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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
Ole Worm (1588–1655), physician, scholar and antiquarian
[10]
Ole Rømer (1644–1710), astronomer
[11]
[12]
William Hovgaard (1857–1957), professor of naval design and construction
[13]
H.O. Lange (1863-1943), librarian and egyptologist
Jens Christian Skou (1918–2018), physiologist, Nobel laureate in chemistry 1997
Ole Barndorff-Nielsen (1935–2022), statistician
[14]
Drude Dahlerup (b. 1945), Professor of Political Science
Bjarne Stroustrup (b. 1950), computer scientist
[15]
Ivan Damgård (b. 1956) cryptographer
Lene Hau (b. 1959), physicist
[16]
Lars Bak (b. 1965), computer scientist
[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
Gabriel Axel (1918–2014), film director (Oscar winner 1988), actor, writer and producer.
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]
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.
[38]
Thorkild Bjørnvig (1918–2004), writer
[39]
Bent Faurby (b. 1937), children's writer
[40]
Jørgen Leth (b. 1937), poet, director, author and journalist
[41]
Svend Åge Madsen (b. 1939), writer and playwright
[42]
Peter Laugesen (b. 1942), poet and playwright
[43]
Elsebeth Egholm (b. 1960),
crime fiction writer
[44]
Lene Kaaberbøl (b. 1960), writer (crime fiction and children's literature)
[45]
Yahya Hassan (1995-2020), poet and activist
Religion and spirituality
Notes and references
Publications
External links
Media related to
People from Aarhus at Wikimedia Commons