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Anna Pavlova

1881 - 1931

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Anna Pavlovna Pavlova (born Anna Matveyevna Pavlova; 12 February [O.S. 31 January] 1881 – 23 January 1931) was a Russian prima ballerina. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Anna Pavlova has received more than 1,924,505 page views. Her biography is available in 74 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 70 in 2019). Anna Pavlova is the 4th most popular dancer (up from 5th in 2019), the 79th most popular biography from Russia (up from 80th in 2019) and the 2nd most popular Russian Dancer.

Anna Pavlova is most famous for her ballet performances.

Memorability Metrics

  • 1.9M

    Page Views (PV)

  • 71.76

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 74

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 8.40

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.85

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among DANCERS

Among dancers, Anna Pavlova ranks 4 out of 116. Before her are Mata Hari, Isadora Duncan, and Rudolf Nureyev. After her are Josephine Baker, Vaslav Nijinsky, Pina Bausch, Bobby Farrell, Marius Petipa, Marie Taglioni, Maurice Béjart, and Margot Fonteyn.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1881, Anna Pavlova ranks 9. Before her are Alexander Fleming, Stefan Zweig, Pope John XXIII, Béla Bartók, Asta Nielsen, and Lu Xun. After her are Alexander Kerensky, Hans Kelsen, Enver Pasha, Ludwig von Mises, Kliment Voroshilov, and Walther von Brauchitsch. Among people deceased in 1931, Anna Pavlova ranks 4. Before her are Thomas Edison, Gustave Le Bon, and Khalil Gibran. After her are Otto Wallach, Hussein bin Ali, Sharif of Mecca, Omar Mukhtar, Albert A. Michelson, Arthur Schnitzler, Geli Raubal, Lili Elbe, and Joseph Joffre.

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In Russia

Among people born in Russia, Anna Pavlova ranks 79 out of 3,761. Before her are Roman Jakobson (1896), Yevgeny Prigozhin (1961), Anna of Russia (1693), Paul Karrer (1889), Andrei Rublev (1360), and Ivan III of Russia (1440). After her are Konstantin Stanislavski (1863), Boris Godunov (1552), Michael of Russia (1596), Feodor I of Russia (1557), Alexander Suvorov (1730), and Alexander Scriabin (1871).

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Among DANCERS In Russia

Among dancers born in Russia, Anna Pavlova ranks 2. Before her are Rudolf Nureyev (1938). After her are Maya Plisetskaya (1925), Michel Fokine (1880), Tamara Karsavina (1885), Galina Ulanova (1910), George Balanchine (1904), Alexander Godunov (1949), Agrippina Vaganova (1879), Lev Ivanov (1834), Léonide Massine (1896), and Vladimir Vasiliev (1940).

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