







The Most Famous
Dancers from Russia
Trending Dancers from Russia This Week
The top 10 Dancers from Russia trending on Wikipedia in the past 7 days, with a quick note on what drove the spike.
- #1

Rudolf Nureyev
1938 - 1993
Trending in Russian (#221) Wikipedia (1,476 views, on Apr 4).
Top 10 Russian Dancers
The following people are considered by Pantheon to be the top 10 most legendary Russians Dancers of all time. This list of famous Russians 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 Russians Dancers.
- #1

Rudolf Nureyev
1938 - 1993
HPI 77.7566 langsRudolf Nureyev was a Russian ballet dancer who defected to the west in 1961. He was most famous for his performances with the Paris Opera...Read moreShow less
Rudolf Nureyev was a Russian ballet dancer who defected to the west in 1961. He was most famous for his performances with the Paris Opera Ballet and the Royal Ballet.
- #2

Anna Pavlova
1881 - 1931
HPI 77.3777 langsAnna Pavlova is most famous for her ballet performances.
- #3

Maya Plisetskaya
1925 - 2015
HPI 70.3955 langsMaya Plisetskaya is most famous for her ballet performances. She was a Russian prima ballerina and choreographer.
- #4

Michel Fokine
1880 - 1942
HPI 70.2345 langsMichel Fokine is most famous for his choreography in ballets such as "Le Sacre du Printemps" and "Les Sylphides."
- #5

Tamara Karsavina
1885 - 1978
HPI 68.7450 langsTamar Karsavina was a Russian ballet dancer and choreographer. She was a principal dancer with the Imperial Russian Ballet and was a leading...Read moreShow less
Tamar Karsavina was a Russian ballet dancer and choreographer. She was a principal dancer with the Imperial Russian Ballet and was a leading dancer in the Diaghilev's Ballets Russes. She is most famous for being the first prima ballerina assoluta.
- #6

George Balanchine
1904 - 1983
HPI 68.2545 langsGeorge Balanchine is most famous for being the founder of the New York City Ballet.
- #7

Galina Ulanova
1910 - 1998
HPI 66.1139 langsGalina Ulanova is most famous for her role as the Sugar Plum Fairy in the Russian ballet "The Nutcracker."
- #8

Alexander Godunov
1949 - 1995
HPI 64.2330 langsRussian-American ballet dancer and film actor (1949-1995)
- #9

Agrippina Vaganova
1879 - 1951
HPI 64.1431 langsRussian ballerina and founder of a ballet teaching method (1879-1951)
- #10

Lev Ivanov
1834 - 1901
HPI 63.1420 langsRussian ballet dancer and choreographer, creator of a "Swan Lake" (1834–1901)
People by Birth Decade
Browse notable Russians Dancers grouped by birth decade. Each decade shows the top 10 by HPI; expand to see everyone.
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Overlapping Lives
Which Dancers were alive at the same time? This visualization shows the lifespans of the 17 most globally memorable Dancers since 1700.














