Poulsen is a
Danish
Danish may refer to:
* Something of, from, or related to the country of Denmark
People
* A national or citizen of Denmark, also called a "Dane," see Demographics of Denmark
* Culture of Denmark
* Danish people or Danes, people with a Danish a ...
patronymic
A patronymic, or patronym, is a component of a personal name based on the given name of one's father, grandfather (avonymic), or an earlier male ancestor.
Patronymics are still in use, including mandatory use, in many countries worldwide, alt ...
surname meaning "son of
Poul" (Danish version of
Paul
Paul may refer to:
*Paul (given name), a given name (includes a list of people with that name)
* Paul (surname), a list of people
People
Christianity
*Paul the Apostle (AD c.5–c.64/65), also known as Saul of Tarsus or Saint Paul, early Chri ...
). The form
Paulsen is a less common cognate.
People with the name include:
Sportspeople
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Aage Poulsen (1919–1998), Danish long-distance runner
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Anders Poulsen (ice hockey) (born 1991), Danish hockey player
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Anders Poulsen (referee) (born 1981), Danish football referee
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Andreas Poulsen (born 1999), Danish footballer
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Annette Poulsen (born 1969), Danish swimmer
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Christian Poulsen
Christian Bjørnshøj Poulsen (born 28 February 1980) is a Danish former footballer. After starting his career with Holbæk, he played for a number of European clubs as a defensive midfielder, winning the Danish Superliga championship with F. ...
(born 1980), Danish professional football player
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Christian Poulsen (chess player) (1912–1981), Danish chess master
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Christian Poulsen (cyclist) (born 1979), Danish cyclist
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Christopher Poulsen (born 1981), Danish footballer
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Hanne Høegh Poulsen (born 1981), Danish taekwondo practitioner
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Jakob Poulsen
Jakob Bendix Uhd Poulsen (born 7 July 1983) is a Danish former professional footballer who played as a midfielder and current assistant coach of Viborg FF.
Poulsen started his senior career with Esbjerg fB, before moving to Dutch side SC Heeren ...
(born 1983), Danish professional football player
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Jan B. Poulsen (born 1946), Danish football manager
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Jonas Kældsø Poulsen (born 1985), Danish windsurfer
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Kaj Poulsen
Kaj Kvistgård Poulsen, known as Kaj Poulsen, (born 31 December 1942) is a Danish former association footballer in the striker position, who played 141 games and scored 29 goals for Vejle Boldklub. He played five matches for the Denmark national ...
(born 1942), Danish footballer
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Kasper Poulsen, Danish wheelchair curler
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Katja Poulsen (born 1976), Danish archer
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Ken Poulsen (1947–2017), American baseball player
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Kim Poulsen (born 1959), Danish football manager
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Kristian Poulsen (born 1975), Danish racing driver
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Lív Poulsen (born 1997), Danish footballer
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Maria Poulsen
Maria Poulsen (born 29 October 1984) is a Danish curler. She currently plays lead for the Lene Nielsen rink.
Poulsen was the lead on the Denise Dupont rink that finished 9th place at the 2001 World Junior Curling Championships. At the 2004 Wor ...
(born 1984), Danish curler
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Mette Poulsen
Mette Poulsen (born 14 June 1993) is a Danish badminton
Badminton is a racquet sport played using racquets to hit a shuttlecock across a net. Although it may be played with larger teams, the most common forms of the game are "singles" ( ...
(born 1993), Danish badminton player
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Mikkel Poulsen
Mikkel Adrup Poulsen (born 17 October 1984 in Hvidovre) is an internationally elite curler from Denmark.
He made his world championship debut at the 2008 World Championships in Grand Forks, North Dakota, U.S. He also competed at the 2009 Monc ...
(born 1984), Danish curler
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Olaf Klitgaard Poulsen (1914–2007), Danish rower
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Ole Poulsen (born 1941), Danish sport sailer
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Poul Byrge Poulsen (1915–1994), Danish rower
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René Holten Poulsen
René Holten Poulsen (born 28 November 1988) is a Danish sprint canoeist, who has won medals at the Olympics, World Championships and European Championships. He won a silver medal in the men's K-2 1000 metres at the 2008 Summer Olympics.
He mad ...
(born 1988), Danish sprint canoeist
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Rikke Poulsen (born 1986), Danish handball player
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Roald Poulsen (born 1950), Danish football manager
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Rógvi Poulsen (born 1989), Faroese footballer
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Sandy Poulsen (born 1952), American alpine skier
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Simon Poulsen
Simon Busk Poulsen (born 7 October 1984) is a Danish retired professional association football, footballer who played as a left-back.
He has played 31 games for the Denmark national football team, Denmark national team. Following his retirement ...
(born 1984), Danish professional football player
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Svenne Poulsen (born 1980), Danish footballer
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Thomas Poulsen
Thomas Poulsen (born 16 February 1970) is a Danish competition rower, Olympic champion and world record holder.
Poulsen won a gold medal in lightweight coxless four at the 1996 Summer Olympics as part of the Gold Four. He was member of t ...
(born 1970), Danish rower
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Willy Poulsen (born 1946), Danish rower
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Yussuf Poulsen
Yussuf Yurary Poulsen (; born 15 June 1994) is a Danish professional footballer who plays as a striker for Bundesliga club RB Leipzig and the Denmark national team. He sometimes uses ''Yurary'' as his shirt name.
