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The following is a list of notable people from Greenland:
- Maliina Abelsen, politician and MP for the party Inuit Ataqatigiit
- Naja Abelsen (born 1964), artist, book illustrator
- Arnarsaq, translator, interpreter and missionary
- Arnarulunnguaq (1896–1933), native Greenlandic woman who accompanied Knud Rasmussen on his Fifth Thule Expedition
- Aron of Kangeq, hunter, painter, and oral historian
- Hermann Berthelsen, politician, affiliated with the Siumut (Forward) party
- Julie Berthelsen, singer-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 former Miss Greenland
- Agnethe Davidsen, first female government minister in Greenland
- Aviâja Egede Lynge (born 1974), indigenous rights activist, childhood rights commissioner
- 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
- Aki-Matilda Høegh-Dam (born 1996), politician, member of the Folketing, Siumut party
- Arnannguaq Høegh (1956–2020), graphic artist and educator
- Doris J. Jensen (born 1978), politician, member of the Siumut party
- 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
- Jessie Kleemann (born 1959), poet, performance artist
- Kuupik Kleist, politician
- Makka Kleist (born 1951), actress
- Nina Kreutzmann Jørgensen (born 1977), singer
- Angunnguaq Larsen, actor (Borgen)
- Thorkell Leifsson, son of Leif Ericson, paramount chieftain of Greenland
- Rasmus Lerdorf, creator of the PHP programming language
- Henrik Lund, lyricist, painter and priest
- Aqqaluk Lynge, former president of the Inuit Circumpolar Council
- Nauja Lynge (born 1965), writer, lecturer
- Jonathan Motzfeldt, former prime minister
- Josef Motzfeldt, politician and serves as Minister for Finance and Foreign Affairs
- Asii Chemnitz Narup, politician and MP for the party Inuit Ataqatigiit
- Anders Olsen, trader and colonial administrator
- Maligiaq Padilla, famous kayaker
- Lena Pedersen, Canadian politician and social worker
- Johan Carl Christian Petersen, seaman and interpreter
- Gertrud Rask, wife of missionary Hans Egede and mother of Paul
- Knud Rasmussen, polar explorer and anthropologist
- Henriette Rasmussen (1950–2017), educator, journalist, women's rights activist and politician
- Signe Rink (1836–1909), writer and ethnologist
- Lars Rosing, actor, brother of film director Otto
- Otto Rosing, film director, brother of actor Lars
- Augusta Salling, politician, former finance minister
- 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
