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List of Danish People

• 1388-09-14 Claudius Clavus, Danish cartographer (probably 1st to draw Greenland on a map), born in Salling, Island of Fünen (date of death unknown)
• 1494-02-20 Johan Friis, Danish statesman (Chancellor of Denmark, helped establish Lutheranism), born in Lundbygaard, Sweden (d. 1570)
• 1540-08-26 King Magnus of Holstein, Danish prince and King of Livonia (1570-78), born in Copenhagen Castle (d. 1583)
• 1546-12-14 Tycho Brahe, Danish astronomer (set new standards for astronomical observations), born in Knudstrup, Scania, Denmark (d. 1601)
• 1561-01-06 Thomas Fincke, Danish mathematician, born in Flensburg, Germany (d. 1656)
• 1562-10-04 Christian Sørensen Longomontanus, Danish astronomer, born in Lomborg, Jutland, Denmark (d. 1647)
• 1574-12-12 Anne of Denmark, daughter of Danish King Frederik II and Queen Consort of James I of England, born in Skanderborg Castle, Skanderborg, Denmark (d. 1619)
• 1585-02-12 Caspar Bartholin the Elder, Danish physician, theologian, writer on anatomy, born in Malmö, Denmark (modern Sweden) (d. 1629)
• 1587-01-08 Johannes Fabricius, Danish astronomer (discovered sunspots), born in East Frisia, Germany (d. 1616)
• 1588-05-13 Ole Worm, Danish physician, born in Aarhus, Denmark–Norway (d. 1654)
• 1598-11-28 Hans Nansen, Danish statesman, born in Flensburg (d. 1667)
• 1616-10-20 Thomas Bartholin, Danish physician, mathematician, and theologian (d. 1680)
• 1617-01-06 Christoffer Gabel, Danish statesman, born in Glückstadt, Denmark (d. 1673)
• 1622-12-16 Cort Adeler, Norwegian admiral ship builder (served Dutch, Venetian and Danish navies), born in Brevik, Norway (d. 1675)
• 1625-08-13 Rasmus Bartholin, Danish physician, mathematician and physicist, born in Roskilde, Denmark (d. 1698)
• 1629-05-08 Niels Juel, Danish-Norwegian admiral, born in Christiania, Norway (d. 1697)
• 1631-07-15 Jens Juel, Danish diplomat and statesman at the Danish-Norwegian court, born at Nørtorp, Jutland (d. 1700)
• 1635-08-24 Peder Griffenfeld, Danish statesman, born in Copenhagen, Denmark (d. 1699)
• 1638-01-11 Nicolas Steno, Danish scientist prominent in anatomy and geology, and later Catholic priest, bishop, and candidate for sainthood, born in Copenhagen, Denmark (d. 1686)
• 1640-04-01 Georg Mohr, Danish mathematician who proved the Mohr–Mascheroni theorem, born in Copenhagen. Denmark (d. 1697)
• 1644-09-25 Ole Rømer, Danish astronomer, born in Aarhus, Denmark (d. 1710)
• 1660-04-29 Matthias Henriksen Schacht, Danish scholar and composer, born in Visby, Gotland, Sweden (d. 1700)
• 1679-05-14 Peder Horrebow, Danish astronomer who invented the Horrebow-Talcott Method, a method to determine a location's latitude from the stars, born in Løgstør, Jutland, Denmark (d. 1764)
• 1681-08-05 Vitus Bering, Danish explorer of Bering Strait and coast of Alaska, born in Horsens, Denmark (d. 1741)
• 1684-12-03 Ludvig Holberg, Baron of Holberg, founder of modern Danish and Norwegian literature, born in Bergen, Denmark-Norway (d. 1754)
• 1686-06-05 Cristoph Raupach, Danish composer, born in Tønder, Denmark (d. 1758)
• 1694-06-20 Hans Adolph Brorson, Danish Pietist bishop, born in Randerup, Denmark (d. 1764)
• 1694-09-07 Johan Ludvig, Danish politician (Minister of State, 1735-51) (d. 1763)
