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Gaétan Vestris

1729 - 1808

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Gaetano Apolline Baldassarre Vestris (18 April 1729 – 23 September 1808), French ballet dancer, was born in Florence and made his debut at the opera in 1749. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Gaétan Vestris is the 48th most popular dancer (down from 39th in 2019), the 2,517th most popular biography from Italy (down from 2,222nd in 2019) and the 4th most popular Italian Dancer.

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Among DANCERS

Among dancers, Gaétan Vestris ranks 48 out of 116. Before him are Hilde Holger, Ninette de Valois, Zizi Jeanmaire, Léonide Massine, Frederick Ashton, and Pierina Legnani. After him are Jiří Kylián, Arthur Saint-Léon, Enrico Cecchetti, William Forsythe, John Neumeier, and Antonio Gades.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1729, Gaétan Vestris ranks 19. Before him are Giuseppe Sarti, Johann Reinhold Forster, Florian Leopold Gassmann, William Howe, 5th Viscount Howe, Christian Gottlob Heyne, and Thomas Percy. After him are Michał Kazimierz Ogiński, Anders Chydenius, Michael von Melas, Johann Gottlieb Georgi, Giuseppe Parini, and Charles Henri Hector d'Estaing. Among people deceased in 1808, Gaétan Vestris ranks 15. Before him are Alexei Grigoryevich Orlov, Pierre Jean Georges Cabanis, Princess Marie of Baden, Friedrich Kasimir Medikus, Paul Wranitzky, and Ove Høegh-Guldberg. After him are Alemdar Mustafa Pasha, Princess Wilhelmina of Hesse-Kassel, Étienne Pierre Ventenat, José Celestino Mutis, José Moñino, 1st Count of Floridablanca, and Alexander Dalrymple.

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In Italy

Among people born in Italy, Gaétan Vestris ranks 2,517 out of 5,161. Before him are Giancarlo Antognoni (1954), Crescenzio Sepe (1943), Lucius Cornelius Scipio Barbatus (-400), Carlo Airoldi (1869), Jannik Sinner (2001), and Luigi Cremona (1830). After him are Carlo Lizzani (1922), Maria Gonzaga, Duchess of Montferrat (1609), Quintus Caecilius Metellus (-300), Filippo Pacini (1812), Andrea di Bonaiuto da Firenze (1343), and Galeria Fundana (null).

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Among DANCERS In Italy

Among dancers born in Italy, Gaétan Vestris ranks 4. Before him are Carlo Blasis (1797), Filippo Taglioni (1777), and Pierina Legnani (1863). After him are Enrico Cecchetti (1850), and Carla Fracci (1936).

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