Editing Ribe (section)

=== 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]]