Famous People with Name Thorvald

Thorvald Nicolai Thiele            Origin/Culture/Country: Danish

Thorvald Nicolai Thiele: was a Danish astronomer, actuary and mathematician, most notable for his work in statistics, interpolation and the three-body problem. He was the first to study cumulants and to propose the mathematical process of Brownian motion. He also was a founder and Mathematical Director of the Hafnia Insurance Company and led the founding of the Danish Society of Actuaries. It was through his insurance work that he came into contact with fellow mathematician Jørgen Pedersen Gram.

Thorvald Julius Sørensen            Origin/Culture/Country: Danish

Thorvald Julius Sørensen: was a Danish botanist and evolutionary biologist.Sørensen was professor at the Royal Veterinary and Agricultural College 1953-1955 and at the University of Copenhagen 1955-1972. He was director of the Copenhagen Botanical Garden and Botanical Museum during the same period.

Bertel Thorvaldsen            Origin/Culture/Country: Danish

Bertel Thorvaldsen: was a Danish/Icelandic sculptor.Thorvaldsen was born in Copenhagen in 1770 (according to some accounts, in 1768), the son of an Icelander who had settled in Denmark and there carried on the trade of a wood-carver. This account is disputed by some Icelande

Thor Thorvaldsen            Origin/Culture/Country: Norwegian

Thor Thorvaldsen: was a Norwegian sailor and Olympic champion. He was born in Bamble and died in Bærum. He competed at the 1948 Summer Olympics in London, where he received a gold medal in the dragon class as helmsman on the boat Pan.

Randi Thorvaldsen            Origin/Culture/Country: Norwegian

Randi Thorvaldsen: is a former Norwegian speedskater, silver medalist from the allround World Championship, and a previous World Record holder in 1,500 metres. She was the dominating female speedskater in Norway from the end of the Second World War to 1954. She was born in

Gunnar Solmunder (Solly) Thorvaldson            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Gunnar Solmunder (Solly) Thorvaldson: was a politician in Manitoba, Canada. He served in the Legislative Assembly of Manitoba from 1941 to 1949, and in the Canadian Senate from 1958 until his death. Originally elected as a Conservative, he sat as a Progressive Conservative after the party changed its name in 1943. He ran for the Manitoba legislature in the constituency of Gimli in the 1932 provincial election, but finished third against Liberal Einar Jonasson. Thorvaldson ran for the Canadian House of Commons in the 1935 federal election as a candidate of the Conservative Party of Canada. He lost, finishing a distant second against Liberal-Progressive candidate Joseph T. Thorson in the riding of Selkirk. He ran for the Manitoba legislature for the second time in the 1936 provincial election, this time campaigning in the constituency of Winnipeg, which elected ten members by a single transferable ballot. He finished twelfth on the first count, did poorly on transfers and was eliminated on the eleventh ballot.

Sigurdur Thorvaldsson            Origin/Culture/Country: Norse

Sigurdur Thorvaldsson: is an Icelandic professional basketball player.