• 1701-06-04 Nikolaj Eigtved, Danish architect (Christiansborg Castle), born in Egtved, Denmark (d. 1754)
• 1706-03-04 Lauritz de Thurah, Danish architect and architectural writer (d. 1759)
• 1707-02-07 Carl August Thielo, Danish composer, opera director, and court organist, born in Høsterkøb, Denmark (d. 1763)
• 1710-11-10 Adam Gottlob Moltke, Danish statesman, born in Walkendorf, Germany (d. 1792)
• 1712-05-13 Johann Hartwig Ernst, Count von Bernstorff, Danish statesman (d. 1772)
• 1715-06-21 Bendix Friedrich Zinck, Danish organist and composer, born in Schwabstedt, Duchy of Schleswig (d. 1799)
• 1726-12-24 Johann Ernst Hartmann, Danish organist and composer, born in Glogów, Poland (d. 1793)
• 1730-03-11 Otto Friedrich Müller, Danish Naturalist who was a pioneer in the study of microorganisms including bacteria, diatoms, and infusoria, born in Copenhagen, Denmark (d. 1784)
• 1733-03-05 Vincenzo Galeotti [Tomasselli], Italian dancer, ballet master (Royal Danish Ballet, 1775-1816), and choreographer (Amors og Balletmesterens Luner (The Whims of Cupid and the Ballet Master)), born in Florence, Grand Duchy of Tuscany (d. 1816)
• 1736-09-16 Johann Nikolaus Tetens, German-Danish philosopher and mathematician, born in Tetenbüll, Duchy of Schleswig, Denmark (d. 1807)
• 1743-03-08 [Benedikt] Bendix Friedrich Zinck, Danish violinist, keyboardist, and composer, baptized in Husum, Duchy of Schleswig, Holy Roman Empire (d. 1801)
• 1743-06-30 Niels Schiørring, Danish musician and composer, born in Favrskov Municipality, Denmark (d. 1798)
• 1745-01-07 Johann Christian Fabricius, Danish Entomologist (named nearly 10,000 species), born in Tønder, Duchy of Schleswig (d. 1808)
• 1745-06-08 Caspar Wessel, Danish-Norwegian mathematician, born in Vestby, Norway (d. 1818)
• 1746-07-02 Hardenack Otto Conrad Zinck, Danish flautist, composer, choral director, and music educator (Blaagaard Seminarium, 1791-1811), born in Husum, Duchy of Schleswig (now Germany) (d. 1832)
• 1754-05-10 Asmus Jakob Carstens, Danish-German Neoclassical painter, born near Schleswig, Denmark (d. 1798)
• 1754-05-20 Hans Gram, Danish-American organist, composer, and musicologist, born in Copenhagen, Denmark (d. 1804)
• 1757-04-28 Claus Schall, Danish violinist and composer, born in Copenhagen, Denmark (d. 1835)
• 1757-11-15 Heinrich Christian Friedrich Schumacher, Danish surgeon, botanist and professor of anatomy (research work in malacology), born in Glückstadt, Holstein, Germany (d. 1830)
• 1758-11-16 Peter Andreas Heiberg, Danish author and philologist, born in Vordingborg, Denmark (d. 1841)
• 1760-12-18 Knud Lyne Rahbek, Danish literary figure (Om sku skuespillerkunsten) (d. 1830)
• 1761-10-15 Peter Grønland, Danish composer, born in Wilster, Germany (d. 1825)
• 1764-02-15 Jens Baggesen, Danish writer and linguist (Labyrinth), born in Korsør, Denmark (d. 1826)
• 1769-04-03 Christian Günther von Bernstorff, Danish-Prussian statesman and diplomat, born in Copenhagen, Denmark (d. 1835)
• 1770-11-19 Bertel Thorvaldsen, Danish sculptor (Dying Lion), born in Copenhagen, Denmark (d. 1844)
• 1774-03-05 Christoph Ernst Friedrich Weyse, Danish organist and composer (Ludlam’s Hule), born in Altona, Duchy of Holstein, Holy Roman Empire (d. 1842)
