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Lindsay Kemp

1938 - 2018

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Lindsay Keith Kemp (3 May 1938 – 24 August 2018) was a British dancer, actor, teacher, mime artist, and choreographer. He was probably best known for his 1974 flagship production of Flowers, a mime and music show based on Jean Genet's novel Our Lady of the Flowers, in which he played the lead role of 'Divine'. Owing to its homosexual themes and perceived decadence, reviews were sometimes hostile, but it was widely considered a theatrical and sensory sensation, and it toured globally for many years. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Lindsay Kemp has received more than 510,241 page views. His biography is available in 22 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 20 in 2019). Lindsay Kemp is the 46th most popular dancer (up from 52nd in 2019), the 1,961st most popular biography from United Kingdom (up from 2,298th in 2019) and the 2nd most popular British Dancer.

Memorability Metrics

  • 510k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 53.99

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 22

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 5.16

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.33

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among DANCERS

Among dancers, Lindsay Kemp ranks 46 out of 116. Before him are Pierina Legnani, Zizi Jeanmaire, Arthur Saint-Léon, Jiří Kylián, Léonide Massine, and Birju Maharaj. After him are Maria Tallchief, Frederick Ashton, Louise Rasmussen, Antonio Gades, Enrico Cecchetti, and Kurt Jooss.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1938, Lindsay Kemp ranks 196. Before him are Shashi Kapoor, Willi Schulz, Daidō Moriyama, Moshoeshoe II of Lesotho, Igor Ter-Ovanesyan, and Liya Akhedzhakova. After him are Altair Gomes de Figueiredo, Zbigniew Religa, Daniel Buren, Evel Knievel, Nieves Navarro, and Günter Brus. Among people deceased in 2018, Lindsay Kemp ranks 152. Before him are Rachid Taha, Darío Castrillón Hoyos, John Gavin, June Whitfield, José Antonio Abreu, and Neil Simon. After him are William Goldman, Anna Maria Ferrero, Harlan Ellison, Dobri Dobrev, Vladimir Voinovich, and Walter Laqueur.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Lindsay Kemp ranks 1,961 out of 8,785. Before him are Melita Norwood (1912), Mary Astell (1666), Joan Hickson (1906), Rachel Kempson (1910), Elias Ashmole (1617), and George Frederic Watts (1817). After him are Ken Annakin (1914), Thomas Hicks (1876), Robert Conquest (1917), Tom Sharpe (1928), Gilbert Elliot-Murray-Kynynmound, 1st Earl of Minto (1751), and Cecil Beaton (1904).

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Among DANCERS In United Kingdom

Among dancers born in United Kingdom, Lindsay Kemp ranks 2. Before him are Margot Fonteyn (1919). After him are Alicia Markova (1910), Kenneth MacMillan (1929), Antony Tudor (1908), and Darcey Bussell (1969).

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