Arts and writing •
Kamma Rahbek (1775–1829), artist, salonist and lady of letters •
Asger Hamerik (1843–1923), composer of classical music •
Marie Luplau (1848–1925), artist and educator, active in the women's movement •
Axel Olrik (1864–1917), folklorist and scholar of mediaeval historiography •
Marie Krøyer (1867–1940), painter •
Frederik Lange (1871–1941), painter •
Anna Wulff (1874–1935), educator pioneering kindergarten teaching •
Harald Giersing (1881–1927), painter, buried here •
Robert Storm Petersen (1882–1949), cartoonist, writer, animator, painter and humorist •
Gerda Wegener (1886–1940), illustrator and painter, art nouveau and later art deco •
Einar Utzon-Frank (1888–1955), sculptor and academic •
Mogens Wöldike (1897–1988), conductor, choirmaster, organist and scholar •
Gottfred Eickhoff (1902–1982), sculptor •
Helen Schou (1905–2006), sculptor most known for her works of horses. •
Victor Brockdorff (1911–1992), painter who joined the
Odsherred Painters •
Erik Christian Haugaard (1923–2009), American writer of children's books •
Leif Panduro (1923–1977), writer, novelist and dramatist •
Bent Fabric (1924–2020), composer and pianist •
Frank Jæger (1926–1977), writer of poetry and radio plays •
Anders Bodelsen (born 1937), writer •
Mette Winge (1937–2022), novelist, literary critic •
Søren Hansen (born 1943), painter •
Claus Bjørn (1944–2005), author, historian and broadcaster •
Roald Als (born 1948), cartoonist •
Esben Holmboe Bang (born 1982), chef and owner of three
Michelin star restaurant
Maaemo Acting and entertainment •
Carl Theodor Dreyer (1889–1968), film director •
Ib Mossin (1933–2004), actor, singer, director and heartthrob •
Birgitte Price (1934–1997), actress •
Bo Christensen (1937–2020), film producer •
Jesper Langberg (born 1940), actor •
Jørgen de Mylius (born 1946), radio and TV personality •
Louise Frevert (born 1953), belly dancer, pornographic actress and MP 2001–2007 •
Claes Bang (born 1967), actor and musician •
Sofie Gråbøl (born 1968), actress •
Christina Chanée (born 1979), Danish-Thai pop singer, lives here
Politics and public office •
Carl Christian Hall (1812–1888), statesman and twice Council President of Denmark •
Viggo Kampmann (1910–1976), Prime Minister of Denmark 1960–1962 •
Emil Balslev (1913–1944), surveyor and member of the Danish resistance •
Torben Tryde (1916–1998), lieutenant colonel, writer, Olympian and resistance fighter •
Mette Groes (1937–2014). politician, social worker and academic •
Per Stig Møller (born 1942), politician, a member of the
Folketing 1984–2015, held several ministerial posts •
Hans Hækkerup (1945–2013), politician, member of parliament and Minister of Defence •
Erland Kolding Nielsen (1947–2017), Director General and CEO of the
Danish Royal Library •
Lars Barfoed (born 1957), politician, Conservative People's Party leader 2011–2014 •
Pia Gjellerup (born 1959), politician, Member of
Folketinget and solicitor •
Christian Friis Bach (born 1966), the Secretary General of the
Danish Refugee Council •
Ida Auken (born 1978), politician and member of Parliament •
Jeanette Oppenheim (born 1952), member of the
Copenhagen City Council and
MEP •
Grethe Fenger Møller (born 1941), lawyer and Conservative People's Party politician
Science and design •
Ferdinand Meldahl (1827–1908), architect •
Knud Andersen (1867–1918), zoologist •
Kaare Klint (1888–1954), architect and father of modern Danish furniture design •
Ole Wanscher (1903–1985), furniture designer •
Finn Juhl (1912–1989), architect, interior and industrial designer and introduced Danish Modern to America •
Peter Naur (1928–2016), computer science pioneer •
Per Brinch Hansen (1938–2007), Danish-American computer scientist •
Bent Skovmand (1945–2007), plant scientist and conservationist •
Arne Astrup (born 1955), nutritionist and professor
Sport •
Charles Winckler (1867–1932), athlete, Olympic champion •
Christian Grøthan (1890–1951), footballer •
Ebbe Schwartz (1901–1964), football administrator •
Pauli Jørgensen (1905–1993), football player and manager •
Torben Ulrich (born 1928), tennis player and writer •
Per Lyngemark (1941–2010), track cyclist, Olympic champion •
Per Røntved (born 1949), footballer •
Ivan Nielsen (born 1956), footballer •
Kent Nielsen (born 1961), football player and manager •
Jan Bartram (born 1962), footballer •
Michael Laudrup (born 1964), footballer •
Søren Colding (born 1972), footballer •
Thomas Delaney (born 1991), footballer •
Cecilie Uttrup Ludwig (born 1995), road cyclist •
Rasmus Winther (born 1999), gamer ==Twin towns==