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Denmark ranks 24th in number of biographies on Pantheon, behind Greece, Czechia, and Australia. Memorable people born in present day Denmark include Hans Christian Andersen, Niels Bohr, and Søren Kierkegaard. Memorable people who died in Denmark include Hans Christian Andersen, Niels Bohr, 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 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. European Denmark is the southernmost of the Scandinavian countries, lying southwest of Sweden, south of Norway, and north of Germany. Read more on Wikipedia
Between 400 BC and 2012, present day Denmark was the birth place of 783 globally memorable people, including Hans Christian Andersen, Niels Bohr, and Søren Kierkegaard. Additionaly, 359 globally memorable people have passed away in present day Denmark including Hans Christian Andersen, Niels Bohr, and Søren Kierkegaard.
1805 - 1875
HPI: 90.93
Rank: 1
1885 - 1962
HPI: 85.96
Rank: 2
1813 - 1855
HPI: 85.75
Rank: 3
900 - 873
HPI: 85.46
Rank: 4
1940 - Present
HPI: 84.06
Rank: 5
800 - 876
HPI: 83.30
Rank: 6
1777 - 1851
HPI: 83.01
Rank: 7
1681 - 1741
HPI: 80.53
Rank: 8
1749 - 1808
HPI: 80.03
Rank: 9
1644 - 1710
HPI: 79.84
Rank: 10
1845 - 1913
HPI: 79.61
Rank: 11
1353 - 1412
HPI: 79.60
Rank: 12
1893 - 1965
HPI: 66.85
Rank: 173
1927 - 2020
HPI: 66.24
Rank: 186
1814 - 1895
HPI: 65.87
Rank: 193
1810 - 1874
HPI: 65.32
Rank: 202
1914 - 2007
HPI: 65.01
Rank: 213
1865 - 1919
HPI: 64.97
Rank: 216
1731 - 1808
HPI: 64.28
Rank: 240
1945 - 2018
HPI: 63.82
Rank: 258
1853 - 1927
HPI: 63.61
Rank: 270
1921 - 2015
HPI: 63.20
Rank: 286
1834 - 1900
HPI: 62.73
Rank: 295
1756 - 1845
HPI: 62.60
Rank: 299
1805 - 1875
HPI: 90.93
Rank: 1
1885 - 1962
HPI: 85.96
Rank: 2
1813 - 1855
HPI: 85.75
Rank: 3
1777 - 1851
HPI: 83.01
Rank: 4
1644 - 1710
HPI: 79.84
Rank: 5
1899 - 1972
HPI: 79.48
Rank: 6
963 - 1000
HPI: 79.26
Rank: 7
900 - 958
HPI: 79.07
Rank: 8
1577 - 1648
HPI: 78.87
Rank: 9
1885 - 1962
HPI: 78.77
Rank: 10
1818 - 1906
HPI: 78.54
Rank: 11
1481 - 1559
HPI: 78.34
Rank: 12
1867 - 1889
HPI: 67.52
Rank: 135
1927 - 2020
HPI: 66.24
Rank: 152
1810 - 1874
HPI: 65.32
Rank: 166
1914 - 2007
HPI: 65.01
Rank: 174
1731 - 1808
HPI: 64.28
Rank: 196
1945 - 2018
HPI: 63.82
Rank: 205
1853 - 1927
HPI: 63.61
Rank: 208
1488 - 1535
HPI: 63.51
Rank: 212
1845 - 1935
HPI: 63.29
Rank: 220
1859 - 1939
HPI: 62.88
Rank: 226
1736 - 1807
HPI: 62.86
Rank: 228
1742 - 1785
HPI: 62.80
Rank: 230
Most individuals born in present day Denmark were soccer players (165), politicians (148), cyclists (44), writers (42), and singers (37), while most who died were politicians (106), writers (35), companions (23), painters (22), and composers (14).
Over the past 100 years, soccer players have been the top profession of globally memorable people born in present day Denmark, including Richard Møller Nielsen, Peter Schmeichel, and Allan Simonsen. Whereas, throughout history, soccer players have been the profession with the most memorable people born in present day Denmark, including Richard Møller Nielsen, Peter Schmeichel, and Allan Simonsen.
Below is a visual represetation of the lifespans of the top 25 globally memorable people born in present day Denmark since 1700.