Kongens Lyngby
Kongens Lyngby ranks 2,895th in number of biographies on Pantheon, behind Ajax, Ontario, Everett, Washington, and Purmerend. Memorable people born in Kongens Lyngby include Lars von Trier, Henrik Larsen, and Klaus Berggreen. Kongens Lyngby has been the birth place of many soccer players, and film directors. Kongens Lyngby is located in Denmark.
Kongens Lyngby is the seat and commercial centre of Lyngby-Taarbæk Municipality in the northern suburbs of Copenhagen, Denmark. Lyngby Hovedgade is a busy shopping street and the site of a branch of Magasin du Nord as well as Lyngby Storcenter. The district is also home to several major companies, including COWI A/S, Bang & Olufsen, ICEpower a/s and Microsoft. The Technical University of Denmark relocated to Lyngby from central Copenhagen in the 1970s. Lyngby station is located on the Hillerød radial of Copenhagen's S-train network. Read more on Wikipedia
People
Between 1956 and 1998, Kongens Lyngby was the birth place of 6 globally memorable people, including Lars von Trier, Henrik Larsen, and Klaus Berggreen.
People Born in Kongens Lyngby
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Lars von Trier
FILM DIRECTOR
1956 - Present
HPI: 70.16
Rank: 1
Henrik Larsen
SOCCER PLAYER
1966 - Present
HPI: 47.51
Rank: 2
Klaus Berggreen
SOCCER PLAYER
1958 - Present
HPI: 44.99
Rank: 3
Frederik Nielsen
TENNIS PLAYER
1983 - Present
HPI: 31.19
Rank: 4
Jeanette Ottesen
SWIMMER
1987 - Present
HPI: 30.33
Rank: 5
Jacob Bruun Larsen
SOCCER PLAYER
1998 - Present
HPI: 29.28
Rank: 6
Occupations
Most individuals born in present day Kongens Lyngby were soccer players (3), film directors (1), tennis players (1), and swimmers (1), while most who died were .
Occupational Trends
Over the past 100 years, soccer players have been the top profession of globally memorable people born in Kongens Lyngby, including Henrik Larsen, Klaus Berggreen, and Jacob Bruun Larsen. Whereas, throughout history, soccer players have been the profession with the most memorable people born in present day Kongens Lyngby, including Henrik Larsen, Klaus Berggreen, and Jacob Bruun Larsen.
Places
Overlapping Lives
Below is a visual represetation of the lifespans of the top 0 globally memorable people born in Kongens Lyngby since 1700.
