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Lucile Grahn

1819 - 1907

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Lucile Alexia Grahn-Young (30 June 1819 – 4 April 1907) was the first internationally renowned Danish ballerina and one of the popular dancers of the Romantic ballet era. Grahn studied from a young age at the Royal Danish Theatre School in Copenhagen, Denmark under the tutelage of August Bournonville. She officially debuted in 1834 at the theater and took on the leading role of Astrid in Bournonville's Valdemar in 1835. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Lucile Grahn has received more than 30,545 page views. Her biography is available in 16 different languages on Wikipedia. Lucile Grahn is the 57th most popular dancer (down from 49th in 2019), the 341st most popular biography from Denmark (down from 293rd in 2019) and the 3rd most popular Danish Dancer.

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Among DANCERS

Among dancers, Lucile Grahn ranks 57 out of 116. Before her are Enrico Cecchetti, Kurt Jooss, Merce Cunningham, Hilde Holger, Carla Fracci, and William Forsythe. After her are Alvin Ailey, Micheline Bernardini, John Cranko, Ninette de Valois, Jean Coralli, and John Neumeier.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1819, Lucile Grahn ranks 65. Before her are Frederick William, Grand Duke of Mecklenburg-Strelitz, Edwin Drake, Pieter Bleeker, Butrus al-Bustani, Maria Wodzińska, and Cyrus West Field. After her are Abe Masahiro, Nicolae Bălcescu, Alexandru G. Golescu, Martin Johnson Heade, Marthinus Wessel Pretorius, and Théodore Gouvy. Among people deceased in 1907, Lucile Grahn ranks 58. Before her are Ottomar Anschütz, Raphael Kalinowski, Erik Gustaf Boström, Zacharie Astruc, Mkrtich Khrimian, and Prince Moritz of Saxe-Altenburg. After her are Moritz Steinschneider, Prince Arnulf of Bavaria, Maurice Loewy, Ernst von Bergmann, Bernhard Hammer, and Léon Serpollet.

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In Denmark

Among people born in Denmark, Lucile Grahn ranks 341 out of 1,032. Before her are Per Nørgård (1932), Erik Eriksen (1902), Palle Huld (1912), Hans Wegner (1914), Thomas Kingo (1634), and Vilhelm Buhl (1881). After her are Harald Høffding (1843), Hans Hedtoft (1903), Søren Kam (1921), Christian August, Duke of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Augustenburg (1696), Olafur Eliasson (1967), and Søren Kragh-Jacobsen (1947).

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Among DANCERS In Denmark

Among dancers born in Denmark, Lucile Grahn ranks 3. Before her are August Bournonville (1805), and Louise Rasmussen (1815).

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