The Most Famous
Cyclists from Denmark
Trending Cyclists from Denmark This Week
The top 10 Cyclists from Denmark trending on Wikipedia in the past 7 days, with a quick note on what drove the spike.
- #1
Magnus Cort
b. 1993
Trending in Dutch (#121) Wikipedia (274 views, on Mar 24).
This page contains a list of the greatest Danish Cyclists. The pantheon dataset contains 1,613 Cyclists, 72 of which were born in Denmark. This makes Denmark the birth place of the 10th most number of Cyclists behind United Kingdom and United States.
Top 10 Cyclists
The following people are considered by Pantheon to be the top 10 most legendary Danish Cyclists of all time. This list of famous Danish Cyclists is sorted by HPI (Historical Popularity Index), a metric that aggregates information on a biography's online popularity. Visit the rankings page to view the entire list of Danish Cyclists.
- #1
Henry Hansen
1902 - 1985
HPI 60.8723 langsDanish cyclist
- #2
Tony Rominger
b. 1961
HPI 60.3331 langsSwiss cyclist
- #3
Bjarne Riis
b. 1964
HPI 59.7130 langsDanish cyclist
- #4
Willy Hansen
1906 - 1978
HPI 59.0521 langsDanish cyclist
- #5
Axel Schandorff
1925 - 2016
HPI 57.0916 langsDanish cyclist
- #6
Ole Ritter
b. 1941
HPI 56.4018 langsDanish racing cyclist, born 1941
- #7
Leif Mortensen
b. 1946
HPI 55.9518 langsDanish cyclist
- #8
Jonas Vingegaard
b. 1996
HPI 54.8539 langsDanish cyclist (born 1996)
- #9
Mogens Frey
b. 1941
HPI 54.7816 langsDanish cyclist
- #10
Charles Schlee
1873 - 1947
HPI 54.5416 langsAmerican racing cyclist (1873-1947)
People by Birth Decade
Browse notable Danish Cyclists grouped by birth decade. Each decade shows the top 10 by HPI; expand to see everyone.
2000s(1)
1990s(26)
1980s(14)
1970s(8)
1960s(9)
1920s(1)
1900s(2)
1870s(1)
Overlapping Lives
Which Cyclists were alive at the same time? This visualization shows the lifespans of the 4 most globally memorable Cyclists since 1700.
