Aalborg
Aalborg ranks 858th in number of biographies on Pantheon, behind Smolensk, Jena, and Wiener Neustadt. Memorable people born in Aalborg include Mette Frederiksen, Henning Carlsen, and Ebbe Sand. Memorable people who died in Aalborg include Henning Jensen, Eugen Schmidt, and Hans Jacob Nielsen. Aalborg has been the birth place of many soccer players, and politicians and the death place of many athletes, and soccer players. Aalborg is located in Denmark.
Aalborg or Ålborg is Denmark's fourth largest urban settlement with a population of 119,862 in the town proper and an urban population of 143,598. As of 1 July 2022, the Municipality of Aalborg had a population of 221,082, making it the third most populous in the country after the municipalities of Copenhagen (capital) and Aarhus. Eurostat and OECD have used a definition for the metropolitan area of Aalborg, which includes all municipalities in the province of North Jutland, with a total population of 594,323 as of 1 July 2022. Read more on Wikipedia
People
Between 1854 and 1996, Aalborg was the birth place of 18 globally memorable people, including Mette Frederiksen, Henning Carlsen, and Ebbe Sand. Additionaly, 3 globally memorable people have passed away in Aalborg including Henning Jensen, Eugen Schmidt, and Hans Jacob Nielsen.
People Born in Aalborg
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Mette Frederiksen
POLITICIAN
1977 - Present
HPI: 58.00
Rank: 1
Henning Carlsen
FILM DIRECTOR
1927 - 2014
HPI: 53.82
Rank: 2
Ebbe Sand
SOCCER PLAYER
1972 - Present
HPI: 47.72
Rank: 3
Jes Høgh
SOCCER PLAYER
1966 - Present
HPI: 42.50
Rank: 4
Dan Laustsen
FILM DIRECTOR
1954 - Present
HPI: 41.63
Rank: 5
Johan Ludvig Heiberg
LINGUIST
1854 - 1928
HPI: 41.22
Rank: 6
Peter Gade
BADMINTON PLAYER
1976 - Present
HPI: 40.86
Rank: 7
Adrian Zandberg
POLITICIAN
1979 - Present
HPI: 35.65
Rank: 8
Joachim B. Olsen
POLITICIAN
1977 - Present
HPI: 32.26
Rank: 9
Kristine Andersen
POLITICIAN
1976 - Present
HPI: 30.58
Rank: 10
Christinna Pedersen
BADMINTON PLAYER
1986 - Present
HPI: 30.23
Rank: 11
Lasse Nielsen
SOCCER PLAYER
1988 - Present
HPI: 29.24
Rank: 12
Newly Added People Born in Aalborg
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FILM DIRECTOR
1954 - Present
HPI: 41.63
Rank: 5
Nikolaj Ehlers
HOCKEY PLAYER
1996 - Present
HPI: 19.67
Rank: 16
Magnus Saugstrup
HANDBALL PLAYER
1996 - Present
HPI: 0.00
Rank: 17
Amalie Iuel
ATHLETE
1994 - Present
HPI: 0.00
Rank: 18
People Deceased in Aalborg
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Henning Jensen
SOCCER PLAYER
1949 - 2017
HPI: 52.17
Rank: 1
Eugen Schmidt
ATHLETE
1862 - 1931
HPI: 48.21
Rank: 2
Hans Jacob Nielsen
ATHLETE
1899 - 1967
HPI: 47.03
Rank: 3
Occupations
Most individuals born in present day Aalborg were soccer players (5), politicians (4), film directors (2), badminton players (2), and linguists (1), while most who died were athletes (2), and soccer players (1).
Occupational Trends
Over the past 100 years, soccer players have been the top profession of globally memorable people born in Aalborg, including Ebbe Sand, Jes Høgh, and Lasse Nielsen. Whereas, throughout history, soccer players have been the profession with the most memorable people born in present day Aalborg, including Ebbe Sand, Jes Høgh, and Lasse Nielsen.
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Overlapping Lives
Below is a visual represetation of the lifespans of the top 2 globally memorable people born in Aalborg since 1700.
