List of Greenlanders

The following is a list of notable people from Greenland:

Naja Abelsen (born 1964), artist, book illustrator
Arnarsaq (c. 1716 – fl. 1778), translator, interpreter, and missionary
Arnarulunnguaq (1896–1933), native Greenlandic woman who accompanied Knud Rasmussen on his Fifth Thule Expedition
Aron of Kangeq (1822–1869), hunter, painter, and oral historian
Julie Berthelsen (born 1979), singer-songwriter
Rasmus Berthelsen (1827–1901), teacher, poet and artist
Jørgen Brønlund (1877–1907), explorer, educator, and catechist
Bibi Chemnitz (born 1983), fashion designer
Kathrine Chemnitz (1894–1978), politician and champion of Greenlandic women's education
Nukaaka Coster-Waldau (born 1971), singer, actress, and Miss Greenland, 1990
Aviâja Egede Lynge (born 1974), indigenous rights activist, childhood rights commissioner
Jesper Grønkjær (born 1977), professional footballer
Ole Jørgen Hammeken (born 1956), explorer and actor
Hans Hendrik (1832–1889), Arctic traveller and interpreter
Arnannguaq Høegh (1956–2020), graphic artist and educator
Ricky Enø Jørgensen (born 1989), racing cyclist
Jessie Kleemann (born 1959), poet, performance artist
Makka Kleist (born 1951), actress
Nina Kreutzmann Jørgensen (born 1977), singer
Angunnguaq Larsen, actor (Borgen)
Thorkell Leifsson (11th cent.), son of Leif Erikson, paramount chieftain of Greenland
Rasmus Lerdorf (born 1968), creator of the PHP programming language
Henrik Lund (1875–1948), lyricist, painter and priest
Nauja Lynge (born 1965), writer, lecturer
Anders Olsen (1718–1786), trader and colonial administrator
Maligiaq Padilla (born 1982), famous kayaker
Johan Carl Christian Petersen (1813–1880), seaman and interpreter
Gertrud Rask (1673–1735), wife of missionary Hans Egede and mother of Paul
Knud Rasmussen (1879–1933), polar explorer and anthropologist
Signe Rink (1836–1909), writer and ethnologist
Lars Rosing (born 1972), actor, brother of film director Otto
Otto Rosing (born 1967), film director, brother of actor Lars
Minik Wallace (c.1890–1918), Inughuaq child brought to New York in 1897 by Robert Peary
Karla Jessen Williamson (born 1954), executive director of the Arctic Institute of North America
Qupanuk Olsen (born 1985), Greenlandic YouTuber, content creator, and engineer

Politicians

Maliina Abelsen (born 1976), politician and MP for Inuit Ataqatigiit
Hermann Berthelsen (born 1956), politician of the Siumut (Forward) party; mayor of Sisimiut
Palle Christiansen (born 1973), Democrats politician, Minister for Finance, and Member of the Greenland Government
Agnethe Davidsen (1947–2007), first female government minister
Hans Enoksen (born 1956), politician, fourth prime minister
Agathe Fontain (born 1951), politician, Minister for Health
Anthon Frederiksen, leader of the Democrats, Minister for Housing, Infrastructure and Transport, and Deputy-Premier
Ane Hansen (born 1961), politician, Minister for Fisheries, Hunting and Agriculture
Aki-Matilda Høegh-Dam (born 1996), politician, member of the Folketing, Siumut party
Doris J. Jensen (born 1978), politician, member of the Siumut party
Lars-Emil Johansen (born 1946), second prime minister
Mimi Karlsen (born 1957), politician, Minister for Culture, Education, Research and Church Affairs
Kuupik Kleist (born 1958), politician
Aqqaluk Lynge (born 1947), former president of the Inuit Circumpolar Council
Jonathan Motzfeldt (1938–2010), first prime minister
Josef Motzfeldt (born 1941), politician, Minister for Finance and Foreign Affairs
Asii Chemnitz Narup (born 1954), politician and MP for Inuit Ataqatigiit
Lena Pedersen (born 1940), Canadian politician and social worker
Kristine Raahauge (1949–2022), municipal politician, activist, eskimologist and writer
Henriette Rasmussen (1950–2017), educator, journalist, women's rights activist and politician
Augusta Salling (born 1954), politician, former finance minister