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Copenhagen, Denmark
CITY
Official Website:
http://www.kk.dk/
Population:
1,167,569 (2009) SCHOOLS
ORCHESTRA
BIRTHS
DEATHS
| Name | Occupation | Birth | Death | Known for |
|---|
| Hans Christian Andersen |
Author |
2-Apr-1805 |
4-Aug-1875 |
Danish master of the fairy tale |
| Joachim Andersen |
Musician |
29-Apr-1847 |
7-May-1909 |
Danish flautist and composer for flute |
| Gabriel Axel |
Film Director |
18-Apr-1918 |
9-Feb-2014 |
Babette's Feast |
| Fredrik Bajer |
Politician |
21-Apr-1837 |
22-Jan-1922 |
Pacifist, Nobel Prize recipient |
| Phil Baker |
Radio Personality |
26-Aug-1896 |
30-Nov-1963 |
Host of Take It or Leave It, 1941-47 |
| Aage N. Bohr |
Physicist |
19-Jun-1922 |
8-Sep-2009 |
Determined shapes of nuclei |
| Niels Bohr |
Physicist |
7-Oct-1885 |
18-Nov-1962 |
Father of Quantum Theory |
| Christian X |
Royalty |
26-Sep-1870 |
20-Apr-1947 |
King of Denmark, 1912-47 |
| Henrik Dam |
Scientist |
21-Feb-1895 |
Apr-1976 |
Discovered Vitamin K |
| Carl Theodor Dreyer |
Film Director |
3-Feb-1889 |
20-Mar-1968 |
Greatest Danish film director |
| Johannes Fibiger |
Scientist |
23-Apr-1867 |
30-Jan-1928 |
Caused cancer in lab rats |
| Niels Ryberg Finsen |
Doctor |
15-Dec-1860 |
25-Sep-1904 |
Light therapy for lupus |
| Frederick IX |
Royalty |
11-Mar-1899 |
14-Jan-1972 |
King of Denmark, 1947-72 |
| Poul Hartling |
Head of State |
14-Aug-1914 |
30-Apr-2000 |
Prime Minister of Denmark, 1973-75 |
| Ludvig Holberg |
Author |
3-Dec-1684 |
28-Jan-1754 |
Founder of Danish literature |
| Christian IX |
Royalty |
8-Apr-1818 |
29-Jan-1906 |
King of Denmark, 1863-1906 |
| Johannes V. Jensen |
Author |
20-Jan-1873 |
25-Nov-1950 |
The Long Journey |
| Thad Jones |
Jazz Musician |
28-Mar-1923 |
20-Aug-1986 |
Jazz cornet/fluglehorn/trumpeter and bandleader |
| Anker J�rgensen |
Head of State |
13-Jul-1922 |
20-Mar-2016 |
Twice Prime Minister of Denmark |
| S�ren Kierkegaard |
Philosopher |
5-May-1813 |
11-Nov-1855 |
Father of existentialism |
| August Krogh |
Scientist |
15-Nov-1874 |
13-Sep-1949 |
Discovered how capillaries regulate oxygen |
| Maersk Mc-Kinney M�ller |
Business |
13-Jul-1913 |
16-Apr-2012 |
Shipbuilding tycoon, philanthropist |
| Grace Moore |
Singer |
5-Dec-1898 |
26-Jan-1947 |
One Night of Love |
| Joergen Nash |
Artist |
1929 |
18-May-2004 |
Beheaded Copenhagen's Little Mermaid |
| Carl Nielsen |
Composer |
9-Jun-1865 |
3-Oct-1931 |
The Four Temperaments |
| Hans Christian Oersted |
Physicist |
14-Aug-1777 |
9-Mar-1851 |
Discovered electromagnetics |
| Ruth Bryan Owen |
Politician |
2-Oct-1885 |
26-Jul-1954 |
Congresswoman and Ambassador to Demark |
| Oscar Pettiford |
Jazz Musician |
30-Sep-1922 |
8-Sep-1960 |
Jazz double bassist |
| Philipp Scheidemann |
Head of State |
26-Jul-1865 |
29-Nov-1939 |
German Chancellor, 1919 |
| Bengt Strömgren |
Astronomer |
21-Jan-1908 |
4-Jul-1987 |
Hydrogen stars |
| Johann Friedrich Struensee |
Government |
5-Aug-1737 |
28-Apr-1772 |
Puppetmaster of Christian VII |
| Hans Svane |
Government |
27-Mar-1606 |
26-Jul-1668 |
Danish statesman, absolutist |
| J�rn Utzon |
Architect |
9-Apr-1918 |
29-Nov-2008 |
Sydney Opera House |
| Link Wray |
Guitarist |
2-May-1929 |
5-Nov-2005 |
Rumble |
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