Rudkøbing
Rudkøbing ranks 5,626th in number of biographies on Pantheon, behind Tangermünde, Firuzabad, Fars, and Nyborg. Memorable people born in Rudkøbing include Hans Christian Ørsted, Nikolaj Coster-Waldau, and Anders Sandøe Ørsted. Rudkøbing has been the birth place of many physicists, and actors. Rudkøbing is located in Denmark.
Rudkøbing is a town in Denmark, on the western coast of the island of Langeland. It is the seat of Langeland Municipality, in the Southern Denmark Region. The town is located 15 kilometres (9.3 mi) southeast of Svendborg and is connected to Siø through the Siøsund Bridge. Read more on Wikipedia
People
Between 1777 and 1970, Rudkøbing was the birth place of 3 globally memorable people, including Hans Christian Ørsted, Nikolaj Coster-Waldau, and Anders Sandøe Ørsted.
People Born in Rudkøbing
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Hans Christian Ørsted
PHYSICIST
1777 - 1851
HPI: 81.28
Rank: 1
Nikolaj Coster-Waldau
ACTOR
1970 - Present
HPI: 57.11
Rank: 2
Anders Sandøe Ørsted
POLITICIAN
1778 - 1860
HPI: 50.58
Rank: 3
Occupations
Most individuals born in present day Rudkøbing were physicists (1), actors (1), and politicians (1), while most who died were .
Occupational Trends
Over the past 100 years, actors have been the top profession of globally memorable people born in Rudkøbing, including Nikolaj Coster-Waldau. Whereas, throughout history, physicists have been the profession with the most memorable people born in present day Rudkøbing, including Hans Christian Ørsted.
Places
Overlapping Lives
Below is a visual represetation of the lifespans of the top 2 globally memorable people born in Rudkøbing since 1700.
