DANCER

Darcey Bussell

1969 - Today

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Dame Darcey Andrea Bussell, (born Marnie Mercedes Darcey Pemberton Crittle; 27 April 1969) is a retired English ballerina and a former judge on the BBC television dance contest Strictly Come Dancing. Trained at the Arts Educational School and the Royal Ballet School, Bussell began her professional career at Sadlers Wells Royal Ballet. In 1989, at the age of 20, she moved to The Royal Ballet, where she became the youngest-ever principal dancer. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Darcey Bussell has received more than 3,201,671 page views. Her biography is available in 19 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 16 in 2019). Darcey Bussell is the 111th most popular dancer (down from 95th in 2019), the 7,433rd most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 6,589th in 2019) and the 6th most popular British Dancer.

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  • 3.2M

    Page Views (PV)

  • 38.79

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 19

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 1.52

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.92

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among DANCERS

Among dancers, Darcey Bussell ranks 111 out of 116. Before her are Diana Vishneva, Ulyana Lopatkina, Polina Semionova, Rozonda Thomas, Tamara Rojo, and Wade Robson. After her are Misty Copeland, Geeta Kapur, Dmytro Dikusar, Vaibhavi Merchant, and Masha Dashkina Maddux.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1969, Darcey Bussell ranks 1,013. Before her are Valérie Barlois-Mevel-Leroux, Peter Craig, Michellie Jones, Amma Asante, CeCe Peniston, and Richard Carrier. After her are Rob Huebel, Beatrice Utondu, Kelly Link, Laura Mersini-Houghton, Juergen Sommer, and Nicky Wire.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Darcey Bussell ranks 7,433 out of 8,785. Before her are Phil Younghusband (1987), Steven Fletcher (1987), Alex Clare (1985), Alex Roe (1990), Max Brown (1981), and Tom Austen (1987). After her are Sonja Aldén (1977), Lauren Booth (1967), David Rocastle (1967), David Gilbert (1981), Nicholas Lyndhurst (1961), and Tony Bellew (1982).

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Among DANCERS In United Kingdom

Among dancers born in United Kingdom, Darcey Bussell ranks 6. Before her are Margot Fonteyn (1919), Lindsay Kemp (1938), Alicia Markova (1910), Kenneth MacMillan (1929), and Antony Tudor (1908).

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