DANCER

Mata Hari

1876 - 1917

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Margaretha Geertruida MacLeod (née Zelle, Dutch: [mɑrɣaːˈreːtaː ɣeːrˈtrœydaː ˈzɛlə]; 7 August 1876 – 15 October 1917), better known by the stage name Mata Hari ( MAH-tə HAR-ee, Dutch: [ˈmaːtaː ˈɦaːri]; Indonesian for 'sun', lit. 'eye of the day'), was a Dutch exotic dancer and courtesan who was convicted of being a spy for Germany during World War I. She was executed by firing squad in France. The idea of a beautiful exotic dancer using her powers of seduction as a spy made her name synonymous with the femme fatale. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Mata Hari has received more than 8,815,070 page views. Her biography is available in 75 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 74 in 2019). Mata Hari is the most popular dancer, the 14th most popular biography from Netherlands (down from 13th in 2019) and the most popular Dutch Dancer.

Mata Hari was a Dutch exotic dancer and courtesan who was executed by firing squad for espionage.

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  • 8.8M

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  • 76.10

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 75

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 8.96

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 4.07

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among DANCERS

Among dancers, Mata Hari ranks 1 out of 116. After her are Isadora Duncan, Rudolf Nureyev, Anna Pavlova, Josephine Baker, Vaslav Nijinsky, Pina Bausch, Bobby Farrell, Marius Petipa, Marie Taglioni, Maurice Béjart, and Margot Fonteyn.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1876, Mata Hari ranks 4. Before her are Pope Pius XII, Jack London, and Konrad Adenauer. After her are Erich Raeder, Zewditu, Wilhelm Ritter von Leeb, Wilhelm Pieck, Filippo Tommaso Marinetti, Constantin Brâncuși, Pablo Casals, and Alexander I of Serbia. Among people deceased in 1917, Mata Hari ranks 6. Before her are Émile Durkheim, Octave Mirbeau, Auguste Rodin, Edgar Degas, and L. L. Zamenhof. After her are Eduard Buchner, Ferdinand von Zeppelin, Emil von Behring, Adolf von Baeyer, Edward Burnett Tylor, and Emil Theodor Kocher.

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In Netherlands

Among people born in Netherlands, Mata Hari ranks 14 out of 1,646. Before her are Pieter Bruegel the Elder (1525), Hieronymus Bosch (1450), Antonie van Leeuwenhoek (1632), Christiaan Huygens (1629), Hugo Grotius (1583), and Abel Tasman (1603). After her are Hendrik Lorentz (1853), Beatrix of the Netherlands (1938), Daniel Bernoulli (1700), Pope Adrian VI (1459), Wilhelmina of the Netherlands (1880), and Gerard 't Hooft (1946).

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Among DANCERS In Netherlands

Among dancers born in Netherlands, Mata Hari ranks 1. After her are Hans van Manen (1932).

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