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Padma Subrahmanyam

1943 - Today

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Padma Subrahmanyam (born 4 February 1943, in Madras), is an Indian classical Bharatanatyam dancer. She is also a research scholar, choreographer, teacher, Indologist and author. She is famous in India as well as abroad; several films and documentaries have been made in her honor by countries such as Japan, Australia and Russia. She is well known as the developer and founder of the dance form Bharata Nrithyam. Read more on Wikipedia

Her biography is available in 17 different languages on Wikipedia. Padma Subrahmanyam is the 103rd most popular dancer (down from 101st in 2024), the 1,041st most popular biography from India (down from 941st in 2019) and the 8th most popular Indian Dancer.

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Among DANCERS

Among dancers, Padma Subrahmanyam ranks 103 out of 116. Before her are Alessandra Ferri, Antony Tudor, Twyla Tharp, Kapila Vatsyayan, Rachel Brice, and Agnes de Mille. After her are Saroj Khan, Marianela Núñez, Isabelle Duchesnay, Anastasia Volochkova, Nikolay Tsiskaridze, and Sergei Polunin.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1943, Padma Subrahmanyam ranks 690. Before her are Rose Tremain, Alan Rollinson, Rosemarie Frankland, Elaine Pagels, Valerie Leon, and Kay Bailey Hutchison. After her are Bill Gosper, Howard Wilkinson, Wayne Allard, Dennis Edwards, Samuel T. Durrance, and Michael J. McCulley.

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In India

Among people born in India, Padma Subrahmanyam ranks 1,041 out of 1,861. Before her are Sushmita Sen (1975), Deepika Kumari (1994), Nithya Menen (1988), Rajkummar Rao (1984), Amala Paul (1991), and Subhash Ghai (1945). After her are Hira Devi Waiba (1940), Divya Bharti (1974), Nayantara Sahgal (1927), Zubeida (1911), Ramanathan Krishnan (1937), and Surekha Sikri (1945).

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Among DANCERS In India

Among dancers born in India, Padma Subrahmanyam ranks 8. Before her are Rukmini Devi Arundale (1904), Yamini Krishnamurthy (1940), Mrinalini Sarabhai (1918), Balasaraswati (1918), Sonal Mansingh (1944), and Kapila Vatsyayan (1928). After her are Saroj Khan (1948), Geeta Kapur (1973), and Vaibhavi Merchant (1975).

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