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Nica Noelle, pornographic film actress/director (father) [13] Mary-Kate and Ashley Olsen, fashion designers and former actresses (father is of partial Danish and partial Norwegian descent) Merlin Olsen, actor; Susan Olsen, actress; William Orlamond, actor, immigrant from Denmark; Heather O'Rourke (1975–1988), child actress, mother is of ...
Distribution of Danish Americans according to the 2000 census. Danish Americans (Danish: Dansk-amerikanere) are Americans who have ancestral roots originated fully or partially from Denmark. There are approximately 1,300,000 Americans of Danish origin or descent. [2] [3] Most Danes who came to the United States after 1865 did so for economic ...
Pages in category "American people of Danish descent" The following 200 pages are in this category, out of approximately 373 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .
Following World War II, there was an increase in interest in ethnic origins in the United States, which saw more Scandinavian Americans refer to themselves as Norwegian-American, Danish-American, etc. Remaining communities became concerned with cultural activism and preservationism.
Due to immigration there are considerable populations with Danish roots outside Denmark in countries such as the United States, Brazil, Canada, Greenland and Argentina. [citation needed] Danish Americans (Dansk-amerikanere) are Americans of Danish descent. There are approximately 1,500,000 Americans of Danish origin or descent.
Dushku's father was Boston-born, of Albanian heritage, with his parents coming from the city of Korçë, [3] and his mother, from Idaho, is of Danish, English, Irish and German descent. [ 4 ] [ 5 ] His parents were divorced in 1980.
American people of Danish descent (5 C, 373 P) F. American people of Finnish descent (7 C, 321 P) H. Sámi-American history (12 P) I. American people of Icelandic ...
Pages in category "Danish emigrants to the United States" The following 200 pages are in this category, out of approximately 307 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .