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Kurt Westergaard

1935 - 2021

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Kurt Westergaard (born Kurt Vestergaard; 13 July 1935 – 14 July 2021) was a Danish cartoonist. In 2005 he drew a cartoon of the Islamic prophet Muhammad, wearing a bomb in his turban as a part of the Jyllands-Posten Muhammad cartoons, which triggered several assassinations and murders committed by Muslim extremists around the world, diplomatic conflicts, and state-organized riots and attacks on Western embassies with several dead in Muslim countries. After the drawing of the cartoon, Westergaard received numerous death threats and was a target of assassination attempts. As a result, he was under constant police protection. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Kurt Westergaard is the 809th most popular painter (down from 807th in 2019), the 221st most popular biography from Denmark (down from 214th in 2019) and the 14th most popular Danish Painter.

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Among PAINTERS

Among painters, Kurt Westergaard ranks 809 out of 2,023. Before him are Antoine Wiertz, Julius Schnorr von Carolsfeld, Andrea Sacchi, Heinrich Hofmann, Louise Abbéma, and Piero del Pollaiolo. After him are Ni Zan, Arthur Rackham, Eugène Grasset, Leonaert Bramer, Bramantino, and Takashi Murakami.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1935, Kurt Westergaard ranks 138. Before him are Sergei Khrushchev, Ken Kercheval, Muhammad Baqir al-Sadr, Djamila Bouhired, Chaim Topol, and Jerry Fodor. After him are Inger Christensen, Charles Grodin, Khalil al-Wazir, Diane Ladd, Helmut Lachenmann, and Lola Novaković. Among people deceased in 2021, Kurt Westergaard ranks 158. Before him are Volodymyr Holubnychy, Igor Oistrakh, Anna Chromý, Terry Cooper, Willy van der Kuijlen, and Ned Beatty. After him are János Kornai, Joan Didion, Michael Apted, Olympia Dukakis, Charles Grodin, and Humberto Maturana.

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In Denmark

Among people born in Denmark, Kurt Westergaard ranks 221 out of 1,032. Before him are Princess Wilhelmina Caroline of Denmark (1747), Christen C. Raunkiær (1860), Per Nørgård (1932), Prince Joachim of Denmark (1969), Prince Axel of Denmark (1888), and Frederick VIII, Duke of Schleswig-Holstein (1829). After him are Inger Christensen (1935), Conrad Malte-Brun (1775), Peter Andreas Hansen (1795), Eugenius Warming (1841), Valdemar Poulsen (1869), and Princess Caroline of Denmark (1793).

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Among PAINTERS In Denmark

Among painters born in Denmark, Kurt Westergaard ranks 14. Before him are Anna Ancher (1859), Christoffer Wilhelm Eckersberg (1783), Jens Juel (1745), Asger Jorn (1914), Paul Gustav Fischer (1860), and Marie Krøyer (1867). After him are Wilhelm Marstrand (1810), Christen Købke (1810), Laurits Tuxen (1853), Peder Mørk Mønsted (1859), Per Kirkeby (1938), and Carl-Henning Pedersen (1913).

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