• 1777-08-14 Hans Christian Ørsted, Danish physicist who discovered electromagnetism and chemist (View of Chemical Law), born in Rudkøbing, Denmark (d. 1851)
• 1778-12-21 Anders Sandøe Ørsted, Danish politician, born in Rudkøbing, Denmark (d. 1860)
• 1779-11-14 Adam Gottlob Oehlenschläger, Danish poet (d. 1850)
• 1780-03-29 Jørgen Jørgensen, Danish explorer and adventurer (attempted to rule Iceland), born in Copenhagen, Denmark (d. 1841)
• 1782-10-11 Steen Steensen Blicher, Danish poet and short-story writer (E Binddstouw), born in Vium, Denmark (d. 1848)
• 1783-09-08 N. F. S. Grundtvig, Danish writer and philosopher, born in Udby, Zealand, Denmark (d. 1872)
• 1786-09-11 Friedrich Kuhlau, German-Danish opera composer (Elves Hall), born in Lüneburg, Lower Saxony (now Germany) (d. 1832)
• 1787-11-22 Rasmus Rask, Danish linguist and philologist (Investigation of the Origin of the Old Norse or Icelandic Language), born in Braendekilde, Denmark (d. 1832)
• 1788-12-29 Christian Jürgensen Thomsen, Danish antiquarian (named the stone/iron/bronze ages), born in Copenhagen, Denmark (d. 1865)
• 1789-05-28 Bernhard Severin Ingemann, Danish author (Tomorrow- og Aftensange), born in Torkilstrup, Denmark (d. 1862)
• 1790-05-12 [Johannes] Carsten Hauch, Danish poet and writer, born in Frederikshald, Norway (d. 1872)
• 1790-10-14 Georg Gerson, Danish composer, born in Copenhagen, Denmark (d. 1825)
• 1792-01-14 Christian Julius De Meza, Danish general, born in Helsingør, Denmark (d. 1865)
• 1794-07-26 Johan Georg Forchhammer, Danish geologist, born in Husum, Denmark (d. 1865)
• 1795-12-08 Peter Andreas Hansen, Danish-German astronomer (Hansen hypothesis), born in Tønder, Schleswig, Denmark (d. 1874)
• 1798-04-19 Franz Joseph Glæser, Czech-Danish composer, born in Horní Jiřetín, Bohemia (d. 1861)
• 1800-12-04 Emil Aarestrup, Danish physician and poet (Ritornellen), born in Copenhagen, Denmark (d. 1831)
• 1805-04-02 Hans Christian Andersen, Danish author of 150 fairy tales (The Ugly Duckling, The Snow Queen), born in Odense, Denmark (d. 1875)
• 1805-05-14 Johann Peter Emilius Hartmann, Danish Romantic composer, born in Copenhagen, Denmark (d. 1900)
• 1806-08-21 Johannes Frederik Fröhlich, Danish violinist and composer, born in Copenhagen, Denmark (d. 1860)
• 1807-02-06 Hans Matthison-Hansen, Danish composer, born in Flensburg, Germany (d. 1890)
• 1808-12-06 Johann Christian Gebauer, Danish composer, born in Copenhagen, Denmark (d. 1884)
• 1809-02-07 Frederik Paludan-Muller, Danish Romantic poet (Danserinden), born in Kerteminde, Denmark (d. 1876)
• 1810-02-22 Holger Simon Paulli, Danish conductor and composer, born in Copenhagen, Denmark (d. 1891)
• 1810-05-02 Hans Christian Lumbye, Danish waltz composer, and musical director (Tivoli Gardens, 1843-72), born in Copenhagen, Denmark (d. 1874)
• 1810-12-24 Wilhelm Marstrand, Danish painter and illustrator, born in Copenhagen, Denmark (d. 1873)
• 1811-11-24 Ditler Monrad, Danish politician and bishop (Council President of Denmark 1863-65), born in Copenhagen, Denmark (d. 1887)
• 1812-12-22 Johanne Luise Heiberg, Danish actress (Romeo & Juliet), born in Copenhagen Denmark (d. 1890)
• 1813-05-05 Søren Kierkegaard, Danish philosopher, born in Copenhagen, Denmark (d. 1855)
• 1817-02-22 Niels Wilhelm Gade, Danish violinist, organist, composer, and conductor, born in Copenhagen (d. 1890)
