The Most Famous
Dancers from India
This page contains a list of the greatest Indians Dancers. The pantheon dataset contains 116 Dancers, 11 of which were born in India. This makes India the birth place of the 4th most number of Dancers behind United States and France.
Top 10 Indian Dancers
The following people are considered by Pantheon to be the top 10 most legendary Indians Dancers of all time. This list of famous Indians Dancers is sorted by HPI (Historical Popularity Index), a metric that aggregates information on a biography's online popularity. Visit the rankings page to view the entire list of Indians Dancers.
- #1
Birju Maharaj
1937 - 2022
HPI 54.6023 langsIndian dancer (1938–2022)
- #2
Rukmini Devi Arundale
1904 - 1986
HPI 53.9926 langsIndian dancer and choreographer (1904–1986)
- #3
Yamini Krishnamurthy
1940 - 2024
HPI 52.5620 langsIndian dancer (1940–2024)
- #4
Mrinalini Sarabhai
1918 - 2016
HPI 52.2625 langsIndian classical dancer, choreographer and instructor (1918-2016)
- #5
Balasaraswati
1918 - 1984
HPI 51.8718 langsIndian dancer (1918-1984)
- #6
Sonal Mansingh
b. 1944
HPI 50.5021 langsIndian Bharatanatyam and Odissi dancer
- #7
Kapila Vatsyayan
1928 - 2020
HPI 50.0519 langsIndian politician and art historian (1928-2020)
- #8
Padma Subrahmanyam
b. 1943
HPI 48.8817 langsIndian dancer
- #9
Saroj Khan
1948 - 2020
HPI 48.1927 langsIndian dancer and choreographer
- #10
Geeta Kapur
b. 1973
HPI 41.2116 langsIndian dancer and choreographer
People by Birth Decade
Browse notable Indians Dancers grouped by birth decade. Each decade shows the top 10 by HPI; expand to see everyone.
1970s(2)
1930s(1)
1920s(1)
1910s(2)
1900s(1)
Overlapping Lives
Which Dancers were alive at the same time? This visualization shows the lifespans of the 7 most globally memorable Dancers since 1700.
