The Most Famous
ASTRONAUTS from Denmark
This page contains a list of the greatest Danish Astronauts. The pantheon dataset contains 524 Astronauts, 1 of which were born in Denmark. This makes Denmark the birth place of the 46th most number of Astronauts behind Malaysia and Peru.
Top 1
The following people are considered by Pantheon to be the most legendary Danish Astronauts of all time. This list of famous Danish Astronauts is sorted by HPI (Historical Popularity Index), a metric that aggregates information on a biography’s online popularity.
1. Andreas Mogensen (1976 - )
With an HPI of 37.63, Andreas Mogensen is the most famous Danish Astronaut. His biography has been translated into 25 different languages on wikipedia.
Andreas Enevold "Andy" Mogensen (born 2 November 1976) is a Danish engineer and ESA astronaut who is best known for being the first Dane to fly in space as part of the European Space Agency's Iriss program. Mogensen has also been involved in a number of other space-related projects throughout his career, including working as a test engineer for ESTEC and as a member of the European Astronaut Corps. In addition to his work with ESA, he has also worked with NASA and other international space agencies. Mogensen returned to space in August 2023 for his second spaceflight to the ISS onboard SpaceX Crew Dragon as the first non-American to serve as a pilot.
Pantheon has 1 people classified as astronauts born between 1976 and 1976. Of these 1, 1 (100.00%) of them are still alive today. The most famous living astronauts include Andreas Mogensen.
