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Nuuk

Greenland

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Nuuk ranks 4,270th in number of biographies on Pantheon, behind Eisenberg, Thuringia, Kakegawa, Shizuoka, and Kosai, Shizuoka. Memorable people born in Nuuk include Jesper Grønkjær, Múte Bourup Egede, and Sara Olsvig. Nuuk has been the birth place of many politicians, and soccer players. Nuuk is located in Greenland.

Nuuk is the capital of and most populous city in Greenland, an autonomous territory in the Kingdom of Denmark. Nuuk is the seat of government and the territory's largest cultural and economic center. Nuuk is also the seat of government for the Sermersooq municipality. In January 2024, it had a population of 19,872, - more than a third of the country’s population - making it one of the smallest capital cities in the world by population. Nuuk is considered a modernized city after the policy began in 1950. Read more on Wikipedia

People

Between 1977 and 1987, Nuuk was the birth place of 4 globally memorable people, including Jesper Grønkjær, Múte Bourup Egede, and Sara Olsvig.

People Born in Nuuk

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Occupations

Most individuals born in present day Nuuk were politicians (2), soccer players (1), and actors (1),  while most who died were .

Over the past 100 years, politicians have been the top profession of globally memorable people born in Nuuk, including Múte Bourup Egede, and Sara Olsvig. Whereas, throughout history, politicians have been the profession with the most memorable people born in present day Nuuk, including Múte Bourup Egede, and Sara Olsvig.

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Overlapping Lives

Below is a visual represetation of the lifespans of the top 0 globally memorable people born in Nuuk since 1700.