• 1817-12-08 Christian Emil Krag-Juel-Vind-Frijs, Danish nobleman and politician (Council President of Denmark 1865-70), born in Frijsenborg, Denmark (d. 1896)
• 1820-02-02 Hans E Schack, Danish politician and writer (Phantasterne - Fantasy), born in Sengeløse, Denmark (d. 1820)
• 1821-03-14 Jens Worsaae, Danish archaeologist, historian and politician, born in Vejle, Denmark (d. 1885)
• 1828-08-26 Erik Anthon Valdemar Siboni, Danish organist and composer, born in Copenhagen (d. 1892)
• 1829-03-19 Carl Frederik Tietgen, Danish financier and industrialist, born in Odense, Denmark (d. 1901)
• 1830-02-11 Peter Arnold Heise, Danish organist, composer (Drot og Marsk (King and Marshal); Jylland mellem tvende), and teacher, born in Copenhagen, Denmark (d. 1879)
• 1830-04-13 Eduard Lassen, Belgian-Danish composer, born in Copenhagen, Denmark (d. 1904)
• 1832-11-01 Gottfred Matthison-Hansen, Danish composer, born in Roskilde, Denmark (d. 1909)
• 1834-05-23 Carl Heinrich Bloch, Danish painter (art for King's Chapel at Frederiksborg Palace), born in Copenhagen, Denmark (d. 1890)
• 1836-02-01 Emil Hartmann, Danish organist and composer (Towards The Light), born in Copenhagen, Denmark (d. 1898)
• 1837-04-21 Fredrik Bajer, Danish politician, feminist and pacifist politician (Nobel 1908), born in Næstved, Denmark (d. 1922)
• 1837-07-28 Christian Barnekow, Danish composer, born in Luz-Saint-Sauveur, France (d. 1913)
• 1839-06-10 Ludvig Holstein-Ledreborg, Danish politician (Council President of Denmark), born in Hochberg (now Remseck am Neckar), Württemberg (d. 1912)
• 1840-06-10 Theodor Philipsen, Danish painter, born in Copenhagen (d. 1920)
• 1840-09-03 Jacob Christian Fabricius, Danish composer, born in Aarhus, Denmark (d. 1919)
• 1840-12-17 C. F. E. Horneman, Danish composer, born in Copenhagen (d. 1906)
• 1841-07-09 Carl Lumbye, Danish composer, born in Copenhagen, Denmark (d. 1911)
• 1841-11-03 Johannes Eugenius Bülow Warming, Danish botanist (plant ecology, environment-organism interactions), born in Mandø, Denmark (d. 1924)
• 1842-02-04 Georg Brandes, Danish literary historian and critic (the Modern Breakthrough of Scandinavian literature), born in Copenhagen, Denmark (d. 1927)
• 1842-03-02 Carl Jacobsen, Danish brewer (Carlsburg), and philanthropist, born in Copenhagen, Denmark (d. 1914)
• 1842-05-08 Emil Christian Hansen, Danish physiologist, born in Ribe, Denmark (d. 1909)
• 1843-04-08 Asger Hamerik [Hammerich], Danish composer, and educator (Peabody Institute, 1878-91), born in Frederiksberg, Denmark (d. 1923)
• 1843-08-26 Georg August Lumbye, Danish composer and conductor (Tivoli Concert Hall Orchestra), born in Copenhagen (d. 1922)
• 1844-12-01 Alexandra, Danish princess, Queen of Great Britain and Ireland, born in Copenhagen, Denmark (d. 1925)
• 1847-04-07 J. P. [Jens Peter] Jacobsen, Danish writer (Niels Lyhne), born in Thisted, Jutland (d. 1885)
• 1848-04-28 Ludvig Schytte, Danish pianist, composer, and educator, born in Aarhus, Denmark (d. 1909)
• 1848-06-01 Otto Valdemar Malling, Danish organist and composer (Det hellige Land, opus 46), born in Copenhagen, Denmark (d. 1915)
• 1849-05-03 Jacob Riis, Danish-American social reformer and "muck raking" reporter (NY Tribune, NY Evening Sun), born in Ribe, Denmark (d. 1914)
• 1849-06-09 Michael Peter Ancher, Danish painter (d. 1927)
