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List of Danes

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This is a list of notable Danish people.

Actors

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Archaeologists

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Architects and designers

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Artists

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Business people

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Chefs and restaurateurs

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Comedians

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Criminals

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Dancers

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Economists

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Explorers

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Fictional Danes

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Film directors

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Gamers

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Historians

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Linguists

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Models

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Music

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B

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C

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D

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E

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F

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Sharin Foo of The Raveonettes

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H

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J

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K

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L

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M

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Frederik Magle

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P

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R

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S

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U

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V

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Sune Rose Wagner of The Raveonettes

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Philanthropists

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Philosophers

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Photographers

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  • Mads Alstrup (1808–1876), first Danish photographer with own studio
  • Per Bak Jensen (1949–), influential photographer with an innovative artistic landscape style
  • Morten Bo (1945–), influential photographer, author of many photo books
  • Pietro Boyesen (1819–1882), photographer in Rome
  • Krass Clement (1946–), specializing in the photo-essay style
  • Peter Faber (1810–1877), took oldest photo on record
  • Frederikke Federspiel (1839–1913), first female photographer to practice in Denmark
  • Kristen Feilberg (1839–1919), remembered for many early photographs in Dutch East Indies
  • Jens Fink-Jensen (1956–), contemporary artistic photographer
  • Jan Grarup (1968–), award-winning press photographer specializing in war and conflict
  • Ludvig Grundtvig (1836–1901), photographer and portrait painter
  • Caroline Hammer (1832–1915), early woman photographer with a studio on the Frisian island of Föhr
  • Georg Emil Hansen (1833–1891), pioneering court photographer
  • Christian Hedemann (1852–1932), remembered for his early photographs of Hawaii
  • Keld Helmer-Petersen (1920–2013), pioneer in colour photography in the 1940s
  • Jacob Holdt (1947–), used photography to encourage social reform
  • Jesper Høm (1931–2000), influential press photographer and film director
  • Kirsten Klein (1945–), specializing in black-and-white landscapes
  • Astrid Kruse Jensen (1975–), specializing in night photography with an unreal dimension
  • Claus Bjørn Larsen (1963–), award-winning press photographer
  • Anton Melbye (1818–1875), artist using photography as an aid to painting
  • Israel B. Melchior (1827–1893), amateur photographer who photographed Hans Christian Andersen
  • Rigmor Mydtskov (1925–2010), theatre photography and court photographer for Queen Margrethe
  • Viggo Rivad (1922–2016), used photographic essays to portray ordinary citizens
  • Leif Schiller (1939–2007), photographer
  • Lars Schwander (1957–), portraits of international artists
  • Jacob Aue Sobol (1976–), award-winning collections from Greenland, Guatemala and Tokyo
  • Mary Steen (1856–1939), pioneer of indoor photography, including royalty
  • Rudolph Striegler (1816–1876), pioneering portrait photography
  • Heinrich Tønnies (1825–1903), early studio in Aalborg, portraits and landscapes
  • Sigvart Werner (1872–1959), amateur who gained fame from Danish landscapes in book form
  • Mary Willumsen (1884–1961), sold postcards of scantily-dressed women from 1916
  • Benedicte Wrensted (1859–1949), took photographs of Native Americans in Idaho

Politicians

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Religion

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  • Absalon (c. 1128–1201), bishop of Roskilde (1158–1192), archbishop of Lund (1178–1201)
  • Johanne Andersen, one of the first three women to be ordained as priests of the Church of Denmark
  • Henning Toft Bro (1956–), bishop of Aalborg
  • Hans Adolph Brorson (1694–1764), pietist and hymn writer, bishop of Ribe (1741–1764)
  • Jacob Dacian, 16th-century Franciscan missionary to Mexico
  • Karen Horsens (1932–), first female minister of the Church of Denmark to become a dean
  • Thomas Kingo (1634–1703), poet and hymn writer, bishop of Funen (1677–1703)
  • Czeslaw Kozon (1951–), Roman Catholic bishop of the Diocese of Copenhagen
  • Stygge Krumpen (c. 1485–1551), last catholic bishop in Denmark (before the Lutheran reformation)
  • Hans Ludvig Martensen (1927–2012), bishop of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Copenhagen (1965–1995)
  • Bent Melchior (1929–), chief rabbi of Denmark (1969–1996)
  • Knut Ansgar Nelson (1906–1990), Roman Catholic bishop of Stockholm (1957–1962)
  • Peder Palladius (1503–1560), Lutheran reformator, bishop of Zealand (1537–1560)
  • Kirsten Stoffregen Pedersen (1932–2017), nun, theologian, iconographer
  • Edith Brenneche Petersen (1896–1973), one of the first three women to be ordained as Church of Denmark priests
  • Lise-Lotte Rebel (1951–), first woman to become a bishop in the Church of Denmark (1995)
  • Hans Svane (1634–1703), bishop of Zealand (1655–1668), archbishop (1660–1668)
  • Hans Tausen (1494–1561), Lutheran reformator, bishop of Ribe (1542–1561)
  • Ruth Vermehren (1894–1983), one of the Church of Denmark's first three women priests

Royalty

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Danish monarchs

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Queen Margrethe II

Other Danish royalty

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Danes becoming kings or regents in other countries

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Other foreign royalty

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Science and research

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Sports

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Writers

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Hans Christian Andersen

Other notables

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See also

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References

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  1. ^ "The 100 Greatest Films of All Time". Sight & Sound. Archived from the original on 2 September 2012. Retrieved 1 April 2021.
  2. ^ "The 21st Century's 100 Greatest Films". BBC. Retrieved 1 April 2021.
  3. ^ "The 100 Best Films of the 21st Century". The Guardian. London. 13 September 2019. Retrieved 1 April 2021.
  4. ^ "The Top 100 Books of All Time". The Guardian. London. 8 May 2002. Retrieved 1 April 2021.
  5. ^ a b Bloom, Harold (1994). The Western Canon: The Books and School of the Ages. NY/San Diego/London: Harcourt Brace & Company. p. 557. ISBN 978-1-57322-514-4.
  6. ^ Craft, Robert (22 October 1992). "The Great Dane". The New York Review. Retrieved 4 March 2021.

Citations

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  • Jensen, Elisabeth Møller, ed. (2003). "Søg" [Search]. Dansk Kvindebiografisk Leksikon [Danish Dictionary of Women's Biography] (in Danish) (Digital ed.).