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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 country in the south-central portion of Northern Europe. It is the metropolitan part of and the most populous 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 border, Denmark's only land border. Read more on Wikipedia

People

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, 413 globally memorable people have passed away in present day Denmark including Hans Christian Andersen, Hans Christian Ørsted, and Søren Kierkegaard.

People Born in Present Day Denmark

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People Deceased in Present Day Denmark

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Occupations

Most individuals born in present day Denmark were soccer players (183), politicians (164), cyclists (51), writers (46), and actors (43),  while most who died were politicians (115), writers (38), companions (30), painters (28), and composers (15).

Occupational Trends

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.

Cities by Births

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Overlapping Lives

Below is a visual represetation of the lifespans of the top 25 globally memorable people born in present day Denmark since 1700.

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