DANCER
August Bournonville
1805 - 1879
August Bournonville
August Bournonville (21 August 1805 – 30 November 1879) was a Danish ballet master and choreographer. He was the son of Antoine Bournonville, a dancer and choreographer trained under the French choreographer, Jean Georges Noverre, and the nephew of Julie Alix de la Fay, née Bournonville, of the Royal Swedish Ballet. Bournonville was born in Copenhagen, Denmark, where his father had settled. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of August Bournonville has received more than 96,600 page views. His biography is available in 21 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 20 in 2019). August Bournonville is the 34th most popular dancer (down from 32nd in 2019), the 185th most popular biography from Denmark (down from 169th in 2019) and the most popular Danish Dancer.
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97k
Page Views (PV)
56.38
Historical Popularity Index (HPI)
21
Languages Editions (L)
7.47
Effective Languages (L*)
1.65
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Among DANCERS
Among dancers, August Bournonville ranks 34 out of 76. Before him are Marie-Anne de Cupis de Camargo, Merce Cunningham, Agrippina Vaganova, Pierre Beauchamp, Roland Petit, and Filippo Taglioni. After him are Jules Perrot, Lev Ivanov, Olga Khokhlova, Alexander Godunov, Zizi Jeanmaire, and Léonide Massine.
Most Popular Dancers in Wikipedia
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Marie-Anne de Cupis de Camargo
1710 - 1770
HPI: 57.28
Rank: 28
Merce Cunningham
1919 - 2009
HPI: 56.87
Rank: 29
Agrippina Vaganova
1879 - 1951
HPI: 56.86
Rank: 30
Pierre Beauchamp
1631 - 1705
HPI: 56.74
Rank: 31
Roland Petit
1924 - 2011
HPI: 56.72
Rank: 32
Filippo Taglioni
1777 - 1871
HPI: 56.46
Rank: 33
August Bournonville
1805 - 1879
HPI: 56.38
Rank: 34
Jules Perrot
1810 - 1892
HPI: 55.78
Rank: 35
Lev Ivanov
1834 - 1901
HPI: 55.65
Rank: 36
Olga Khokhlova
1891 - 1955
HPI: 55.00
Rank: 37
Alexander Godunov
1949 - 1995
HPI: 54.62
Rank: 38
Zizi Jeanmaire
1924 - 2020
HPI: 53.79
Rank: 39
Léonide Massine
1896 - 1979
HPI: 53.56
Rank: 40
Contemporaries
Among people born in 1805, August Bournonville ranks 23. Before him are Adalbert Stifter, Ewelina Hańska, Shirali Muslimov, Cochise, Thomas Graham, and 9th Dalai Lama. After him are Jonas Furrer, George Müller, Joseph Škoda, Peter Johann Nepomuk Geiger, Eugène Schneider, and Johan Peter Emilius Hartmann. Among people deceased in 1879, August Bournonville ranks 17. Before him are Maria Teresa of Savoy, Charles De Coster, Sher Ali Khan, Édouard-Léon Scott de Martinville, Jón Sigurðsson, and Heinrich Geißler. After him are Heinrich Wilhelm Dove, Maurycy Gottlieb, Karl Friedrich Mohr, William, Prince of Orange, August Grisebach, and Baldomero Espartero.
