DANCER

Roland Petit

1924 - 2011

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Roland Petit (13 January 1924 – 10 July 2011) was a French ballet company director, choreographer and dancer. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Roland Petit has received more than 146,652 page views. His biography is available in 21 different languages on Wikipedia. Roland Petit is the 37th most popular dancer (down from 33rd in 2019), the 2,272nd most popular biography from France (down from 1,881st in 2019) and the 7th most popular French Dancer.

Memorability Metrics

  • 150k

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  • 62.19

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 21

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 5.35

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.12

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among DANCERS

Among dancers, Roland Petit ranks 37 out of 116Before him are Pierre Beauchamp, Liane de Pougy, Alexander Godunov, Marie-Anne de Cupis de Camargo, Agrippina Vaganova, and Lev Ivanov. After him are Jules Perrot, Gaétan Vestris, Pierina Legnani, Zizi Jeanmaire, Arthur Saint-Léon, and Jiří Kylián.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1924, Roland Petit ranks 124Before him are Geraldine Page, Maria Riva, Tatiana Nikolayeva, Gene Deitch, Alice Babs, and Yehuda Amichai. After him are Dawda Jawara, Rik Van Steenbergen, Bayezid Osman, Neville Marriner, Georg Ratzinger, and József Zakariás. Among people deceased in 2011, Roland Petit ranks 104Before him are Loriot, Eugene Nida, Christopher Hitchens, Maria Altmann, Lidia Gueiler Tejada, and Bernard Collomb. After him are Charles Napier, Marie-France Pisier, Nancy Wake, Bhupen Hazarika, Facundo Cabral, and Roman Opałka.

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In France

Among people born in France, Roland Petit ranks 2,272 out of 6,770Before him are Germain of Paris (496), René Caillié (1799), Joséphin Péladan (1858), Yann Tiersen (1970), Bernard Collomb (1930), and Julien Gracq (1910). After him are Matthieu Ricard (1946), Sophie Blanchard (1778), Guy Marchand (1937), Jean-François Le Sueur (1760), Duke Alexander of Württemberg (1771), and Hugo Lloris (1986).

Among DANCERS In France

Among dancers born in France, Roland Petit ranks 7Before him are Marius Petipa (1818), Maurice Béjart (1927), Jean-Georges Noverre (1727), La Goulue (1866), Pierre Beauchamp (1631), and Liane de Pougy (1869). After him are Jules Perrot (1810), Zizi Jeanmaire (1924), Arthur Saint-Léon (1821), Micheline Bernardini (1927), Jean Coralli (1779), and Yvette Chauviré (1917).