Danish Famous Names Starting with Letter R

A Danish astronomer working at the European Southern Observatory (ESO).He discovered numerous comets

A Danish astronomer working at the European Southern Observatory (ESO).He discovered numerous comets, including the spectacular "Comet West" (C/1975 V1) and the periodic comets 76P/West-Kohoutek-Ikemura and 123P/West-Hartley.He also discovered a number of asteroids, including the Trojan asteroids 2146 Stentor, 2148 Epeios and (20995) 1985 VY.

Is a Danish former football (soccer) player and football manager. His greatest triumph came when he

Is a Danish former football (soccer) player and football manager. His greatest triumph came when he coached the Danish national football team which surprisingly won the 1992 European Championship (Euro 1992) tournament. In 1995, he was knighted as Knight 1st Degree of the Order of the Dannebrog. He is the father of Tommy Møller Nielsen.

Is a Danish professional football (soccer) player who plays for Randers FC. He is the son of the for

Is a Danish professional football (soccer) player who plays for Randers FC. He is the son of the former Danish national team player Lars Olsen. Olsen started his career with Brøndby IF, but did not play any senior games for the team. Randers FC signed Ricki Olsen from Brøndby IF in the summer of 2008. Olsen got his first match on October 26 against Aalborg BK. Olsen played 75 minutes before being replaced by fellow teammate Alain Behi. Olsen got his first goal for the club on March 1st, against AGF when he scored the winning goal from about 30 yards out. The game ended 2-1.

Is a Danish racing cyclist for Glud & Marstrand Horsens. Enø Jørgensen was born in Ilulissat, Gree

Is a Danish racing cyclist for Glud & Marstrand Horsens. Enø Jørgensen was born in Ilulissat, Greenland.

A Danish fashion model, actress, film director, writer and photographer.Rasmussen was born in Copenh

A Danish fashion model, actress, film director, writer and photographer.Rasmussen was born in Copenhagen, Denmark. She was discovered at the age of fifteen while vacationing in New York.Rasmussen got her big break in the film industry when she acted in Brian De Palma's erotic thriller Femme Fatale which starred her friend, former supermodel Rebecca Romijn, who got her the role. She also appears in Luc Besson's Angel-A. A former Victoria's Secret model, she directed two short films, one of which, Thinning the Herd, was selected to more than 20 film festivals around the world including the Cannes Film Festival.

Is a Danish former football (soccer) player. He played for a number of Danish clubs, most notably Bo

Is a Danish former football (soccer) player. He played for a number of Danish clubs, most notably Boldklubben 1893 (B 93) in the Danish Superliga, as well as a number of foreign clubs (Sweden: Kiruna FF, England: Torquay United, Finland: Finnpa, China: Guangzhou Apollo, Norway: SK Gjøvik-Lyn).

Is a Danish team handball player and Olympic champion.

Is a Danish team handball player and Olympic champion.

Is a female badminton player from Denmark.Olsen competed in badminton at the 2004 Summer Olympics in

Is a female badminton player from Denmark.Olsen competed in badminton at the 2004 Summer Olympics in women's doubles with partner Ann-Lou Jørgensen. They had a bye in the first round and defeated Nicole Grether and Juliane Schenk of Germany in the second. In the quarterfinals, Olsen and Jørgensen lost to Huang Sui and Gao Ling of China 15-6, 15-7.

Is a Danish team handball player and Olympic champion.

Is a Danish team handball player and Olympic champion.

Is a Danish athlete. She is a part of Sparta Athletics team. She started doing athletics when she wa

Is a Danish athlete. She is a part of Sparta Athletics team. She started doing athletics when she was 12 years old. Back then she participated in events from 60 metres to heptathlon and shot put. When she ran her first 400 metres hurdles she was less than a second from qualifying for the European Junior Championships. She represents Sparta.

Was a Danish boxer who competed in the 1924 Summer Olympics.In 1924 he was eliminated in the quarter

Was a Danish boxer who competed in the 1924 Summer Olympics.In 1924 he was eliminated in the quarter-finals of the heavyweight class after losing his fight to Henk de Best.

Yount courted controversy in the winter of 1978. He threatened to retire from the game and take up p

Yount courted controversy in the winter of 1978. He threatened to retire from the game and take up professional golf rather than be underpaid by the Brewers. His demands were met during spring training in 1978, and he played the full season, ultimately becoming a career Brewers player.

