Editing Rudkøbing (section)

==Notable residents==
[[File:Nikolaj Coster-Waldau by Gage Skidmore 2.jpg|150px|thumb|Nikolaj Coster-Waldau]]

===Artists===
*[[Jens Christian Bay]] (1871–1962), Danish American writer, bibliographer and librarian, who emigrated to the US in 1892.<ref>{{cite web|url= http://denstoredanske.dk/Dansk_Biografisk_Leksikon/Medier/Bibliotekar/J._Christian_Bay|title =J. Christian Bay|website= Dansk Biografisk Leksikon, Gyldendal |author= Niels Alsted, Svend Dahl |access-date=1 January 2020}}</ref>
*[[Preben Lerdorff Rye]] (1917–1995), actor who appeared in 92 films<ref>[https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0503499/ Preben Lerdorff Rye (1917–1995)] from [[IMDb]], retrieved 28 January 2019</ref>
*[[Bjørn Watt-Boolsen]] (1923–1998), actor who played several characters in the ''[[Olsen Gang|Olsen-banden]]'' films.<ref>[https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0915023/ Bjørn Watt-Boolsen (1923–1998)] from [[IMDb]], retrieved 28 January 2019</ref>
*[[Nikolaj Coster-Waldau]] (born 1970), actor who played [[Jaime Lannister]] in the TV series ''[[Game of Thrones]]''.<ref>[https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0182666/ Nikolaj Coster-Waldau] from [[IMDb]], retrieved 28 January 2019</ref>

===Athletes===
*[[Ingrid Larsen]] (1912–1997), diver who competed in the [[1932 Summer Olympics]].
*[[Hans Jørgen Boye]] (born 1942), retired rower who competed in the [[1964 Summer Olympics]].

===Politicians and public thinkers===
*[[Erik Bredal (bishop)|Erik Bredal]] (1608–1672), Danish-born Norwegian [[Lutheranism|Lutheran]] bishop.<ref name=nbl>{{cite encyclopedia|title=Erik Bredal |editor=Helle, Knut |editor-link=Knut Helle |website=Norsk biografisk leksikon|url=http://nbl.snl.no/Erik_Bredal/utdypning |access-date=1 January 2020}}</ref>
*[[Otto Fabricius]] (1744–1822), [[missionary]], naturalist, [[Ethnography|ethnographer]], and [[Exploration|explorer]] of Greenland.<ref>{{cite web|url= https://snl.no/Otto_Fabricius|title =Otto Fabricius|website= Store norske leksikon |author= Tarald Rasmussen |date =26 February 2019|access-date=1 January 2020}}</ref>
*[[Anders Sandøe Ørsted]] (1778–1860), politician and jurist, who served as [[Prime Minister of Denmark]] 1853–1854.<ref>{{Cite Americana|wstitle= Oersted, Anders Sandöe |volume= XX |short=1 }}</ref>
*[[Mads Johansen Lange]] (1807–1856), nicknamed the ''King of Bali'', Danish trader, entrepreneur, and [[Peace makers|peace maker]] on Bali. Several of his descendants visited Rudkøbing in 2011, including [[Tunku Abu Bakar]], first cousin of sultan [[Ibrahim Iskandar of Johor|Ibrahim Iskandar]] of [[Johor]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.fyens.dk/langeland/Kongelige-besoegte-i-Rudkoebing/artikel/1883378|title=Kongelige besøgte i Rudkøbing|date=6 July 2011}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url= http://www.tourguidesbali.com/tours/mads-lange-bali-kuta-danish.php |title = Mads Johansen Lange From Denmark to Bali, Indonesia |website= tourguidesbali.com/|access-date=1 January 2020}}</ref>

===Scientists===
*[[Hans Christian Ørsted]] (1777–1851), physicist and chemist who discovered that [[Electromagnetism#History of the theory|electric currents create magnetic fields]], known for [[Oersted's law]]<ref>{{Cite Americana|wstitle= Oersted, Hans Christian |volume= XX |short=1 }}</ref>
*[[Anders Sandøe Ørsted (botanist)|Anders Sandøe Ørsted]] (1816–1872), botanist, [[Mycology|mycologist]], zoologist and [[Marine biology|marine biologist]].<ref>{{cite web|url= https://runeberg.org/dbl/19/0480.html|title = Ørsted, Anders Sandøe, 1816–72, Botaniker |website= Dansk biografisk Lexikon |access-date=1 January 2020}}</ref><ref>{{Cite Appletons'|wstitle= Oersted, Anders Sandöe |volume = IV |page = 559 |short= 1}}</ref>
*[[Marianne Schroll]] (born 1942), specialist in [[Geriatrics|geriatric medicine]]