fashion model |
Victor Borge | Comedian (aka The Clown Prince of Denmark, The Great Dane) |
Jørn Utzon | Architect (Sydney Opera House) |
Viggo Mortensen | Actor (The Lord of the Rings, Hidalgo, The Road) |
Karen Blixen | Author (Out of Africa, Babette's Feast) |
Vitus Bering | Navigator and explorer |
Kim Larsen | *Rock musician | |
