List of people from Aarhus
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A person who lives in or comes from Aarhus, Denmark, is called an Aarhusian (Aarhusianer). This is a list of well known people who were born, lived, or grew up in the city of Aarhus.
People by field
Politics
- Svend Unmack Larsen (1893–1965), Mayor of Aarhus, Minister of Justice[1]
- Hans Hedtoft (1903–1955), Prime Minister[2]
- H. C. Hansen (1906–1960), Prime Minister[3]
- Marichen Nielsen (1921–2014), MP, MEP (Social Democrats)
- Thorkild Simonsen (1926–2022), Mayor of Aarhus, Minister of Interior Affairs
- Svend Auken (1943–2009), Minister of Labour, Leader of The Social Democrats party, Minister of the Environment and Energy[4]
- Uffe Elbæk (b. 1954), politician and founder of the KaosPilot school, Minister of Culture, founder and leader of The Alternative party[5]
- Nicolai Wammen (b. 1971), Mayor of Aarhus, Minister for European Affairs, Minister of Defence, Minister for Finance[6][7]
- Morten Østergaard (b. 1976), Deputy Prime Minister, Minister, Leader of the Danish Social Liberal Party
- Linea Søgaard-Lidell (b. 1987), MEP, MP
- Marie Jepsen (1940–2018), MEP[8]
Business
- Hans Broge (1822-1908), businessman, entrepreneur, member of the city council
- Søren Frich (1827-1901), industrialist, member of the city council
- Laurits Christian Meulengracht (1827-1903), businessman, director of the Ceres breweries, member of the city council
- Otto Mønsted (1838–1916), businessman, member of the city council[9]
- Anders Holch Povlsen (b. 1972), owner of Bestseller
Science
- Lars Bak (b. 1965), computer scientist[10]
- Ole Barndorff-Nielsen (1935–2022), statistician[11]
- Drude Dahlerup (b. 1945), Professor of Political Science
- Ivan Damgård (b. 1956) cryptographer
- Lene Hau (b. 1959), physicist[12]
- William Hovgaard (1857–1957), professor of naval design and construction[13]
- H.O. Lange (1863-1943), librarian and egyptologist
- Ole Rømer (1644–1710), astronomer[14][15]
- Jens Christian Skou (1918–2018), physiologist, Nobel laureate in chemistry 1997
- Bjarne Stroustrup (b. 1950), computer scientist[16]
- Øjvind Winge (1886–1964) Yeast geneticist
- Ole Worm (1588–1655), physician, scholar and antiquarian[17]
Sports
- Johan Andersen (1920-2003), sprint canoeist, World Champion
- Stig Tøfting (b. 1969), footballer[18]
- Martin Jørgensen (b. 1975), footballer[19]
- Martin Kampmann (b. 1982), UFC Fighter[20]
- Sara Petersen (b. 1987), hurdler, European Champion
- Dennis Ceylan (b. 1989), boxer, European Champion (EBU)
- Andrej Lawaetz Bendtsen (b. 1990), rower, World Champion[21]
- Line Kjærsfeldt (b. 1994), Badminton player, European champion
Music and culture
- Morten Børup (1446–1526), educator, cathedral cantor, writer[22]
- Heinrich Ernst Grosmann (1732–1811), cantor, composer[23]
- Gabriel Axel (1918–2014), film director (Oscar winner 1988), actor, writer and producer[24]
- Kai Winding (1922–1983), American jazz trombonist
- Erling Møldrup (1943–2016), classical guitarist
- Nils Malmros (b. 1944), film director, screenwriter[25]
- Gitte Hænning (b. 1946), singer and film actress[26]
- Flemming Jørgensen (Bamse) (1947–2011), singer, songwriter, guitarist and actor
- Birthe Kjær (b. 1948), singer
- Wayne Siegel (b. 1953), composer, electronic music educator[27]
- Steffen Brandt (b. 1953), singer, composer and musician[28]
- Anne Linnet (b. 1953), singer and composer[29]
- Finn Nygaard (b. 1955), graphic designer and artist
- Lis Sørensen (b. 1955), singer, guitarist[30]
- Poul Krebs (b. 1956), singer-songwriter, guitarist and composer
- Anne Dorte Michelsen (b. 1958), singer and composer
- Kaare Norge (b. 1963), classical guitarist[31]
- Thomas Helmig (b. 1964), singer[32]
- Mek Pek (b. 1964), singer and actor[33]
- Renée Simonsen (b. 1965), supermodel and author[34]
- Ida Corr (b. 1977), singer[35]
- Tina Dico (b. 1977), pop singer and guitarist[36]
- Liam O'Connor (L.O.C.) (b. 1979), rapper, songwriter and TV-host
- Marwan (b. 1980), rapper and producer
- Medina (b. 1982), pop singer[37]
- Armen Adamjan (b. 1989), YouTuber[38]
- Mona Tougaard (b. 2002), Danish fashion model with Ethiopian, Somali, and Turkish ancestry
Literature
- Erik Pontoppidan (1698–1764) an author, a Lutheran bishop of the Church of Norway, a historian and an antiquarian.[39]
- Thorkild Bjørnvig (1918–2004), writer[40]
- Bent Faurby (b. 1937), children's writer[41]
- Jørgen Leth (1937–2025), poet, director, author and journalist[42]
- Svend Åge Madsen (b. 1939), writer and playwright[43]
- Peter Laugesen (b. 1942), poet and playwright[44]
- Elsebeth Egholm (b. 1960), crime fiction writer[45]
- Lene Kaaberbøl (b. 1960), writer (crime fiction and children's literature)[46]
- Yahya Hassan (1995-2020), poet and activist
Religion and spirituality
- Peder Vognsen (d. 1204), first bishop of Aarhus
- Frederik Paludan-Müller (1809–1876) a Danish poet and bishop of Aarhus, 1830 to 1845.[47]
- Kjeld Christian Festersen Holm (b. 1945), Bishop of Aarhus 1994–2015
- Lars Muhl (b. 1950), mystic, author and musician
