Famous Danes according to Google

1. Viggo Mortensen, 2830000, Actor (had 1930000 hits, max 4090000, min 12500).
2. Hans Christian Andersen, 2710000, Author (was #33 with 255000 hits, max 5630000, min 36000).
3. Helena Christensen, 1490000, Model (was #70 with 116000 hits, min 13300).
4. King Diamond, 1460000, Musician (was #2 with 1870000 hits, max 2360000, min 19500).
5. Lars von Trier, 1120000, Film director (was #36 with 236000 hits, max 3410000, min 39400).
6. Søren Kierkegaard, 1070000, Philosopher (had 1180000 hits, max 1490000, min 8350).
7. Niels Bohr, 906000, Physicist (was #3 with 1450000 hits, max 5040000, min 30300).
8. Georg Jensen, 878000, Silversmith (was #50 with 165000 hits, max 2250000, min 7500).
9. Lars Ulrich, 832000, Musician (was #78 with 106000 hits, max 1110000, min 20400).
10. Anders Fogh Rasmussen, 791000, Politician (was #5 with 1260000 hits, max 1740000, min 2040).
11. Jørn Utzon, 672000, Architect (was #57 with 145000 hits, min 1030).
12. A.P.Møller, 646000, Industrialist (was #77 with 106000 hits, max 1200000, min 3060).
13. Tycho Brahe, 622000, Astronomer (was #9 with 813000 hits, max 1460000, min 19500).
14. Piet Hein, 614000, Poet (was #8 with 832000 hits, max 1420000, min 5510).
15. Brigitte Nielsen, 601000, Actress (was #99 with 74500 hits, max 715000, min 5970).
16. Kim Larsen, 582000, Musician (was #62 with 128000 hits, max 783000, min 29400).
17. Victor Borge, 572000, Entertainer (was #114 with 56300 hits, min 7800).
18. Connie Nielsen, 556000, Actress (was #87 with 87400 hits, max 1160000, min 13100).
19. Whigfield, 529000, Musician (was #90 with 81800 hits, min 5980).
20. Arne Jacobsen, 527000, Designer (was #19 with 398000 hits, max 743000, min 11600).
21. Karen Blixen, 523000, Author (was #11 with 665000 hits, max 763000, min 7620).
22. Michael Heilemann, 518000, Artist (was #4 with 1380000 hits, max 3030000).
23. Mads Mikkelsen, 509000, Actor (was #14 with 628000 hits, max 963000).
24. Michael Rasmussen, 466000, Race cyclists (was #7 with 848000 hits, min 414000).
25. Anna Karina, 455000, Actress (was #20 with 363000 hits, max 646000, min 4510).
26. Jakob Nielsen, 444000, Computer scientist (was #48 with 166000 hits, max 3760000, min 50200).
27. Tim Christensen, 437000, Musician (new, had 13000 hits).
28. John Gøtze, 422000, Software enthusiast (new, had 24500 hits, min 11800).
29. Bjarne Riis, 389000, Race cyclists (was #18 with 414000 hits, max 496000, min 6460).
30. Verner Panton, 360000, Designer (was #109 with 63800 hits, max 828000).
31. Carl Nielsen, 346000, Composer (was #95 with 77900 hits, max 547000, min 7860).
32. Lene Espersen, 328000, Politician (was #29 with 296000 hits, max 359000, min 231).
33. Pia Kjærsgaard, 315000, Politician (was #17 with 416000 hits, max 680000, min 3860).
34. Michael Laudrup, 309000, Soccer coach (was #37 with 226000 hits, max 332000, min 3630).
35. Morten Olsen, 302000, Soccer coach (was #23 with 329000 hits, max 386000, min 10600).
36. Katja Kean, 285000, Porn star (was #15 with 522000 hits, max 1460000, min 2520).
37. Bjørn Lomborg, 283000, Sceptical environmentalist (was #13 with 655000 hits, min 10200).
38. Poul Nyrup, 283000, Politician (was #21 with 361000 hits, max 385000, min 12500).
39. Bjarne Stroustrup, 267000, Computer scientist (was #27 with 302000 hits, max 625000, min 14900).
40. Rasmus Lerdorf, 266000, Software enthusiast (was #24 with 320000 hits, max 604000, min 27400).
