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Yamini Krishnamurthy

1940 - 2024

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Mungara Yamini Krishnamurthy (20 December 1940 – 3 August 2024) was an Indian classical dancer recognized for her contributions to Bharatanatyam and Kuchipudi. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Yamini Krishnamurthy has received more than 340,357 page views. Her biography is available in 19 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 18 in 2019). Yamini Krishnamurthy is the 84th most popular dancer (down from 82nd in 2019), the 661st most popular biography from India (up from 698th in 2019) and the 4th most popular Indian Dancer.

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  • 46.92

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 19

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 2.96

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.78

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among DANCERS

Among dancers, Yamini Krishnamurthy ranks 84 out of 116. Before her are Marie Rambert, Joaquín Cortés, Rukmini Devi Arundale, Doris Humphrey, Natalia Dudinskaya, and Hryhorii Chapkis. After her are Balasaraswati, Avdotia Istomina, Kenneth MacMillan, Adam Darius, Yvonne Rainer, and Katherine Dunham.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1940, Yamini Krishnamurthy ranks 410. Before her are Moudud Ahmed, John Iliopoulos, Vojislav Melić, Van McCoy, Alex Trebek, and Liang Guanglie. After her are Francisco Toledo, Richard Attwood, David Jason, Manuel Esquivel, Marju Lauristin, and Gianni De Michelis. Among people deceased in 2024, Yamini Krishnamurthy ranks 307. Before her are Imerio Massignan, Tony Lo Bianco, Dikembe Mutombo, Earl Holliman, Peter Schickele, and Liang Guanglie. After her are Ray Reardon, Duane Eddy, Josef Jelínek, Laurent Cantet, Mark Damon, and James Darren.

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In India

Among people born in India, Yamini Krishnamurthy ranks 661 out of 1,861. Before her are Ismat Chughtai (1915), Percy Hobart (1885), Guru Dutt (1925), Arthur E. Kennelly (1861), Venkaiah Naidu (1949), and Mahboob Ali Khan (1866). After her are Asha Parekh (1942), Anandiben Patel (1941), Dimple Kapadia (1957), Muthuswami Dikshitar (1775), Krishna Prasad Bhattarai (1924), and Basawan (1560).

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Among DANCERS In India

Among dancers born in India, Yamini Krishnamurthy ranks 4. Before her are Birju Maharaj (1937), Mrinalini Sarabhai (1918), and Rukmini Devi Arundale (1904). After her are Balasaraswati (1918), Sonal Mansingh (1944), Saroj Khan (1948), Padma Subrahmanyam (1943), Kapila Vatsyayan (1928), Geeta Kapur (1973), and Vaibhavi Merchant (1975).

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