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Alexander Godunov

1949 - 1995

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Alexander Borisovich Godunov (Russian: Александр Борисович Годунов; November 28, 1949 – May 1995) was a Russian-American ballet dancer and film actor. A member of the Bolshoi Ballet, he became the troupe's Premier danseur. In 1979, he defected to the United States. While continuing to dance, he also began working as a supporting actor in Hollywood films. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Alexander Godunov is the 33rd most popular dancer, the 607th most popular biography from Russia (up from 623rd in 2019) and the 8th most popular Russian Dancer.

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Among DANCERS

Among dancers, Alexander Godunov ranks 33 out of 116. Before him are Marie-Anne de Cupis de Camargo, Olga Khokhlova, August Bournonville, Jules Perrot, Liane de Pougy, and Pierre Beauchamp. After him are Agrippina Vaganova, La Goulue, Filippo Taglioni, Roland Petit, Lev Ivanov, and Yury Grigorovich.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1949, Alexander Godunov ranks 150. Before him are Vera Wang, Horst Seehofer, Émerson Leão, Geezer Butler, Robert Sternberg, and Tom Pryce. After him are David Strathairn, Massimo D'Alema, John Savage, Clodoaldo, Michael W. Young, and Slavenka Drakulić. Among people deceased in 1995, Alexander Godunov ranks 83. Before him are Eileen Chang, Chen Yun, Eazy-E, Princess Caroline-Mathilde of Denmark, Sicco Mansholt, and Ernest Mandel. After him are Pancho Gonzales, Peter Townsend, Godfrey Brown, Václav Neumann, Theodor Wisch, and Elisha Cook Jr..

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In Russia

Among people born in Russia, Alexander Godunov ranks 607 out of 3,761. Before him are Yuri II of Vladimir (1188), Yuri Lotman (1922), Patriarch Tikhon of Moscow (1865), Mikhail Nesterov (1862), Igor Netto (1930), and Pavel Tsitsianov (1754). After him are George Sanders (1906), Prince Christopher of Greece and Denmark (1888), Vladimir Fock (1898), Mikhail Dolivo-Dobrovolsky (1862), Rodion Shchedrin (1932), and Veruschka von Lehndorff (1939).

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Among DANCERS In Russia

Among dancers born in Russia, Alexander Godunov ranks 8. Before him are Anna Pavlova (1881), Maya Plisetskaya (1925), Michel Fokine (1880), Tamara Karsavina (1885), George Balanchine (1904), and Galina Ulanova (1910). After him are Agrippina Vaganova (1879), Lev Ivanov (1834), Yury Grigorovich (1927), Léonide Massine (1896), Olga Preobrajenska (1871), and Vladimir Vasiliev (1940).

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