John Gunther Dean
Dean speaks four languages: English, French, German and Danish. He was the first U.S. Ambassador to Denmark who learned and spoke Danish, thus gaining significant respect from its people. He is married to the French-born Martine Duphenieux, and they have three grown children. He now lives in Switzerland and France but remains active on foreign affairs issues and comes to the U.S. often.
English people
Gradually, the Danes in England came to be seen as 'English'. They had a noticeable impact on the English language: many English words, such as "anger", "ball", "egg", "got", "knife", "take", and "they", are of Old Norse origin, and place names that end in "-thwaite" and "-by" are Scandinavian in origin.