List of Danes

Listed are persons whose achievements have been important also outside Denmark.

Pure and Applied Mathematics

• Harald Bohr
• A. K. Erlang
• Thomas Fincke
• Piet Hein
• Georg Mohr
• Niels Erik Nørlund
• Julius Petersen
• Caspar Wessel

Computer Science

• Peter Naur

Astronomy

• H. L. d'Arrest
• Tycho Brahe
• J. L. E. Dreyer
• Ole Rømer
• Bengt Strömgren

Physics

• Aage Bohr
• Niels Bohr
• H. C. Ørsted

Chemistry

• J. N. Brønsted
• S. P. L. Sørensen

Geology

• Nicolas Steno

Biology, Genetics

• Henrik Dam
• Hans Christian Gram
• Emil Christian Hansen
• Wilhelm Johannsen
• Johannes Schmidt

Anatomy, Medicine

• Thomas Bartholin
• Niels Ryberg Finsen
• Nicolas Steno
• Jacob B. Winslow

Industrial Enterprise

• Carl Jacobsen
• J. C. Jacobsen

Linguistics, Philology

• Ada Adler
• Otto Jespersen
• Johan Nicolai Madvig
• Holger Pedersen
• Rasmus Rask
• Vilhelm Thomsen
• Karl Verner

Archaeology

• Christian Jürgensen Thomsen
• J. J. A. Worsaae

History

• Saxo Grammaticus

Architecture, Town-Planning

• Steen Eiler Rasmussen
• Jørn Utzon

Jurisprudence

• Andreas Aagesen

Philosophy

• Søren Kierkegaard

Literature

• Hans Christian Andersen
• Piet Hein
• Ludvig Holberg
• Johannes V. Jensen
• Kaj Munk
• Adam Oehlenschläger

Sculpture and Painting

• Nikolaj Abraham Abildgaard
• Bertel Thorvaldsen

Musical Composition

• Dietrich Buxtehude
• Carl Nielsen
• C. E. F. Weyse

Performing Arts, Theatre, Movies

• Victor Borge
• August Bournonville
• Carl Th. Dreyer
• Jean Hersholt
• Peter Martins
• Lauritz Melchior
• Asta Nielsen
• Aksel Schiøtz

Exploration, Cartography

• Vitus Bering
• Hans Egede
• C. Malte-Brun
• Knud Rasmussen

Government, Statesmanship

• Absalon
• Johan Friedrich Struensee