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| title | full_name | born | died | nationality | occupation | url |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tal R | Tal Rosenzweig | 1967 | n/a | Danish | artist based in Copenhagen | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tal_R |
| Niels Bohr | Niels Henrik David Bohr | 1885 | 1962 | Danish | physicist who made foundational contributions to understanding atomic structure and quantum theory, for which he received the Nobel Prize in Physics in 1922 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Niels_Bohr |
| Lars Ulrich | Lars Ulrich R | 1963 | n/a | Danish | musician best known as the drummer and co-founder of American heavy metal band Metallica | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lars_Ulrich |
| Erik Erikson | Erik Homburger Erikson | 1902 | 1994 | Danish | developmental psychologist and psychoanalyst known for his theory on psychological development of human beings | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Erik_Erikson |
| Georg Brandes | Georg Morris Cohen Brandes | 1842 | 1927 | Danish | critic and scholar who greatly influenced Scandinavian and European literature from the 1870s through the turn of the 20th century | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Georg_Brandes |
| Nicolas Winding Refn | Nicolas Winding Refn | 1970 | n/a | Danish | film director, screenwriter, and producer | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nicolas_Winding_Refn |
| Camille Pissarro | Camille Pissarro | 1830 | 1903 | Danish | Impressionist and Neo-Impressionist painter born on the island of St Thomas (now in the US Virgin Islands, but then in the Danish West Indies) | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Camille_Pissarro |
| Susanne Bier | Susanne Bier | 1960 | n/a | Danish | film director, screenwriter, and producer | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Susanne_Bier |
| Victor Borge | Børge Rosenbaum | 1909 | 2000 | Danish | comedian, conductor, and pianist who achieved great popularity in radio and television in the United States and Europe | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Victor_Borge |
| Arne Jacobsen | Arne Emil Jacobsen, Hon. FAIA 11 February 1902 – 24 March 1971) | null | null | Danish | architect and furniture designer | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arne_Jacobsen |
| Torben Ulrich | Torben Ulrich | 1928 | n/a | Danish | writer, musician, filmmaker, painter, director, performer, and former professional tennis player | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Torben_Ulrich |
| Aage Bohr | Aage Niels Bohr | 1922 | 2009 | Danish | nuclear physicist who shared the Nobel Prize in Physics in 1975 with Ben Mottelson and James Rainwater "for the discovery of the connection between collective motion and particle motion in atomic nuclei and the development of the theory of the structure of the atomic nucleus based on this connection" | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aage_Bohr |
| Lee Oskar | Lee Oskar | 1948 | n/a | Danish | harmonica player, notable for his contributions to the sound of the rock-funk fusion group War, which was formed by Howard E. Scott and Harold Brown, his solo work, and as a harmonica manufacturer | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lee_Oskar |
| Mikael Salomon | Mikael Salomon | 1945 | n/a | Danish | cinematographer, director and producer of film and television | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mikael_Salomon |
| Lars Hedegaard | Lars Hedegaard | 1942 | n/a | Danish | journalist and author | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lars_Hedegaard |
| Thomas Blachman | Thomas Blachman | 1963 | n/a | Danish | jazz musician, composer, and judge on the Danish version of X Factor | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thomas_Blachman |
| Harald Bohr | Harald August Bohr | 1887 | 1951 | Danish | mathematician and footballer | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harald_Bohr |
| David Dencik | Karl David Sebastian Dencik | 1974 | n/a | Danish | actor | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Dencik |
| Kim Bodnia | Kim Bodnia | 1965 | n/a | Danish | actor, writer, and director | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kim_Bodnia |
| Sanne Salomonsen | Sanne Salomonsen | 1955 | n/a | Danish | singer | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sanne_Salomonsen |
| Max Henius | Max Henius | 1859 | 1935 | Danish | biochemist who specialized in the fermentation processes | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Max_Henius |
| Henrik Hertz | Henrik Hertz | 1797 | 1870 | Danish | poet | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Henrik_Hertz |