41. Tom Kristensen, 261000, Racecar driver (new, had 54900 hits, max 472000, min 9810).
42. Jørgen Leth, 252000, Poet (was #76 with 108000 hits, min 97600).
43. Peter Schmeichel, 249000, Soccer player (was #39 with 208000 hits, min 13500).
44. Helle Thorning-Schmidt, 249000, Politician (was #10 with 698000 hits, min 34000).
45. Dronning Margrethe, 248000, Royalty (was #25 with 314000 hits, max 330000, min 2190).
46. Christian V, 235000, Royalty (had 168000 hits, max 278000).
47. Jens Axboe, 235000, Software enthusiast (was #45 with 169000 hits, max 630000, min 29300).
48. Christian IV, 222000, Royalty (was #22 with 331000 hits, max 604000).
49. Thomas Sørensen, 217000, Soccer player (new, had 24600 hits, max 230000, min 3340).
50. Dietrich Buxtehude, 215000, Musician (was #28 with 301000 hits, max 892000, min 10200).
51. Per Stig Møller, 212000, Politician (was #30 with 288000 hits, max 406000, min 6030).
52. Bille August, 211000, Film director (was #16 with 492000 hits, min 4540).
53. Carl Theodor Dreyer, 209000, Film director (new, had 33800 hits, max 311000, min 2070).
54. Bertel Haarder, 207000, Politician (was #26 with 307000 hits, max 456000, min 1560).
55. Naser Khader, 206000, Politician (was #12 with 662000 hits, min 77500).
56. Morten Andersen, 203000, American football (new, had 49400 hits, max 482000, min 11200).
57. Ritt Bjerregaard, 202000, Politician (was #35 with 240000 hits, max 305000, min 7010).
58. Thomas Bjørn, 201000, Golf player (new, had 29400 hits, max 420000, min 8020).
59. David Heinemeier Hansson, 179000, Software enthusiast (was #38 with 220000 hits, max 616000, min 7760).
60. Thomas Vinterberg, 177000, Film director (was #44 with 172000 hits, max 407000, min 5180).
61. Peter Høeg, 167000, Author (was #32 with 265000 hits, max 369000, min 8170).
62. Jon Dahl Tomasson, 156000, Soccer player (was #42 with 192000 hits, max 322000, min 5830).
63. Poul Henningsen, 151000, Designer (was #64 with 125000 hits, max 159000, min 16700).
64. Prins Joachim, 150000, Royalty (was #40 with 205000 hits, min 390).
65. Vitus Bering, 148000, Explorer (was #67 with 120000 hits, max 262000, min 11400).
66. Poul Henning Kamp, 144000, Software enthusiast (was #72 with 112000 hits, max 261000, min 410).
67. Kronprins Frederik, 143000, Royalty (was #69 with 117000 hits, max 152000, min 1140).
68. Karen Jespersen, 141000, Politician (was #59, max 545000, min 4640).
69. Jacob Riis, 139000, Photographer (was #85 with 90300 hits, max 169000, min 9090).
70. Thomas Gravesen, 138000, Soccer player (was #41 with 202000 hits, max 775000, min 36800).
71. Janus Friis, 137000, Industrialist (was #31 with 266000 hits, max 431000, min 70000).
72. Margrethe Vestager, 136000, Politician (was #52 with 159000 hits, min 5020).
73. Hans J Wegner, 134000, Designer (new, had 39400 hits).
74. Thomas Helmig, 133000, Musician (was #68 with 117000 hits, max 374000, min 4630).
75. Svend Auken, 128000, Politician (was #34 with 254000 hits, max 304000, min 11700).
76. Ludvig Holberg, 124000, Author (was #56 with 145000 hits, max 167000, min 9660).
77. Iben Hjejle, 122000, Actress (was #60 with 132000 hits, max 194000, min 4130).
78. Peter Gade, 120000, Badminton player (was #82 with 94500 hits, max 216000, min 4400).
79. Niels-Henning Ørsted Pedersen, 119000, Musician (was #115 with 56200 hits, min 14300).
80. Storm P, 119000, Artist (was #83 with 93800 hits, max 197000, min 1950).
