Rasmussen
The surname Rasmussen is a Danish and Norwegian surname, meaning Rasmus' son. It is the ninth-most-common surname in Denmark, shared by about 1.9% of the population.
People with this name include:
Arts and language
- Rasmussen, Danish singer
- Alis Rasmussen, American writer known by the name Kate Elliott
- Anne Rasmussen, American ethnomusicologist
- Bill Rasmussen, American media figure, first president and CEO of ESPN
- Bruce Rasmussen, American television producer
- Carmen Rasmusen, Canadian-American singer
- Christina Rasmussen, Greek–American crisis intervention counselor and author
- Egil Rasmussen, Norwegian author, literature critic and musician
- Eiler Rasmussen Eilersen, Danish landscape artist
- Ejnar Mindedal Rasmussen, Danish architect
- Flemming Rasmussen, Danish music producer
- Halfdan Rasmussen, Danish poet
- Jens Elmegård Rasmussen, associate professor of Indo-European Studies at the University of Copenhagen
- Joel Rasmussen, American film producer
- Karen-Lisbeth Rasmussen, Danish ceramist and designer
- Karl Aage Rasmussen, Danish composer, writer and organizer
- Mary Helen Rasmussen, American musicologist
- Nicolas Rasmussen, French-born professor of history at the University of New South Wales
- Rie Rasmussen, Danish actress, model, director and photographer
- Scott Rasmussen, American media figure with ESPN and polling company Rasmussen Reports
- Sigrid Horne-Rasmussen, Danish stage and film actress
- Steen Eiler Rasmussen, Danish architect and town-planner
- Rasmus Rasmussen, Norwegian actor and theatre director
- Rasmus Rasmussen, Faroese writer
- Sunleif Rasmussen, Faroese composer of classical music
Military
- Phil Rasmussen, American military pilot stationed at Pearl Harbor during the 1941 Japanese attack
- Robert L. Rasmussen, American military artist, former naval aviator
- Stefan G. Rasmussen, Danish military and civilian pilot, known for SAS flight 751 crash-landing
Politics and administration
- Amund Rasmussen Skarholt, Norwegian politician for the Labour Party
- Anders Fogh Rasmussen, NATO General Secretary, former Prime Minister of Denmark
- Dan Rasmussen, American politician, member of the Iowa House of Representatives
- David Rasmussen Hansen, United States federal judge
- Dennis F. Rasmussen, American politician
- Einar Normann Rasmussen, Norwegian politician for the Liberal Party
- Hjalte Rasmussen, Professor of European Union Law at the University of Copenhagen
- Holger Rasmusen, American politician
- Kapp Rasmussen, American politician
- Lars Løkke Rasmussen, Prime Minister of Denmark, representing the Liberal Party Venstre
- Olav Rasmussen Langeland, Norwegian politician for the Centre Party
- Poul Nyrup Rasmussen, MEP and President of the Party of European Socialists, former Prime Minister of Denmark
- Stu Rasmussen, American politician from the state of Oregon
- Tom Rasmussen, former member of the Seattle City Council
- Wilkie Rasmussen, Deputy Prime Minister of the Cook Islands
Science, engineering, and technology
- David Tab Rasmussen, American biological anthropologist
- Erik N. Rasmussen, American meteorologist and tornado researcher
- Greg Rasmussen, British wildlife conservation biologist
- Jørgen Skafte Rasmussen, Danish engineer and industrialist
- Knud Rasmussen, Greenlandic polar explorer and anthropologist
- Lars Rasmussen, creator of Google Maps and Google Wave
- Norman Rasmussen, American physicist
- Pamela C. Rasmussen, American ornithologist and expert on Asian birds
- Steen Rasmussen , Danish artificial life scientist working in the United States
Sports
- Aage Rasmussen, Danish photographer and track and field athlete
- Alex Rasmussen, Danish professional racing cyclist
- Allan Stig Rasmussen, Danish chess grandmaster
- Anders Rasmussen, Danish professional football player