| Helle Virkner | Helle Genie Virkner | 1925 | 2009 | Danish | actress, author and spouse of the Prime Minister (1962–68, 1971–72) | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Helle_Virkner |
| Nikolaj Znaider | Nikolaj Szeps-Znaider | 1975 | n/a | Danish | violinist and conductor | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nikolaj_Znaider |
| Edvard Brandes | Carl Edvard Cohen Brandes | 1847 | 1931 | Danish | politician, critic and author, and the younger brother of Georg Brandes and Ernst Brandes | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edvard_Brandes |
| Johanne Luise Heiberg | Johanne Luise Heiberg | 1812 | 1890 | Danish | actress of the 19th century | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Johanne_Luise_Heiberg |
| Kaj Roholm | Eli Kaj Roholm | 1902 | 1948 | Danish | scientist and researcher best known for his study of fluorine and fluoride toxicity | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kaj_Roholm |
| Theodor Philipsen | Theodor Esbern Philipsen | null | null | Danish | painter of Jewish ancestry; known for landscapes and animal portraits | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Theodor_Philipsen |
| Finn Salomonsen | Finn Salomonsen | 1909 | 1983 | Danish | ornithologist | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Finn_Salomonsen |
| Heinrich Hirschsprung | Heinrich Hirschsprung | 1836 | 1908 | Danish | tobacco manufacturer, arts patron and art collector most known for founding the Hirschsprung Collection in Copenhagen, a museum dedicated to Danish art from the 19th and early 20th century | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Heinrich_Hirschsprung |
| Victor Bendix | Victor Emanuel Bendix | 1851 | 1926 | Danish | composer, conductor and pianist | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Victor_Bendix |
| Dan Zahavi | Dan Zahavi | 1967 | n/a | Danish | philosopher | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dan_Zahavi |
| Suzanne Brøgger | Suzanne Preis Brøgger Zeruneith | 1944 | n/a | Danish | writer, a novelist, poet and journalist | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Suzanne_Brøgger |
| Pia Tafdrup | Pia Tafdrup | 1952 | n/a | Danish | writer; primarily a poet, she has also written a novel and two plays, as well as works for radio | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pia_Tafdrup |
| Lis Jacobsen | Elisabeth | 1882 | 1961 | Danish | philologist, archaeologist and writer | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lis_Jacobsen |
| Henri Nathansen | Henri Nathansen | 1868 | 1944 | Danish | writer and stage director, today best known for the play Inside the Walls () | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Henri_Nathansen |
| Raquel Rastenni | Raquel Rastenni | 1915 | 1998 | Danish | popular-Russian singer | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Raquel_Rastenni |
| David Boysen | David Katz Boysen | 1991 | n/a | Danish | professional footballer who plays as a left winger for Fremad Amager | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Boysen |
| Carl Joachim Hambro (banker) | Baron Carl Joachim Hambro | 1807 | 1877 | Danish | banker | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carl_Joachim_Hambro_(banker) |
| Thomas Koppel | Thomas Koppel | 1944 | 2006 | Danish | classical music and avant-garde popular composer and musician | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thomas_Koppel |
| Abraham Kurland | Abraham Kurland | 1912 | 1999 | Danish | wrestler | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abraham_Kurland |
| Natasja Crone Back | Natasja Crone Back | 1970 | n/a | Danish | journalist and TV show presenter | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Natasja_Crone_Back |
| Meïr Aron Goldschmidt | Meïr Aron Goldschmidt | 1819 | 1887 | Danish | publisher, journalist and novelist | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Meïr_Aron_Goldschmidt |
| Chanan Colman | Chanan Safir Colman | 1984 | n/a | Danish | professional basketball player for Hapoel Haifa of the Israel Basketball Premier League | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chanan_Colman |
| Ivan Joseph Martin Osiier | Dr. Ivan Joseph Martin Osiier | 1888 | 1965 | Danish | Olympic medalist, and world champion, fencer who fenced foil, épée, and saber | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ivan_Joseph_Martin_Osiier |
| Theodore Cantor | Theodore Edward | 1809 | 1860 | Danish | physician, zoologist and botanist | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Theodore_Cantor |
| Ellen Osiier | Ellen Osiier | 1890 | 1962 | Danish | foil fencer | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ellen_Osiier |
