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Liane de Pougy

1869 - 1950

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Liane de Pougy (born Anne-Marie Chassaigne, 2 July 1869 – 26 December 1950) was a French dancer, courtesan and novelist. She was a Folies Bergère vedette, and was known as one of the most beautiful and notorious courtesans in Paris. Later in life, she became a Dominican tertiary. Read more on Wikipedia

Her biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Liane de Pougy is the 31st most popular dancer (up from 32nd in 2019), the 1,987th most popular biography from France (down from 1,858th in 2019) and the 5th most popular French Dancer.

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Among DANCERS

Among dancers, Liane de Pougy ranks 31 out of 116. Before her are Carlo Blasis, Mary Wigman, Marie-Anne de Cupis de Camargo, Olga Khokhlova, August Bournonville, and Jules Perrot. After her are Pierre Beauchamp, Alexander Godunov, Agrippina Vaganova, La Goulue, Filippo Taglioni, and Roland Petit.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1869, Liane de Pougy ranks 54. Before her are Hans Pfitzner, Hovhannes Tumanyan, Alfred Flatow, Louise d'Orléans, Giulio Douhet, and Yahya Muhammad Hamid ed-Din. After her are Caterina Albert, Stanisław Wojciechowski, Stanisław Wyspiański, Hjalmar Söderberg, Joseph Franklin Rutherford, and Julius Dorpmüller. Among people deceased in 1950, Liane de Pougy ranks 56. Before her are Frederick Keeping, Hattie Wyatt Caraway, Karl Guthe Jansky, Charles Bennett, Melitta Bentz, and Rafael Sabatini. After her are Henry L. Stimson, Grigory Kulik, Abraham Wald, Salvatore Giuliano, Olaf Stapledon, and Alfred Korzybski.

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In France

Among people born in France, Liane de Pougy ranks 1,987 out of 6,770. Before her are Antoine de Montchrestien (1575), Cabu (1938), John Theophilus Desaguliers (1683), Blandina (101), Danielle Mitterrand (1924), and Jules Perrot (1810). After her are John II, Duke of Lorraine (1425), René Mayer (1895), Achille Devéria (1800), Armand de Vignerot du Plessis (1696), Camille d'Hostun, duc de Tallard (1652), and Princess Louise of Orléans (1882).

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Among DANCERS In France

Among dancers born in France, Liane de Pougy ranks 5. Before her are Maurice Béjart (1927), Marius Petipa (1818), Jean-Georges Noverre (1727), and Jules Perrot (1810). After her are Pierre Beauchamp (1631), La Goulue (1866), Roland Petit (1924), Zizi Jeanmaire (1924), Arthur Saint-Léon (1821), Jean Coralli (1779), and Micheline Bernardini (1927).

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