30 Famous People from Denmark

Can you name 30 famous people from Denmark?

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Author best known for memoir Out of Africa	Karen Blixen
Footballer who collapsed on the pitch after suffering a cardiac arrest	Christian Eriksen
Runner born in Kenya who has the second fastest of all time over 800 m	Wilson Kipketer
Model who appeared in Chris Isaak's video Wicked Game	Helena Christensen
Actress who played the role of Lucilla in Gladiator	Connie Nielsen
Highest-ranked Danish male tennis player in history	Holger Rune
Philosopher, known as “the father of existentialism”	Soren Kierkegaard
Actress who starred in the 1985 films Red Sonja and Rocky IV	Brigitte Nielsen
King of Denmark since 2024	Frederik X
Female tennis player and Australian Open winner in 2018	Caroline Wozniacki
Queen of Denmark from 1972 to 2024	Margrethe II
Handballer, named the IHF World Player of the Year three times	Mikkel Hansen
Physicist who specialised in atomic theory and quantum mechanics	Niels Bohr
Racing driver who won the 24 Hours of Le Mans record nine times	Tom Kristensen
Founder of construction toy company The Lego Group	Ole Kirk Kristiansen
World's best goalkeeper in 1992, 1993 and in 2000	Peter Schmeichel
Drummer and co-founder of heavy metal band Metallica	Lars Ulrich
Princess Dagmar of Denmark, before she became the Empress of Russia	Maria Feodorovna
Formula One driver who drove for Haas team	Kevin Magnussen
Footballer and older brother of Brian	Michael Laudrup
Director of movies Dancer in the Dark, Europa and Dogville	Lars Von Trier
Explorer, the strait between Asia and America was named after him	Vitus Bering
Astronomer known for his accurate astronomical observations	Tycho Brahe
Actress, born in New York to a Danish father and American mother	Scarlett Johansson
Handball goalkeeper, IHF World Player of the Year in 2019 and 2021	Niclas Landin Jacobsen
Actor who played Jaime Lannister in Game of Thrones	Nikolaj Coster-Waldau
Actor who portrayed Aragorn in The Lord of the Rings	Viggo Mortensen
Danish prince, who captured the throne of England in 1016	Cnut the Great
Author of The Little Mermaid and The Ugly Duckling	Hans Christian Andersen
Actor who played in Star Wars: Rogue One and TV series Hannibal	Mads Mikkelsen

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