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Gala Dalí

1894 - 1982

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Gala Dalí (born Elena Ivanovna Diakonova, Елена Ивановна Дьяконова; 7 September [O.S. 26 August] 1894 – 10 June 1982), usually known simply as Gala, was the wife of poet Paul Éluard and later of artist Salvador Dalí, who were both prominent in surrealism. She also inspired many other writers and artists. Read more on Wikipedia

Her biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Gala Dalí is the 144th most popular companion (down from 101st in 2019), the 175th most popular biography from Russia (down from 148th in 2019) and the 3rd most popular Russian Companion.

Gala dalí is most famous for his surrealist paintings.

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Among COMPANIONS

Among companions, Gala Dalí ranks 144 out of 784. Before her are Catherine of Austria, Queen of Portugal, Rosalynn Carter, Louise of Hesse-Kassel, Elena of Montenegro, Constance of Aragon, and Sita. After her are Caroline of Baden, Princess Sophie of Hohenberg, Alexandra Feodorovna, Maria Anna of Neuburg, Anne of Foix-Candale, and Emma of Waldeck and Pyrmont.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1894, Gala Dalí ranks 20. Before her are Joseph Roth, Norbert Wiener, Fritz Sauckel, Moshe Sharett, Kim Hyong-jik, and Isaac Babel. After her are Alexander Oparin, Dietrich von Choltitz, Karl Böhm, Pyotr Kapitsa, Heinrich Lübke, and Harold Macmillan. Among people deceased in 1982, Gala Dalí ranks 28. Before her are Louis Aragon, Gilles Villeneuve, Glenn Gould, Ahmed Hassan al-Bakr, Barack Obama Sr., and Hugo Theorell. After her are Georges Perec, Hugh Everett III, Mikhail Suslov, Władysław Gomułka, Jacques Tati, and C. R. Swart.

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In Russia

Among people born in Russia, Gala Dalí ranks 175 out of 3,761. Before her are Aleksandr Vasilevsky (1895), El Lissitzky (1890), False Dmitry I (1581), Eduard Limonov (1943), Boris Berezovsky (1946), and Alexey Stakhanov (1906). After her are Wladimir Köppen (1846), Alexander Oparin (1894), Vasily Smyslov (1921), Ilya Frank (1908), Gotthard Heinrici (1886), and Igor Tamm (1895).

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Among COMPANIONS In Russia

Among companions born in Russia, Gala Dalí ranks 3. Before her are Olga Constantinovna of Russia (1851), and Anna Pavlovna of Russia (1795). After her are Maria Eleonora of Brandenburg (1599), Yevdokiya Lopukhina (1669), Duchess Anna of Prussia (1576), Catharina of Württemberg (1783), Natalia Pushkina (1812), Anna Demidova (1878), and Agafya Grushetskaya (1663).

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