- Andreas Rasmussen, Danish field hockey player
- Bjørn Rasmussen, Danish football player
- Blair Rasmussen, American former professional basketball player
- Bruce Rasmussen , American director of athletics at Creighton University
- Dale Rasmussen, Samoan international rugby union player
- David Rasmussen, Danish retired football player
- Dawn Rasmussen, retired athlete and sports administrator from Samoa
- Dennis Rasmussen, American Major League Baseball pitcher
- Dorthe Rasmussen, Danish long-distance runner
- Einar Rasmussen, Norwegian sprint canoeist
- Eldon Rasmussen, Canadian driver in the USAC Championship Car series
- Elton Rasmussen, Australian rugby league player
- Eric Rasmussen, American retired professional baseball player
- Erik Rasmussen , American professional ice hockey player
- Erik Rasmussen , Danish former football player and manager
- Erik Rasmussen , Danish former handball player
- Flint Rasmussen, American rodeo clown in the sport of bull riding
- Flemming Rasmussen , Danish former strongman
- Grace Rasmussen, New Zealand netball player
- Hans Kjeld Rasmussen, Danish sports shooter and Olympic champion
- Hans Rasmussen,, American professional baseball pitcher
- Hedevig Rasmussen, Danish freestyle swimmer who competed in the 1924 Summer Olympics
- Jens Rasmussen , former speedway rider who rode in the United Kingdom
- Johanna Rasmussen, Danish female football striker
- John Boye Rasmussen, Danish handball player
- Jonas Rasmussen, Danish badminton player
- Jørgen Rasmussen, Danish footballer
- Jørgen Rasmussen, Danish footballer
- Juliane Rasmussen, Danish rower
- Karen Maud Rasmussen, Danish freestyle swimmer
- Karl Johan Rasmussen, Norwegian long-distance runner who specialized in marathon races
- Kemp Rasmussen, American football defensive lineman in the NFL
- Kristen Rasmussen, American former professional basketball player in the WNBA
- Kyle Rasmussen, American former alpine ski racer
- Lars Rasmussen , Danish team handball player
- Mads Rasmussen, Danish rower and double World Champion in the Lightweight Double Sculls
- Marie Rasmussen, Danish pole vaulter
- Mark Rasmussen, English striker
- Michael Rasmussen, Danish cyclist
- Michael Rasmussen , Canadian professional hockey player
- Morten Rasmussen , Danish professional football player
- Morten Rasmussen , Danish professional football player
- Ole Rasmussen, Danish former football player with German club Hertha BSC
- Ole Rasmussen, Danish football manager and former player
- Peter Rasmussen , Danish badminton player
- Peter Rasmussen, Danish international football player
- Peter Rasmussen, Danish football player for AB
- Peter Rasmussen , Danish football referee
- Peter "dupreeh" Rasmussen, Danish professional CS:GO player
- Philip Rasmussen, Danish professional football midfielder
- Rachel Rasmussen, New Zealand netball player in the ANZ Championship
- Randy Rasmussen, American football guard for fifteen seasons for the New York Jets
- Rasmus Rasmussen, Danish gymnast who competed in the 1920 Summer Olympics
- Steffen Rasmussen, Danish professional football goalkeeper
- Theis F. Rasmussen, Danish football goalkeeper
- Thomas Rasmussen, Danish professional football player
- Tine Rasmussen, female badminton player from Denmark
- Troels Rasmussen, Danish former football player
- Viktor Rasmussen, Danish gymnast
- Wayne Rasmussen, American football player
- Willy Rasmussen, Norwegian javelin thrower
Other
- Jesper Rasmussen Brochmand, Danish Lutheran clergyman, Bishop of Zealand
- Jørgen Guldborg-Rasmussen, Danish scouting figure
- Sherri Rasmussen, American nurse killed by a police officer who had once dated her husband
- Terry Peder Rasmussen, American suspected serial killer involved in the Bear Brook murders
- Joseph Rasmussen, Alpha-Omega of the Male Population