Tycho Brahe

Tycho Brahe

male, deceased (1601) (Greenwich, United States)
Lutheran, New Latin author, American English, British English, University of Rostock, Danish…FromCopenhagen, University of Copenhagen alumni
Tycho Brahe, born Tyge Ottesen Brahe, was a Danish nobleman from the region of Scania (in modern-day Sweden), best known today as an early...
Niels Bohr

Niels Bohr

male, deceased (1962)
physicist, Quantum Theory physicist, scientist, Danish, Nobel Prize, quantum mechanics…copenhagen interpertation, From Copenhagen, Denmark, FromCopenhagen, University of Copenhagen, University of Copenhagen alumni
Niels (Henrik David) Bohr was a Danish physicist who made fundamental contributions to understanding atomic structure and quantum mechanics, for...
Gus Hansen

Gus Hansen

male, 35 years old
tennis player, Gus "The Great Dane" Hansen, University of California, Santa Cruz alumni, FromCopenhagen, Danish backgammon player, poker
Gustav Hansen (born February 13, 1974 outside Copenhagen, Denmark) is a professional poker player who lives in Monaco.
Karen Blixen

Karen Blixen

female, deceased (1962)
From Nairobi, Danish nobility, Babette's Feast, Short story writer, danish language, out of africa…FromCopenhagen
Baroness Karen von Blixen-Finecke ," née" Dinesen, was a Danish author also known under her pen name Isak Dinesen. Blixen wrote works both in D...
Lars von Trier

Lars von Trier

male, 53 years old
Dogme 95, film director, Roman Catholic, Danish Christian, Konrad Wolf Prize recipient, FromCopenhagen
Lars von Trier (born Lars Trier, April 30, 1956) is a Danish film director. He is closely associated with the Dogme 95 collective, although his own...

Søren Kierkegaard

male, deceased (1855)
philosopher, Danish, Theologian, existentialist, individualist, University of Copenhagen alumni…FromCopenhagen
Søren Aabye Kierkegaard 5 May, 1813 - 11 November, 1855) was a prolific 19th century Danish philosopher and theologian. Kierkegaard strongly c...
Victor Borge

Victor Borge

male, deceased (2000) (Denmark)
American, Danish American, comedian, Jewish American, naturalized citizen of the United States, pianist…from Greenwich, Connecticut, FromCopenhagen
Victor Borge (January 3 1909 - December 23 2000) was a Danish-Jewish humorist, entertainer and world-class pianist affectionately known as "the...
Mikkel Kessler

Mikkel Kessler

male, 30 years old
boxer, World Boxing Council, WBA Champion, World Boxing Association, FromCopenhagen, Super Middleweight
Mikkel Kessler (born March 1 1979) is a Danish professional boxer, current Super Middleweight World Boxing Council World Champion and Super...
Lars Ulrich

Lars Ulrich

male, 45 years old
Metallica member, heavy metal drummer, Metallica, drummer, FromCopenhagen, Rock drummer
Lars Ulrich (born December 26 1963) is the drummer and co-founder of Metallica. He was born in Gentofte, Denmark to an upper middle-class family. A...
Georg Brandes

Georg Brandes

male, deceased (1927)
Literary realism, FromCopenhagen, naturalism, Literary critic, Danish, scandinavia…University of Copenhagen alumni
Georg Morris Cohen Brandes (February 4, 1842 - February 19, 1927) was a Danish Jewish critic and scholar who had great influence on Scandinavian...