| Marie Henriques | Marie Henriques | 1866 | 1944 | Danish | painter who created landscapes, figure paintings and portraits, initially in the Realist style but increasingly under the influence of Impressionism | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marie_Henriques |
| Fini Henriques | Valdemar Fini Henriques | 1867 | 1940 | Danish | composer and violinist | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fini_Henriques |
| Edgar Rubin | Edgar John Rubin | 1886 | 1951 | Danish | psychologist/phenomenologist, remembered for his work on figure-ground perception as seen in such optical illusions like the Rubin vase | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edgar_Rubin |
| Herbert Pundik | Herbert Pundik or Nahum Pundak | 1927 | 2019 | Danish | journalist and author | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Herbert_Pundik |
| Arne Melchior | Arne Melchior | 1924 | 2016 | Danish | politician of Jewish descent and supporter of Jewish causes | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arne_Melchior |
| Joseph Hambro | Joseph Hambro | 1780 | 1848 | Danish | merchant, banker and political advisor | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joseph_Hambro |
| Michael Michaelsen | Michael Jacob Michaelsen | 1899 | 1970 | Danish | boxer who competed in the 1928 Summer Olympics | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_Michaelsen |
| Erann DD | Erann David Drori | 1967 | n/a | Danish | singer and songwriter of Yemeni-Jewish origin | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Erann_DD |
| Paul Gustav Fischer | Paul Gustav Fischer | 1860 | 1934 | Danish | painter | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paul_Gustav_Fischer |
| Ernest Bohr | Ernest David Bohr | 1924 | 2018 | Danish | lawyer, former barrister, and field hockey player who played for Denmark in the 1948 Summer Olympics in London | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ernest_Bohr |
| Ernst Immanuel Cohen Brandes | Ernst Immanuel Cohen Brandes | 1844 | 1892 | Danish | economist, writer, and newspaper editor best known for editing the Kjøbenhavns Børs-Tidende, which published articles written by leading Danish men of letters, including future Nobel Prize winner Henrik Pontoppidan, during a period later hailed as the Modern Breakthrough in Danish literature | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ernst_Immanuel_Cohen_Brandes |
| Calmer Hambro | Calmer Hambro | 1747 | 1806 | Danish | merchant and banker | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Calmer_Hambro |
| Esther Gehlin | Esther Gehlin née Henriques | 1892 | 1949 | Danish | painter of Jewish descent whose water colours and oils include still lifes, interiors, portraits and landscapes | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Esther_Gehlin |
| Salomon Soldin | Salomon Soldin | 1774 | 1837 | Danish | Jewish bookseller, publisher, editor, writer and translator | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Salomon_Soldin |
| Max Rhyser | Max Rhyser | 1982 | n/a | Danish | model, stage, television and film actor | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Max_Rhyser |
| Geskel Saloman | Geskel Saloman | 1821 | 1902 | Danish | portrait and genre painter | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Geskel_Saloman |
| Dagmar Freuchen-Gale | Dagmar Freuchen-Gale | 1907 | 1991 | Danish | illustrator, author and editor | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dagmar_Freuchen-Gale |
| David Monies | David Monies | 1812 | 1894 | Danish | portrait and genre painter | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Monies |
| Max Friediger | Max Friediger | 1884 | 1947 | Danish | chief rabbi and a survivor of the Holocaust | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Max_Friediger |
| Erling Olsen | Erling Olsen | 1927 | 2011 | Danish | politician for the Social Democrats | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Erling_Olsen |
| Waldemar Holberg | Waldemar Birger Holberg | null | null | Danish | boxer | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Waldemar_Holberg |
| Frits Hartvigson | Frits Hartvigson | 1841 | 1919 | Danish | pianist and teacher, who spent many years in England and gave a number of important English concerto premieres | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frits_Hartvigson |
| Martin Henriques | Marcus Ruben Henriques, commonly known as Martin | 1825 | 1912 | Danish | Jewish businessman | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Martin_Henriques |
| Karl Ruben | Carl (Karl) Ruben | 1903 | 1938 | Danish | chess master | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Karl_Ruben |
| C. L. David | C. L. David | 1878 | 1960 | Danish | lawyer and businessman | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/C._L._David |