• 1850-06-27 Jørgen Pedersen Gram, Danish mathematician (Gram–Schmidt process), born in Duchy of Schleswig, Denmark (d. 1919)
• 1850-12-01 Peter Lange-Müller, Danish composer and pianist, born in Frederiksberg, Denmark (d. 1926)
• 1852-02-13 Johan Louis Emil Dreyer, Danish-British astronomer (New General Catalogue of Nebulae and Clusters of Stars), born in Copenhagen, Denmark (d. 1926)
• 1852-12-05 Thomas Laub, Danish organist and composer, born in Langå, Denmark (d. 1927)
• 1854-06-14 Frederik Rung, Danish composer, born in Copenhagen, Denmark (d. 1914)
• 1857-02-03 Wilhelm Ludvig Johannsen, Danish Botanist and Geneticist (provided evidence for Hugo de Vries' mutation theory), born in Copenhagen, Denmark (d. 1927)
• 1857-04-20 Hermann Bang, Danish writer, born in Asserballe, Denmark (d. 1912)
• 1857-07-24 Henrik Pontoppidan, Danish writer (Promised Country, Nobel 1917), born in Fredericia, Denmark (d. 1943)
• 1859-05-08 Johan Jensen, Danish mathematician (d. 1925)
• 1859-05-13 August Enna, Danish composer (The Witch), born in Nakskov, Denmark (d. 1939)
• 1860-05-31 Walter Sickert, Danish-English painter (The Miner), born in Munich (d. 1942)
• 1860-07-16 Otto Jespersen, Danish linguist, born in Randers, Denmark (d. 1943)
• 1860-12-15 Niels Ryberg Finsen, Danish-Farosese physician and phototherapist (Nobel Prize for Medicine 1903 for treatment for Lupus), born in Tórshavn, Faroe Islands (d. 1904)
• 1861-04-27 Johan Skjoldborg, Danish writer (Dynaes-Digte), born in Øsløs, Thisted, Denmark (d. 1936)
• 1861-09-10 Niels Hansen Jacobsen, Danish sculptor and ceramist (Trold, der vejrer kristenblod), born in Vejen, Denmark (d. 1941)
• 1864-03-23 Louis Glass, Danish pianist and composer, born in Copenhagen, Denmark (d. 1936)
• 1865-01-13 Princess Marie of Orléans French born Danish princess, born in London, England (d. 1908)
• 1865-06-09 Carl Nielsen, Danish violinist and composer (Det Uudslukkelige), born in Sortelung, Denmark (d. 1931)
• 1865-07-23 Max Heindel, Danish-American Christian occultist, astrologer and mystic, born in Aarhus, Denmark (d. 1919)
• 1866-05-05 Thomas B. Thrige, Danish industrialist, born in Odense, Denmark (d. 1938)
• 1866-07-03 Albert Gottschalk, Danish painter, born in Stege, Møn, Denmark (d. 1906)
• 1866-09-10 Jeppe Aakjær, Danish poet and novelist (Bondens Søn), born in Fly, Jutland (d. 1930)
• 1867-08-01 William Orlamond, Danish actor (Flesh and the Devil, The Wind), born in Copenhagen, Denmark (d. 1957)
• 1867-10-20 Fini Henriques, Danish composer and violinist (Vølund Smed), born in Frederiksberg, Denmark (d. 1940)
• 1867-11-06 Marie Bregendahl, Danish author (Holger Hauge og hans Hustru), born in Fly, Denmark (d. 1940)
• 1868-01-09 S. P. L. Sørensen, Danish chemist (d. 1939)
• 1869-06-26 Martin Andersen Nexø, Danish writer (Pelle Erobreren), born in Copenhagen, Denmark (d. 1954)
• 1869-11-23 Valdemar Poulsen, Danish engineer who invented devices for radio broadcasting, born in Copenhagen, Denmark (d. 1942)
• 1870-01-15 Johan Peter Koch, Danish captain and explorer (Greenland), born in Vestenskov, Denmark (d. 1928)
• 1870-10-16 Helge Rode, Danish poet and critic, born in Frederiksberg, Denmark (d. 1937)
• 1870-12-18 Andres Randolf, Danish-American actor (The Kiss), born in Viborg, Denmark (d. 1930)
