Madsen (surname)

Madsen is a common surname of Danish origin. The meaning of Madsen is ''Son of Mads''. " Mads" is Danish form of Matthew. Madsen is used rarely as a first name. Notable people with the surname include: * Alexander Madsen, Finnish basketball player *

Angela Madsen Angela Madsen (May 10, 1960June 21, 2020) was an American Paralympian sportswoman in both rowing and track and field. In a long career, Madsen moved from race rowing to ocean challenges before switching in 2011 to athletics, winning a bronze me ...

, American rower and athlete *

Arch L. Madsen Arch L. Madsen (December 4, 1913 – April 7, 1997) was the founder of Bonneville International and a president of KSL. He was a recipient of the Peabody Award, the Distinguished Service Award from the National Association of Broadcasters, and t ...

, American radio and television pioneer *

Barbara Madsen Barbara Madsen (born 1952) is an American jurist and a current Associate Justice of the Washington Supreme Court. She joined the court in 1993 as the first woman to be popularly elected to the Court in Washington state history. She was re-electe ...

, American judge *

Birger Madsen Birger Madsen (born 23 April 1982) is a Norwegian professional footballer who played as a defender. He played in Tippeligaen for Sandefjord, Vålerenga and Start Start can refer to multiple topics: *Takeoff, the phase of flight where an ...

, Norwegian football player *Bo Madsen, guitarist of the Danish rock band Mew *

Charles D. Madsen Charles D. Madsen (November 6, 1906 – February 21, 1975) was a politician in Wisconsin. He was elected to the Wisconsin State Senate. Madsen was also a candidate for the United States House of Representatives twice. He lost to Charles W. Henney ...

, American politician *

Chris Madsen Chris Madsen (February 25, 1851 – January 9, 1944) was a lawman of the Old West who is best known as being one of The Three Guardsmen, the name given to Madsen and two other Deputy US Marshals who were responsible for the apprehension and/or k ...

, Danish-American lawman *

Christian Madsen Christian Lucas Madsen is an American actor. He is best known for his roles in the films '' Divergent'' (2014) and ''Palo Alto'' (2013). Life and career Christian Madsen was born in Los Angeles to actors Michael Madsen and Jeannine Bisignano. His ...

, American actor *

Claus Madsen Claus Madsen (born March 11, 1975) is a former Danish football player who played as a midfielder and current assistant coach of Næsby Boldklub. In his active career, Madsen played for Danish Superliga clubs FC Midtjylland and Odense BK, winning ...

, Danish football player *

Eric Madsen Eric Madsen is an American baseball coach and former player. He played college baseball at Eastern Utah from 1991 to 1992 before transferring to Southern Utah. He then served as the head coach of the Eastern Utah Golden Eagles (1997–2003) and U ...

, American college baseball coach * Erik Madsen (chess player), Norwegian chess player * Gerda Madsen, Danish film actress * Gitte Madsen, Danish handball player *

Gordon A. Madsen Gordon Axel Madsen (born 1929) is a former state legislator and assistant attorney general in Utah. He is currently working as a co-editor of the business and legal papers in the Joseph Smith Papers Project. Madsen is married to Carol Cornwall M ...

, American state legislator in Utah *

Gunnar Madsen Gunnar Madsen is an American composer and vocalist. He was the founder and leader of The Bobs before leaving the group in 1991, and has released several albums as a solo artist since then. Biography Madsen learned to play guitar as a teenager and ...

, American vocalist *

Henrik O. Madsen Henrik Overgaard Madsen (born 27 July 1953) is a businessperson, engineer, Member of the Board of Aker Solutions and was chief executive officer of DNV GL between 2006 and 2015. Madsen is educated with a PhD in civil and structural engineering fr ...

, Danish businessperson and engineer *

Jakob Broechner Madsen Jakob Brøchner Madsen (born in Randers, Denmark) is an economist, professor and former financial analyst and deputy chief economist (Bank of Jutland). He was one of few economists who predicted the IT bubble in 2001 and the housing bubble in 20 ...

, Danish economist *

Janne Madsen Janne Madsen (born 12 March 1978) is a former Danish football midfielder. She lastly played for Fortuna Hjørring Fortuna Hjørring is a women's association football team from Hjørring, Denmark. The club was formed in 1966 and play in green a ...

, Danish football player * Jeff Madsen, American poker player *

John Madsen (American football) John Christopher Madsen (born May 9, 1983) is a former American football tight end. He was signed by the Oakland Raiders as an undrafted free agent in 2006. He played college football at Utah. He was also member of the Cleveland Browns, Las Veg ...

, American football player *

John M. Madsen John Max Madsen (born April 24, 1939) is a general authority of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS Church). He has been a general authority since 1992. Madsen's father, Louis L. Madsen, was an employee of the US Department of A ...

, American leader in The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints *

Katrine Madsen Katrine Madsen (born 7 March 1972 in Aarhus, Denmark) is a Danish jazz singer. Biography Madsen studied at the Royal Danish Academy of Music and has worked in Copenhagen on albums with transplanted American jazz artists Ed Thigpen and Richard ...

, Danish jazz singer *

Kenneth C. Madsen Kenneth C. Madsen (October 31, 1927 – December 25, 2002) was an American artist. He was the son of a Denmark, Danish immigrant father and a mother who influenced his interest in the arts. His most famous work is his 1991 painting, "Discovery ...