| Ernst Meyer (painter) | Ernst Meyer | 1797 | 1861 | Danish | genre painter | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ernst_Meyer_(painter) |
| David B. Adler | David Baruch Adler | 1826 | 1878 | Danish | Jewish banker, politician and philanthropist | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_B._Adler |
| Israel B. Melchior | Israel Berendt Melchior | 1827 | 1893 | Danish | engineer, manufacturer and amateur photographer | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Israel_B._Melchior |
| Peter Hertz | Peter Julius Hertz | 1874 | 1939 | Danish | art historian and museum worker | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peter_Hertz |
| Leopold Rosenfeld | Leopold Rosenfeld | 1849 | 1909 | Danish | composer and singing teacher | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leopold_Rosenfeld |
| Sophus Berendsen | Sophus Berendsen | 1829 | 1884 | Danish | founder of Sophus Berendsen A/S (now Berendsen plc) | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sophus_Berendsen |
| Ludwig Lewin Jacobson | Ludwig Lewin Jacobson | 1783 | 1843 | Danish | surgeon | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ludwig_Lewin_Jacobson |
| Sally Henriques | Sally (Salomon) Ruben Henriques | 1815 | 1886 | Danish | Jewish painter | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sally_Henriques |
| Bergnart Carl Lewy | Bergnart (Bernhard) Carl Lewy | null | null | Danish | chemist; born in Copenhagen on 5 July 1817 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bergnart_Carl_Lewy |
| Philip Heyman | Philip Wulff Heyman | 1837 | 1893 | Danish | Jewish industrialist who co-founded the Tuborg Brewery | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Philip_Heyman |
| Hartvig Philip Rée | Hartvig Philip Rée | 1778 | 1859 | Danish | Jewish merchant and author who built a large shipping and trade business to become one of the wealthiest people of his time | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hartvig_Philip_Rée |
| Siegfried Saloman | Siegfried Saloman | 1816 | 1899 | Danish | violinist and composer | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Siegfried_Saloman |
| Isaac Salmonsen | Isaac Salmonsen | 1846 | 1910 | Danish | bookseller and publisher | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Isaac_Salmonsen |
| Bernhard Lewkovitch | Bernhard Lewkovitch | 1927 | n/a | Danish | composer, educated at the musical conservatories at Paris and København | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bernhard_Lewkovitch |
| Andreas Rosendahl | Andreas Cristian Rosendahl | 1864 | 1909 | Danish | chess master | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Andreas_Rosendahl |
| Louis Meyer (businessman) | Louis Meyer | 1843 | 1929 | Danish | businessman | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Louis_Meyer_(businessman) |
| Isaac Wulff Heyman | Isaac Wulff Heyman | 1818 | 1884 | Danish | businessman and philanthropist | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Isaac_Wulff_Heyman |
| Gerda Madvig | Gerda Madvig | 1868 | 1940 | Danish | sculptress and painter | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gerda_Madvig |
| Olaf H. Olsen | Olaf Heymann Olsen | 1928 | 2015 | Danish | historian and archaeologist | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Olaf_H._Olsen |
| Anna Henriette Levinsohn | Anna Henriette Levinsohn | 1839 | 1899 | Danish | operatic soprano/mezzo-soprano | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anna_Henriette_Levinsohn |
| Moses Melchior (1736–1817) | Moses Melchior | 1736 | 1817 | Danish | Jewish merchant | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moses_Melchior_(1736–1817) |
| Valdemar Glückstadt | Valdemar Josef Glückstadt | 1868 | 1942 | Danish | businessman and Consul-General | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Valdemar_Glückstadt |
| Marcus Choleva | Marcus Choleva | 1933 | n/a | Danish | businessman | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marcus_Choleva |
| Sigfred Goldschmidt | Sigfred Goldschmidt | 1831 | 1906 | Danish | Jewish businessman | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sigfred_Goldschmidt |
| Julius Friedlænder | Julius Friedlænder | 1810 | 1861 | Danish | genre painter | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Julius_Friedlænder |
| Louis Sigurd Fridericia | Louis Sigurd Fridericia | 1881 | 1947 | Danish | hygienist born in Copenhagen | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Louis_Sigurd_Fridericia |
| David Halberstadt | David Moses Halberstadt | 1819 | 1874 | Danish | Jewish businessman | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Halberstadt |
| Benny Goldschmidt | Benny Goldschmidt | 1810 | 1892 | Danish | Jewish businessman and philanthropist | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Benny_Goldschmidt |