List of Famous people born in Greenland, Kingdom of Denmark

Nukâka Coster-Waldau

First Name Nukâka
Born on February 23, 1971 (age 53)

Nukâka Coster-Waldau, better known professionally as Nukâka, is a Danish-Greenlandic singer, actress, and a former Miss Greenland. She is married to Danish actor Nikolaj Coster-Waldau and has two daughters with him.

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Knud Rasmussen

First Name Knud
Last Name Rasmussen
Born on June 7, 1879
Died on December 21, 1933 (aged 54)

Knud Johan Victor Rasmussen was a Greenlandic–Danish polar explorer and anthropologist. He has been called the "father of Eskimology" and was the first European to cross the Northwest Passage via dog sled. He remains well known in Greenland, Denmark and among Canadian Inuit.

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Hans-Pavia Rosing

First Name Hans-Pavia
Born on June 22, 1948
Died on July 9, 2018 (aged 70)

Hans-Pavia Rosing was a Greenlandic politician and civil servant. He received Greenland Peace Prize in the year 1985. In 1987, he became Greenland Parliament member. He remained Minister of Economic Affairs for a specific time.

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Henriette Rasmussen

Henriette Ellen Kathrine Vilhelmine Jeremiassen
First Name Henriette
Born on June 8, 1950
Died on March 4, 2017 (aged 66)

Henriette Ellen Kathrine Vilhelmine Rasmussen née Jeremiassen was a Greenlandic educator, journalist, women's rights activist and politician. In 1992, she provided support for the adoption of the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child and in 1996, was appointed principal advisor to the ILO in connection with the 1989 Indigenous and Tribal Peoples Convention. As a member of Inuit Ataqatigiit from the early 1980s, she strove for Greenlandic independence from Denmark and served as Greenland's Minister of Culture and Education (2003–2005).

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Jonathan Petersen

First Name Jonathan
Last Name Petersen
Born on May 7, 1881
Died on August 22, 1961 (aged 80)

Jonathan Petersen was a Greenlandic songwriter. He composed the music to the national anthem of Greenland, Nunarput utoqqarsuanngoravit. The lyrics were written by the Greenlandic pastor Henrik Lund, and the song was adopted as the national anthem in 1916.

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Múte Bourup Egede

First Name Múte
Born on March 11, 1987 (age 37)

Múte Inequnaaluk Bourup Egede is a Greenlandic politician, who since April 2021 has served as Prime Minister of Greenland. He has served as a member of the Inatsisartut, the parliament of Greenland, since, and furthermore as chairman of the Inuit Ataqatigiit party since 2018.

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Elisabeth Johansen

Elisabeth Maria Sara Johansen
First Name Elisabeth
Born on August 1, 1907
Died on June 21, 1993 (aged 85)

Elisabeth Johansen was a Greenlandic midwife and politician. She was the first certified midwife in the country, as well as the first woman to attain a political office in Greenland. She was the first women appointed Knight of the Order of the Dannebrog.

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Rasmus Lerdorf

First Name Rasmus
Last Name Lerdorf
Born on November 22, 1968 (age 55)

Rasmus Lerdorf is a Danish-Canadian programmer. He co-authored and inspired the PHP scripting language, authoring the first two versions of the language and participating in the development of later versions led by a group of developers including Jim Winstead, Stig Bakken, Shane Caraveo, Andi Gutmans, and Zeev Suraski. He continues to contribute to the project.

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Jørgen Brønlund

First Name Jørgen
Born on December 14, 1877
Died on November 1, 1907 (aged 29)

Jørgen Brønlund, was a Greenlandic polar explorer, educator, and catechist. He participated in two Danish expeditions to Greenland in the early 20th century.

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Suka K. Frederiksen

First Name Suka
Born on July 18, 1965
Died on July 21, 2020 (aged 55)

Suka K. Frederiksen was a Greenlandic politician. Frederiksen was a member of the Inatsisartut and had held the position of Minister of Independence and Agriculture and Foreign Affairs.

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