| ![Show Contents]() Knudsen History, Family Crest & Coats of Arms
Knudsen RankingIn the United States, the name Knudsen is the 3,208th most popular surname with an estimated 9,948 people with that name. 1
| Knudsen migration to the United States | + |
Some of the first settlers of this family name were: Knudsen Settlers in United States in the 19th Century- Andreas Knudsen, who settled in New York, NY in 1837
- Andreas Knudsen, aged 3, who landed in New York, NY in 1837 2
- Ole Knudsen, aged 6, who landed in New York, NY in 1837 2
- Anne Knudsen, who arrived in Wisconsin sometime between 1845 and 1856
- Carsten Hansen Knudsen, who settled in Ohio sometime between 1880 and 1886
Knudsen Settlers in United States in the 20th Century- John Knudsen, who arrived in Wisconsin in 1908 2
- Mathias Ragnar Knudsen, who arrived in Alabama in 1918 2
| Knudsen migration to Canada | + |
Some of the first settlers of this family name were: Knudsen Settlers in Canada in the 19th Century- Bernard Knudsen, who arrived in Ontario in 1871
| Contemporary Notables of the name Knudsen (post 1700) | + |
- Vern Oliver Knudsen (1893-1974), American acoustical physicist
- William Signius Knudsen (1879-1948), American automotive industry executive and Lieutenant General in the United States Army to help lead the United States' war materiel production efforts
- Keith Knudsen (1948-2005), American rock drummer, vocalist, and songwriter, best known as a drummer and vocalist for The Doobie Brothers
- Semon "Bunkie" Knudsen (1912-1998), American automobile industry executive, instrumental in developing the Pontiac Grand Prix, and developing a larger Mustang, son of William S. Knudsen
- Lieutenant-General William Signius Knudsen (1879-1948), American Director of the Air Technical Service Command, Patterson Field, Ohio (1944-1945) 3
- William S Knudsen, Danish American automobile industry executive
- Sidse Babett Knudsen (b. 1968), Danish actress who works in theatre, television, and film
- Martin Knudsen (1871-1949), Danish physicist who developed Knudsen Gas, the Knudsen number and the Knudsen layer
- Lars Ramkilde Knudsen (b. 1962), Danish researcher in cryptography
- Jens Martin Knudsen (1930-2005), Danish astrophysicist, a longtime advisor to NASA; he authored or co-authored more than 100 scientific articles
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- "What are the 5,000 Most Common Last Names in the U.S.?". NameCensus.com, https://namecensus.com/last-names/
- Filby, P. William, Meyer, Mary K., Passenger and immigration lists index : a guide to published arrival records of about 500,000 passengers who came to the United States and Canada in the seventeenth, eighteenth, and nineteenth centuries. 1982-1985 Cumulated Supplements in Four Volumes Detroit, Mich. : Gale Research Co., 1985, Print (ISBN 0-8103-1795-8)
- Generals of World War II. (Retrieved 2012, April 2) William Knudsen. Retrieved from http://generals.dk/general/Knudsen/William_Signius/USA.html
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