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 1,490,900 page views. Her biography is available in 47 different languages on Wikipedia. Martha Graham is the 14th most popular dancer (down from 12th in 2019), the 635th most popular biography from United States (down from 577th 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 14 out of 76. Before her are Marius Petipa, Bobby Farrell, Margot Fonteyn, Maurice Béjart, Maya Plisetskaya, and Marie Taglioni. After her are Mikhail Baryshnikov, Jean-Georges Noverre, Michel Fokine, George Balanchine, Galina Ulanova, and Alicia Alonso.
1818 - 1910
HPI: 67.58
Rank: 8
1949 - 2010
HPI: 66.84
Rank: 9
1919 - 1991
HPI: 66.30
Rank: 10
1927 - 2007
HPI: 65.82
Rank: 11
1925 - 2015
HPI: 65.71
Rank: 12
1804 - 1884
HPI: 65.48
Rank: 13
1894 - 1991
HPI: 64.97
Rank: 14
1948 - Present
HPI: 63.88
Rank: 15
1727 - 1810
HPI: 63.74
Rank: 16
1880 - 1942
HPI: 63.29
Rank: 17
1904 - 1983
HPI: 61.88
Rank: 18
1910 - 1998
HPI: 61.17
Rank: 19
1920 - 2019
HPI: 60.56
Rank: 20
Among people born in 1894, Martha Graham ranks 23. Before her are Dietrich von Choltitz, Gala Dalí, Benjamin Graham, Alfred Kinsey, Isaac Babel, and Moshe Sharett. After her are Hermann Oberth, Pyotr Kapitsa, Dashiell Hammett, Kiichiro Toyoda, Wilhelm Bittrich, and Alexander Oparin. Among people deceased in 1991, Martha Graham ranks 24. Before her are Lazar Kaganovich, Frank Capra, Margot Fonteyn, David Lean, Marcel Lefebvre, and Michael Landon. After her are Rajiv Gandhi, Max Frisch, Ragnar Granit, Oona O'Neill, Gene Tierney, and Natalia Ginzburg.
1894 - 1966
HPI: 67.13
Rank: 17
1894 - 1982
HPI: 66.72
Rank: 18
1894 - 1976
HPI: 66.47
Rank: 19
1894 - 1956
HPI: 65.72
Rank: 20
1894 - 1940
HPI: 65.34
Rank: 21
1894 - 1965
HPI: 65.28
Rank: 22
1894 - 1991
HPI: 64.97
Rank: 23
1894 - 1989
HPI: 64.81
Rank: 24
1894 - 1984
HPI: 63.87
Rank: 25
1894 - 1961
HPI: 63.77
Rank: 26
1894 - 1952
HPI: 63.64
Rank: 27
1894 - 1979
HPI: 63.56
Rank: 28
1894 - 1980
HPI: 63.45
Rank: 29
1893 - 1991
HPI: 66.85
Rank: 18
1897 - 1991
HPI: 66.58
Rank: 19
1919 - 1991
HPI: 66.30
Rank: 20
1908 - 1991
HPI: 65.97
Rank: 21
1905 - 1991
HPI: 65.52
Rank: 22
1936 - 1991
HPI: 65.41
Rank: 23
1894 - 1991
HPI: 64.97
Rank: 24
1944 - 1991
HPI: 64.57
Rank: 25
1911 - 1991
HPI: 63.89
Rank: 26
1900 - 1991
HPI: 63.75
Rank: 27
1925 - 1991
HPI: 63.55
Rank: 28
1920 - 1991
HPI: 63.54
Rank: 29
1916 - 1991
HPI: 63.23
Rank: 30
Among people born in United States, Martha Graham ranks 635 out of 18,182. Before her are Thomas Wolfe (1900), Raquel Welch (1940), Talia Shire (1946), Jimmy Hoffa (1913), John Browning (1855), and Michael Crichton (1942). After her are Ben Roy Mottelson (1926), Edgar Cayce (1877), Jimmy Wales (1966), Martin Lewis Perl (1927), Martin Cooper (1928), and Hulk Hogan (1953).
1900 - 1938
HPI: 65.05
Rank: 629
1940 - 2023
HPI: 65.04
Rank: 630
1946 - Present
HPI: 65.04
Rank: 631
1913 - 1975
HPI: 65.03
Rank: 632
1855 - 1926
HPI: 65.00
Rank: 633
1942 - 2008
HPI: 64.99
Rank: 634
1894 - 1991
HPI: 64.97
Rank: 635
1926 - 2022
HPI: 64.97
Rank: 636
1877 - 1945
HPI: 64.96
Rank: 637
1966 - Present
HPI: 64.94
Rank: 638
1927 - 2014
HPI: 64.93
Rank: 639
1928 - Present
HPI: 64.91
Rank: 640
1953 - Present
HPI: 64.91
Rank: 641
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), William Forsythe (1949), Alvin Ailey (1931), Maria Tallchief (1925), Adam Darius (1930), Katherine Dunham (1909), Frankie Manning (1914), Twyla Tharp (1941), and Agnes de Mille (1905).
1877 - 1927
HPI: 74.00
Rank: 1
1906 - 1975
HPI: 73.19
Rank: 2
1894 - 1991
HPI: 64.97
Rank: 3
1919 - 2009
HPI: 56.87
Rank: 4
1949 - Present
HPI: 51.33
Rank: 5
1931 - 1989
HPI: 48.35
Rank: 6
1925 - 2013
HPI: 47.93
Rank: 7
1930 - 2017
HPI: 47.41
Rank: 8
1909 - 2006
HPI: 44.63
Rank: 9
1914 - 2009
HPI: 43.55
Rank: 10
1941 - Present
HPI: 39.36
Rank: 11
1905 - 1993
HPI: 37.88
Rank: 12