DANCER

Pierina Legnani

1863 - 1930

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Pierina Legnani (30 September 1863 – 15 November 1930) was an Italian ballerina considered one of the greatest ballerinas of all time. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Pierina Legnani has received more than 161,912 page views. Her biography is available in 18 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 15 in 2019). Pierina Legnani is the 40th most popular dancer (up from 42nd in 2019), the 2,355th most popular biography from Italy (down from 2,319th in 2019) and the 4th most popular Italian Dancer.

Memorability Metrics

  • 160k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 54.71

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 18

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 6.38

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 1.71

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among DANCERS

Among dancers, Pierina Legnani ranks 40 out of 116. Before her are Marie-Anne de Cupis de Camargo, Agrippina Vaganova, Lev Ivanov, Roland Petit, Jules Perrot, and Gaétan Vestris. After her are Zizi Jeanmaire, Arthur Saint-Léon, Jiří Kylián, Léonide Massine, Birju Maharaj, and Lindsay Kemp.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1863, Pierina Legnani ranks 67. Before her are Charles Martin Hall, Gabriel Pierné, Margaret Murray, Felix Blumenfeld, Joseph Caillaux, and Archduke Leopold Salvator of Austria. After her are Paul Walden, Paul Héroult, Charles Pathé, Géza Gárdonyi, Max Skladanowsky, and Eero Järnefelt. Among people deceased in 1930, Pierina Legnani ranks 49. Before her are Eduard Meyer, Eric Lemming, Frank P. Ramsey, Alois Jirásek, Jeppe Aakjær, and Mabel Normand. After her are Emil Krebs, Eugen Goldstein, Lon Chaney, Oku Yasukata, Paul Émile Appell, and Infante Antonio, Duke of Galliera.

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In Italy

Among people born in Italy, Pierina Legnani ranks 2,355 out of 5,161. Before her are Francesco Maria II della Rovere (1549), Caterina Boratto (1915), Viktor Dankl von Krasnik (1854), Lamberto Maggiorani (1909), Luigi Longo (1900), and Realdo Colombo (1516). After her are Medardo Rosso (1858), Filippo Pacini (1812), Joseph Bonanno (1905), Eugenio Beltrami (1835), Elio Petri (1929), and Renato Carosone (1920).

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Among DANCERS In Italy

Among dancers born in Italy, Pierina Legnani ranks 4. Before her are Carlo Blasis (1797), Filippo Taglioni (1777), and Gaétan Vestris (1729). After her are Enrico Cecchetti (1850), and Carla Fracci (1936).

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