List of Greenlanders

The following is a list of notable people from Greenland:


 * Naja Abelsen (born 1964), artist, book illustrator
 * Arnarsaq (ca 1716–fl.1778), translator, interpreter and missionary
 * Arnarulunnguaq (1896–1933), native Greenlandic woman who accompanied Knud Rasmussen on his Fifth Thule Expedition
 * Aron of Kangeq (1822-1869), hunter, painter, and oral historian
 * Julie Berthelsen (born 1979), singer-songwriter
 * Jørgen Brønlund (1877–1907), explorer, educator, and catechist
 * Bibi Chemnitz (born 1983), fashion designer
 * Nukaaka Coster-Waldau (born 1971), singer, actress, and Miss Greenland, 1990
 * Aviâja Egede Lynge (born 1974), indigenous rights activist, childhood rights commissioner
 * Jesper Grønkjær (born 1977), professional footballer
 * Ole Jørgen Hammeken (born 1956), explorer and actor
 * Hans Hendrik (1832–1889), Arctic traveller and interpreter
 * Arnannguaq Høegh (1956–2020), graphic artist and educator
 * Ricky Enø Jørgensen (1989), racing cyclist
 * Jessie Kleemann (born 1959), poet, performance artist
 * Makka Kleist (born 1951), actress
 * Nina Kreutzmann Jørgensen (born 1977), singer
 * Angunnguaq Larsen, actor (Borgen)
 * Thorkell Leifsson (11th C), son of Leif Ericson, paramount chieftain of Greenland
 * Rasmus Lerdorf (born 1968), creator of the PHP programming language
 * Henrik Lund (1875–1948), lyricist, painter and priest
 * Nauja Lynge (born 1965), writer, lecturer
 * Anders Olsen (1718-1786), trader and colonial administrator
 * Maligiaq Padilla (born 1982), famous kayaker
 * Johan Carl Christian Petersen (1813–1880), seaman and interpreter
 * Gertrud Rask (1673–1735), wife of missionary Hans Egede and mother of Paul
 * Knud Rasmussen (1879–1933), polar explorer and anthropologist
 * Signe Rink (1836–1909), writer and ethnologist
 * Lars Rosing (born 1972), actor, brother of film director Otto
 * Otto Rosing (born 1967), film director, brother of actor Lars
 * Minik Wallace (c.1890–1918), an Inughuaq child brought to New York in 1897 by Robert Peary
 * Karla Jessen Williamson (born 1954), executive director of the Arctic Institute of North America

Politicians

 * Maliina Abelsen (born 1976), politician and MP for Inuit Ataqatigiit
 * Hermann Berthelsen (born 1956), politician of the Siumut (Forward) party; mayor of Sisimiut
 * Palle Christiansen (born 1973), Democrats politician, Minister for Finance, and Member of the Greenland Government
 * Agnethe Davidsen (1947–2007), first female government minister
 * Hans Enoksen (born 1956), politician, fourth prime minister
 * Agathe Fontain (born 1951), politician, Minister for Health
 * Anthon Frederiksen, leader of the Democrats, Minister for Housing, Infrastructure and Transport, and Deputy-Premier
 * Ane Hansen (born 1961), politician, Minister for Fisheries, Hunting and Agriculture
 * Aki-Matilda Høegh-Dam (born 1996), politician, member of the Folketing, Siumut party
 * Doris J. Jensen (born 1978), politician, member of the Siumut party
 * Lars-Emil Johansen (born 1946), second prime minister
 * Mimi Karlsen (born 1957), politician, Minister for Culture, Education, Research and Church Affairs
 * Kuupik Kleist (born 1958), politician
 * Aqqaluk Lynge (born 1947), former president of the Inuit Circumpolar Council
 * Jonathan Motzfeldt (1938–2010), first prime minister
 * Josef Motzfeldt (born 1941), politician, Minister for Finance and Foreign Affairs
 * Asii Chemnitz Narup (born 1954), politician and MP for Inuit Ataqatigiit
 * Lena Pedersen (born 1940), Canadian politician and social worker
 * Henriette Rasmussen (1950–2017), educator, journalist, women's rights activist and politician
 * Augusta Salling (born 1954), politician, former finance minister