Editing Ribe (section)

=== 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>