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Soren Kierkegaard
(Religious Author Who is Considered to be the First 'Existentialist' Philosopher)
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Listed In: Intellectuals & Academics
Birthdate: May 5, 1813
Sun Sign: Taurus
Birthplace: Copenhagen, Denmark
Died: November 11, 1855
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Niels Bohr
(Danish Physicist Who Made Foundational Contributions to Understanding Atomic Structure and Quantum Theory)
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Listed In: Scientists
Birthdate: October 7, 1885
Sun Sign: Libra
Birthplace: Copenhagen, Denmark
Died: November 18, 1962
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Tycho Brahe
(16th Century Danish Astronomer Who is Known for His Accurate and Comprehensive Astronomical Observations)
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Listed In: Scientists
Birthdate: December 14, 1546
Sun Sign: Sagittarius
Birthplace: Knutstorp Manor, Sweden
Died: October 24, 1601
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Lars von Trier
(Director and Screenwriter Known for His Films: ‘Dancer in the Dark’, ‘Breaking the Waves’ and ‘Europa’)
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Listed In: Film & Theater Personalities
Birthdate: April 30, 1956
Sun Sign: Taurus
Birthplace: Lyngby, Denmark
Height: 5'7" (170 cm)
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Frederick IX of Denmark
(King of Denmark (1947 - 1972))
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Listed In: Historical Personalities
Birthdate: March 11, 1899
Sun Sign: Pisces
Birthplace: Sorgenfri Palace, Lyngby, Denmark
Died: January 14, 1972
Height: 6'6" (198 cm)
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Lars Mikkelsen
(Danish Actor Known for His Role in the TV Series 'The Killing')
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Listed In: Film & Theater Personalities
Birthdate: May 6, 1964
Sun Sign: Taurus
Birthplace: Copenhagen, Denmark
Height: 6'4" (193 cm)
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Helle Thorning-Schmidt
(Politician)
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Listed In: Leaders
Birthdate: December 14, 1966
Sun Sign: Sagittarius
Birthplace: Rødovre, Denmark
Height: 5'9" (175 cm)
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Peter Freuchen
(Danish Arctic Explorer, Author, Journalist and Anthropologist Who is Known for His Role in Arctic Exploration)
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Listed In: Miscellaneous
Birthdate: February 20, 1886
Sun Sign: Pisces
Birthplace: Nykøbing Falster, Denmark
Died: September 2, 1957
Height: 6'6" (198 cm)
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Hans Christian Gram
(Former bacteriologist noted for his development of the Gram stain)
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Listed In: Scientists
Birthdate: September 13, 1853
Sun Sign: Virgo
Birthplace: Copenhagen, Denmark
Died: November 14, 1938
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Vigdís Finnbogadóttir
(President)
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Mireia Lalaguna
(Model Actress)
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Listed In: Film & Theater Personalities
Birthdate: November 21, 1992
Sun Sign: Scorpio
Birthplace: Barcelona, Spain
Height: 5'10" (178 cm)
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Mette Frederiksen
(Politician)
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Danica Curcic
(Serbian-Danish Actress Best Known for Her Performance in the Danish Drama Film 'Silent Heart')
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Listed In: Film & Theater Personalities
Birthdate: August 27, 1985
Sun Sign: Virgo
Birthplace: Belgrade, SR Serbia, SFR Yugoslavia
Height: 5'10" (178 cm)
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Aage Bohr
(Danish Nuclear Physicist and Winner of 1975 Nobel Prize in Physics)
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Listed In: Scientists
Birthdate: June 19, 1922
Sun Sign: Gemini
Birthplace: Copenhagen, Denmark
Died: September 8, 2009
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Gry Bay
(Actress)
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Listed In: Film & Theater Personalities
Birthdate: August 15, 1974
Sun Sign: Leo
Birthplace: Frederiksberg, Denmark
Height: 5'8" (173 cm)
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Piet Hein
(Polymath)
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Listed In: Miscellaneous
Birthdate: December 16, 1905
Sun Sign: Sagittarius
Birthplace: Copenhagen, Denmark
Died: April 17, 1996
