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Mikhail Baryshnikov

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Mikhail Nikolayevich Baryshnikov (Russian: Михаил Николаевич Барышников, IPA: [mʲɪxɐˈil bɐ'rɨʂnʲɪkəf]; Latvian: Mihails Barišņikovs; born January 27, 1948) is a Latvian and American dancer, choreographer, and actor. He was the preeminent male classical ballet dancer of the 1970s and 1980s. He subsequently became a noted dance director. Born into a Russian family in Riga, Baryshnikov had a promising start in the Kirov Ballet in Leningrad before defecting to Canada in 1974 for more opportunities in Western dance. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Mikhail Baryshnikov is the 12th most popular dancer (up from 13th in 2019), the 7th most popular biography from Latvia and the most popular Latvian Dancer.

Mikhail Baryshnikov is a Russian dancer and choreographer. He is most famous for his work with the New York City Ballet and for his role in the film The Turning Point.

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Among dancers, Mikhail Baryshnikov ranks 12 out of 116. Before him are Vaslav Nijinsky, Marie Taglioni, Maurice Béjart, Pina Bausch, Marius Petipa, and Bobby Farrell. After him are Margot Fonteyn, Maya Plisetskaya, Michel Fokine, Jean-Georges Noverre, Tamara Karsavina, and Martha Graham.

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Among people born in 1948, Mikhail Baryshnikov ranks 45. Before him are Yoshihide Suga, Elizabeth Blackburn, Alice Cooper, Donna Summer, Robert Plant, and John Carpenter. After him are Kathy Bates, Kemal Kılıçdaroğlu, Frank Abagnale, Carlos Filipe Ximenes Belo, John Bonham, and Louis Raphaël I Sako.

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In Latvia

Among people born in Latvia, Mikhail Baryshnikov ranks 7 out of 323. Before him are Sergei Eisenstein (1898), Wilhelm Ostwald (1853), Mikhail Tal (1936), Mark Rothko (1903), Isaiah Berlin (1909), and Mariss Jansons (1943). After him are Vaira Vīķe-Freiberga (1937), Kārlis Ulmanis (1877), Nicolai Hartmann (1882), Ernst Gideon von Laudon (1717), Aron Nimzowitsch (1886), and Gidon Kremer (1947).

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Among dancers born in Latvia, Mikhail Baryshnikov ranks 1. 

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