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Denmark ranks 26th in number of biographies on Pantheon, behind Greece, Norway, and Australia. Memorable people born in present day Denmark include Hans Christian Andersen, Hans Christian Ørsted, and Søren Kierkegaard. Memorable people who died in Denmark include Hans Christian Andersen, Hans Christian Ørsted, and Søren Kierkegaard. Denmark has been the birth place of many soccer players and politicians and the death place of many politicians and writers.
Denmark is a Nordic constituent country in Northern Europe. It is the most populous and politically central constituent of the Kingdom of Denmark, a constitutionally unitary state that includes the autonomous territories of the Faroe Islands and Greenland in the North Atlantic Ocean. Metropolitan Denmark is the southernmost of the Scandinavian countries, lying south-west and south of Sweden, south of Norway, and north of Germany, with which it shares a short land border, its only land border. Read more on Wikipedia
Between 400 BC and 2012, present day Denmark was the birth place of 893 globally memorable people, including Hans Christian Andersen, Hans Christian Ørsted, and Søren Kierkegaard. Additionaly, 412 globally memorable people have passed away in present day Denmark including Hans Christian Andersen, Hans Christian Ørsted, and Søren Kierkegaard.
1805 - 1875
HPI: 87.84
Rank: 1
1777 - 1851
HPI: 81.20
Rank: 2
1813 - 1855
HPI: 81.07
Rank: 3
1885 - 1962
HPI: 80.71
Rank: 4
1940 - Present
HPI: 79.66
Rank: 5
900 - 873
HPI: 78.69
Rank: 6
800 - 876
HPI: 76.83
Rank: 7
1681 - 1741
HPI: 73.92
Rank: 8
1644 - 1710
HPI: 73.77
Rank: 9
1857 - 1919
HPI: 73.52
Rank: 10
995 - 1035
HPI: 73.29
Rank: 11
1749 - 1808
HPI: 73.22
Rank: 12
1240 - 1284
HPI: 60.61
Rank: 116
1917 - 1976
HPI: 59.68
Rank: 127
1650 - 1705
HPI: 56.61
Rank: 183
1649 - 1704
HPI: 55.74
Rank: 199
1936 - 2005
HPI: 54.58
Rank: 221
990 - 1073
HPI: 53.63
Rank: 238
1860 - 1934
HPI: 53.30
Rank: 246
1866 - 1935
HPI: 53.20
Rank: 247
1419 - 1481
HPI: 52.88
Rank: 260
1815 - 1874
HPI: 52.40
Rank: 270
1209 - 1231
HPI: 52.21
Rank: 275
1916 - 1959
HPI: 52.13
Rank: 279
1805 - 1875
HPI: 87.84
Rank: 1
1777 - 1851
HPI: 81.20
Rank: 2
1813 - 1855
HPI: 81.07
Rank: 3
1885 - 1962
HPI: 80.71
Rank: 4
1644 - 1710
HPI: 73.77
Rank: 5
1885 - 1962
HPI: 72.64
Rank: 6
1818 - 1906
HPI: 72.25
Rank: 7
1899 - 1972
HPI: 72.23
Rank: 8
900 - 958
HPI: 72.22
Rank: 9
1481 - 1559
HPI: 71.91
Rank: 10
1857 - 1943
HPI: 70.82
Rank: 11
1870 - 1947
HPI: 70.61
Rank: 12
1240 - 1284
HPI: 60.61
Rank: 100
1917 - 1976
HPI: 59.68
Rank: 112
1926 - 2016
HPI: 55.78
Rank: 164
1936 - 2005
HPI: 54.58
Rank: 174
1320 - 1374
HPI: 53.69
Rank: 191
990 - 1073
HPI: 53.63
Rank: 192
1860 - 1934
HPI: 53.30
Rank: 200
1866 - 1935
HPI: 53.20
Rank: 201
1573 - 1616
HPI: 52.82
Rank: 211
1293 - 1340
HPI: 52.52
Rank: 217
1209 - 1231
HPI: 52.21
Rank: 223
1916 - 1959
HPI: 52.13
Rank: 224
Most individuals born in present day Denmark were soccer players (183), politicians (173), cyclists (51), writers (46), and actors (43), while most who died were politicians (117), writers (40), companions (30), painters (28), and composers (15).
Over the past 100 years, soccer players have been the top profession of globally memorable people born in present day Denmark, including Peter Schmeichel, Allan Simonsen, and Richard Møller Nielsen. Whereas, throughout history, soccer players have been the profession with the most memorable people born in present day Denmark, including Peter Schmeichel, Allan Simonsen, and Richard Møller Nielsen.
Below is a visual represetation of the lifespans of the top 25 globally memorable people born in present day Denmark since 1700.