The Most Famous

Geologists from Denmark

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This page contains a list of the greatest Danish Geologists. The pantheon dataset contains 90 Geologists, 2 of which were born in Denmark. This makes Denmark the birth place of the 8th most number of Geologists behind Canada and Switzerland.

Top 2 Danish Geologists

The following people are considered by Pantheon to be the most legendary Danish Geologists of all time. This list of famous Danish Geologists is sorted by HPI (Historical Popularity Index), a metric that aggregates information on a biography's online popularity.

  1. #1
    Photo of Nicolas Steno

    Nicolas Steno

    1638 - 1686

    HPI 73.3546 langs

    Nicolas Steno was a Danish anatomist and geologist who is most famous for his work on the structure of the human skull.

  2. #2
    Photo of Inge Lehmann

    Inge Lehmann

    1888 - 1993

    HPI 72.2156 langs

    Inger Lehmann was a Danish seismologist who discovered that the Earth has a solid inner core.

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