The following is a list of notable people from Greenland:
Maliina Abelsen, politician and MP for the party Inuit Ataqatigiit
Naja Abelsen (born 1964), artist, book illustrator
Arnarsaq, translator, interpreter and missionary
Arnarulunnguaq (1896–1933), native Greenlandic woman who accompanied Knud Rasmussen on his Fifth Thule Expedition Aron of Kangeq, hunter, painter, and oral historian Hermann Berthelsen, politician, affiliated with the Siumut (Forward) party Julie Berthelsen, singer-songwriter Ove Karl Berthelsen, politician, Minister for Industry and Mineral Resources Jørgen Brønlund, explorer, educator, and catechist Bibi Chemnitz (born 1983), fashion designer Palle Christiansen, member of the Democrats, Minister for Finance, and Member of the Greenland Government for Nordic Cooperation Nukaaka Coster-Waldau, singer, actress, and former Miss Greenland Agnethe Davidsen, first female government minister in Greenland Aviâja Egede Lynge (born 1974), indigenous rights activist, childhood rights commissioner Hans Enoksen, politician, fourth prime minister Agathe Fontain, politician, Minister for Health Anthon Frederiksen, leader of the Democrats, Minister for Housing, Infrastructure and Transport, and Deputy-Premier Jesper Grønkjær, professional footballer Ole Jørgen Hammeken, explorer and social worker Ane Hansen, politician, Minister for Fisheries, Hunting and Agriculture Hans Hendrik, Arctic traveller and interpreter Aki-Matilda Høegh-Dam (born 1996), politician, member of the Folketing, Siumut party Arnannguaq Høegh (1956–2020), graphic artist and educator Doris J. Jensen (born 1978), politician, member of the Siumut party Lars Emil Johansen, former prime minister Ricky Enø Jørgensen, racing cyclist for Glud & Marstrand Horsens Mimi Karlsen, politician, Minister for Culture, Education, Research and Church Affairs Jessie Kleemann (born 1959), poet, performance artist Kuupik Kleist, politician Makka Kleist (born 1951), actress Nina Kreutzmann Jørgensen (born 1977), singer Angunnguaq Larsen, actor (Borgen) Thorkell Leifsson, son of Leif Ericson, paramount chieftain of Greenland Rasmus Lerdorf, creator of the PHP programming language Henrik Lund, lyricist, painter and priest Aqqaluk Lynge, former president of the Inuit Circumpolar Council Nauja Lynge (born 1965), writer, lecturer Jonathan Motzfeldt, former prime minister Josef Motzfeldt, politician and serves as Minister for Finance and Foreign Affairs Asii Chemnitz Narup, politician and MP for the party Inuit Ataqatigiit Anders Olsen, trader and colonial administrator Maligiaq Padilla, famous kayaker Lena Pedersen, Canadian politician and social worker Johan Carl Christian Petersen, seaman and interpreter Gertrud Rask, wife of missionary Hans Egede and mother of Paul Knud Rasmussen, polar explorer and anthropologist Henriette Rasmussen (1950–2017), educator, journalist, women's rights activist and politician Signe Rink (1836–1909), writer and ethnologist Lars Rosing, actor, brother of film director Otto Otto Rosing, film director, brother of actor Lars Augusta Salling, politician, former finance minister Minik Wallace, brought as a child in 1897 to New York by Robert Peary Karla Jessen Williamson, executive director of the Arctic Institute of North America