List of famous people from Greenland, including photos when available. The people below are listed by their popularity, so the most recognizable names are at the top of the list. Some of the people below are celebrities born in Greenland, while others are simply notable locals. If you're from Greenland you might already know that these prominent figures are also from your hometown, but some of the names below may really surprise you. This list includes people who were born and raised in Greenland, as well as those who were born there but moved away at a young age.
List people range from Rasmus Lyberth to Aleqa Hammond.
If you want to answer the questions, "Which famous people are from Greenland?" or "Which celebrities were born in Greenland?" then this list is a great resource for you.
Nukaaka Coster-Waldauage 47 Nukaaka Coster-Waldau, aka Nukâka, is a Greenlandic singer, actress, and a former Miss Greenland. She is married to Danish actor Nikolaj Coster-Waldau. She was born in Uummannaq, ...more
Kristian Olsen Aajuage 75 Kristian Olsen Aaju is an author.
Julie Edel Hardenbergage 47 Julie Edel Hardenberg is a writer.
Aka Høeghage 70 Aka Høegh is a Greenlandic artist. Born in Qullissat on Disko Island, she moved to Qaqortoq in her childhood, and has lived in southern Greenland ever since. As a painter, graphic artist, ...more
Maliina Abelsenage 41 Maliina Abelsen is the General Manager For Arctic Winter Games 2016. Maliina Abelsen is a previous Greenlandic politician and MP for the party Inuit Ataqatigiit, holding the position of the ...more
Jesper Grønkjærage 40 Jesper Grønkjær is a former Danish professional football player. A pacey winger, he was able to play on the right or left wing and as a second striker. Grønkjær played ...more
Rasmus Lyberthage 66 Rasmus Ole Lyberth is a Greenlandic singer, songwriter and actor. Since 1970, he has been one of the most popular artists in the Greenlandic music scene. His music is well known beyond the ...more
Quinn McNemarDied at 85 (1901-1986) Quinn Michael McNemar was an American psychologist and statistician. He is known for his work on IQ tests, for his book Psychological Statistics and for McNemar's test, the statistical test he ...more
Knud Johan Victor RasmussenDied at 54 (1879-1933) Knud Johan Victor Rasmussen was a Danish polar explorer and anthropologist. He has been called the "father of Eskimology" and was the first European to cross the Northwest Passage via ...more
Rasmus Lerdorfage 49 Rasmus Lerdorf is a Greenlandic programmer with Canadian citizenship. He created the PHP scripting language, authoring the first two versions of the language and participated in the development ...more
Kuupik Kleistage 60 Jakob Edvard Kuupik Kleist is a Greenlandic politician who served as the fourth Prime Minister of Greenland between 2009 and 2013. A member of the Inuit Ataqatigiit party, he was the first Prime ...more
Ole Jørgen Hammekenage 62 Ole Jørgen Hammeken − born in 1956 in Nuuk, the capital of Greenland, of Maritha and Motzflot Hammeken − is a Greenlandic explorer and actor, based in Uummannaq, a town in northwestern
Jonathan MotzfeldtDied at 72 (1938-2010) Jonathan Motzfeldt was the first and third Prime Minister of Greenland. From 1979 to 1988, in 1997 and from 2003 to 2008, he was Chairman of the Greenland Landsting. He was prime minister twice, ...more
Mariane Petersenage 81 Mariane Petersen is a translator and author.
Agnethe DavidsenDied at 60 (1947-2007) Agnethe Davidsen was the first female government minister in Greenland. Most recently, she served over 14 years as mayor of Nuuk, the capital of Greenland, until her sudden death aged 60. In ...more
Aleqa Hammondage 52 Aleqa Hammond is a Greenlandic politician. Formerly the leader of the Siumut party, she became the country's first female Prime Minister after her party emerged as the largest parliamentary ...more
Karl SiegstadDied at 79 (1931-2010) Karl Siegstad is an author.
Minik WallaceDied at 28 (1890-1918) Minik Wallace was an Inuk brought as a child in 1897 from Greenland to New York with his father and others by the explorer Robert Peary. The six Inuit were studied by staff of the American ...more
Anders Hoveage 62 Anders Hove is an actor and director from Greenland. Hove is best known for his role of Cesar Faison in ABC's General Hospital, Loving, & Port Charles and in the film In the Middle of the ...more
Karla Jessen Williamsonage 64 Karla Jessen Williamson is Executive Director of the Arctic Institute of North America, the first woman and first Inuk to hold the position. Fluent in Danish, English, and Greenlandic Inuktitut, ...more
Hans Enoksenage 61 Hans Enoksen is a Greenlandic politician who served as the fourth Prime Minister of Greenland from 2002 to 2009. A Greenlandic monoglot, he has been a member of the Parliament of Greenland since ...more
Jeppe Kolstrupage 35 Jeppe Kolstrup is a film director.
John W. WeeksDied at 72 (1781-1853) John Wingate Weeks was a U.S. Representative from New Hampshire, great uncle of John Wingate Weeks. Born in Greenland, New Hampshire, Weeks attended the common schools and learned the ...more
Nick Nicelyage 59 nick nicely is a British musician making psychedelic rock and electronic music. His ouvre contains the acclaimed early 80s singles, notably 'Hilly Fields', UK National Dance Chart singles in the ...more
Hermann Berthelsenage 62 Hermann Berthelsen is a Greenlandic politician and affiliated with the Siumut party. As of July 2010, Berthelsen is the mayor of Sisimiut, a town in central-western Greenland, and the ...more
Lars Emil Johansenage 71 Lars Emil Johansen was the second Prime Minister of Greenland who served from 1991 to 1997. Johansen was chairman of the political party Siumut between 1987 and 1997, seated in the Landsting ...more
Niklas Kreutzmannage 35
Ricky Enø Jørgensenage 28 Ricky Enø Jørgensen is a Danish racing cyclist for Designa Køkken-Knudsgaard. Enø Jørgensen was born in Ilulissat, Greenland.
Niels Gotfredsenage 35 Niels Gotfredsen is a Danish rugby player who plays for Aarhus RK. Gotfredsen has 53 caps for the Danish national rugby union team.
