The arts •
Carit Etlar (1816 – 1900), Danish author of
Gjøngehøvdingen in 1853 •
Magdalene Thoresen (1819 – 1903), a Norwegian poet, novelist and playwright •
Henrik Pontoppidan (1857 – 1943), a Danish realist writer, shared the 1917
Nobel Prize for Literature •
Svend Rathsack (1885 – 1941), a Danish sculptor •
Svend Melsing (1888 – 1946), actor, theatre director and playwright •
Ellen Krause (1905 – 1990), a Danish artist, joined the
Odsherred Painters •
Else Holmelund Minarik (1920 – 2012), an American author of children's books •
Tage Skou-Hansen (1925 – 2015), a Danish writer, editor and scholar •
Cecil Bødker (born 1927 - 2020), a writer of young adult fiction and a poet •
Erik Moseholm (1930 – 2012), a jazz composer, bandleader of the
DR Big Band •
Harvey Martin (1942 - 2014), sculptor •
Kristian Blak (born 1947), a composer and musician in the
Faroe Islands •
Martin Zandvliet (born 1971), a Danish film director and screenwriter •
Christian Holten Bonke (born 1973), a documentary filmmaker and screenwriter •
Søren Andersen (born in Fredericia), guitarist, singer, songwriter, producer • Matias Saabye Køedt (
Galimatias) (born in Fredericia), an electronic music artist best known for his 2015 EP Urban Flora with American singer-songwriter
Alina Baraz Sport •
Jesper Bank (born 1957 in Fredericia), a sailor, twice Olympic gold medallist in
1992 and
2000 •
Peter Kjær (born 1965 in Fredericia), a Danish former footballer with 459 club caps •
Thomas Sørensen (born 1976 in Fredericia), football goalkeeper, 497 club caps and 101 for
Denmark •
Patrick Hougaard (born 1989 in Fredericia), a Danish motorcycle speedway rider •
Annette Jensen (born 1991 in Fredericia), a Danish handball player •
Sara Thygesen (born 1991 in Fredericia), a badminton player, specializing in doubles play. •
Katrine Veje (born 1991 in Fredericia), a footballer, over 200 club caps and 119 for
Denmark women Others •
Jens Mikkelsen Ehrenborg (1621 – 1690), an officer, civil servant, and Swedish nobleman •
Jørgen Balthazar Winterfeldt (1732 - 1821), a naval officer and philanthropist •
Hartvig Philip Rée (1778 – 1859), a Jewish-Danish merchant and author •
Poul Pagh (1796 – 1870), a Danish merchant and shipowner •
Frederick Brockhausen (1858 – 1929), a cigar maker, trade unionist and US politician •
Vilhelm Buhl (1881 – 1954), the 11th
Prime Minister of Denmark •
Erik Holtved (1899 – 1981), an archaeologist,
ethnologist and artist •
Jørgen Vig Knudstorp (born in Fredericia), businessman, former CEO of
Lego Group ==Twin towns==