Read amongst others, about Jacob A. Riis who left Ribe in 1870, young and hopelessly in love, for America, with a dream of a new and rich life.
Journalist, social reformist and documentary photographer Jacob A. Riis, who was called "New York's Most Useful Citizen" by President Roosevelt.
Ambrosius Stub was a Danish poet and lived in Ribe from 1752 to 1758.
Commemorating the historian Anders Sørensen Vedel 1542 - 1616
A memorial in Ribe of the composer Rued Langgaard, born in Copenhagen on July 28, 1893.
Kjeld Abell was a known dramatist and writer. He was born in Ribe the 25th of August 1901.
Anders Christensen Bording He was a Danish poet and journalist. He was born in Ribe on the 21st of January 1619.
Oluf Ring - known composer. Born in Jelling the 24th of December 1884. In 1901 he decided to study to become a teacher and in 1905 he graduated.