81. Uffe Ellemann-Jensen, 118000, Politician (was #104 with 67400 hits, min 1880).
82. Frank Damgaard, 117000, Software enthusiast (was #61 with 130000 hits, max 260000, min 192).
83. Anders Hejlsberg, 115000, Software enthusiast (was #51 with 163000 hits, max 472000, min 918).
84. Peter Makholm, 113000, Software enthusiast (was #98 with 75900 hits, max 326000, min 14400).
85. Peter Toft, 113000, Software enthusiast (was #100 with 72000 hits, max 319000, min 466).
86. Paprika Steen, 113000, Actress (was #58 with 144000 hits, max 164000, min 3270).
87. Sune Vuorela, 112000, Software enthusiast (was #111 with 62200 hits, min 48000).
88. Christian X, 111000, Royalty (was #81 with 104000 hits, max 220000).
89. Asger Jorn, 108000, Artist (was #53 with 156000 hits, max 251000, min 8050).
90. Hans Christian Ørsted, 107000, Physicist (was #47 with 168000 hits, max 180000, min 12200).
91. Jan Magnussen, 107000, Race driver (was #86 with 87500 hits, max 161000, min 7860).
92. Mogens Lykketoft, 107000, Politician (was #54 with 148000 hits, max 185000, min 4800).
93. Ebbe Sand, 107000, Soccer player (was #75 with 108000 hits, max 255000, min 7440).
94. King Canute, 107000, Royalty (was #89 with 82700 hits, max 166000, min 6170).
95. Mærsk Mc-Kinney Møller, 97000, Industrialist (new, had 31200 hits).
96. Jean Hersholt, 95400, Actor (was #66 with 122000 hits, max 174000, min 2510).
97. Ask Bjørn Hansen, 95300, Software enthusiast (was #43 with 172000 hits, max 6680000, min 52800).
98. Flemming Rose, 94200, Journalist (was #84 with 93400 hits, max 243000).
99. Jacob Sparre Andersen, 92400, Physicist (was #63 with 126000 hits, max 318000, min 10700).
100. Bjarne Reuter, 92000, Author (new, had 44600 hits, max 117000).
101. Kronprinsesse Mary, 90600, Royalty (was #55 with 147000 hits, max 222000, min 12300).
102. Marianne Jelved, 89100, Politician (was #65 with 123000 hits, max 532000, min 6030).
103. Prins Henrik, 83500, Royalty (was #102 with 69800 hits, max 205000, min 865).
104. Abelone Glahn, 83000, Journalist (new, had 33600 hits).
105. Christian II, 82300, Royalty (was #88 with 85100 hits, max 123000).
106. Georg Brandes, 81500, Critic (was #113 with 57100 hits, max 196000).
107. Hans Schou, 79700, Industrialist (was #112 with 60300 hits, max 258000, min 13500).
108. Keld Jørn Simonsen, 78800, Software enthusiast (was #71 with 116000 hits, max 205000, min 2710).
109. Tina Kjær, 78000, Model (new, had 30300 hits, min 635).
110. Kaj Munk, 77000, Playwright (had 62300 hits, max 102000).
111. Martin Thorborg, 75700, Industrialist (was #80 with 105000 hits, max 201000, min 17100).
112. Brian Laudrup, 75200, Soccer player (was #116 with 56000 hits, max 98900, min 5020).

• The number of hits you get when searching for the name with Google must be higher than the currently lowest placed name. The name should be surrounded in double quotes when searching.
• The hits should be dominated by a single person.
• The person must at one time have been a citizen of Denmark.
• Name variations and pseudonymes are treated as a single entry.
• Any questionable cases are decided by the list maintainer.

• Mads Bondo Dydensborg, 74700, Politician (was #97 with 77400 hits, max 197000, min 132).
• Jonas Smedegaard, 70800, Free agent (had 8130 hits, max 129000, min 3720).
• Asmaa Abdol-Hamid, 68800, Politician (was #49 with 166000 hits).
• Saxo Grammaticus, 67900, Historian (was #105 with 67300 hits, max 129000, min 4790).
