The Most Famous

Dancers from Germany

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This page contains a list of the greatest Germans Dancers. The pantheon dataset contains 116 Dancers, 3 of which were born in Germany. This makes Germany the birth place of the 8th most number of Dancers behind Ukraine and United Kingdom.

Top 3

The following people are considered by Pantheon to be the most legendary Germans Dancers of all time. This list of famous Germans Dancers is sorted by HPI (Historical Popularity Index), a metric that aggregates information on a biography's online popularity.

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1. Pina Bausch (1940 - 2009)

With an HPI of 73.09, Pina Bausch is the most famous Germans Dancer.   biography has been translated into 45 different languages on wikipedia.

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2. Mary Wigman (1886 - 1973)

With an HPI of 65.32, Mary Wigman is the 2nd most famous Germans Dancer.   biography has been translated into 24 different languages.

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3. Kurt Jooss (1901 - 1979)

With an HPI of 59.45, Kurt Jooss is the 3rd most famous Germans Dancer.   biography has been translated into 17 different languages.

People

Pantheon has 3 people classified as Germans dancers born between 1886 and 1940. Of these 3, none of them are still alive today. The most famous deceased Germans dancers include Pina Bausch, Mary Wigman, and Kurt Jooss.

Deceased Germans Dancers

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Overlapping Lives

Which Dancers were alive at the same time? This visualization shows the lifespans of the 3 most globally memorable Dancers since 1700.

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