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Misty Copeland

1982 - Today

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Misty Danielle Copeland (born September 10, 1982) is an American ballet dancer for American Ballet Theatre (ABT), one of the three leading classical ballet companies in the United States. On June 30, 2015, Copeland became the first African American woman to be promoted to principal dancer in ABT's 75-year history.Copeland was considered a prodigy who rose to stardom despite not starting ballet until the age of 13. Two years later, in 1998, her ballet teachers, who were serving as her custodial guardians, and her mother, fought a custody battle over her. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Misty Copeland has received more than 5,169,292 page views. Her biography is available in 23 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 21 in 2019). Misty Copeland is the 112th most popular dancer (down from 96th in 2019), the 17,987th most popular biography from United States (down from 16,165th in 2019) and the 18th most popular American Dancer.

Memorability Metrics

  • 5.2M

    Page Views (PV)

  • 29.12

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 23

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 1.51

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 4.34

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Page views of Misty Copelands by language

Over the past year Misty Copeland has had the most page views in the with 525,489 views, followed by Spanish (12,559), and French (7,852). In terms of yearly growth of page views the top 3 wikpedia editions are Basque (130.43%), Irish (95.54%), and Finnish (67.13%)

Among DANCERS

Among dancers, Misty Copeland ranks 112 out of 116. Before her are Ulyana Lopatkina, Polina Semionova, Rozonda Thomas, Tamara Rojo, Wade Robson, and Darcey Bussell. After her are Geeta Kapur, Dmytro Dikusar, Vaibhavi Merchant, and Masha Dashkina Maddux.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1982, Misty Copeland ranks 985. Before her are Giovanni Pasquale, Emanuele Calaiò, Mo Williams, Yogeshwar Dutt, Mohammad Nosrati, and Tamer Bayoumi. After her are Mickaël Tavares, Miha Zupan, Paulinho, Ian Crocker, Ronald Pognon, and Percy Daggs III.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Misty Copeland ranks 17,987 out of 20,380. Before her are Curt Hawkins (1985), Mason Plumlee (1990), Jahlil Okafor (1995), Scott Clifton (1984), Joy Fawcett (1968), and Scott D. Tingle (1965). After her are Allison Scagliotti (1990), Katie Smith (1974), Action Bronson (1983), Jerry Ferrara (1979), Gable Steveson (2000), and Mindy Cohn (1966).

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Among DANCERS In United States

Among dancers born in United States, Misty Copeland ranks 18. Before her are Katherine Dunham (1909), Frankie Manning (1914), Twyla Tharp (1941), Rachel Brice (1972), Agnes de Mille (1905), and Rozonda Thomas (1971).

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