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Rudolf Nureyev

1938 - 1993

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Rudolf Khametovich Nureyev (17 March 1938 – 6 January 1993) was a Soviet-born ballet dancer and choreographer. Nureyev is widely regarded as the preeminent male ballet dancer of his generation as well as one of the greatest ballet dancers of all time. Nureyev was born on a Trans-Siberian train near Lake Baikal, in Siberia, Soviet Union, to a Tatar family. He began his career in Leningrad with the company that in the Soviet era was called the Kirov Ballet (now called by its original name, the Mariinsky Ballet). Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Rudolf Nureyev is the 3rd most popular dancer, the 70th most popular biography from Russia (down from 59th in 2019) and the most popular Russian Dancer.

Rudolf Nureyev was a Russian ballet dancer who defected to the west in 1961. He was most famous for his performances with the Paris Opera Ballet and the Royal Ballet.

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Among dancers, Rudolf Nureyev ranks 3 out of 116. Before him are Mata Hari, and Isadora Duncan. After him are Anna Pavlova, Josephine Baker, Vaslav Nijinsky, Marie Taglioni, Maurice Béjart, Pina Bausch, Marius Petipa, Bobby Farrell, and Mikhail Baryshnikov.

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Among people born in 1938, Rudolf Nureyev ranks 10. Before him are Claudia Cardinale, Romy Schneider, Bernie Madoff, Adriano Celentano, Queen Sofía of Spain, and Jon Voight. After him are Anthony Giddens, Leonid Kuchma, Islam Karimov, Nico, Jerry Brown, and Farah Pahlavi. Among people deceased in 1993, Rudolf Nureyev ranks 5. Before him are Pablo Escobar, Audrey Hepburn, Federico Fellini, and Ferruccio Lamborghini. After him are James Hunt, Baudouin of Belgium, William Golding, Erich Hartmann, Frank Zappa, Turgut Özal, and Zviad Gamsakhurdia.

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In Russia

Among people born in Russia, Rudolf Nureyev ranks 70 out of 3,761. Before him are Andrei Tarkovsky (1932), Andrei Sakharov (1921), Boris Spassky (1937), Grand Duchess Maria Nikolaevna of Russia (1899), Turhan Hatice Sultan (1627), and Vladimir the Great (958). After him are Mikhail Kutuzov (1745), Anna Pavlova (1881), Peter II of Russia (1715), Peter Carl Fabergé (1846), Anna of Russia (1693), and Alexander Borodin (1833).

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Among DANCERS In Russia

Among dancers born in Russia, Rudolf Nureyev ranks 1. After him are Anna Pavlova (1881), Maya Plisetskaya (1925), Michel Fokine (1880), Tamara Karsavina (1885), George Balanchine (1904), Galina Ulanova (1910), Alexander Godunov (1949), Agrippina Vaganova (1879), Lev Ivanov (1834), Yury Grigorovich (1927), and Léonide Massine (1896).

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