Others Born in 1805
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Adalbert Stifter
1805 - 1868
HPI: 60.57
Rank: 17
Ewelina Hańska
1805 - 1882
HPI: 59.49
Rank: 18
Shirali Muslimov
1805 - 1973
HPI: 59.18
Rank: 19
Cochise
1805 - 1874
HPI: 58.83
Rank: 20
Thomas Graham
1805 - 1869
HPI: 58.77
Rank: 21
9th Dalai Lama
1805 - 1815
HPI: 58.31
Rank: 22
August Bournonville
1805 - 1879
HPI: 56.38
Rank: 23
Jonas Furrer
1805 - 1861
HPI: 56.25
Rank: 24
George Müller
1805 - 1898
HPI: 55.11
Rank: 25
Joseph Škoda
1805 - 1881
HPI: 54.60
Rank: 26
Peter Johann Nepomuk Geiger
1805 - 1880
HPI: 54.21
Rank: 27
Eugène Schneider
1805 - 1875
HPI: 53.20
Rank: 28
Johan Peter Emilius Hartmann
1805 - 1900
HPI: 53.07
Rank: 29
Others Deceased in 1879
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Maria Teresa of Savoy
1803 - 1879
HPI: 60.05
Rank: 11
Charles De Coster
1827 - 1879
HPI: 59.94
Rank: 12
Sher Ali Khan
1825 - 1879
HPI: 59.17
Rank: 13
Édouard-Léon Scott de Martinville
1817 - 1879
HPI: 58.28
Rank: 14
Jón Sigurðsson
1811 - 1879
HPI: 57.95
Rank: 15
Heinrich Geißler
1814 - 1879
HPI: 56.57
Rank: 16
August Bournonville
1805 - 1879
HPI: 56.38
Rank: 17
Heinrich Wilhelm Dove
1803 - 1879
HPI: 55.82
Rank: 18
Maurycy Gottlieb
1856 - 1879
HPI: 55.64
Rank: 19
Karl Friedrich Mohr
1806 - 1879
HPI: 55.44
Rank: 20
William, Prince of Orange
1840 - 1879
HPI: 55.28
Rank: 21
August Grisebach
1814 - 1879
HPI: 55.14
Rank: 22
Baldomero Espartero
1793 - 1879
HPI: 54.78
Rank: 23
In Denmark
Among people born in Denmark, August Bournonville ranks 185 out of 893. Before him are Thorvald Stauning (1873), Prince Joachim of Denmark (1969), Poul Nyrup Rasmussen (1943), Princess Elisabeth of Denmark (1935), Princess Wilhelmine Ernestine of Denmark (1650), and Princess Louise of Denmark (1750). After him are Frederick Christian II, Duke of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Augustenburg (1765), Peter Andreas Hansen (1795), Prince Axel of Denmark (1888), Dorothea of Denmark, Duchess of Brunswick-Lüneburg (1546), John II, Duke of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg (1545), and Edvard Eriksen (1876).
Others born in Denmark
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Thorvald Stauning
1873 - 1942
HPI: 56.68
Rank: 179
Prince Joachim of Denmark
1969 - Present
HPI: 56.65
Rank: 180
Poul Nyrup Rasmussen
1943 - Present
HPI: 56.65
Rank: 181
Princess Elisabeth of Denmark
1935 - 2018
HPI: 56.61
Rank: 182
Princess Wilhelmine Ernestine of Denmark
1650 - 1705
HPI: 56.61
Rank: 183
Princess Louise of Denmark
1750 - 1831
HPI: 56.47
Rank: 184
August Bournonville
1805 - 1879
HPI: 56.38
Rank: 185
Frederick Christian II, Duke of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Augustenburg
1765 - 1814
HPI: 56.23
Rank: 186
Peter Andreas Hansen
1795 - 1874
HPI: 56.23
Rank: 187
Prince Axel of Denmark
1888 - 1964
HPI: 56.22
Rank: 188
Dorothea of Denmark, Duchess of Brunswick-Lüneburg
1546 - 1617
HPI: 56.22
Rank: 189
John II, Duke of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg
1545 - 1622
HPI: 56.21
Rank: 190
Edvard Eriksen
1876 - 1959
HPI: 56.15
Rank: 191
Among DANCERS In Denmark
Among dancers born in Denmark, August Bournonville ranks 1. After him are Louise Rasmussen (1815) and Lucile Grahn (1819).
August Bournonville
1805 - 1879
HPI: 56.38
Rank: 1
Louise Rasmussen
1815 - 1874
HPI: 52.40
Rank: 2
Lucile Grahn
1819 - 1907
HPI: 51.64
Rank: 3
