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Famous Natives
People listed below are either native to Denmark, or of Danish descent (born elsewhere) that have made a significant contribution to the fame of the country in their individual endeavors. 
Nikolaj Abraham Abildgaard painter
Alexandra queen of england
Hans Christian Andersen author
Morton Andersen football player
Aqua pop music group
Bille August film, television director
Vitus Bering explorer
Jesper Binzer singer
Oliver Bjerrehuus model
Karen Blixen, or Isak Dinesen author
Niels Bohr scientist, nobel prize laureate
Victor Borge comedian, pianist
Tycho Brahe astronomer
Carl Brisson actor, singer
Conrad Malta-Brown geographer
Dieterich Buxtehude composer
Canute the Great king
Helena Christensen model
Christian IX king
Ole Kirk Christiansen founder of lego
D-A-D band
Tina Dico singer, songwriter
Tove Ditlevsen author, poet
Carl Theodor Dreyer film director
Johan Ludvig Emil Dreyer astronomer
Ludvig Mylius-Erichsen explorer
Johannes Fibiger physician, nobel prize laureate
Thomas Fincke mathematician
Niels Ryberg Finsen physician, nobel prize laureate
Frederik crown prince of denmark
Johann Wolfganf von Goethe poet, novelist
N.F.S. Grundtvig philosopher, social reformer
Hamlet fictional shakespeare character
Peter Hoeg author
Ludvig Holberg playwright
Arne Christian Jacobsen furniture designer
Jacob Christian Jacobsen founder carlsberg brewery
Robert Jacobsen painter, sculptor
Georg Jensen silversmith
Johannes Vilhelm Jensen author, nobel prize laureate
Thit Jensen author
Niels Kaj Jerne immunologist, nobel prize laureate
Wilhelm Johannsen scientist, nobel prize laureate
Asger Jorn painter
Junior Senior pop music group
Kashmir rock band
Søren Kierkegaard founder existentialist philosophy
Tom Kristensen auto racer
Schack Krogh physiologist, nobel prize laureate
Peder Severin Krøyer painter
Kim Larsen singer, songwriter, musician
Brian Laudrup football player (born in austria)
Michael Laudrup football player
Knud Ejler Løgstrup philosopher
Peter Løvenkrands footballer
August Macke painter
Franz Marc painter
Margrethe I former queen
Margrethe II reigning queen
Lauritz Melchior opera singer
Michael Learns to Rock pop music group
Mads Mikkelsen actor
Erik Mortensen designer
Viggo Mortensen actor
Asta Nielsen actor
Brigitte Nielsen actress
Carl Nielsen composer
Connie Nielsen actress
Emil Nolde painter
Henrik Pontoppidan author, nobel prize laureate
Bjarne Lykkegård Riis road bicycle racer
Jacob Riis author, journalist, social reformer
Ole Rømer scientist
Kasper Schmeichel football player, goalkeeper
Peter Schmeichel football player, goalkeeper
Allan Simonsen football (soccer) player
Renée Simonsen model
Johannes Sløk translator of shakespeare
Thorvald Thiele statistician
Christian Jürgensen Thomsen archaeologist
Bertel Thorvaldsen sculptor
Lars Ulrich metallica drummer
Jorn Utzon architect
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