DANCER

Alvin Ailey

1931 - 1989

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Alvin Ailey Jr. (January 5, 1931 – December 1, 1989) was an American dancer, director, choreographer, and activist who founded the Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater (AAADT). Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Alvin Ailey has received more than 0 page views. His biography is available in 39 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 36 in 2019). Alvin Ailey is the 58th most popular dancer (up from 63rd in 2019), the 4,450th most popular biography from United States (up from 5,548th in 2019) and the 7th most popular American Dancer.

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Among DANCERS

Among dancers, Alvin Ailey ranks 58 out of 116Before him are Kurt Jooss, Merce Cunningham, Hilde Holger, Carla Fracci, William Forsythe, and Lucile Grahn. After him are Micheline Bernardini, John Cranko, Ninette de Valois, Jean Coralli, John Neumeier, and Vladimir Vasiliev.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1931, Alvin Ailey ranks 258Before him are David Eddings, Hana Brady, Tosiwo Nakayama, Zaur Kaloev, Rogelio Domínguez, and Mickey Mantle. After him are Kyōko Kagawa, Richard Ratsimandrava, Mohammad-Reza Mahdavi Kani, Donald Barthelme, Stelios Kazantzidis, and Gene Wolfe. Among people deceased in 1989, Alvin Ailey ranks 143Before him are Arsenie Boca, Uichiro Hatta, Choekyi Gyaltsen, 10th Panchen Lama, Edoardo Amaldi, José López Rega, and Merab Kostava. After him are Wilfrid Sellars, Donald Barthelme, Pavel Kurochkin, Kazimierz Sabbat, Clyde Geronimi, and Ćamil Sijarić.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Alvin Ailey ranks 4,450 out of 20,380Before him are Barry Sonnenfeld (1953), Octavia E. Butler (1947), Peter Krause (1965), Charley Patton (1891), Martha Jefferson Randolph (1772), and June Squibb (1929). After him are Dennis Franz (1944), James J. Corbett (1866), Maggie Q (1979), David Paich (1954), Wilfrid Sellars (1912), and L. Q. Jones (1927).

Among DANCERS In United States

Among dancers born in United States, Alvin Ailey ranks 7Before him are Isadora Duncan (1877), Josephine Baker (1906), Martha Graham (1894), Maria Tallchief (1925), Merce Cunningham (1919), and William Forsythe (1949). After him are John Neumeier (1939), Doris Humphrey (1895), Adam Darius (1930), Yvonne Rainer (1934), Katherine Dunham (1909), and Frankie Manning (1914).