List of people from Aarhus

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

Main category: People from Aarhus

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 (b. 1937), 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