1866 - 1929
La Goulue (French pronunciation: [la guly], meaning The Glutton), was the stage name of Louise Weber (12 July 1866 – 29 January 1929), a French can-can dancer who was a star of the Moulin Rouge, a popular cabaret in the Pigalle district of Paris, near Montmartre. Weber became known as La Goulue because as an adolescent, she was known for guzzling cabaret patrons' drinks while dancing. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of La Goulue has received more than 342,721 page views. Her biography is available in 19 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 18 in 2019). La Goulue is the 28th most popular dancer (up from 31st in 2019), the 1,723rd most popular biography from France (up from 1,749th in 2019) and the 5th most popular French Dancer.
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Among dancers, La Goulue ranks 28 out of 76. Before her are Serge Lifar, Bronislava Nijinska, Izumo no Okuni, Liane de Pougy, Mary Wigman, and Carlo Blasis. After her are Marie-Anne de Cupis de Camargo, Merce Cunningham, Agrippina Vaganova, Pierre Beauchamp, Roland Petit, and Filippo Taglioni.
1904 - 1986
HPI: 59.90
Rank: 22
1891 - 1972
HPI: 59.54
Rank: 23
1572 - Present
HPI: 59.12
Rank: 24
1869 - 1950
HPI: 58.54
Rank: 25
1886 - 1973
HPI: 58.46
Rank: 26
1797 - 1878
HPI: 57.83
Rank: 27
1866 - 1929
HPI: 57.55
Rank: 28
1710 - 1770
HPI: 57.28
Rank: 29
1919 - 2009
HPI: 56.87
Rank: 30
1879 - 1951
HPI: 56.86
Rank: 31
1631 - 1705
HPI: 56.74
Rank: 32
1924 - 2011
HPI: 56.72
Rank: 33
1777 - 1871
HPI: 56.46
Rank: 34
Among people born in 1866, La Goulue ranks 37. Before her are Princess Milica of Montenegro, August von Wassermann, Enrique Simonet, Francesco Cilea, Princess Irene of Hesse and by Rhine, and Leopold Mandić. After her are Ambroise Vollard, Reginald Fessenden, Ramón del Valle-Inclán, Dmitry Merezhkovsky, Vasily Kalinnikov, and Voltairine de Cleyre. Among people deceased in 1929, La Goulue ranks 36. Before her are Gyula Andrássy the Younger, Thomas Burke, Liang Qichao, Carl Auer von Welsbach, Tanaka Giichi, and Asa Griggs Candler. After her are Manuel Gomes da Costa, Rainis, Enrico Ferri, Stepa Stepanović, Maurice Sarrail, and Grand Duke Michael Mikhailovich of Russia.
1866 - 1951
HPI: 60.53
Rank: 31
1866 - 1925
HPI: 59.70
Rank: 32
1866 - 1927
HPI: 59.34
Rank: 33
1866 - 1950
HPI: 58.95
Rank: 34
1866 - 1953
HPI: 58.59
Rank: 35
1866 - 1942
HPI: 57.78
Rank: 36
1866 - 1929
HPI: 57.55
Rank: 37
1866 - 1939
HPI: 57.46
Rank: 38
1866 - 1932
HPI: 57.36
Rank: 39
1866 - 1936
HPI: 57.04
Rank: 40
1866 - 1941
HPI: 57.04
Rank: 41
1866 - 1900
HPI: 57.02
Rank: 42
1866 - 1912
HPI: 56.50
Rank: 43
1860 - 1929
HPI: 58.85
Rank: 30
1875 - 1929
HPI: 58.77
Rank: 31
1873 - 1929
HPI: 58.66
Rank: 32
1858 - 1929
HPI: 58.47
Rank: 33
1864 - 1929
HPI: 57.97
Rank: 34
1851 - 1929
HPI: 57.68
Rank: 35
1866 - 1929
HPI: 57.55
Rank: 36
1863 - 1929
HPI: 57.09
Rank: 37
1865 - 1929
HPI: 56.73
Rank: 38
1856 - 1929
HPI: 56.63
Rank: 39
1856 - 1929
HPI: 55.76
Rank: 40
1856 - 1929
HPI: 55.49
Rank: 41
1861 - 1929
HPI: 55.26
Rank: 42
Among people born in France, La Goulue ranks 1,723 out of 6,011. Before her are John Eudes (1601), William III, Duke of Aquitaine (910), Caesarius of Arles (470), Charles of Valois, Duke of Berry (1446), Gaston Planté (1834), and Beatrice of Provence (1229). After her are Jean-Marie Balestre (1921), Théo Sarapo (1936), Jules de Goncourt (1830), Jean-Pierre Rampal (1922), Sébastien Érard (1752), and Pierre Werner (1913).
1601 - 1680
HPI: 57.60
Rank: 1,717
910 - 963
HPI: 57.60
Rank: 1,718
470 - 542
HPI: 57.58
Rank: 1,719
1446 - 1472
HPI: 57.57
Rank: 1,720
1834 - 1889
HPI: 57.56
Rank: 1,721
1229 - 1267
HPI: 57.55
Rank: 1,722
1866 - 1929
HPI: 57.55
Rank: 1,723
1921 - 2008
HPI: 57.55
Rank: 1,724
1936 - 1970
HPI: 57.54
Rank: 1,725
1830 - 1870
HPI: 57.53
Rank: 1,726
1922 - 2000
HPI: 57.53
Rank: 1,727
1752 - 1831
HPI: 57.51
Rank: 1,728
1913 - 2002
HPI: 57.51
Rank: 1,729
Among dancers born in France, La Goulue ranks 5. Before her are Marius Petipa (1818), Maurice Béjart (1927), Jean-Georges Noverre (1727), and Liane de Pougy (1869). After her are Pierre Beauchamp (1631), Roland Petit (1924), Jules Perrot (1810), Zizi Jeanmaire (1924), Jean Coralli (1779), Arthur Saint-Léon (1821), and Sylvie Guillem (1965).
1818 - 1910
HPI: 67.58
Rank: 1
1927 - 2007
HPI: 65.82
Rank: 2
1727 - 1810
HPI: 63.74
Rank: 3
1869 - 1950
HPI: 58.54
Rank: 4
1866 - 1929
HPI: 57.55
Rank: 5
1631 - 1705
HPI: 56.74
Rank: 6
1924 - 2011
HPI: 56.72
Rank: 7
1810 - 1892
HPI: 55.78
Rank: 8
1924 - 2020
HPI: 53.79
Rank: 9
1779 - 1854
HPI: 50.37
Rank: 10
1821 - 1870
HPI: 49.78
Rank: 11
1965 - Present
HPI: 46.57
Rank: 12