After starting his professiona ...
(born 1994), Danish footballer
Other people
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Axel Poulsen
Rikard Axel Poulsen (1 December 1887 – 22 August 1972) was a Danish sculptor. He is remembered for his memorials in Copenhagen's Fælledparken and Aarhus' Marselisborg Mindeparken.
Biography
Born in Copenhagen, he was brought up in Odense wher ...
(1887–1972), Danish sculptor
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Erik Poulsen (born 1964), American politician
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Gudrun Poulsen
Gudrun Thorgerd Erna Poulsen (7 March 1918– 20 July 1999) was a Danish painter. Inspired by nature, she painted mainly country landscapes, often including cows. From the 1960s, she spent much of her time painting on the island of Møn while in th ...
(1918–1999), Danish painter
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Hanna Poulsen (born 1984), Finnish model, Miss Finland 2005
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Hans Poulsen
Hans Sven Poulsen (born Bruce Gordon Poulsen, 7 March 1945 – 17 February 2023) was an Australian singer-songwriter and musician of Danish descent who was popular in the late 1960s and early 1970s, and known for his eccentric hippie style.McFa ...
(born 1945), Australian singer-songwriter
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Henrik Poulsen (disambiguation), multiple people
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Jógvan Poulsen
Jógvan Poulsen was the Lawman of the Faroe Islands twice, from 1654 to 1655, and from 1662 to 1677.
Jógvan Poulsen was Faroese. He married the daughter of previous Lawman Jógvan Justinusson. Jógvan Poulsen was raised on a farm in Oyri, bef ...
(), Lawman of the Faroe Islands
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Jógvan Poulsen (1854–1941), Faroese politician
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Johan Poulsen (1890–1980), Faroese politician
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Johanne Astrid Poulsen (born 2006), Danish drummer
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Johannes Poulsen
Johannes Poulsen (17 November 1881 – 14 October 1938) was a Danish actor and director.
He debuted with the Dagmar Theatre in 1901.
In 1909 he joined the Royal Theatre as an actor, and from 1917 was also a stage director.
Memorable roles ...
(1881–1938), Danish actor and director
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Karen Poulsen
Karen Poulsen (10 May 1881 – 15 February 1953) was a Danish stage and film actress
An actor or actress is a person who portrays a character in a performance. The actor performs "in the flesh" in the traditional medium of the theatre or ...
(1881–1953), Danish stage and film actress
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Kevin Poulsen
Kevin Lee Poulsen (born November 30, 1965) is an American former black-hat hacker and a contributing editor at ''The Daily Beast''.
Biography
He was born in Pasadena, California, on November 30, 1965.
Black-hat hacking
On June 1, 1990, Poul ...
(born 1965), American black hat hacker and senior editor at ''Wired News''
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Michael Poulsen
Michael Schøn Poulsen (born 1 April 1975) is a Danish singer, guitarist and songwriter. He is the lead vocalist, rhythm guitarist and main songwriter of rock band Volbeat. Prior to Volbeat, Poulsen was the vocalist for the death metal band Dom ...
(born 1975), lead singer of the Danish rock band Volbeat
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Morten Poulsen (born 1988), Danish hockey player
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Nicolai Poulsen (born 1993), Danish footballer
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Niels Winther Poulsen
Niels Christoffer Winther Poulsen (October 3, 1902 – March 19, 1990) was a Faroese teacher and politician for the Home Rule Party ( fo, Sjálvstýrisflokkurin).
Poulsen was born in Skopun. He graduated as a teacher from the Jonstrup Normal ...
(1902–1990), Faroese politician
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Olaf Poulsen (1849–1923), Danish actor
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Poul Poulsen Nolsøe (1766–1809), Faroese national hero
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Roy G. Poulsen (1918–2006), American economist
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Sally-Ann Poulsen, Australian chemical biologist
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Sara Poulsen (born 1984), Danish actress
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Søren Pape Poulsen
Søren Pape Poulsen (born 31 December 1971) is a Danish politician, who is a member of the Folketing for the Danish Conservative Party. He has been the leader of the party since 2014. From 2016 to 2019 he served as Justice Minister of Denmark, an ...
(born 1971), Danish politician
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Svend Poulsen
Svend Poulsen ( – ), also referred to as Svend Poulsen Gønge ( sv, Svend Gjönge Povlsen) was a Danish-Norwegian military commander in the 17th century, serving in the armies of Christian IV, Frederick III, and Christian V. He fought in t ...
(–), Danish military commander
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Tórbjørn Poulsen (1932–2014), Faroese politician
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Troels Lund Poulsen
Troels Lund Poulsen (born 30 March 1976 in Vejle) is a Danish politician, who is Minister for Economic Affairs and a member of the Folketing for the Venstre political party. He served as Minister for the Environment from 2007 to 2010, Min ...
(born 1976), Danish politician
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Ulla Poulsen (1905–2001), Danish ballerina and actress
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Valdemar Poulsen
Valdemar Poulsen (23 November 1869 – 23 July 1942) was a Danish engineer who made significant contributions to early radio technology. He developed a magnetic wire recorder called the telegraphone in 1898 and the first continuous wave rad ...
(1869–1942), Danish engineer
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