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Ole Kirk Christiansen

1891 - 1958

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Ole Kirk Christiansen (born Ole Kirk Kristiansen; 7 April 1891 – 11 March 1958) was a Danish carpenter. In 1932, he founded the construction toy company Lego, later known as The Lego Group. Christiansen transformed his small woodworking shop, which initially sold household products, into a manufacturer of wooden toys. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Ole Kirk Christiansen has received more than 1,394,519 page views. His biography is available in 31 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 30 in 2019). Ole Kirk Christiansen is the 112th most popular businessperson (down from 88th in 2019), the 121st most popular biography from Denmark (down from 90th in 2019) and the most popular Danish Businessperson.

Ole Kirk Christiansen was a Danish carpenter who founded the Lego company. He is most famous for inventing the Lego brick, which is the most iconic toy of all time.

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  • 31

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 5.95

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.17

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among BUSINESSPEOPLE

Among businesspeople, Ole Kirk Christiansen ranks 112 out of 847. Before him are Ethan Allen, Fred Trump, Joan Laporta, Carlos Ghosn, Christina Onassis, and Lakshmi Mittal. After him are Al-Waleed bin Talal, Chung Ju-yung, Mohammed bin Awad bin Laden, William Randolph Hearst, Iwasaki Yatarō, and César Ritz.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1891, Ole Kirk Christiansen ranks 34. Before him are Fumimaro Konoe, Grand Duke Dmitri Pavlovich of Russia, Grant Wood, Frank Costello, Michael Chekhov, and Antonio Segni. After him are Harold Alexander, 1st Earl Alexander of Tunis, Alexander Wienerberger, Hans Reichenbach, Yevhen Konovalets, Arthur Drewry, and Max Amann. Among people deceased in 1958, Ole Kirk Christiansen ranks 30. Before him are Princess Ingeborg of Denmark, André Bazin, Kim Tu-bong, Tyrone Power, Edna Purviance, and Petru Groza. After him are Grand Duchess Maria Pavlovna of Russia, Duncan Edwards, Pál Maléter, Nuri al-Said, Ralph Vaughan Williams, and Henri Farman.

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In Denmark

Among people born in Denmark, Ole Kirk Christiansen ranks 121 out of 1,032. Before him are Jussi Adler-Olsen (1950), Anna Ancher (1859), Martin Andersen Nexø (1869), Sweyn III of Denmark (1125), Erik Bruhn (1928), and Prince Valdemar of Denmark (1858). After him are Asger Jorn (1914), Louis Hjelmslev (1899), Prince Joachim of Denmark (1969), Theophil Hansen (1813), Bjarne Stroustrup (1950), and Caroline Amalie of Augustenburg (1796).

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Among BUSINESSPEOPLE In Denmark

Among businesspeople born in Denmark, Ole Kirk Christiansen ranks 1. After him are Paul Elvstrøm (1928), Mærsk Mc-Kinney Møller (1913), J. C. Jacobsen (1811), Jakob Nielsen (1957), Anders Hejlsberg (1960), and Janus Friis (1976).

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