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Ester Boserup
(Danish Economist Known for Her Theory of Agricultural Intensification)
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Listed In: Intellectuals & Academics
Birthdate: May 18, 1910
Sun Sign: Taurus
Birthplace: Frederiksberg, Denmark
Died: September 24, 1999
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Morten Frost
(Former Badminton Player and Coach)
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Listed In: Sportspersons
Birthdate: April 4, 1958
Sun Sign: Aries
Birthplace: Nykøbing Sjælland, Denmark
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Inge Lehmann
(Seismologist & Geophysicist Known for Her Discovery that Earth’s Outer Core is Molten & its Inner Core Solid)
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Listed In: Scientists
Birthdate: May 13, 1888
Sun Sign: Taurus
Birthplace: Copenhagen, Denmark
Died: February 21, 1993
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Margrethe Vestager
(Executive Vice President)
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Listed In: Leaders
Birthdate: April 13, 1968
Sun Sign: Aries
Birthplace: Glostrup, Denmark
Height: 5'10" (178 cm)
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Sucharit Bhakdi
(Thai-German Retired Microbiologist Who Termed COVID-19 Pandemic as "Fake")
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Listed In: Scientists
Birthdate: November 1, 1946
Sun Sign: Scorpio
Birthplace: Washington, D.C., United States
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Adam Price
(Screenwriter)
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Listed In: Film & Theater Personalities
Birthdate: May 7, 1967
Sun Sign: Taurus
Birthplace: Copenhagen, Denmark
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Nicolas Steno
(Danish Scientist Who Was a Pioneer in Both Anatomy and Geology)
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Birthdate: January 1, 1638
Sun Sign: Capricorn
Birthplace: Copenhagen, Denmark
Died: November 25, 1686
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Ole Rømer
(Astronomer)
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Listed In: Scientists
Birthdate: September 25, 1644
Sun Sign: Libra
Birthplace: Aarhus, Denmark
Died: September 19, 1710
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Bjorn Lomborg
(Author)
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Hans Egede
(Danish-Norwegian Missionary Known for His Mission in Greenland)
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Listed In: Miscellaneous
Birthdate: January 31, 1686
Sun Sign: Aquarius
Birthplace: Harstad, Norway
Died: November 5, 1758
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N. F. S. Grundtvig
(Danish Bishop and Founder of 'Grundtvigianism', a Theological Movement That Revitalized the Danish Lutheran Church)
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Listed In: Intellectuals & Academics
Birthdate: September 8, 1783
Sun Sign: Virgo
Birthplace: Vordingborg Municipality, Denmark
Died: September 2, 1872
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Harald Bohr
(Danish Mathematician and Footballer Known for Founding the Field of 'Almost Periodic Functions')
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Listed In: Scientists
Birthdate: April 22, 1887
Sun Sign: Taurus
Birthplace: Copenhagen, Denmark
Died: January 22, 1951
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Johan Christian Fabricius
(Danish Entomologist Who Established the Basis for the Modern Insect Classification)
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Listed In: Scientists
Birthdate: January 7, 1745
Sun Sign: Capricorn
Birthplace: Tøndern, Denmark
Died: March 3, 1808
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Anders Retzius
(Swedish Anatomist and Anthropologist Who is Best Known for His Pioneer Studies in Craniometry)
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Listed In: Intellectuals & Academics
Birthdate: October 13, 1796
Sun Sign: Libra
Birthplace: Lund, Sweden
Died: April 18, 1860
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Ludvig Holberg
(Playwright and an Author)
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Listed In: Writers
Birthdate: December 3, 1684
Sun Sign: Sagittarius
Birthplace: Bergen, Norway
Died: January 28, 1754
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Johannes Nicolaus Brønsted
(Danish Physical Chemist Who Developed the 'Brønsted–Lowry Acid–Base Theory')
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Listed In: Scientists
Birthdate: February 22, 1879
Sun Sign: Pisces
Birthplace: Varde, Denmark
Died: December 17, 1947
