Anders Fogh Rasmussen
CEO of Rasmussen Global since 2016, political strategist, 24th Prime Minister of Denmark from 2001-2009, 12th Secretary General of NATO from 2009-2014, founder of Alliance of Democracies Foundation
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Maersk family dynasty, shipbuilder, founder of Maersk Line in 1928 with five tankers after his father Peter Maersk Moller started a shipping line
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Arnold Mærsk Mc-Kinney Møller
Shipping magnate, billionaire, chairman of Ap. Moller-Maersk for decades until his death in 2012, his wife Ane Maersk McKinney Uggla tookover the chairmanship
King Christian I of Denmark
King of Denmark, Norway and Sweden from 1460-1481, House of Oldenburg, Duke of Schleswig and Hostein of the Kalmar Union
King Christian IV of Denmark
King of Denmark and Norway from 1588-1648 (officially in 1596) reigning for nearly 60 years unofficially which is the longest in Scanadinavian history, and 52 years without a guardian government after 1596, House of Oldenburg, Duke of Holstein and Schleswig, trade & shipping magnate, founder of the city Kristianstad
1577-1648 (71)
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Christian VII of Denmark
King of Denmark and Norway, Duke of Schleswig-Holstein, House of Oldenburg
1749-1808 (59)
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David Heinemeier Hansson (DHH) living
Inventor of Ruby on Rails, co-founder and CTO of Basecamp, HEY email, car racing driver
1979- (46)
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Frederick VI
King of Denmark from 1808-1839, King of Norway from 1808-1814, diplomat who helped with the Treaty of Kiel
1768-1839 (71)
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Frederick VII of Denmark
King of Denmark from 1848-1863, House of Oldenburg, defeat at Second Schleswig War
1808-1863 (55)
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Frederick VIII of Denmark
King of Denmark from 1906-1912, known as the father-in-law of Europe, Crown Prince of Denmark for 42 years, eldest son of Christian IX
1843-1912 (69)
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Janus Friis living
co-founder of Starship autonomous delivery vehicles, co-founder of KaZaA peer-to-peer (P2P) file sharing service, co-founder of Skype (acquired by Microsoft), then co-founder of Rdio/Vdio (2013)
1976- (49)
Søren Kierkegaard
Poet, religious writer, theologian, philosopher, social critic
1813-1855 (42)
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Mærsk Mc-Kinney Møller
Billionaire, shipping magnate, container vessels, Maersk family dynasty
Prince Gustaf Adolf
Duke of Västerbotten, his son is Carl XVI Gustaf
1906-1947 (41)
Queen Alexandra of Denmark
Queen of the United Kingdom and the British Dominions, Empress of India from 1901-1910 as the wife of Edward VII, Princess of Wales, Princess of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Glücksburg
1844-1925 (81)
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Queen Anne-Marie of Greece living
Queen of Greece from 1964-1973, Danish princess, daughter of Frederik IX of Denmark and Ingrid of Sweden
1946- (79)
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Søren Kierkegaard
theologian, philosopher aka Johannes de silentio, poet, author of Fear and Trembling (1843)
1813-1855 (42)