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
 * Hans Hedtoft (1903–1955), Prime Minister
 * H. C. Hansen (1906–1960), Prime Minister
 * 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
 * Uffe Elbæk (b. 1954), politician and founder of the KaosPilot school, Minister of Culture, founder and leader of The Alternative party
 * Nicolai Wammen (b. 1971), Mayor of Aarhus, Minister for European Affairs, Minister of Defence, Minister for Finance
 * 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

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
 * Anders Holch Povlsen (b. 1972), owner of Bestseller

Science
 * Ole Worm (1588–1655), physician, scholar and antiquarian
 * Ole Rømer (1644–1710), astronomer
 * William Hovgaard (1857–1957), professor of naval design and construction
 * 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
 * Drude Dahlerup (b. 1945), Professor of Political Science
 * Bjarne Stroustrup (b. 1950), computer scientist
 * Ivan Damgård (b. 1956) cryptographer
 * Lene Hau (b. 1959), physicist
 * Lars Bak (b. 1965), computer scientist

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

Music and culture
 * Morten Børup (1446–1526), educator, cathedral cantor, writer
 * 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
 * Gitte Hænning (b. 1946), singer and film actress
 * Flemming Jørgensen (Bamse) (1947-2011), singer, songwriter, guitarist and actor
 * Birthe Kjær (b. 1948), singer
 * Wayne Siegel (b. 1953), composer, electronic music educator
 * Steffen Brandt (b. 1953), singer, composer and musician
 * Anne Linnet (b. 1953), singer and composer
 * Finn Nygaard (b. 1955), graphic designer and artist
 * Lis Sørensen (b. 1955), singer, guitarist
 * Poul Krebs (b. 1956), singer-songwriter, guitarist and composer
 * Anne Dorte Michelsen (b. 1958), singer and composer
 * Kaare Norge (b. 1963), classical guitarist
 * Thomas Helmig (b. 1964), singer
 * Mek Pek (b. 1964), singer and actor
 * Renée Simonsen (b. 1965), supermodel and author
 * Ida Corr (b. 1977), singer
 * Tina Dico (b. 1977), pop singer and guitarist
 * Liam O'Connor (L.O.C.) (b. 1979), rapper, songwriter and TV-host
 * Marwan (b. 1980), rapper and producer
 * Medina (b. 1982), pop singer
 * 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.
 * Thorkild Bjørnvig (1918–2004), writer
 * Bent Faurby (b. 1937), children's writer
 * Jørgen Leth (b. 1937), poet, director, author and journalist
 * Svend Åge Madsen (b. 1939), writer and playwright
 * Peter Laugesen (b. 1942), poet and playwright
 * Elsebeth Egholm (b. 1960), crime fiction writer
 * Lene Kaaberbøl (b. 1960), writer (crime fiction and children's literature)
 * 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.
 * Kjeld Christian Festersen Holm (b. 1945), Bishop of Aarhus 1994–2015
 * Lars Muhl (b. 1950), mystic, author and musician

Notes and references

 * Publications