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Ole Kirk Christiansen

1891 - 1958

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Ole Kirk Christiansen (born Ole Kirk Kristiansen; 7 April 1891 – 11 March 1958) was a Danish carpenter. In 1932, he founded the construction toy company Lego, later known as The Lego Group. Christiansen transformed his small woodworking shop, which initially sold household products, into a manufacturer of wooden toys. By 1934, he had officially named the company Lego and established its fundamental principles. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Ole Kirk Christiansen is the 141st most popular businessperson (down from 112th in 2019), the 140th most popular biography from Denmark (down from 121st in 2019) and the most popular Danish Businessperson.

Ole Kirk Christiansen was a Danish carpenter who founded the Lego company. He is most famous for inventing the Lego brick, which is the most iconic toy of all time.

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Among businesspeople, Ole Kirk Christiansen ranks 141 out of 847. Before him are Alfred Harmsworth, 1st Viscount Northcliffe, César Ritz, Vichai Srivaddhanaprabha, Gordon Moore, Lakshmi Mittal, and Roy O. Disney. After him are Lee Kun-hee, Sam Walton, Chung Ju-yung, Christina Onassis, William Randolph Hearst, and Pierre Bergé.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1891, Ole Kirk Christiansen ranks 41. Before him are Shukri al-Quwatli, Michael Chekhov, Harold Alexander, 1st Earl Alexander of Tunis, Antonio Segni, Yrjö Väisälä, and Hans Reichenbach. After him are Arthur Drewry, Max Amann, Grant Wood, Yevhen Konovalets, Bronislava Nijinska, and Michael Polanyi. Among people deceased in 1958, Ole Kirk Christiansen ranks 33. Before him are Edna Purviance, André Bazin, Princess Ingeborg of Denmark, Ernst Heinkel, Robert Cecil, 1st Viscount Cecil of Chelwood, and Petru Groza. After him are Nuri al-Said, Alfred Weber, Ralph Vaughan Williams, Pál Maléter, 'Abd al-Ilah, and Henri Farman.

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In Denmark

Among people born in Denmark, Ole Kirk Christiansen ranks 140 out of 1,032. Before him are Louis Hjelmslev (1899), Martin Andersen Nexø (1869), Jussi Adler-Olsen (1950), Giancarlo Esposito (1958), Richard Møller Nielsen (1937), and Piet Hein (1905). After him are Theophil Hansen (1813), Christoffer Wilhelm Eckersberg (1783), Barthold Georg Niebuhr (1776), Wilhelm Johannsen (1857), Elizabeth of Denmark, Electress of Brandenburg (1485), and Lars Ulrich (1963).

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Among BUSINESSPEOPLE In Denmark

Among businesspeople born in Denmark, Ole Kirk Christiansen ranks 1. After him are Paul Elvstrøm (1928), Mærsk Mc-Kinney Møller (1913), J. C. Jacobsen (1811), Jakob Nielsen (1957), Anders Hejlsberg (1960), and Janus Friis (1976).

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