• 1871-06-14 Jacob Ellehammer, Danish watchmaker and inventor (powered flight), born in Bakkebølle, Denmark (d. 1946)
• 1872-03-20 Karin Michaelis, Danish writer (The Dangerous Age), born in Randers, Denmark (d. 1950)
• 1873-01-20 Johannes V. Jensen, Danish novelist and poet (The Fall of the King; Nobel Prize for Literature, 1944), born in Farsø, North Jutland, Denmark (d. 1950)
• 1873-10-08 Ejnar Hertzsprung, Danish astronomer (Hertzsprung-Russell diagram), born in Frederiksberg, Denmark (d. 1967)
• 1874-01-04 Svend Fleuron, Danish writer, born on Good Katrinedal (d. 1966)
• 1874-06-19 Peder Oluf Pedersen, Danish engineer and physicist, born in Sig, Varde, Denmark (d. 1941)
• 1874-09-18 Johannes Anker Larsen, Danish writer (Vises Sten), born in Langeland, Denmark (d. 1957)
• 1874-11-15 August Krogh, Danish zoophysiologist (arterioles and capillaries, Nobel 1920), born in Grenaa, Jutland, Denmark (d. 1949)
• 1874-12-25 Marie Krogh, Danish physician (co-founder of Novo Nordisk), born in Vosegaard, Denmark (d. 1943)
• 1876-01-29 Ludolf Nielsen, Danish composer, born in Nørre Tvede, Denmark (d. 1939)
• 1876-03-10 Edvard Eriksen, Danish-Icelandic sculptor, born in Copenhagen, Denmark (d. 1959)
• 1876-06-02 Hakon Børresen, Danish composer, born in Copenhagen, Denmark (d. 1954)
• 1878-01-01 Agner Krarup Erlang, Danish scientist and engineer (d. 1929)
• 1878-01-06 Dame Adeline Genée, Danish-British ballerina, born in Aarhus, Denmark (d. 1970)
• 1878-08-14 Harald Kidde, Danish writer (Aage og Else), born in Vejle, Denmark (d. 1918)
• 1879-03-11 Niels Bjerrum, Danish chemist (ph tests), born in Copenhagen, Denmark (d. 1958)
• 1879-06-07 Knud J. V. Rasmussen, Danish pole explorer (Thule), born in Jakobshavn, North Greenland, Kingdom of Denmark (d. 1933)
• 1879-09-28 Benjamin Christensen, Danish actor (Barnet, Mockery) and film director (Häxan), born in Viborg Denmark (d. 1959)
• 1879-11-29 Jacob Gade, Danish violinist and composer (Jalousie ; Cinema Music), born in Vejle, Denmark (d. 1963)
• 1881-02-27 Sveinn Bjornsson, Danish-Icelandic politician (1st president of Iceland 1944-52 and poet (Figur ild), born in Copenhagen, Denmark (d. 1952)
• 1881-03-21 Herman Sandby, Danish cellist and composer, born in Kundby, Denmark (d. 1965)
• 1881-09-11 Asta Nielsen, Danish actress (Joyless Street), born in Vesterbro, Copenhagen, Denmark (d. 1972)
• 1881-11-25 Peder Gram, Danish composer, born in Copenhagen (d. 1956)
• 1882-05-20 Sigrid Undset, Danish-born Norwegian writer (Kristin Lavransdatter, Nobel Prize for Literature 1928), born in Kalundborg, Denmark (d. 1949)
• 1882-12-28 Lili Elbe [born Einar Wegener], Danish transgender woman, former painter, and 1st identifiable recipient of sex reassignment surgery (autobiography: Man into Woman), born in Vejle, Denmark (d. 1931)
• 1883-02-11 Paul August von Klenau, Danish composer (Sulamith), and conductor, born in Copenhagen, Denmark (d. 1946)
• 1884-12-01 Torben Myer, Danish actor (Girl Who Came Bac; Judgment at Nuremberg; Sullivan's Travels), born in Århus, Denmark (d. 1975)
• 1885-04-17 Isak Dinesen [Karen Blixen-Finecke], Danish baroness and writer (Out of Africa), born in Rungsted, Zealand, Denmark (d. 1962)
• 1885-08-03 Siegfried Salomon, Danish composer, born in Copenhagen, Denmark (d. 1962)
