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

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]
• Thorkild Simonsen (b. 1926), 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

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[8]
• Anders Holch Povlsen (b. 1972), owner of Bestseller

Science

• Ole Worm (1588–1655), physician, scholar and antiquarian [9]
• Ole Rømer (1644–1710), astronomer[10]
• William Hovgaard (1857–1957), professor of naval design and construction[11]
• H.O. Lange (1863-1943), librarian and egyptologist
• Jens Christian Skou (1918-2018), physiologist, Nobel laureate in chemistry 1997
• Ole Barndorff-Nielsen (b. 1935), statistician[12]
• Drude Dahlerup (b. 1945), Professor of Political Science
• Bjarne Stroustrup (b. 1950), computer scientist[13]
• Flemming Besenbacher (b. 1952), physicist, Chairman of the Carlsberg Foundation and the Carlsberg Group
• Ivan Damgård (b. 1956) cryptographer
• Lene Hau (b. 1959), physicist[14]
• Lars Bak (b. 1965), computer scientist[15]

Sports

• Johan Andersen (1920-2003), sprint canoeist, World Champion
• Stig Tøfting (b. 1969), footballer[16]
• Martin Jørgensen (b. 1975), footballer[17]
• Martin Kampmann (b. 1982), UFC Fighter[18]
• Sara Petersen (b. 1987), hurdler, European Champion
• Dennis Ceylan (b. 1989), boxer, European Champion (EBU)
• Andrej Lawaetz Bendtsen (b. 1990), rower, World Champion[19]
• Line Kjærsfeldt - (b.1994), Badminton player,European champion.

Music and culture

• Morten Børup (1446–1526), educator, cathedral cantor, writer[20]
• Heinrich Ernst Grosmann (1732–1811), cantor, composer [21]
• Gabriel Axel (1918–2014), film director (Oscar winner 1988), actor, writer and producer.[22]
• Kai Winding (1922-1983), American jazz trombonist
• Erling Møldrup (1943-2016), classical guitarist
• Nils Malmros (b. 1944), film director, screenwriter[23]
• Gitte Hænning (b. 1946), singer and film actress[24]
• Flemming Jørgensen (Bamse) (1947-2011), singer, songwriter, guitarist and actor
• Birthe Kjær (b. 1948), singer
• Wayne Siegel (b. 1953), composer, electronic music educator[25]
• Steffen Brandt (b. 1953), singer, composer and musician[26]
• Anne Linnet (b. 1953), singer and composer[27]
• Finn Nygaard (b. 1955), graphic designer and artist
• Lis Sørensen (b. 1955), singer, guitarist[28]
• Poul Krebs (b. 1956), singer-songwriter, guitarist and composer
• Anne Dorte Michelsen (b. 1958), singer and composer
• Kaare Norge (b. 1963), classical guitarist[29]
• Thomas Helmig (b. 1964), singer[30]
• Mek Pek (b. 1964), singer and actor [31]
• Renée Simonsen (b. 1965), supermodel and author[32]
• Ida Corr (b. 1977), singer[33]
• Tina Dico (b. 1977), pop singer and guitarist[34]
• Liam O'Connor (L.O.C.) (b. 1979), rapper, songwriter and TV-host
• Marwan (b. 1980), rapper and producer
• Medina (b. 1982), pop singer[35]
• Maria Lucia Heisenberg Rosenberg (b. 1984), singer and actor. Provided Elsa's voice in the Danish version of Frozen and Frozen 2.

Literature

• Thorkild Bjørnvig (1918–2004), writer[36]
• Bent Faurby (b. 1937), children's writer[37]
• Jørgen Leth (b. 1937), poet, director, author and journalist[38]
• Svend Åge Madsen (b. 1939), writer and playwright[39]
• Peter Laugesen (b. 1942), poet and playwright[40]
• Elsebeth Egholm (b. 1960), crime fiction writer[41]
• Lene Kaaberbøl (b. 1960), writer (crime fiction and children's literature)[42]
• Yahya Hassan (1995-2020), poet and activist

Religion and spirituality

• Peder Vognsen (d. 1204), first bishop of Aarhus
• Kjeld Christian Festersen Holm (b. 1945), Bishop of Aarhus 1994–2015
• Lars Muhl (b. 1950), mystic, author and musician

