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 (born 1985), Danish singer
Aaron Frederick Rasmussen Jr. (1915–1984), American microbiologist and immunologist Alis Rasmussen (born 1958), American writer known by the name Kate Elliott Anne Rasmussen (educator) (born 1959), American ethnomusicologist Bill Rasmussen (born 1932), American media figure, first president and CEO of ESPN Bruce Rasmussen (born 1961), American television producer Carmen Rasmusen (born 1985), Canadian-American singer Christina Rasmussen (born 1972), Greek–American crisis intervention counselor and author Egil Rasmussen (1903–1964), Norwegian author, literature critic and musician Eiler Rasmussen Eilersen (1827–1912), Danish landscape artist Ejnar Mindedal Rasmussen (1892–1975), Danish architect Eric Rasmussen (academic) (born 1960}. authority on Shakespearean texts Flemming Rasmussen (born 1958), Danish music producer Halfdan Rasmussen (1915–2002), Danish poet Jens Elmegård Rasmussen (1944–2013), Danish associate professor of Indo-European Studies Joel Rasmussen (born 1970), American film producer Karen-Lisbeth Rasmussen (born 1944), Danish ceramist and designer Karl Aage Rasmussen (born 1947), Danish composer, writer and organizer Mary Helen Rasmussen (1930–2008), American musicologist Nicolas Rasmussen (born 1962), French-born professor of history at the University of New South Wales Rie Rasmussen, (born 1978) Danish actress, model, director and photographer Scott Rasmussen (born 1956), American media figure with ESPN and polling company Rasmussen Reports Sigrid Horne-Rasmussen (1915–1982), Danish stage and film actress Steen Eiler Rasmussen (1898–1990), Danish architect and town-planner Rasmus Rasmussen (1862–1932), Norwegian actor and theatre director Rasmus Rasmussen (1871–1962), Faroese writer Sunleif Rasmussen (born 1961), Faroese composer of classical music
Military
Phil Rasmussen (1918–2005), American military pilot stationed at Pearl Harbor during the 1941 Japanese attack Robert L. Rasmussen (born 1930), American military artist, former naval aviator Stefan G. Rasmussen (born 1947), Danish military and civilian pilot, known for SAS flight 751 crash-landing
Politics and administration
Amund Rasmussen Skarholt (1892–1956), Norwegian politician for the Labour Party
Anne Rasmussen (politician) (born 1971) Danish politician
Anders Fogh Rasmussen (born 1953), NATO General Secretary, former Prime Minister of Denmark Bergur Løkke Rasmussen (born 1990), Danish politician Dan Rasmussen (born 1947), American politician, member of the Iowa House of Representatives David Rasmussen Hansen (born 1938), United States federal judge Dennis F. Rasmussen (born 1947), American politician Einar Normann Rasmussen (1907–1975), Norwegian politician for the Liberal Party Hjalte Rasmussen (1940–2012), Professor of European Union Law at the University of Copenhagen Holger Rasmusen (1894–1983), American politician Kapp Rasmussen (1860–1927), American politician Lars Løkke Rasmussen (born 1964), former Prime Minister of Denmark, representing the Liberal Party Venstre Olav Rasmussen Langeland (1904–1981), Norwegian politician for the Centre Party Poul Nyrup Rasmussen (born 1943), MEP and President of the Party of European Socialists (PES), former Prime Minister of Denmark Søren Egge Rasmussen (born 1961), Danish politician for the Red-Green Alliance Stu Rasmussen (1948–2021), American politician from the state of Oregon Tom Rasmussen (contemporary), former member of the Seattle City Council Wilkie Rasmussen (born 1958), Deputy Prime Minister of the Cook Islands
Science, engineering, and technology
Angela Rasmussen, American virologist
David Tab Rasmussen (1958–2014), American biological anthropologist
Erik N. Rasmussen (born 1957), American meteorologist and tornado researcher
Greg Rasmussen (born 1955), British wildlife conservation biologist
Jørgen Skafte Rasmussen (1878–1964), Danish engineer and industrialist
Knud Rasmussen (1879–1933), Greenlandic polar explorer and anthropologist
Lars Rasmussen (software developer), creator of Google Maps and Google Wave
Norman Rasmussen (1927–2003), American physicist
Pamela C. Rasmussen (born 1959), American ornithologist and expert on Asian birds Steen Rasmussen (physicist) (born 1955), Danish artificial life scientist working in the United States