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3 celebrated Danish figures including actors, musicians, writers, scientists, athletes, and cultural icons across Danish history.

Niels Bohr

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Niels Bohr

Denmark

Niels Bohr, born in Copenhagen on 7 October 1885, won the Nobel Prize in Physics in 1922 for his atomic structure theory. He married Margrethe Norlund and had four sons, including Aage Bohr. He died of a heart attack in Copenhagen on 18 November 1962.

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