Most Famous Danish Military figures

Denmark has produced 30 notable military figures throughout history, led by Herluf Trolle. Rankings are drawn from a cross-verified academic dataset of 152,953 people.

Top Ranked

  1. Herluf Trolle — Danish Naval (1516–1565) , ranked #130267
  2. Anders Lassen — Danish Militar (1920–1945) , ranked #138662
  3. Daniel Rantzau — Danish Officer (1529–1569) , ranked #154825
  4. Heinrich Holk — Danish Mercenary (1599–1633) , ranked #160074
  5. Christian Frederik von Schalburg — Danish Soldier (1906–1942) , ranked #170149
  6. Peder Skram — Danish Naval (1503–1581) , ranked #188975
  7. Ove Gjedde — Danish Admiral (1594–1660) , ranked #203343
  8. Hans Lunding — Danish Spy (1899–1984) , ranked #255418
  9. Hans Schack — Danish Militar (1609–1676) , ranked #285619
  10. Anders Bille — Danish Militar (1600–1657) , ranked #391430
  11. Knud Børge Martinsen — Danish Officer (1905–1949) , ranked #432294
  12. Otto Christian Hammer — Danish Naval (1822–1892) , ranked #631601
  13. Franz Joachim von Dewitz — Danish Kavallerie (1666–1719) , ranked #675875
  14. Jakob Friedrich von Rüchel-Kleist — Danish Soldier (1778–1848) , ranked #694873
  15. Heinrich Ludwig von Schimmelmann — Danish Militar (1743–1793) , ranked #784000
  16. Peder Munk — Danish Militar (1534–1623) , ranked #819207
  17. Erhard J.C. Qvistgaard — Danish Navy (1898–1980) , ranked #977005
  18. Albret Skeel — Danish Admiral (1572–1639) , ranked #1074557
  19. Otte Rud — Danish Admiral (1520–1565) , ranked #1150753
  20. Detlef von Rumohr — Danish Soldier (1634–1678) , ranked #1367145