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Gaétan Vestris

1729 - 1808

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Gaetano Apolline Baldassarre Vestris (18 April 1729 – 23 September 1808), French ballet dancer, was born in Florence and made his debut at the opera in 1749. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Gaétan Vestris has received more than 26,986 page views. His biography is available in 20 different languages on Wikipedia. Gaétan Vestris is the 45th most popular dancer (down from 40th in 2019), the 2,453rd most popular biography from Italy (down from 2,177th in 2019) and the 5th most popular Italian Dancer.

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  • 20

    Languages Editions (L)

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    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 1.56

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Among DANCERS

Among dancers, Gaétan Vestris ranks 45 out of 76Before him are Alexander Godunov, Zizi Jeanmaire, Léonide Massine, Pierina Legnani, Jiří Kylián, and Carla Fracci. After him are Enrico Cecchetti, Louise Rasmussen, Frederick Ashton, Lucile Grahn, Kurt Jooss, and Antonio Gades.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1729, Gaétan Vestris ranks 19Before him are Countess Maria Louise Albertine of Leiningen-Dagsburg-Falkenburg, Florian Leopold Gassmann, William Howe, 5th Viscount Howe, Johann Reinhold Forster, Pierre André de Suffren, and Michał Kazimierz Ogiński. After him are Christian Gottlob Heyne, Anders Chydenius, Michael von Melas, Johann Gottlieb Georgi, Giuseppe Parini, and Charles Henri Hector d'Estaing. Among people deceased in 1808, Gaétan Vestris ranks 14Before him are Johan Christian Fabricius, Carl Gotthard Langhans, Pierre Jean Georges Cabanis, Friedrich Kasimir Medikus, Paul Wranitzky, and Princess Marie of Baden. After him are Ove Høegh-Guldberg, Alemdar Mustafa Pasha, Alexander Dalrymple, Princess Louise of Saxe-Gotha-Altenburg, Princess Wilhelmina of Hesse-Kassel, and John Wilkinson.

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In Italy

Among people born in Italy, Gaétan Vestris ranks 2,453 out of 4,668Before him are Prince Thomas, Duke of Genoa (1854), Eugenio Castellotti (1930), Ulrich III, Duke of Carinthia (1220), Luigi Cremona (1830), Anna de' Medici, Archduchess of Austria (1616), and Sancia of Majorca (1285). After him are Appius Claudius Pulcher (-130), Marco Minghetti (1818), Antonietta Stella (1929), Sebastiano Baggio (1913), Giorgio Biandrata (1515), and Tito Schipa (1889).

Among DANCERS In Italy

Among dancers born in Italy, Gaétan Vestris ranks 5Before him are Carlo Blasis (1797), Filippo Taglioni (1777), Pierina Legnani (1863), and Carla Fracci (1936). After him are Enrico Cecchetti (1850) and Roberto Bolle (1975).