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Frederick Ashton

1904 - 1988

Frederick Ashton

Sir Frederick William Mallandaine Ashton (17 September 1904 – 18 August 1988) was a British ballet dancer and choreographer. He also worked as a director and choreographer in opera, film and revue. Determined to be a dancer despite the opposition of his conventional middle-class family, Ashton was accepted as a pupil by Léonide Massine and then by Marie Rambert. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Frederick Ashton has received more than 247,590 page views. His biography is available in 39 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 37 in 2019). Frederick Ashton is the 48th most popular dancer (down from 47th in 2019), the 10th most popular biography from Ecuador (up from 15th in 2019) and the most popular Ecuadorean Dancer.

Memorability Metrics

250k
Page Views (PV)
52.13
Historical Popularity Index (HPI)
39
Languages Editions (L)
4.40
Effective Languages (L*)
4.07
Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among DANCERS

Among dancers, Frederick Ashton ranks 48 out of 76. Before him are Pierina Legnani, Jiří Kylián, Carla Fracci, Gaétan Vestris, Enrico Cecchetti, and Louise Rasmussen. After him are Lucile Grahn, Kurt Jooss, Antonio Gades, Lindsay Kemp, William Forsythe, and Lydia Lopokova.

Most Popular Dancers in Wikipedia

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Pierina Legnani
1863 - 1930
HPI: 53.28
Rank: 42
Jiří Kylián
1947 - Present
HPI: 52.91
Rank: 43
Carla Fracci
1936 - 2021
HPI: 52.77
Rank: 44
Gaétan Vestris
1729 - 1808
HPI: 52.51
Rank: 45
Enrico Cecchetti
1850 - 1928
HPI: 52.42
Rank: 46
Louise Rasmussen
1815 - 1874
HPI: 52.40
Rank: 47
Frederick Ashton
1904 - 1988
HPI: 52.13
Rank: 48
Lucile Grahn
1819 - 1907
HPI: 51.64
Rank: 49
Kurt Jooss
1901 - 1979
HPI: 51.41
Rank: 50
Antonio Gades
1936 - 2004
HPI: 51.41
Rank: 51
Lindsay Kemp
1938 - 2018
HPI: 51.36
Rank: 52
William Forsythe
1949 - Present
HPI: 51.33
Rank: 53
Lydia Lopokova
1892 - 1981
HPI: 51.18
Rank: 54

Contemporaries

Among people born in 1904, Frederick Ashton ranks 137. Before him are Cecil Beaton, Edgar P. Jacobs, Chen Boda, Aparicio Méndez, Robert Montgomery, and Walter Heitler. After him are Antoun Saadeh, Pyotr Koshevoy, Nikos Skalkottas, Bruce Cabot, Princess Elizabeth of Greece and Denmark, and Chishū Ryū. Among people deceased in 1988, Frederick Ashton ranks 96. Before him are Hamengkubuwono IX, Aparicio Méndez, Erich Fried, Paolo Stoppa, Francis Ponge, and Yuli Daniel. After him are Tore Keller, Frank Zamboni, Henry Koster, Erich Probst, Daniel Guérin, and Henry Armstrong.

Others Born in 1904

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Cecil Beaton
1904 - 1980
HPI: 52.66
Rank: 131
Edgar P. Jacobs
1904 - 1987
HPI: 52.64
Rank: 132
Chen Boda
1904 - 1989
HPI: 52.64
Rank: 133
Aparicio Méndez
1904 - 1988
HPI: 52.36
Rank: 134
Robert Montgomery
1904 - 1981
HPI: 52.23
Rank: 135
Walter Heitler
1904 - 1981
HPI: 52.22
Rank: 136
Frederick Ashton
1904 - 1988
HPI: 52.13
Rank: 137
Antoun Saadeh
1904 - 1949
HPI: 52.05
Rank: 138
Pyotr Koshevoy
1904 - 1976
HPI: 52.02
Rank: 139
Nikos Skalkottas
1904 - 1949
HPI: 51.96
Rank: 140
Bruce Cabot
1904 - 1972
HPI: 51.88
Rank: 141
Princess Elizabeth of Greece and Denmark
1904 - 1955
HPI: 51.85
Rank: 142
Chishū Ryū
1904 - 1993
HPI: 51.85
Rank: 143