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Mikhail Baryshnikov

1948 - Today

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Mikhail Nikolayevich Baryshnikov (Russian: Михаил Николаевич Барышников, IPA: [mʲɪxɐˈil bɐ'rɨʂnʲɪkəf]; Latvian: Mihails Barišņikovs; born January 27, 1948) is a Latvian and American dancer, choreographer, and actor. He was the preeminent male classical ballet dancer of the 1970s and 1980s. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Mikhail Baryshnikov has received more than 7,575,604 page views. His biography is available in 55 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 54 in 2019). Mikhail Baryshnikov is the 13th most popular dancer (up from 15th in 2019), the 7th most popular biography from Latvia (up from 8th in 2019) and the most popular Latvian Dancer.

Mikhail Baryshnikov is a Russian dancer and choreographer. He is most famous for his work with the New York City Ballet and for his role in the film The Turning Point.

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  • 7.6M

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  • 69.75

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 55

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 4.75

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 4.37

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among DANCERS

Among dancers, Mikhail Baryshnikov ranks 13 out of 116. Before him are Pina Bausch, Bobby Farrell, Marius Petipa, Marie Taglioni, Maurice Béjart, and Margot Fonteyn. After him are Maya Plisetskaya, Jean-Georges Noverre, Martha Graham, Michel Fokine, Tamara Karsavina, and Galina Ulanova.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1948, Mikhail Baryshnikov ranks 43. Before him are Frank Abagnale, Robert Plant, Yoshihide Suga, John Bonham, Keke Rosberg, and Ian McEwan. After him are John Carpenter, Tom Wilkinson, Elizabeth Blackburn, Grace Jones, Tony Iommi, and Powers Boothe.

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In Latvia

Among people born in Latvia, Mikhail Baryshnikov ranks 7 out of 323. Before him are Sergei Eisenstein (1898), Wilhelm Ostwald (1853), Mark Rothko (1903), Mikhail Tal (1936), Isaiah Berlin (1909), and Mariss Jansons (1943). After him are Nicolai Hartmann (1882), Kārlis Ulmanis (1877), Vaira Vīķe-Freiberga (1937), Ernst Gideon von Laudon (1717), Jacob Kettler (1610), and Aron Nimzowitsch (1886).

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Among DANCERS In Latvia

Among dancers born in Latvia, Mikhail Baryshnikov ranks 1. 

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