Famous People with Name Knud

Knud Pedersen            Origin/Culture/Country: Danish

Knud Pedersen: was born in 1925, in the small Danish town of Grenå. His career as a public figure started in 1942, when he, together with nine other young Danes, founded the resistance group Churchill Klubben (The Churchill Club). After the war, he turned to the world of arts and culture when he excelled as an organiser.

Knud Leif Thomsen            Origin/Culture/Country: Danish

Knud Leif Thomsen: was a Danish film director and screenwriter. He directed 14 films between 1960 and 1975. His film Duellen was entered into the 12th Berlin International Film Festival.[1] Two years later, his film School for Suicide was entered into the 14th Berlin International Film Festival.[2] In 1967 he was a member of the jury at the 17th Berlin International Film Festival.[3

Knud Albjerg            Origin/Culture/Country: Danish

Knud Albjerg: is a Danish sprint canoer who competed in the early 1950s. At the 1952 Summer Olympics in Helsinki, he was eliminated in heats of the K-1 1000 m event.

Knud Enemark Jensen            Origin/Culture/Country: Danish

Knud Enemark Jensen: was a Danish cyclist who died while participating in the 1960 Summer Olympic Games in Rome, Italy. He is notable for having been involved in an early doping scandal.Jensen was born in Århus. He collapsed during his Olympic event, fractured his skull, and was pronounced dead in a nearby Rome hospital shortly thereafter. The autopsy showed he had taken amphetamine and another drug, Roniacol (Ronicol/Roniacol Retard, Nicotinyl alcohol tartrate), a direct-acting peripheral vasodilator that causes flushing and may decrease blood pressure.

Knud Lyne Rahbek            Origin/Culture/Country: Danish

Knud Lyne Rahbek: was a Danish literary historian, critic, writer, poet & magazine editor.Rahbek quickly became one of the most prominent speakers on cultural matters, and with his work as publisher and editor the journals Minerva and The Danish Spectator ("Den danske Tilskuer") he was one of the main voices of the Danish moderate Enlightenment.