Category
page 1Danish emigrants to the United States
Lars Ulrich
Danish musician
Victor Borge
Danish comedian and pianist (1909–2000)
Jacob Riis
American photographer, journalist and activist (1849–1914)
Jean Hersholt
Danish-American actor (1886–1956)
Jakob Nielsen
Danish web usability consultant
Greta Andersen
Danish swimmer
Christian Mortensen
Danish supercentenarian and second-longest-lived man (1882–1998)
Lauritz Melchior
Danish opera singer (1890-1973)
Kai Winding
Danish-born American jazz composer and trombonist
Peter Freuchen
Danish writer, explorer and anthropologist (1886-1957)
Karl Dane
Danish-American comedian and actor
Holger Thiele
Danish American astronomer (1878–1946)
Charles Schlee
American racing cyclist (1873-1947)
Osa Massen
Danish actress (1914-2006)
Anne Koedt
American activist
Claus von Bülow
British socialite (1926–2019)
Kay Nielsen
Danish illustrator (1886–1957)
Per Brinch Hansen
computer scientist (1938-2007)
David Levy Yulee
American senator (1810–1886)
Ib Melchior
American filmmaker and writer
Morten Andersen
Danish player of American football
Bodil Rosing
American actress (1877-1941)
Valda Valkyrien
Danish actress (1895-1956)
Heidi Albertsen
Danish model
Emil Carlsen
Danish/American artist (1848-1932)
Battling Nelson
Danish-American boxer (1882-1954)
Olaf Henriksen
Danish-American baseball player (1888-1962)
Jens Jensen
Danish-American landscape designer (1860–1951)
Charles Christian Lauritsen
Danish-born American physicist
Torben Meyer
actor (1884-1975)
Thorkild Jacobsen
Danish Assyriologist and archaeologist (1904–1993)
Ann Forrest
Danish actress (1895-1985)
Knut Jungbohn Clement
Danish linguist (1803–1873)
Marcello Truzzi
Danish-American sociologist
Harald T. Friis
American electrical engineer (1893–1976)
Thor Nis Christiansen
American serial killer (1957-1981)
Knut Ansgar Nelson
Catholic bishop (1906–1990)
Peter Martins
Danish danseur and choreographer
Greta Thyssen
actress (1927-2018)
William Orlamond
actor (1867–1957)
Jens Clausen
American botanist (1891-1969)
Anders Randolf
Danish-American actor (1875–1930)
Erik Christian Haugaard
Danish-American children's writer (1923-2009)
Jens Risom
Danish-American furniture designer (1916-2016)
William S. Knudsen
Danish-American automotive industry executive and American general during World War II
Jacob Mendes Da Costa
American physician (1833–1900)
Harry August Jansen
American magician (1883–1955)
Carl Busch
Danish-born American composer and music teacher
Else Holmelund Minarik
American writer (1920–2012)
Robert Anderson
Danish-American actor (1890-1963)
Otto Matieson
Danish actor of the silent era (1893-1932)
Ferdinand Richardt
Danish-American artist (1819-1895)
Erik Christian Clemmensen
Danish American chemist (1876-1941)
Kaj Birksted
Danish flying ace (1915–1996)
Bothwell Browne
Danish actor
murder of Helle Crafts
Danish flight attendant murdered by her husband, airline pilot Richard Crafts
Gwili Andre
Danish model and actress (1908–1959)
Edward S. Salomon
Union Army general (1836-1913)
Hjalmar Petersen
American politician (1890-1968)
Edith Northman
American architect