, American artist *

Kim André Madsen Kim André Madsen (born 12 March 1989) is a Norwegian footballer who currently plays for Asker. He is also the assistant coach. He came for FC Lyn Oslo before the 2009 season, and has also been on loan at Nybergsund IL. He spent ten seasons ...

, Norwegian football player *

Kristian Madsen Mads Kristian Madsen (12 February 1893 – 10 March 1988) was a Danish gymnast who competed in the 1920 Summer Olympics The 1920 Summer Olympics (french: Jeux olympiques d'été de 1920; nl, Olympische Zomerspelen van 1920; german: Olymp ...

, Danish gymnast * Lars Jørgen Madsen, Danish rifle shooter *

Lars Møller Madsen Lars Møller Madsen (born 30 May 1981 in Ølgod, Denmark) is a Danish team handball player. From 1 January 2011 he plays for the Swedish club IFK Kristianstad. He is European Champion by winning the 2008 European Men's Handball Champions ...

, Danish team handball player * Mads Lauritz Madsen, Norwegian politician *

Mark Madsen (basketball) Mark Ellsworth Madsen (born January 28, 1976) is an American basketball coach and former NBA player who is the head coach of Utah Valley University of the Western Athletic Conference (WAC). Due to his hustle and physical style of play, he rece ...

, American basketball player * Mathew Madsen, New Zealand weightlifter *

Mette Madsen Mette Marie Madsen (née Freunsgaard; 3 July 1924 – 12 December 2015) was a Danish politician for the Venstre political party, autobiographer and writer. She was the minister representing the North Jutland constituency in the Folketing between ...

(1924–2015), Danish politician and writer * Michael Madsen (disambiguation), several people *

Michael Madsen (footballer) Michael Madsen (born 24 January 1974) is a Danish retired footballer who most prominently played professionally for Italian club AS Bari and VfL Wolfsburg in Germany. He was most recently the manager of Brønshøj Boldklub. Biography Madsen st ...

, Danish football player *

Nicolaj Madsen Nicolaj Madsen (born 16 July 1988) is a Danish professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for Icelandic 1. deild club Vestri. Club career On 31 August 2018, Madsen left Vejle Boldklub and returned to HB Køge in October 2018 on a contra ...

, Danish football player *

Ole Madsen Ole Eduard Fischer Madsen (21 December 1934 – 26 March 2006 Camilla Dam ''Danmarks Radio'', 26 March 2006) was a Danish international footballer, who scored 42 goals in 50 matches for the Denmark national team and competed at the 1964 Europe ...

, Danish football player * Ole Christian Madsen, Danish film director and writer * Peter Madsen (disambiguation), several people *

Phil Madsen Phil may refer to: * Phil (given name), a shortened version of masculine and feminine names * Phill, a given name also spelled "Phil" * Phil, Kentucky, United States * ''Phil'' (film), a 2019 film * -phil-, a lexical fragment, used as a root te ...

, New Zealand singer/songwriter * Robert Madsen, Danish gymnast *

Ricardt Madsen Rasmus Kristian Ricardt Madsen (November 5, 1905 – August 7, 1993) was a Danish boxer who competed in the 1928 Summer Olympics The 1928 Summer Olympics ( nl, Olympische Zomerspelen 1928), officially known as the Games of the IX Olympiad ( ...

, Danish boxer * Sigfred Madsen, Danish boxer *

Spencer Madsen Spencer Madsen is a contemporary American poet and small press publisher. He is a Brooklyn-based contemporary writer as well as the founding editor of Sorry House, an independent publishing press in New York City. Madsen is part of a genre of ind ...

, American poet * Stephan Tschudi-Madsen, Norwegian art historian *

Susanne Madsen Susanne Astrup Madsen (born 13 July 1991) is a Danish handball player for HH Elite Horsens Håndboldkub Elite is a Danish handball club. In the 2018/19 season its first female team plays in the Danish 1st division after its relegation in 2010 ...

, Danish handball player * Svend Madsen, Danish gymnast *

Truman G. Madsen Truman Grant Madsen (13 December 1926 – 28 May 2009) was a professor of religion and philosophy at Brigham Young University (BYU) and director of the Brigham Young University Jerusalem Center for Near Eastern Studies. He was a prolific author ...

, Latter-Day Saint author * Wayne Madsen (journalist), American author *

Vibeke Hammer Madsen Vibeke Hammer Madsen (born 27 October 1955) is a Norwegian businessperson. She is the CEO of the Federation of Norwegian Commercial and Service Enterprises since 2002. Educated at the Norwegian School of Radiography, she worked in Statoil from 1 ...

, Norwegian businessperson *

Vilhelm Herman Oluf Madsen Vilhelm Herman Oluf Madsen (11 April 1844 – 14 June 1917) was a Danish politician, minister, army officer, businessman and inventor. He was War Minister in the Deuntzer Cabinet 1901–1905. Career He began his military career in 1859 and ser ...

, Danish politician, minister, businessman and inventor * Vigo Madsen, Danish gymnast * Virginia Madsen, American actress People with the first name Madsen include: *

Madsen Mompremier Madsen Mompremier (born 1952) is a Haitian oil painter, known for his depictions of Vodou gods (lwa). Biography Mompremier was born in 1952 in Gonaives, Haiti. In 1972, he moved to Port-au-Prince Port-au-Prince ( , ; ht, Pòtoprens ...

Madsen Pirie Duncan Madsen Pirie (born 24 August 1940) is a British researcher and author. He is a co-founder and current President of the Adam Smith Institute, a UK neoliberal think tank which has been in operation since 1978. Early life and education B ...

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