List of Greenlanders

Following are the notable people from Greenland:

• Maliina Abelsen, politician and MP for the party Inuit Ataqatigiit
• Richard Absalonsen, politician, member of the Atassut party
• Arnarsaq, translator, interpreter and missionary
• Aron of Kangeq, hunter, painter, and oral historian
• Hermann Berthelsen, politician, affiliated with the Siumut (Forward) party
• Julie Berthelsen, singer and songwriter
• Ove Karl Berthelsen, politician, Minister for Industry and Mineral Resources
• Jørgen Brønlund, explorer, educator, and catechist
• Palle Christiansen, member of the Democrats, Minister for Finance, and Member of the Greenland Government for Nordic Cooperation
• Nukaaka Coster-Waldau, singer, actress, and a former Miss Greenland
• Agnethe Davidsen, the first female government minister in Greenland.
• Hans Enoksen, politician, fourth prime minister
• Agathe Fontain, politician, Minister for Health
• Anthon Frederiksen, leader of the Democrats, Minister for Housing, Infrastructure and Transport, and Deputy-Premier
• Jesper Grønkjær, professional footballer
• Ole Jørgen Hammeken, explorer and social worker
• Ane Hansen, politician, Minister for Fisheries, Hunting and Agriculture
• Hans Hendrik, Arctic traveller and interpreter
• Lars Emil Johansen, former prime minister
• Ricky Enø Jørgensen, racing cyclist for Glud & Marstrand Horsens
• Mimi Karlsen, politician, Minister for Culture, Education, Research and Church Affairs
• Niklas Kreutzmann, semi-professional football player
• Angunnguaq Larsen, actor (Borgen)
• Thorkell Leifsson, son of Leif Ericson, paramount chieftain of Greenland
• Katrine Larsen Lenner, politician
• Kristian Lennert, politician
• Rasmus Lerdorf, creator of the PHP programming language
• Henrik Lund, lyricist, painter and priest
• Angaangaq Lyberth, shaman
• Aqqaluk Lynge, former president of the Inuit Circumpolar Council
• Jonathan Motzfeldt, former primer minister
• Josef Motzfeldt, politician and serves as Minister for Finance and Foreign Affairs
• Asii Chemnitz Narup, politician and MP for the party Inuit Ataqatigiit
• Alfred Olsen, politician
• Anders Olsen, trader and colonial administrator
• Marius Olsen, politician
• Maligiaq Padilla, famous kayaker
• Lena Pedersen, Canadian politician and social worker
• Fritz Baumann Petersen, politician
• Johan Carl Christian Petersen, seaman and interpreter
• Gertrud Rask, wife of missionary Hans Egede and mother of Paul
• Knud Rasmussen, polar explorer and anthropologist
• Lars Rosing, actor, brother of film director Otto
• Otto Rosing, film director, brother of actor Lars
• Augusta Salling, politician, former finance minister
• Morten Siegstad, politician
• Agathe Martha Storch, politician, member of the Atassut (Feeling of Community) party
• Minik Wallace, brought as a child in 1897 to New York by Robert Peary
• Karla Jessen Williamson, Executive Director of the Arctic Institute of North America