Jørgen Balthazar Winterfeldt (1732 in Fredericia - 1821) a naval officer and philanthropist Hartvig Philip Rée (1778 in Fredericia – 1859) a Jewish-Danish merchant and author Poul Pagh (1796 in Fredericia – 1870) a Danish merchant and shipowner Frederick Brockhausen (1858 in Fredericia – 1929) a cigar maker, trade unionist and US politician Vilhelm Buhl (1881 in Fredericia – 1954) the 11th Prime Minister of Denmark Erik Holtved (1899 in Fredericia – 1981) an archaeologist, ethnologist and artist Jørgen Vig Knudstorp (born 1968 in Fredericia), businessman, former CEO of Lego Group