Editing Odense (section)

== Notable residents ==
* '''Note:''' ''Place of birth'' is shown for notables born in the wider [[Odense Municipality]]
[[File:Birgitte, Duchess of Gloucester 2015.jpg|140px|thumb|Birgitte, Duchess of Gloucester, 2015]]

=== Nobility ===
* [[Canute IV of Denmark]] ({{circa}} 1042 – 1086), also known as ''Canute the Saint'' and ''Canute the Holy''
* [[Charles I, Count of Flanders]] (1084–1127), also known as ''Charles the Good'', son of [[Canute IV of Denmark]]
* [[Ludvig Rosenkrantz]] (1628–1685), noble, military officer and land owner; settled in Norway
* [[Birgitte, Duchess of Gloucester]] (born 1946), wife of [[Prince Richard, Duke of Gloucester]], a first cousin of [[Queen Elizabeth II]].

=== Public thought and politics ===
[[File:Niels-Helveg-Petersen.jpg|thumb|140px|Niels Helveg Petersen, 2008]]
* [[Jørgen Sadolin]] ({{circa|1490}}–1559), Danish [[Reformation in Denmark–Norway and Holstein|reformer]]
* [[Frants Berg]] (1504–1591), clergyman, rector in Odense 1581, [[Diocese of Oslo|Bishop of Oslo]] in 1548–1580
* [[Jacob B. Winslow]] (1669–1760), Danish-French anatomist
* [[Ida Falbe-Hansen]] (1849–1922), educator, philologist and women's activist
* [[Louise Winteler]] (1834–1926), headmistress, founder of the Louise Winteler girls school
* [[Anna Lohse]] (1866–1942), teacher and women's rights activist
* [[Lise Østergaard]] (1924–1996), psychologist and politician
* [[Niels Helveg Petersen]] (1939–2017), politician
* [[Bendt Bendtsen]] (born 1954), politician and [[Member of the European Parliament|MEP]] in 2009–2019
* [[Lars Christian Lilleholt]] (born 1965), politician, former Minister of Energy, Utilities and Climate
* [[Jeanette Varberg]] (born 1978), archaeologist, curator at the [[National Museum of Denmark]]

=== Arts ===
[[File:HCA by Thora Hallager 1869.jpg|140px|thumb|HC Andersen, 1869]]
[[File:Carl Nielsen.jpg|thumb|140px|Carl Nielsen, 1910]]
* [[Johan Frederik Schultz]] (1756–1817), book printer and publisher
* [[Wilhelm Bendz]] (1804–1832), painter of [[genre works]] and portraits
* [[Hans Christian Andersen]] (1805–1875), novelist, poet, fairy tale and short story writer
* [[Carl Frederik Aagaard]] (1833–1895), landscape painter and decorative artist
* [[Julius Paulsen]] (1860–1940), painter
* [[Carl Nielsen]] (1865 in Sortelung – 1931), composer, musician, conductor and violinist
* [[Holger Jacobsen]] (1876–1960), architect
* [[Bodil Kjer]] (1917–2003), actress
* [[Dagmar Orlamundt]] (1863–1939), actress
* [[Ove Sprogøe]] (1919–2004), actor
* [[Morten Grunwald]] (1934–2018), actor, stage director and theatre manager
* [[Kim Larsen]] (1945–2018), rock and pop musician
* [[Jens Galschiøt]] (born 1954), sculptor; moved to Odense in 1973
* [[Ulrich Thomsen]] (born 1963 in Næsby), actor
* [[Claes Bang]] (born 1967), actor and musician
* [[Trine Dyrholm]] (born 1972), actress, singer and songwriter
* [[Roland Møller]] (born 1972), actor
* [[Johan Kobborg]] (born 1972), ballet dancer, choreographer, director and visual artist
* [[MØ]] (born 1988 in Ubberud), singer-songwriter

=== Business ===
* [[Erich Erichsen]] (1752–1837), merchant and ship-owner
* [[Johan Frederik Schultz]] (1756–1817), book printer and publisher
* [[Carl Frederik Tietgen]] (1829–1901), [[industrialist]], financier and banker
* [[Niels Jacobsen]] (1865–1935), architect and politician, Chairman of [[The Lego Group]], worked and died in Odense
* [[Kurt Østervig]] (1912–1986), furniture designer

=== Sport ===
[[File:Helle Frederiksen 2.jpg|thumb|140px|Helle Frederiksen, 2009]]
[[File:Caroline Wozniacki (35449695422).jpg|140px|thumb|Caroline Wozniacki, 2017]]
* [[Edmund Hansen (cyclist)|Edmund Hansen]] (1900–1995), tandem cyclist, Olympic silver medalist
* [[Abraham Kurland]] (1912–1999), wrestler, Olympic silver medalist
* [[Jytte Hansen]] (1932–2015), breaststroke swimmer
* [[Ib Solvang Hansen]] (1934–1978), professional wrestler
* [[Richard Møller Nielsen]] (1937 in Ubberud – 2014), football player and manager
* [[John Danielsen]] (born 1939), footballer
* [[Ole Bjørnmose]] (1944 in Strib - 2006), footballer
* [[Lars Høgh]] (born 1959), footballer
* [[Inger Pors Olsen]] (born 1966), rower
* [[Þorvaldur Örlygsson]] (born 1966), Icelandic footballer
* [[Anja Andersen]] (born 1969), handball player and coach, Olympic winner
* [[Niels Frederiksen]] (born 1970), football manager
* [[Thomas Helveg]] (born 1971), footballer
* [[Nicki Pedersen]] (born 1977), motorcycle speedway rider
* [[Allan Simonsen (racing driver)|Allan Simonsen]] (1978–2013), racing driver
* [[Stephan Mølvig]] (born 1979), rower, Olympic winner
* [[Lars Jacobsen]] (born 1979), footballer
* [[Hans Andersen (speedway rider)|Hans Andersen]] (born 1980), motorcycle speedway rider
* [[Helle Frederiksen]] (born 1981), triathlete
* [[Frederik Klokker]] (born 1983), cricketer
* [[Martin Damsbo]] (born 1985), [[compound archery]] competitor
* [[Rikke Møller Pedersen]] (born 1989), breaststroke swimmer, Olympic bronze medalist
* [[Caroline Wozniacki]] (born 1990), tennis player
* [[Viktor Axelsen]] (born 1994), badminton player, Olympic winner