• 1885-10-07 Niels Bohr, Danish physicist who expanded quantum physics (Nobel Prize 1922), born in Copenhagen, Denmark (d. 1962)
• 1886-07-12 Jean Hersholt, Danish actor (Heidi, Greed, Men in White, Aryan), born in Copenhagen, Denmark (d. 1956)
• 1886-10-12 Karl Dane, Danish-American comedian and actor (Son of the Sheik), born in Copenhagen (d. 1934)
• 1888-05-13 Inge Lehmann, Danish geophysicist and seismologist, born in Østerbro, Denmark (d. 1993)
• 1888-06-08 Poul Schierbeck, Danish organist and composer, born in Copenhagen (d. 1949)
• 1889-02-03 Carl Theodor Dreyer, Danish director (Passion of Jeanne d'arc), born in Copenhagen, Denmark (d. 1968)
• 1889-04-30 Rudolph Simonsen, Danish composer (Olympic Arts bronze, 1928 - Symphony No. 2 (Hellas)), and educator (Royal Danish Academy, 1916-47), born in Copenhagen, Denmark (d. 1947)
• 1890-03-20 Lauritz Melchior, Danish-American baritone tenor (National Symphony), born in Copenhagen, Denmark (d. 1973)
• 1891-04-07 Ole Kirk Christiansen, Danish carpenter, inventor, and toy maker (Lego Group), born in Filskov, Denmark (d. 1958)
• 1892-08-15 Knud Jeppesen, Danish organist, composer, educator (Royal Danish Academy, 1920-47; Aarhus University, 1946-57), and musicologist (La frottola), born in Copenhagen, Denmark (d. 1974)
• 1892-08-23 Valdemar Eiberg, Danish jazz pioneer, saxophonist, and bandleader ("I've Got a Cross-Eyed Papa"), born in Kolding, Denmark (d. 1965)
• 1893-01-20 Kaj Birket-Smith, Danish etnologist and anthropologist (Inuit and Eyak) (d. 1977)
• 1893-02-14 Kay Fisker, Danish architect (Hornbeck House, Copenhagen), born in Frederiksberg, Denmark (d. 1965)
• 1893-07-28 Rued Immanuel Langgaard, Danish composer and organist (Music of the Spheres; Antikrist), born in Copenhagen, Denmark (d. 1952)
• 1893-12-24 Carl Brisson, Danish actor (Ship Cafe, Ring, Song of Soho, Murder at the Vanities), born in Copenhagen, Denmark (d. 1958)
• 1894-05-05 Kit Guard, Danish actor (El Diablo Rides, Kid Courageous), born in Hals, Denmark (d. 1961)
• 1895-02-21 Henrik Dam, Danish biochemist who discovered vitamin K and won the 1943 Nobel Prize in Medicine, born in Copenhagen, Denmark (d. 1976)
• 1896-02-07 Jacob Paludan, Danish writer and critic (Jorgen Stein), born in Copenhagen, Denmark (d. 1975)
• 1897-02-14 Jørgen Bentzon, Danish composer, born in Copenhagen, Denmark (d. 1951)
• 1897-03-06 Knudåge Riisager, Danish composer, and music director (Royal Danish Academy of Music, 1956-67), born in Kunda, Estonia (d. 1974)
• 1897-08-05 Aksel Larsen, Danish politician, founder of the Socialist People's Party, born in Brændekilde, Denmark (d. 1972)
• 1898-01-11 Hans Kirk, Danish writer (The Fishermen), born in Hadsund, Denmark (d. 1962)
• 1898-01-13 Kai Munk, Danish playwright and Lutheran pastor, martyr (d. 1944)
• 1898-01-29 Karl Bjarnhof, Danish blind journalist and writer (The Stars Grow Pale), born in Vejle, Denmark (d. 1980)
• 1898-09-05 Ebbe Hamerik, Danish opera composer (Stepan; Marie Grubbe), born in Frederiksberg, Denmark (d. 1951)
• 1899-03-02 Harald Søltoft Agersnap, Danish cellist, pianist, conductor, and composer (Royal Danish Theatre, 1931-66), born in Vinding, Denmark (d. 1982)
• 1899-03-10 Finn Høffding, Danish composer (Karlsvognen), born in Copenhagen, Denmark (d. 1997)

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