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Valdemar Poulsen
(Engineer)
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Listed In: Inventors & Discoverers
Birthdate: November 23, 1869
Sun Sign: Sagittarius
Birthplace: Copenhagen, Denmark
Died: July 23, 1942
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Otto Jespersen
(Former linguist who specialized in the grammar of the English language)
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Listed In: Intellectuals & Academics
Birthdate: July 16, 1860
Sun Sign: Cancer
Birthplace: Randers, Denmark
Died: April 30, 1943
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Ida Auken
(Member of the Danish Folketing)
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Peter Høeg
(Writer)
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Wilhelm Ludvig Johannsen
(Danish Botanist, Physiologist, and Geneticist Best Known for Coining the Terms Gene, Phenotype and Genotype)
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Listed In: Scientists
Birthdate: February 3, 1857
Sun Sign: Aquarius
Birthplace: Elsinore, Denmark
Died: November 11, 1927
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Georg Brandes
(Critic)
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Listed In: Critics & Connoisseurs
Birthdate: February 4, 1842
Sun Sign: Aquarius
Birthplace: Copenhagen, Denmark
Died: February 19, 1927
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Jens Otto Krag
(Prime minister of Denmark)
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Listed In: Leaders
Birthdate: September 15, 1914
Sun Sign: Virgo
Birthplace: Randers, Denmark
Died: June 22, 1978
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Jens C Skou
(Danish Biochemist and Winner of the 1997 Nobel Prize in Chemistry)
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Listed In: Scientists
Birthdate: October 8, 1918
Sun Sign: Libra
Birthplace: Lemvig, Denmark
Died: May 28, 2018
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Johan Ludvig Heiberg
(Philologist)
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Listed In: Intellectuals & Academics
Birthdate: November 27, 1854
Sun Sign: Sagittarius
Birthplace: Denmark
Died: January 4, 1928
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Jón Sigurdsson
(Political Leader)
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Thomas Bartholin
(Danish Physician, Mathematician, and Theologian Known for His Work in the Discovery of the Lymphatic System in Humans)
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Listed In: Intellectuals & Academics
Birthdate: October 20, 1616
Sun Sign: Libra
Birthplace: Malmö Municipality, Sweden
Died: December 4, 1680
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Niels Kaj Jerne
(Danish Immunologist Known for the Discovery of the Principle for Production of Monoclonal Antibodies)
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Listed In: Scientists
Birthdate: December 23, 1911
Sun Sign: Capricorn
Birthplace: London, England
Died: October 7, 1994
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Rasmus Rask
(Danish Linguist and Philologist Known for His Contributions to Comparative Linguistics)
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Listed In: Intellectuals & Academics
Birthdate: November 22, 1787
Sun Sign: Sagittarius
Birthplace: Denmark
Died: November 14, 1832
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Adam Oehlenschläger
(Poet)
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Listed In: Writers
Birthdate: November 14, 1779
Sun Sign: Scorpio
Birthplace: Copenhagen, Denmark
Died: January 20, 1850
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Johannes V. Jensen
(Author)
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Listed In: Writers
Birthdate: January 20, 1873
Sun Sign: Aquarius
Birthplace: Farsø, Denmark
Died: November 25, 1950
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Jonathan Motzfeldt
(1st Prime Minister of Greenland)
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Listed In: Leaders
Birthdate: September 25, 1938
Sun Sign: Libra
Birthplace: Qassimiut, Greenland
Died: October 28, 2010
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Helmuth Nyborg
(Psychologist, Canoeists)
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Listed In: Sportspersons
Birthdate: January 5, 1937
Sun Sign: Capricorn
Birthplace: Løsning, Denmark
Height: 5'11" (180 cm)
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Jónas Hallgrímsson
(Poet)
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Listed In: Intellectuals & Academics
Birthdate: November 16, 1807
Sun Sign: Scorpio
Birthplace: Hraun, Iceland
Died: May 26, 1845