Is a former Danish professional road bicycle racer. He is the most successful Danish bicycle racer e

Is a former Danish professional road bicycle racer. He is the most successful Danish bicycle racer ever, with his 53 victories over 17 seasons. He is currently working as a cycling commentator and agent. Born in Helsinge in Denmark, Sørensen moved to Italy at the age of 17, where he has lived since. He goes under the name Il Biondo due to his blonde hair. He is married to Susanne.

Is a former Danish football (soccer) player, who spent his entire professional career for Brøndby I

Is a former Danish football (soccer) player, who spent his entire professional career for Brøndby IF in the Danish Superliga, and played more than 300 matches for the club. He played in the position of left winger or forward.

Is a Danish professional football midfielder, who currently plays for the Danish Superliga side Lyng

Is a Danish professional football midfielder, who currently plays for the Danish Superliga side Lyngby Boldklub.

Is an Danish footballer who currently plays for the Danmarksserieclub Aalborg Freja. He has previous

Is an Danish footballer who currently plays for the Danmarksserieclub Aalborg Freja. He has previously played for the Greenland national team and the Danish lower division-club Bangsbo Freja and the Jyllandsserie-clubs Frederikshavn fI and Skagen IK and FC Frederikshavn.

Is a Danish racecar driver who has driven in the Champ Car World Series.Bremer won three consecutive

Is a Danish racecar driver who has driven in the Champ Car World Series.Bremer won three consecutive Danish Formula A karting championships from 1998 to 2000, before racing in British Formula Ford and Formula 3. In 2003, he shifted his career to America, running in the Toyota Atlantic Series, where he notched one win and finished fifth in the Championship.

Nicknamed Muddi, is a Danish professional football forward who currently plays for Danish 2nd Divisi

Nicknamed Muddi, is a Danish professional football forward who currently plays for Danish 2nd Division side FC Hjørring. He previously played for Aalborg based football clubs, Aalborg Chang and AaB Aalborg.

Is a Danish professional football (soccer) player, who plays as a left back for Viborg FF in the Dan

Is a Danish professional football (soccer) player, who plays as a left back for Viborg FF in the Danish Superliga championship. He has played two games for the Denmark national football team.

He played for Danish amateur clubs before moving to Brøndby IF in the summer 1993.[1] He became a p

He played for Danish amateur clubs before moving to Brøndby IF in the summer 1993.[1] He became a part of the senior team under Brøndby manager Ebbe Skovdahl. He debuted on November 14, 1993, when he came on as a substitute in the 1-0 win against Ikast fS

Chilean-born Danish writer.Rubén Palma grew up in one of Santiago's bigger, popular quarters of tha

Chilean-born Danish writer.Rubén Palma grew up in one of Santiago's bigger, popular quarters of that time: San Miguel. He left Chile in 1973, immediately after the coup. Since 1974, he has resided in Denmark where he became Danish citizen. In 1985 he starts to write in Danish, language he adopted as means of literary expression

Is a professional skateboarder who currently resides in the Leucadia district of Encinitas, Californ

Is a professional skateboarder who currently resides in the Leucadia district of Encinitas, California. Glifberg began skating at age 11 after a friend brought a board over to his house. In the early 1990s, Glifberg turned professional as a vert skater and made the trek across the Atlantic Ocean to the United States.

Is a Danish professional footballer He plays as goalkeeper for Odense Boldklub. He has played 17 mat

Is a Danish professional footballer He plays as goalkeeper for Odense Boldklub. He has played 17 matches for various Danish youth national teams. Rune Pedersen started his career off at clubs in his hometown. He played youth football with Hvidovre IF, before moving to Kjøbenhavns Boldklub (KB), the reserve team of F.C. Copenhagen (FCK) in the top-flight Danish Superliga championship.

Was a Danish actress, director, photographer and writer, known for her collaboration with Bertolt Br

Was a Danish actress, director, photographer and writer, known for her collaboration with Bertolt Brecht and for founding the Bertolt-Brecht-Archiv in Berlin.

Is the co-founder and leader of the Christian group Faderhuset which became widely known for its con

Is the co-founder and leader of the Christian group Faderhuset which became widely known for its controversial purchase of Ungdomshuset in Copenhagen.Although she does not have any education in theology, she was the reverend of Faderhuset from 1998 to 2004.[1] She is currently spokesperson, consultant and supervisor for the group.[1]