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Alexander Godunov

1949 - 1995

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Alexander Borisovich Godunov (Russian: Александр Борисович Годунов; November 28, 1949 – c. May 1995) was a Russian-American ballet dancer and film actor. A member of the Bolshoi Ballet, he became the troupe's Premier danseur. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Alexander Godunov has received more than 3,076,611 page views. His biography is available in 26 different languages on Wikipedia. Alexander Godunov is the 39th most popular dancer (down from 38th in 2019), the 782nd most popular biography from Russia (down from 704th in 2019) and the 10th most popular Russian Dancer.

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  • 3.1M

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  • 54.62

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 26

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 3.44

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.24

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among DANCERS

Among dancers, Alexander Godunov ranks 39 out of 76Before him are Roland Petit, Filippo Taglioni, August Bournonville, Jules Perrot, Lev Ivanov, and Olga Khokhlova. After him are Zizi Jeanmaire, Léonide Massine, Pierina Legnani, Jiří Kylián, Carla Fracci, and Gaétan Vestris.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1949, Alexander Godunov ranks 159Before him are Zoë Wanamaker, Anne Schedeen, Tommy Ramone, Roger Deakins, Valentin Inzko, and Patrick Duffy. After him are John Savage, Clodoaldo, Trương Tấn Sang, John Wetton, Walid Jumblatt, and Judith Resnik. Among people deceased in 1995, Alexander Godunov ranks 94Before him are Arturo Frondizi, J. Presper Eckert, Ida Lupino, Ann Dunham, Leila Mourad, and Clair Cameron Patterson. After him are Gabriel Urgebadze, Viveca Lindfors, Annie M. G. Schmidt, Václav Neumann, Sylvester Stadler, and Bobby Riggs.

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In Russia

Among people born in Russia, Alexander Godunov ranks 782 out of 3,262Before him are Elisaveta Bykova (1913), Leonid Krasin (1870), Ludmila Belousova (1935), Georgy Flyorov (1913), Semyon Kurkotkin (1917), and Alexey Pajitnov (1956). After him are Kristijonas Donelaitis (1714), Alisa Freindlich (1934), Vladimir Kokovtsov (1853), Mikhail Speransky (1772), Alexander Shelepin (1918), and Vitaly Abalakov (1906).

Among DANCERS In Russia

Among dancers born in Russia, Alexander Godunov ranks 10Before him are Michel Fokine (1880), George Balanchine (1904), Galina Ulanova (1910), Tamara Karsavina (1885), Agrippina Vaganova (1879), and Lev Ivanov (1834). After him are Léonide Massine (1896), Lydia Lopokova (1892), Vladimir Vasiliev (1940), Yury Grigorovich (1927), Vera Karalli (1889), and Olga Spessivtseva (1895).