Notable People
Politics
- H. C. Hansen, prime minister
- Hans Hedtoft, prime minister
- Svend Auken, minister of labour, environment & energy
- Svend Unmack Larsen, minister of justice (1939–1940), mayor of Aarhus (1945–1958)
- Nicolai Wammen, current minister of European affairs, mayor of Aarhus (2006-2011)
Science
- Ole Barndorff-Nielsen, statistician
- Lene Hau, physicist
- Ole Rømer, astronomer
- Jens Christian Skou, Nobel laureate
- Bjarne Stroustrup, computer scientist
- Ole Worm, physician, scholar and antiquarian
Sports
- Peter Graulund, footballer
- Martin Jørgensen, footballer
- Flemming Povlsen, footballer
- Marc Rieper, footballer
- Stig Tøfting, footballer
- Martin Kampmann, UFC Fighter
Music and culture
- Steffen Brandt, singer and composer
- Ida Corr, singer
- Tina Dickow, singer
- Hatesphere, metal band
- Thomas Helmig, singer
- Gitte Hænning, singer and film star
- Michael Learns to Rock, soft rock band
- Kaare Norge, guitarist
- Jørgen Leth, poet, director, author and journalist
- Niels Malmros, director, screenwriter and Physician
- Renee Simonsen, supermodel and author
- Wayne Siegel, composer, professor of electronic music at the Royal Academy of Music
- John Tchicai, jazz musician
- Kurt Westergaard, cartoonist
- Medina, singer
- Liam O'Connor or L.O.C., the best-selling rapper in Denmark and founder of the famous and special Aarhus-style in Danish hiphop
- Uffe Elbæk, politician and founder of the first KaosPilot school in the world, which was founded in 1991 in Aarhus
- Under Byen, a post-rock band
- Helena Christensen, supermodel
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