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Sergei Polunin

1989 - Today

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Sergei Vladimirovich Polunin (Russian: Сергей Владимирович Полунин; Ukrainian: Сергій Володимирович Полунін, romanized: Serhiy Volodymyrovych Polunin; born 20 November 1989) is a Russian ballet dancer, actor and model. He has Russian and Serbian citizenships, and has "always regarded himself as Russian". In 2025, he was stripped of his Ukrainian citizenship. Born in Kherson, Ukrainian SSR, Polunin started out in gymnastics before switching to ballet at the age of eight and attended the Kyiv State Choreographic College. Read more on Wikipedia

Her biography is available in 22 different languages on Wikipedia. Sergei Polunin is the 109th most popular dancer (down from 104th in 2024), the 1,131st most popular biography from Ukraine (down from 1,064th in 2019) and the 6th most popular Ukrainian Dancer.

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Among DANCERS

Among dancers, Sergei Polunin ranks 109 out of 116. Before her are Padma Subrahmanyam, Saroj Khan, Marianela Núñez, Isabelle Duchesnay, Anastasia Volochkova, and Nikolay Tsiskaridze. After her are Tamara Rojo, Diana Vishneva, Ulyana Lopatkina, Theo Evan, Rozonda Thomas, and Polina Semionova.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1989, Sergei Polunin ranks 346. Before her are Jowst, Masato Hashimoto, G-Eazy, Yong Jun-hyung, François Letexier, and Danielle Brooks. After her are Alberto Botía, Brendon Hartley, Pablo Alborán, Matthew Lowton, Andreas Samaris, and Jamie Waylett.

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In Ukraine

Among people born in Ukraine, Sergei Polunin ranks 1,131 out of 1,365. Before her are Ivanna Klympush-Tsintsadze (1972), Maksym Kalynychenko (1979), Tatiana Turanskaya (1972), Olena Sadovnycha (1967), Mika Newton (1986), and Victoria Roshchyna (1996). After her are Taras Kompanichenko (1969), Volodymyr Sheiko (1962), Ihor Kostenko (1991), Vasyl Tsushko (1963), Vita Semerenko (1986), and Yevhen Khacheridi (1987).

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Among DANCERS In Ukraine

Among dancers born in Ukraine, Sergei Polunin ranks 6. Before her are Vaslav Nijinsky (1889), Serge Lifar (1904), Olga Khokhlova (1891), Natalia Dudinskaya (1912), and Svetlana Zakharova (1979). After her are Artem Datsyshyn (1979), and Masha Dashkina Maddux (1986).

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