Canute
Canute (sometimes
Cnut; Danish
Knud) is the name of several kings of
medieval Denmark, two of whom reigned also over
England during the first half of the
11th century.
Also:\n*
Knut Hamsun (
1859 -
1952) was a leading Norwegian author.\n*
Knud Rasmussen (
1879 -
1933) was a
Greenlandic polar explorer and
anthropologist.\n*
Knute Rockne (
1888 -
1931) was a
American football player and coach.
A Knut is also a
bronze coin used in the
Harry Potter novels, worth about 1p. See
Currency (Harry Potter).