• Sofie Gråbøl, 65700, Actress (was #93 with 81300 hits, max 89700, min 334).
• NFS Grundtvig, 64800, Teacher (had 35000 hits, max 137000, min 1850).
• Frederik II, 64000, Royalty (had 54800 hits, max 148000).
• Anja Andersen, 62700, Handball player (had 50800 hits, max 245000, min 1410).
• Ole Tange, 60200, Software enthusiast (had 37900 hits, max 207000, min 10300).
• Allan Nielsen, 58500, Soccer player (had 55400 hits, max 101000, min 6910).
• Dan Turell, 56300, Author (was #79 with 105000 hits, min 320).
• Thomas Helveg, 56100, Soccer player (was #108 with 63900 hits, max 220000).
• Niels Helveg Petersen, 56000, Politician (had 54500 hits, max 142000, min 5740).
• Michala Petri, 55400, Musician (had 11100 hits, max 158000).
• Bent Larsen, 54400, Chess Player (had 50300 hits, max 120000, min 5220).
• Henrik Størner, 53100, Software enthusiast (was #73 with 112000 hits, max 150000, min 5160).
• Henning Makholm, 52800, Computer scientist (was #74 with 109000 hits, max 166000, min 1600).
• Christian IX, 52600, Royalty (was #103 with 69000 hits, max 104000).
• Jes Sørensen, 51100, Software enthusiast (was #94 with 78100 hits, max 167000, min 245).
• Erik Balling, 50600, Film director (was #107 with 64400 hits, max 123000).
• Johannes V. Jensen, 50300, Author (had 11300 hits, max 95900, min 5950).
• Ole Stavad, 50300, Politician (had 33900 hits, max 167000, min 4990).
• Poul Nielson, 50100, Politician (had 49200 hits, max 319000, min 8960).
• Peter Brixtofte, 49900, Politician (had 39200 hits, max 91400, min 28000).
• Ulrik Wilbek, 48900, Handball coach (had 16100 hits, max 167000, min 139).
• Søren Jessen-Petersen, 46900, Diplomat (had 32800 hits, max 62300, min 10900).
• Kristian Pless, 45800, Tennis player (was #92 with 81700 hits, max 248000, min 4060).
• Kenneth Carlsen, 45600, Tennis player (was #106 with 66300 hits, max 205000, min 8580).
• Arne Vajhøj, 43800, Industrialist (had 38600 hits, max 239000, min 11600).
• Anders Hove, 38200, Actor (had 35700 hits, max 68200, min 1070).
• Anne Larsen, 38000, Author (had 19000 hits, max 150000, min 8960).
• Wilson Kipketer, 37200, Runner (had 36700 hits, max 98200, min 4910).
• Per Bak, 37200, Physicist (had 31100 hits, max 82400).
• Camilla Martin, 37100, Badminton player (had 24200 hits, max 102000, min 3670).
• Jesper Klein, 35200, Actor (had 26500 hits, max 80000).
• Adam Oehlenschläger, 35000, Poet (had 9160 hits, max 68700).
• Niels Lan Doky, 33300, Musician (had 36800 hits, max 94800, min 1650).
• Bent Fabricius-Bjerre, 31800, Musician (had 31300 hits, max 46100, min 24300).
• Henning Dyremose, 29200, Politician (had 32400 hits, max 61500, min 431).
• Gitte Wange, 29200, Industrialist (had 36600 hits, max 108000, min 3690).
• Thor Larholm, 29100, Computer Scientist (had 48300 hits, max 94600, min 27200).
• Pia Gjellerup, 28400, Politician (had 25200 hits, max 96000, min 3300).
• Henrik Christian Grove, 26500, Mathematician (had 17000 hits, max 104000, min 2450).
• Kasper Dupont, 26300, Software enthusiast (had 9380 hits, max 71200).
• Dronning Ingrid, 24500, Royalty (had 12700 hits, max 36600, min 986).
• Rolf Sørensen, 23400, Race cyclists (had 8350 hits, max 45000, min 1530).
• Frank M. Kromann, 22900, (had 15700 hits, max 54600, min 6570).
• Dennis Jürgensen, 21800, Author (had 4520 hits, max 36500).