Notes and references

1. "Svend Unmack Larsen" (in Danish). Gyldendal. Retrieved 30 July 2014.
2. "Hans Hedtoft" (in Danish). Gyldendal. Retrieved 30 July 2014.
3. "H.C. Hansen" (in Danish). Gyldendal. Retrieved 30 July 2014.
4. "Svend Auken" (in Danish). Gyldendal. Retrieved 30 July 2014.
5. "Danner parti med Uffe Elbæk" (in Danish). TV2. Retrieved 31 July 2014.
6. "Nicolai Wammen (S)". Folketinget. Retrieved 6 June 2020.
7. "Nicolai Wammen" (in Danish). Gyldendal. Retrieved 30 July 2014.
8. "Otto Mønsted (1839-1916)" (in Danish). Aarhus University. Retrieved 20 August 2014.
9. Duffin, Moody & Gardner-Thorpe 2013, p. 312. sfn error: no target: CITEREFDuffinMoodyGardner-Thorpe2013 (help)
10. "Ole Rømer Observatoriet". Stenomuseet.dk. Retrieved 31 July 2014.
11. "William Hovgaard" (PDF). MIT Libraries. Archived from the original (PDF) on 1 July 2019. Retrieved 31 July 2014.
12. "Ole E. Barndorff-Nielsen" (in Danish). Dansk Biografisk Leksikon. Retrieved 30 July 2014.
13. "Bjarne Stroustrup". IEEE Computer Society. Retrieved 31 July 2014.
14. "Lene Vestergaard Hau" (in Danish). Gyldendal. Retrieved 30 July 2014.
15. "The Danish Magic Inside". Businessweek. Retrieved 6 December 2013.
16. "Stig Tøfting og papsøn anholdt i nat i Aarhus" (in Danish). Jyllands-Posten. Retrieved 31 July 2014.
17. "Martin Jørgensen". Aarhusportalen.dk. Archived from the original on 12 August 2014. Retrieved 31 July 2014.
18. "Bio". Martinkampmann.com. Archived from the original on 26 October 2016. Retrieved 31 July 2014.
19. Thomas Thorninger (26 November 2011). "Aarhus Roklub udklækker verdensmester". Lokalavisen Aarhus (in Danish). Retrieved 9 October 2017.
20. "Morten Børup" (in Danish). Gyldendal. Retrieved 31 July 2014.
21. Oxford 2001.
22. Mørch 2008, p. 19.
23. "Nils Malmros". IMDb. Retrieved 31 July 2014.
24. "Gitte Hænning" (in Danish). Gyldendal. Retrieved 31 July 2014.
25. "Wayne Siegel" (in Danish). Gyldendal. Retrieved 31 July 2014.
26. "Steffen Brandt taler om Aarhussange" (in Danish). Jyllands-Posten. Retrieved 31 July 2014.
27. "Anne Linnet" (in Danish). Gyldendal. Retrieved 31 July 2014.
28. "Lis Sørensen" (in Danish). Gyldendal. Retrieved 31 July 2014.
29. "Kaare Norge" (in Danish). Gyldendal. Retrieved 31 July 2014.
30. "Thomas Helmig". Live-koncerter.dk. Retrieved 31 July 2014.
31. IMDb Database retrieved 05 June 2020
32. "Renee Toft Simonsen" (in Danish). Gyldendal. Retrieved 31 July 2014.
33. "Hvor fanden kom jeg fra?" (in Danish). B.dk. 5 August 2010. Retrieved 31 July 2014.
34. "Om at gi' og gi' slip" (in Danish). Gaffa. Retrieved 31 July 2014.
35. "Medina". AllMusic. Retrieved 31 July 2014.
36. "Thorkild Bjørnvig" (in Danish). Gyldendal. Retrieved 31 July 2014.
37. "Bent Faurby" (in Danish). Forfatterweb.dk. Retrieved 1 August 2014.
38. "Jørgen Leth" (in Danish). Aarhusportalen.dk. Archived from the original on 12 August 2014. Retrieved 1 August 2014.
39. "Svend Åge Madsen" (in Danish). Litteratursiden.dk. Retrieved 1 August 2014.
40. "Spanien ligger i Århus" (in Danish). Litteraturnu.dk. Archived from the original on 10 August 2014. Retrieved 1 August 2014.
41. "The author behind the successful crime story". Visit Aarhus. Retrieved 1 August 2014.
42. "Kaaberbøl, Lene" (in Danish). Forfatterweb.dk. Retrieved 1 August 2014.

Publications

• Oxford, University of (2001). The New Grove Dictionary of Music and Musicians. Oxford University Press. ISBN 0-333-60800-3.CS1 maint: ref=harv (link)
• Mørch, Karin (2008). Gabriels gæstebud (in Danish). Gyldendal. ISBN 978-87-02-06775-0.CS1 maint: ref=harv (link)

External links

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