1894 - 1991
Martha Graham (May 11, 1894 – April 1, 1991) was an American modern dancer and choreographer. Her style, the Graham technique, reshaped American dance and is still taught worldwide.Graham danced and taught for over seventy years. She was the first dancer to perform at the White House, travel abroad as a cultural ambassador, and receive the highest civilian award of the US: the Presidential Medal of Freedom with Distinction. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Martha Graham has received more than 1,382,570 page views. Her biography is available in 47 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 44 in 2019). Martha Graham is the 12th most popular dancer (up from 14th in 2019), the 577th most popular biography from United States (up from 694th in 2019) and the 3rd most popular American Dancer.
Martha Graham is most famous for being a pioneer of modern dance. She was born in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania in 1894 and died in New York City in 1991. She was the first dancer to perform at the White House and the first dancer to receive the Presidential Medal of Freedom.
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Among dancers, Martha Graham ranks 12 out of 75. Before her are Pina Bausch, Vaslav Nijinsky, Marius Petipa, Maurice Béjart, Maya Plisetskaya, and Margot Fonteyn. After her are Marie Taglioni, Bobby Farrell, Jean-Georges Noverre, Michel Fokine, Mikhail Baryshnikov, and Galina Ulanova.
1940 - 2009
HPI: 77.08
Rank: 6
1889 - 1950
HPI: 77.01
Rank: 7
1818 - 1910
HPI: 75.18
Rank: 8
1927 - 2007
HPI: 74.06
Rank: 9
1925 - 2015
HPI: 73.90
Rank: 10
1919 - 1991
HPI: 73.85
Rank: 11
1894 - 1991
HPI: 73.81
Rank: 12
1804 - 1884
HPI: 73.75
Rank: 13
1949 - 2010
HPI: 73.34
Rank: 14
1727 - 1810
HPI: 72.32
Rank: 15
1880 - 1942
HPI: 71.86
Rank: 16
1948 - Present
HPI: 71.39
Rank: 17
1910 - 1998
HPI: 70.89
Rank: 18
Among people born in 1894, Martha Graham ranks 22. Before her are Fritz Sauckel, Alfred Kinsey, Gala Dalí, Moshe Sharett, Dietrich von Choltitz, and Isaac Babel. After her are Benjamin Graham, Hermann Oberth, Dashiell Hammett, Arthur Nebe, Pyotr Kapitsa, and Kiichiro Toyoda. Among people deceased in 1991, Martha Graham ranks 22. Before her are Soichiro Honda, Frank Capra, John Bardeen, Michael Landon, Lazar Kaganovich, and Margot Fonteyn. After her are David Lean, Marcel Lefebvre, Max Frisch, Oona O'Neill, Rajiv Gandhi, and Henri Lefebvre.
1894 - 1946
HPI: 75.89
Rank: 16
1894 - 1956
HPI: 75.06
Rank: 17
1894 - 1982
HPI: 74.58
Rank: 18
1894 - 1965
HPI: 74.11
Rank: 19
1894 - 1966
HPI: 73.86
Rank: 20
1894 - 1940
HPI: 73.83
Rank: 21
1894 - 1991
HPI: 73.81
Rank: 22
1894 - 1976
HPI: 72.86
Rank: 23
1894 - 1989
HPI: 72.77
Rank: 24
1894 - 1961
HPI: 72.73
Rank: 25
1894 - 1945
HPI: 72.38
Rank: 26
1894 - 1984
HPI: 72.31
Rank: 27
1894 - 1952
HPI: 72.00
Rank: 28
1906 - 1991
HPI: 75.45
Rank: 16
1897 - 1991
HPI: 74.75
Rank: 17
1908 - 1991
HPI: 74.67
Rank: 18
1936 - 1991
HPI: 74.36
Rank: 19
1893 - 1991
HPI: 74.03
Rank: 20
1919 - 1991
HPI: 73.85
Rank: 21
1894 - 1991
HPI: 73.81
Rank: 22
1908 - 1991
HPI: 73.72
Rank: 23
1905 - 1991
HPI: 73.56
Rank: 24
1911 - 1991
HPI: 72.61
Rank: 25
1925 - 1991
HPI: 72.46
Rank: 26
1944 - 1991
HPI: 71.89
Rank: 27
1901 - 1991
HPI: 71.40
Rank: 28
Among people born in United States, Martha Graham ranks 577 out of 15,968. Before her are Willem Dafoe (1955), Nancy Reagan (1921), Harriet Tubman (1820), William Hanna (1910), Rod Steiger (1925), and Carrie Fisher (1956). After her are Nancy Sinatra (1940), Bing Crosby (1903), Ruth Benedict (1887), Albert Ellis (1913), Percy Williams Bridgman (1882), and Les Paul (1915).
1955 - Present
HPI: 73.86
Rank: 571
1921 - 2016
HPI: 73.86
Rank: 572
1820 - 1913
HPI: 73.85
Rank: 573
1910 - 2001
HPI: 73.85
Rank: 574
1925 - 2002
HPI: 73.84
Rank: 575
1956 - 2016
HPI: 73.83
Rank: 576
1894 - 1991
HPI: 73.81
Rank: 577
1940 - Present
HPI: 73.79
Rank: 578
1903 - 1977
HPI: 73.78
Rank: 579
1887 - 1948
HPI: 73.78
Rank: 580
1913 - 2007
HPI: 73.76
Rank: 581
1882 - 1961
HPI: 73.76
Rank: 582
1915 - 2009
HPI: 73.76
Rank: 583
Among dancers born in United States, Martha Graham ranks 3. Before her are Isadora Duncan (1877) and Josephine Baker (1906). After her are Merce Cunningham (1919), Alvin Ailey (1931), Maria Tallchief (1925), Adam Darius (1930), Frankie Manning (1914), Katherine Dunham (1909), Twyla Tharp (1941), Melody Thornton (1984), and Rozonda Thomas (1971).
1877 - 1927
HPI: 81.01
Rank: 1
1906 - 1975
HPI: 77.42
Rank: 2
1894 - 1991
HPI: 73.81
Rank: 3
1919 - 2009
HPI: 68.66
Rank: 4
1931 - 1989
HPI: 61.40
Rank: 5
1925 - 2013
HPI: 59.65
Rank: 6
1930 - 2017
HPI: 57.98
Rank: 7
1914 - 2009
HPI: 57.57
Rank: 8
1909 - 2006
HPI: 56.53
Rank: 9
1941 - Present
HPI: 53.13
Rank: 10
1984 - Present
HPI: 49.72
Rank: 11
1971 - Present
HPI: 47.26
Rank: 12