• Carsten Juste, 21400, Journalist (was #101 with 71200 hits, max 146000).
• Hans Hækkerup, 21100, Politician (had 33600 hits, max 64300, min 2830).
• Peter Naur, 20900, Computer scientist (had 21900 hits, max 97500, min 778).
• Per Abrahamsen, 20600, Computer scientist (had 22000 hits, max 96900, min 7210).
• Prinsesse Alexandra, 20100, Royalty (had 18900 hits, max 129000, min 307).
• Johannes Jørgensen, 18800, Author (had 34300 hits, max 38300, min 303).
• Mikkel deMib Svendsen, 18400, Industrialist (had 46100 hits, max 54700, min 15900).
• Gunnar Langemark, 18300, Information Architect (was #96 with 77500 hits, max 129000).
• Peter Abrahamsen, 18300, Musician (had 21700 hits).
• Jens Tønnesen, 18100, Photographer (had 18800 hits, max 25300, min 365).
• Dorthe Kollo, 15000, Musician (had 32400 hits, max 78700, min 181).
• Lasse Havelund, 14800, Artist (was #91 with 81700 hits).
• Henrik Wann Jensen, 14600, Software enthusiast (had 12800 hits, max 68500).
• Henrik Gemal, 14300, Software enthusiast (had 13900 hits, max 51600).
• Lars Arge, 14100, Software enthusiast (had 8010 hits, max 73400, min 3670).
• Kenneth Geisshirt, 13500, Chemist (had 11100 hits, max 205000).
• Lars Mathiassen, 12900, Computer scientist (had 9180 hits, max 38000).
• Pernille Aalund, 11500, Author (had 31700 hits, max 62900).
• Aage Bohr, 11200, Physicist (had 25600 hits).
• Arne Rolighed, 11000, Politician (had 7090 hits, max 32800, min 231).
• Per Mollerup, 11000, Designer (had 8620 hits).
• Per Brinch Hansen, 10900, Computer scientist (had 38900 hits, max 47700).
• Holger Bech Nielsen, 10800, Physicist (had 23000 hits, max 48900).
• Peter Wessel Tordenskiold, 10700, Soldier.
• Jens Martin Knudsen, 10700, Astronomer (had 10400 hits, max 41100, min 630).
• Bo Warming, 8830, Biochemist (had 1750 hits, max 32900, min 502).
• Kim F. Storm, 8660, Software enthusiast (had 3940 hits, max 276000).
• Amdi Petersen, 8050, Teacher (had 13200 hits, max 90400, min 137).
• Asbjørn Riis, 6530, Wrestler (had 995 hits, max 19000).
• Jesper Harder, 6520, Physicist (had 5570 hits, max 29200, min 879).
• Henrik Lund Kramshøj, 5830, Software enthusiast (had 16100 hits, max 32100, min 1470).
• Anita Bay Bundegaard, 5560, Politician (had 2520 hits, max 10600, min 221).
• Tomas Bohr, 3650, Physicist (had 3510 hits, max 10900, min 531).
• Frederik Fetterlein, 3400, Tennis player (had 3280 hits, max 3750, min 512).
• Benny Lautrup, 3220, Physicist (had 3440 hits, max 12200, min 662).
• Nikolaj Peyk, 3220, Musician (had 10800 hits, max 22300, min 715).
• Saseline Sørensen, 2890, Musician (had 552 hits, max 16500, min 302).
• Asbjørn Sloth Tønnesen, 2200, Student (had 515 hits, min 62).
• Warny Mandrup, 1400, Actor (had 754 hits, min 111).
• Rasmus Underbjerg Pinnerup, 1290, Religion scientist (had 971 hits, max 2990, min 55).
• Asim Hanif, 1140, IT (had 2030 hits, max 13700, min 532).
• Knud Aunstrup, 275, Industrialist (had 226 hits, max 606, min 199).
• Mikkel Mollerup, 194, Engineer (had 177 hits).

• Hamlet: Was never a citizen of Denmark, being a fictional character.
• Henrik Dam: Name of both a politician and a biochemist, who seem approximately equally famous.

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This side is inspired by an article from April 2001 by journalist Søren Storm Hansen in the newspaper Politiken.