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The following is a list of notable people from
Greenland:
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Maliina Abelsen, politician and
MP for the party
Inuit Ataqatigiit
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Naja Abelsen (born 1964), artist, book illustrator
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Arnarsaq, translator, interpreter and missionary
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Arnarulunnguaq (1896–1933), native Greenlandic woman who accompanied
Knud Rasmussen on his Fifth Thule Expedition
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Aron of Kangeq, hunter, painter, and oral historian
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Hermann Berthelsen, politician, affiliated with the Siumut (
Forward) party
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Julie Berthelsen, singer-songwriter
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Ove Karl Berthelsen, politician, Minister for Industry and Mineral Resources
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Jørgen Brønlund, explorer, educator, and catechist
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Bibi Chemnitz (born 1983), fashion designer
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Palle Christiansen, member of the
Democrats, Minister for Finance, and Member of the Greenland Government for Nordic Cooperation
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Nukaaka Coster-Waldau, singer, actress, and former Miss Greenland
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Agnethe Davidsen, first female government minister in Greenland
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Aviâja Egede Lynge (born 1974), indigenous rights activist, childhood rights commissioner
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Hans Enoksen, politician, fourth prime minister
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Agathe Fontain, politician, Minister for Health
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Anthon Frederiksen, leader of the Democrats, Minister for Housing, Infrastructure and Transport, and Deputy-Premier
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Jesper Grønkjær, professional footballer
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Ole Jørgen Hammeken, explorer and social worker
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Ane Hansen, politician, Minister for Fisheries, Hunting and Agriculture
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Hans Hendrik, Arctic traveller and interpreter
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Aki-Matilda Høegh-Dam (born 1996), politician, member of the Folketing, Siumut party
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Arnannguaq Høegh (1956–2020), graphic artist and educator
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Doris J. Jensen (born 1978), politician, member of the Siumut party
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Lars Emil Johansen, former prime minister
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Ricky Enø Jørgensen, racing cyclist for Glud & Marstrand Horsens
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Mimi Karlsen, politician, Minister for Culture, Education, Research and Church Affairs
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Jessie Kleemann (born 1959), poet, performance artist
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Kuupik Kleist, politician
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Makka Kleist (born 1951), actress
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Nina Kreutzmann Jørgensen (born 1977), singer
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Angunnguaq Larsen, actor (
Borgen)
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Thorkell Leifsson, son of
Leif Ericson,
paramount chieftain of Greenland
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Rasmus Lerdorf, creator of the
PHP programming language
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Henrik Lund, lyricist, painter and priest
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Aqqaluk Lynge, former president of the
Inuit Circumpolar Council
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Nauja Lynge (born 1965), writer, lecturer
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Jonathan Motzfeldt, former prime minister
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Josef Motzfeldt, politician and serves as Minister for Finance and Foreign Affairs
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Asii Chemnitz Narup, politician and MP for the party Inuit Ataqatigiit
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Anders Olsen, trader and colonial administrator
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Maligiaq Padilla, famous kayaker
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Lena Pedersen, Canadian politician and social worker
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Johan Carl Christian Petersen, seaman and interpreter
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Gertrud Rask, wife of missionary Hans Egede and mother of Paul
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Knud Rasmussen, polar explorer and anthropologist
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Henriette Rasmussen (1950–2017), educator, journalist, women's rights activist and politician
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Signe Rink (1836–1909), writer and ethnologist
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Lars Rosing, actor, brother of film director Otto
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Otto Rosing, film director, brother of actor Lars
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Augusta Salling, politician, former finance minister
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Minik Wallace, brought as a child in 1897 to New York by Robert Peary
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Karla Jessen Williamson, executive director of the
Arctic Institute of North America