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Holger Nielsen

1866 - 1955

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Holger Louis Nielsen (18 December 1866 – 26 January 1955) was a Danish fencer, sport shooter, and athlete. He competed at the 1896 Summer Olympics in Athens. He is probably best known for drawing up the first set of rules for the game of handball. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Holger Nielsen is the 9,596th most popular politician (down from 9,214th in 2019), the 254th most popular biography from Denmark (down from 250th in 2019) and the 96th most popular Danish Politician.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Holger Nielsen ranks 9,596 out of 19,576. Before him are José Calvo Sotelo, George Koval, Adolph VIII, Count of Holstein, Alexander Shelepin, Marie Eleonore of Cleves, and Charles Rogier. After him are Eleanor of Arborea, Agis I, Andronikos Palaiologos, Börje Salming, Juliette Drouet, and Károly Huszár.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1866, Holger Nielsen ranks 60. Before him are Kazys Grinius, Elizabeth von Arnim, Gustav Cassel, Kazimierz Twardowski, Charles Jean de la Vallée Poussin, and Reginald Fessenden. After him are Alikhan Bukeikhanov, Robert Broom, Roger Fry, António José de Almeida, Antonia Maury, and Charles Mangin. Among people deceased in 1955, Holger Nielsen ranks 74. Before him are Robert W. Wood, Reiner Stahel, Louis Lachenal, Carl Milles, Arthur Tansley, and Isak Samokovlija. After him are Alexandrina of Balazar, Ernst II, Duke of Saxe-Altenburg, Hubert Cecil Booth, H. J. R. Murray, Isaak Dunayevsky, and Tribhuvan of Nepal.

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In Denmark

Among people born in Denmark, Holger Nielsen ranks 254 out of 1,032. Before him are Helle Thorning-Schmidt (1966), Viggo Jensen (1874), Princess Louise of Denmark (1875), Carl Lange (1834), Henning Jensen (1949), and Princess Dagmar of Denmark (1890). After him are Grethe Ingmann (1938), Jacob Gade (1879), Kjeld Abell (1901), Erik Scavenius (1877), Valdemar the Young (1209), and Ove Høegh-Guldberg (1731).

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Among POLITICIANS In Denmark

Among politicians born in Denmark, Holger Nielsen ranks 96. Before him are Thyra (800), Karl Verner (1846), Princess Elisabeth of Denmark (1935), Christian August II, Duke of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Augustenburg (1798), Svein Knutsson (1016), and Helle Thorning-Schmidt (1966). After him are Erik Scavenius (1877), Valdemar the Young (1209), Ove Høegh-Guldberg (1731), Adam Wilhelm Moltke (1785), Jens Otto Krag (1914), and Christian, Prince-Elect of Denmark (1603).

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