Editing Ribe (section)

==Notable people==
[[File:Anders Bording.jpg|thumb|140px|Anders Bording, 1645]]
[[File:Rued Langgaard.gif|thumb|140px|Rued Langgaard, 1917]]
[[File:Holger Kirkholm Nielsen.jpg|thumb|140px|HK Nielsen, 2012]]

=== The arts ===
* [[Anders Bording]] (1619–1677), poet
* [[Christine Daugaard]] (1831–1917), Danish writer and poet
* [[Kristen Feilberg]] (1839 in Vester Vedsted – 1919), photographer of the peoples and landscapes of Sumatra and Singapore
* [[Jacob Riis]] (1849–1914), an American immigrant photographer, wrote ''[[How the Other Half Lives]]''
* [[Bodil Hauschildt]] (1861–1951), photographer
* [[J. Bodewalt Lampe]] (1869–1929), American composer, arranger, performer
* [[Jens Olsen]] (1872–1945), a clockmaker and locksmith
* [[Astrid Noack]] (1888–1954), a Danish sculptor 
* [[Rued Langgaard]] (1893–1952) a late-Romantic composer and organist at [[Ribe Cathedral]]
* [[Kjeld Abell]] (1901–1961), playwright, screenwriter and theatrical designer
* [[Børge Ring]] (1921–2018), animated short film writer, director and animator
* [[Annemette Kure Andersen]] (born 1969), poet and literary editor
*[[Per Vers]] (born 1976), rapper<ref>{{Cite web|last=Vers|first=Per|date=2016-01-13|title=En brobygger-bromance|url=https://vers.dk/bromance/|access-date=2021-09-21|website=Per Vers|language=da-DK}}</ref>

=== Politicians, clergy, and officials===
* [[Valdemar II of Denmark]] (1170–1241), King of Denmark<ref>{{Cite EB1911|wstitle= Valdemar II. | volume= 27 |last= Bain |first= Robert Nisbet |author-link= Robert Nisbet Bain| pages = 841&ndash;842 |short= 1}}</ref>
* [[Hans Tausen]] (1494–1561), leader of the [[Reformation in Denmark]],<ref>{{cite EB1911|wstitle=Tausen,_Hans  |volume= 26 |short=x}}</ref>  [[Bishop]] of Ribe 1542–1562.
* [[Peder Palladius]] (1503–1560), theologian, priest and bishop
* [[Maren Spliid]] (c.1600–1641), victim of the persecution of witches
* [[Hans Schack, 2nd Count of Schackenborg]] (1676 in Ribe – 1719), nobleman
* [[Hans Adolf Brorson]] (1694–1764), Danish [[Pietist]] clergyman and hymn writer
* [[Friderich Christian Hager]] (1756–1795), colonial commander and governor of the [[Danish Gold Coast]]
* [[Christian Nielsen Lund]] (1846–1921), Mormon pioneer and Utah Territorial Legislature member
* [[Elisabeth Dons Christensen]] (born 1944), theologian, bishop of the [[Diocese of Ribe]] 2003–2014
* [[Holger K. Nielsen]] (born 1950), former leader of the [[Socialist People's Party (Denmark)|Socialist People's Party]]

=== Science and business ===
* [[Vibeke Jensdatter]] (1638–1709), merchant
* [[Emil Christian Hansen]] (1842–1909), brewmaster and mycologist
* [[Cathrine Horsbøl]] (1872–1947), furniture designer
* [[Jens Rasmussen (human factors expert)|Jens Rasmussen]] (1926–2018), professor
* [[Erik Hansen (architect)|Erik Hansen]]  (1927–2016), architect

=== Sport ===
* [[John Lauridsen]] (born 1959), footballer 
* [[Martin Rauschenberg]] (born 1992), footballer
* [[Mikael Uhre]] (born 1994), footballer