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Denmark
Denmark ranks 26th in number of biographies on Pantheon, behind South Korea, Hungary, and Norway. Memorable people born in present day Denmark include Hans Christian Andersen, Cnut the Great, and Margrethe II of Denmark. Memorable people who died in Denmark include Hans Christian Andersen, Niels Bohr, and Hans Christian Ørsted. Denmark has been the birth place of many soccer players, and politicians and the death place of many politicians, and writers.
Denmark is a Nordic country in Northern Europe. It is the metropole and most populous constituent of the Kingdom of Denmark, also known as the Danish Realm, a constitutionally unitary state that includes the autonomous territories of the Faroe Islands and Greenland in the north Atlantic Ocean. Metropolitan Denmark, also called "continental Denmark" or "Denmark proper", consists of the northern Jutland peninsula and an archipelago of 406 islands. It is the southernmost of the Scandinavian countries, lying southwest of Sweden, south of Norway, and north of Germany, with which it shares a short border. Denmark proper is situated between the North Sea to the west and the Baltic Sea to the east. Read more on Wikipedia
People
Between 400 BC and 2012, present day Denmark was the birth place of 1,219 globally memorable people, including Hans Christian Andersen, Cnut the Great, and Margrethe II of Denmark. Additionaly, 451 globally memorable people have passed away in present day Denmark including Hans Christian Andersen, Niels Bohr, and Hans Christian Ørsted.
People Born in Present Day Denmark
Go to all RankingsHans Christian Andersen
WRITER
1805 - 1875
HPI: 90.14
Rank: 310
Cnut the Great
POLITICIAN
995 - 1035
HPI: 87.99
Rank: 1,060
Margrethe II of Denmark
NOBLEMAN
1940 - Present
HPI: 86.69
Rank: 474
Niels Bohr
PHYSICIST
1885 - 1962
HPI: 85.49
Rank: 235
Hans Christian Ørsted
PHYSICIST
1777 - 1851
HPI: 85.42
Rank: 165
Søren Kierkegaard
PHILOSOPHER
1813 - 1855
HPI: 84.47
Rank: 225
Harald Bluetooth
POLITICIAN
935 - 986
HPI: 83.17
Rank: 36
Haakon VII of Norway
POLITICIAN
1872 - 1957
HPI: 82.79
Rank: 323
Frederick IX of Denmark
POLITICIAN
1899 - 1972
HPI: 81.91
Rank: 882
Margaret I of Denmark
POLITICIAN
1353 - 1412
HPI: 81.56
Rank: 37
Christian X of Denmark
POLITICIAN
1870 - 1947
HPI: 81.17
Rank: 1,219
Karl Adolph Gjellerup
WRITER
1857 - 1919
HPI: 79.92
Rank: 319
Newly Added People Born in Present Day Denmark
Go to all RankingsPeter Mygind
ACTOR
1963 - Present
HPI: 54.69
Rank: 1,210
Nicolas Bro
ACTOR
1972 - Present
HPI: 51.19
Rank: 1,182
Michael Poulsen
MUSICIAN
1975 - Present
HPI: 50.39
Rank: 1,170
Janne Teller
WRITER
1964 - Present
HPI: 50.07
Rank: 1,209
Ann Eleonora Jørgensen
ACTOR
1965 - Present
HPI: 49.31
Rank: 1,208
Peter Nielsen
SOCCER PLAYER
1968 - Present
HPI: 48.89
Rank: 1,199
René Dif
SINGER
1967 - Present
HPI: 47.89
Rank: 1,201
Bo Henriksen
SOCCER PLAYER
1975 - Present
HPI: 46.92
Rank: 1,176
Dan Jørgensen
POLITICIAN
1975 - Present
HPI: 46.88
Rank: 1,169
Niels Henriksen
ATHLETE
1966 - Present
HPI: 46.82
Rank: 1,205
Pernille Fischer Christensen
FILM DIRECTOR
1969 - Present
HPI: 45.91
Rank: 1,195
Christel Schaldemose
POLITICIAN
1967 - Present
HPI: 45.88
Rank: 1,203
People Deceased in Present Day Denmark
Go to all RankingsHans Christian Andersen
WRITER
1805 - 1875
HPI: 90.14
Rank: 432
Niels Bohr
PHYSICIST
1885 - 1962
HPI: 85.49
Rank: 365
Hans Christian Ørsted
PHYSICIST
1777 - 1851
HPI: 85.42
Rank: 296
Søren Kierkegaard
PHILOSOPHER
1813 - 1855
HPI: 84.47
Rank: 356
Christian IX of Denmark
POLITICIAN
1818 - 1906
HPI: 83.50
Rank: 62
Frederick IX of Denmark
POLITICIAN
1899 - 1972
HPI: 81.91
Rank: 65
Christian X of Denmark
POLITICIAN
1870 - 1947
HPI: 81.17
Rank: 138
Magnus the Good
POLITICIAN
1024 - 1047
HPI: 79.92
Rank: 235
Olaf Tryggvason
POLITICIAN
963 - 1000
HPI: 78.80
Rank: 66
Christian VIII of Denmark
POLITICIAN
1786 - 1848
HPI: 78.63
Rank: 139
Maria Feodorovna
COMPANION
1847 - 1928
HPI: 78.58
Rank: 124
Johannes V. Jensen
WRITER
1873 - 1950
HPI: 78.43
Rank: 144
Newly Added People Deceased in Present Day Denmark
Go to all RankingsMargit Pörtner
ATHLETE
1972 - 2017
HPI: 41.94
Rank: 129
Peter Christensen
POLITICIAN
1975 - 2025
HPI: 40.72
Rank: 128
Occupations
Most individuals born in present day Denmark were soccer players (271), politicians (192), athletes (95), cyclists (72), and handball players (65), while most who died were politicians (122), writers (42), painters (35), companions (30), and soccer players (18).
Occupational Trends
Over the past 100 years, soccer players have been the top profession of globally memorable people born in present day Denmark, including Peter Schmeichel, Allan Simonsen, and Richard Møller Nielsen. Whereas, throughout history, soccer players have been the profession with the most memorable people born in present day Denmark, including Peter Schmeichel, Allan Simonsen, and Richard Møller Nielsen.
Places
Overlapping Lives
Below is a visual represetation of the lifespans of the top 25 globally memorable people born in present day Denmark since 1700.
































