1920 - 2019
Alicia Alonso (born Alicia Ernestina de la Caridad del Cobre Martínez del Hoyo; 21 December 1920 – 17 October 2019) was a Cuban prima ballerina assoluta and choreographer whose company became the Ballet Nacional de Cuba in 1955. She is best known for her portrayals of Giselle and the ballet version of Carmen.From the age of nineteen, Alonso was afflicted with an eye condition and became partially blind. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Alicia Alonso has received more than 471,652 page views. Her biography is available in 35 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 33 in 2019). Alicia Alonso is the 20th most popular dancer (up from 21st in 2019), the 19th most popular biography from Cuba (down from 18th in 2019) and the most popular Cuban Dancer.
Alicia Alonso is most famous for being the founder and director of the Ballet Nacional de Cuba, which is the national ballet company of Cuba. She has also been a dancer, choreographer, and teacher.
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Among dancers, Alicia Alonso ranks 20 out of 76. Before her are Martha Graham, Mikhail Baryshnikov, Jean-Georges Noverre, Michel Fokine, George Balanchine, and Galina Ulanova. After her are Tamara Karsavina, Serge Lifar, Bronislava Nijinska, Izumo no Okuni, Liane de Pougy, and Mary Wigman.
1894 - 1991
HPI: 64.97
Rank: 14
1948 - Present
HPI: 63.88
Rank: 15
1727 - 1810
HPI: 63.74
Rank: 16
1880 - 1942
HPI: 63.29
Rank: 17
1904 - 1983
HPI: 61.88
Rank: 18
1910 - 1998
HPI: 61.17
Rank: 19
1920 - 2019
HPI: 60.56
Rank: 20
1885 - 1978
HPI: 60.47
Rank: 21
1904 - 1986
HPI: 59.90
Rank: 22
1891 - 1972
HPI: 59.54
Rank: 23
1572 - Present
HPI: 59.12
Rank: 24
1869 - 1950
HPI: 58.54
Rank: 25
1886 - 1973
HPI: 58.46
Rank: 26
Among people born in 1920, Alicia Alonso ranks 56. Before her are Gunnar Gren, Frank Sheeran, E. Donnall Thomas, George Porter, Lawrence Klein, and Ivan Kozhedub. After her are Isaac Stern, Prem Tinsulanonda, Peter D. Mitchell, Ștefan Kovács, Jack Elam, and John Harsanyi. Among people deceased in 2019, Alicia Alonso ranks 56. Before her are Yasuhiro Nakasone, Lee Iacocca, Sydney Brenner, César Pelli, Ágnes Heller, and Matti Nykänen. After her are Rosamunde Pilcher, Sigmund Jähn, Max Wright, Michael Atiyah, Prem Tinsulanonda, and Michel Serres.
1920 - 1991
HPI: 61.02
Rank: 50
1920 - 2003
HPI: 60.98
Rank: 51
1920 - 2012
HPI: 60.86
Rank: 52
1920 - 2002
HPI: 60.85
Rank: 53
1920 - 2013
HPI: 60.74
Rank: 54
1920 - 1991
HPI: 60.63
Rank: 55
1920 - 2019
HPI: 60.56
Rank: 56
1920 - 2001
HPI: 60.18
Rank: 57
1920 - 2019
HPI: 60.18
Rank: 58
1920 - 1992
HPI: 60.16
Rank: 59
1920 - 1995
HPI: 60.14
Rank: 60
1920 - 2003
HPI: 60.09
Rank: 61
1920 - 2000
HPI: 60.07
Rank: 62
1918 - 2019
HPI: 61.41
Rank: 50
1924 - 2019
HPI: 61.10
Rank: 51
1927 - 2019
HPI: 60.99
Rank: 52
1926 - 2019
HPI: 60.97
Rank: 53
1929 - 2019
HPI: 60.83
Rank: 54
1963 - 2019
HPI: 60.79
Rank: 55
1920 - 2019
HPI: 60.56
Rank: 56
1924 - 2019
HPI: 60.35
Rank: 57
1937 - 2019
HPI: 60.31
Rank: 58
1943 - 2019
HPI: 60.28
Rank: 59
1929 - 2019
HPI: 60.20
Rank: 60
1920 - 2019
HPI: 60.18
Rank: 61
1930 - 2019
HPI: 59.97
Rank: 62
Among people born in Cuba, Alicia Alonso ranks 19 out of 248. Before her are Ibrahim Ferrer (1927), Juan Almeida Bosque (1927), Celia Cruz (1925), Emilio Mola (1887), Osvaldo Dorticós Torrado (1919), and Miguel Díaz-Canel (1960). After her are Omara Portuondo (1930), Javier Sotomayor (1967), Sergio Oliva (1941), Reinaldo Arenas (1943), Maria Teresa, Grand Duchess of Luxembourg (1956), and Tomas Milian (1933).
1927 - 2005
HPI: 62.39
Rank: 13
1927 - 2009
HPI: 61.96
Rank: 14
1925 - 2003
HPI: 61.67
Rank: 15
1887 - 1937
HPI: 61.51
Rank: 16
1919 - 1983
HPI: 61.33
Rank: 17
1960 - Present
HPI: 61.19
Rank: 18
1920 - 2019
HPI: 60.56
Rank: 19
1930 - Present
HPI: 59.65
Rank: 20
1967 - Present
HPI: 59.10
Rank: 21
1941 - 2012
HPI: 58.79
Rank: 22
1943 - 1990
HPI: 58.64
Rank: 23
1956 - Present
HPI: 58.62
Rank: 24
1933 - 2017
HPI: 57.98
Rank: 25
Among dancers born in Cuba, Alicia Alonso ranks 1.