and MEP Arts Christen Aagaard (1616—1664) poet, academic and theologian Carl Deichman (1705–1780) Norwegian mine operator, book collector and philanthropist Mads Alstrup (1808–1876) first Danish portrait photographer with his own studio Kristian Mantzius (1819–1879) actor, popular with his audience but not his bosses Jeppe Aakjær (1866–1930) poet and novelist, a member of the Jutland Movement Anders Randolf (1870–1930) Danish American actor in American films Benjamin Christensen (1879–1959), film director, screenwriter and actor Tyge Hvass (1885 in Randrup1963) a Danish functionalist architect A. W. Sandberg (1887–1938) a Danish film director and screenwriter Jens Klok (1889–1974) a Danish architect with the Royal Danish Navy Gudrun Houlberg (1889–1940) actress Olaf Wieghorst (1899–1988), painter of the American West Peter Seeberg (1925–1999), writer, worked in Viborg as a museum custodian Johann Otto von Spreckelsen (1929–1987), architect Peer Hultberg (1935–2007), a Danish author and psychoanalyst, lived in Viborg as a child Freddy Milton (born 1948 in Overlund) a Danish comics artist and writer Poul Martin Bonde (born 1958) songwriter and spokesperson of Smukfest Frank Hvam (born 1970) stand-up-comedian Morten Lund (born 1972) jazz drummer Lise Rønne (born 1978) a Danish journalist and TV presenter Rasmussen (born 1985) stage name of Jonas Flodager Rasmussen, Danish singer and actor Sport Charles Buchwald (1880 in Bjerringbro1951) amateur footballer, won silver medals at the 1908 and 1912 Summer Olympics Finn Døssing Jensen (born 1941) former footballer, 349 appearances for Viborg FF Ulrik Wilbek (born 1958) successful handball coach and Mayor of Viborg since 2018 Nicolai Vollquartz (born 1965) football referee Nikolaj Jacobsen (born 1971) a handball coach and former player with 148 caps for Denmark Steffen Højer (born 1973) former football player, 380 club caps, many for Viborg FF Brian Buur (born 1977) (as Brian Sorensen) a former Danish darts player Henrik Dalsgaard (born 1989 in Roum) footballer, over 300 club caps, plays for Brentford F.C. In popular culture In the science fiction book The Corridors of Time by Poul Anderson, a Danish-American writer who did considerable research on Danish history, a large part of the plot takes place in 16th-century Viborg. The protagonist - an American time traveller from the 20th century - arrives in the city in 1535 and gets involved with the adherents of the overthrown King Christian II and of the peasant rebel leader Skipper Clement, who face savage persecution in the city. Viborg is also the setting of "Number 13", a ghost story by the