People
- Asbjørn 'Bear' Riis, Danish professional wrestler
- Bjarne Riis (born 1964), Danish former professional road bicycle racer, now the team owner and manager of Danish UCI ProTour outfit Team CSC
- Fredrik Riis (1789-1845), Norwegian county governor
- Jacob Riis (1849-1914), Danish-American muckraker journalist, photographer, and social reformer
- Nelson Riis (born 1942), businessman and former Canadian politician and New Democratic Party (NDP) Member of Parliament
- Povl Riis, gastroenterologist and former Professor in Copenhagen University/Denmark
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