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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.
People Born in Present Day Denmark
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Hans Christian Andersen
1805 - 1875
HPI: 90.93
Rank: 1
Niels Bohr
1885 - 1962
HPI: 85.96
Rank: 2
Søren Kierkegaard
1813 - 1855
HPI: 85.75
Rank: 3
Ivar the Boneless
900 - 873
HPI: 85.46
Rank: 4
Margrethe II of Denmark
1940 - Present
HPI: 84.06
Rank: 5
Björn Ironside
800 - 876
HPI: 83.30
Rank: 6
Hans Christian Ørsted
1777 - 1851
HPI: 83.01
Rank: 7
Vitus Bering
1681 - 1741
HPI: 80.53
Rank: 8
Christian VII of Denmark
1749 - 1808
HPI: 80.03
Rank: 9
Ole Rømer
1644 - 1710
HPI: 79.84
Rank: 10
George I of Greece
1845 - 1913
HPI: 79.61
Rank: 11
Margaret I of Denmark
1353 - 1412
HPI: 79.60
Rank: 12
Newly Added People Born in Present Day Denmark
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Carl Værnet
1893 - 1965
HPI: 66.85
Rank: 173
Cecil Bødker
1927 - 2020
HPI: 66.24
Rank: 186
Princess Marie Luise Charlotte of Hesse-Kassel
1814 - 1895
HPI: 65.87
Rank: 193
Hans Christian Lumbye
1810 - 1874
HPI: 65.32
Rank: 202
Hans Wegner
1914 - 2007
HPI: 65.01
Rank: 213
Max Heindel
1865 - 1919
HPI: 64.97
Rank: 216
Ove Høegh-Guldberg
1731 - 1808
HPI: 64.28
Rank: 240
Kim Larsen
1945 - 2018
HPI: 63.82
Rank: 258
Laurits Tuxen
1853 - 1927
HPI: 63.61
Rank: 270
Søren Kam
1921 - 2015
HPI: 63.20
Rank: 286
Carl Lange
1834 - 1900
HPI: 62.73
Rank: 295
Christian Frederik Hansen
1756 - 1845
HPI: 62.60
Rank: 299
People Deceased in Present Day Denmark
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1805 - 1875
HPI: 90.93
Rank: 1
Niels Bohr
1885 - 1962
HPI: 85.96
Rank: 2
Søren Kierkegaard
1813 - 1855
HPI: 85.75
Rank: 3
Hans Christian Ørsted
1777 - 1851
HPI: 83.01
Rank: 4
Ole Rømer
1644 - 1710
HPI: 79.84
Rank: 5
Frederick IX of Denmark
1899 - 1972
HPI: 79.48
Rank: 6
Olaf Tryggvason
963 - 1000
HPI: 79.26
Rank: 7
Gorm the Old
900 - 958
HPI: 79.07
Rank: 8
Christian IV of Denmark
1577 - 1648
HPI: 78.87
Rank: 9
Karen Blixen
1885 - 1962
HPI: 78.77
Rank: 10
Christian IX of Denmark
1818 - 1906
HPI: 78.54
Rank: 11
Christian II of Denmark
1481 - 1559
HPI: 78.34
Rank: 12
Newly Added People Deceased in Present Day Denmark
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Elvira Madigan
1867 - 1889
HPI: 67.52
Rank: 135
Cecil Bødker
1927 - 2020
HPI: 66.24
Rank: 152
Hans Christian Lumbye
1810 - 1874
HPI: 65.32
Rank: 166
Hans Wegner
1914 - 2007
HPI: 65.01
Rank: 174
Ove Høegh-Guldberg
1731 - 1808
HPI: 64.28
Rank: 196
Kim Larsen
1945 - 2018
HPI: 63.82
Rank: 205
Laurits Tuxen
1853 - 1927
HPI: 63.61
Rank: 208
Gustav Trolle
1488 - 1535
HPI: 63.51
Rank: 212
Nina Grieg
1845 - 1935
HPI: 63.29
Rank: 220
August Enna
1859 - 1939
HPI: 62.88
Rank: 226
Johannes Nikolaus Tetens
1736 - 1807
HPI: 62.86
Rank: 228
Johan Herman Wessel
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.
