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John Cranko

1927 - 1973

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John Cyril Cranko (15 August 1927 – 26 June 1973) was a South African ballet dancer and choreographer with the Royal Ballet and the Stuttgart Ballet. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of John Cranko has received more than 120,780 page views. His biography is available in 15 different languages on Wikipedia. John Cranko is the 60th most popular dancer, the 69th most popular biography from South Africa and the most popular South African Dancer.

Memorability Metrics

  • 120k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 51.22

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 15

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 4.33

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 1.97

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among DANCERS

Among dancers, John Cranko ranks 60 out of 116. Before him are Hilde Holger, Carla Fracci, William Forsythe, Lucile Grahn, Alvin Ailey, and Micheline Bernardini. After him are Ninette de Valois, Jean Coralli, John Neumeier, Vladimir Vasiliev, Tamara Khanum, and Yvette Chauviré.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1927, John Cranko ranks 222. Before him are Greta Andersen, Roger Carel, Yusuf Idris, Thorkild Hansen, Liane Augustin, and Fathima Beevi. After him are John Ashbery, Jerry Schatzberg, William Perry, David Hedison, Simin Behbahani, and Theodor Wagner. Among people deceased in 1973, John Cranko ranks 150. Before him are Nobuko Yoshiya, Paavo Talvela, Willy Fritsch, István Kertész, Gustaf Molander, and Mikhail Isakovsky. After him are Winthrop Rockefeller, Lev Artsimovich, Paul Kletzki, Nancy Mitford, Hans Schmidt-Isserstedt, and Armas Toivonen.

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In South Africa

Among people born in South Africa, John Cranko ranks 69 out of 454. Before him are Marlene Dumas (1953), Laurence Oliphant (1829), J. B. M. Hertzog (1866), Marthinus Wessel Pretorius (1819), Ian Scheckter (1947), and Eric Sturgess (1920). After him are Gordon Murray (1946), Oscar Pistorius (1986), Oliver Tambo (1917), Evelyn Mase (1922), Alice Krige (1954), and Mangosuthu Buthelezi (1928).

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Among DANCERS In South Africa

Among dancers born in South Africa, John Cranko ranks 1. 

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