Famous Dancers: Lives & Works
Biographies of notable dancers, ordered by how extensively their careers are documented.
By nationality
Manola Asensio
Swiss ballet dancer
Sduduzo Ka-Mbili
South African dancer and choreographer
Cesare Negri
Italian ballet dancer
Ne-Yo
American singer and songwriter (born 1979)
Maya Plisetskaya
Russian ballet dancer (1925-2015)
Mandy Sayer
Australian street performer
Margot Fonteyn
British ballerina
Vasili Vainonen
Russian choreographer (1901–1964)
Tini Stoessel
Argentine singer and actress (born 1997)
Anitta
Brazilian singer, songwriter, dancer and actress
Lili Larys
Polish dancer
Sean Combs
American rapper and producer
Zelda Fitzgerald
American writer (1900–1948)
Sammy Davis Jr.
American entertainer (1925–1990)
Bronislava Nijinska
Russian ballet dancer, teacher and choreographer (1891–1972)
MC Hammer
American rapper
Mýa
American singer
Pink
American singer, songwriter, and actress (born 1979)
Marietta Baderna
Italian dancer (1828–1892)
José Carlos Martínez
ballet dancer, choreographer, and artistic director of the CND
Alizée
French pop singer
Lecrae
American rapper, singer and record producer (born 1979)
David Howard
English ballet dancer and teacher
Namie Amuro
Japanese singer (born 1977)
Ulf Wengård
Norwegian actor (1927–2003)
Carmen Miranda
Brazilian singer (1909–1955)
Ashlee Simpson
American singer and actress
Christopher Walken
American actor (born 1943)
Gloria Cameron
Jamaican-British activist (1932–2020)
Keri Hilson
American R&B singer
Joseph Grimaldi
English actor, comedian and dancer
Janet Jackson
American singer, songwriter, dancer and actress (born 1966)
Guido Lauri
Italian dancer (1922-2019)
Tina Turner
American-born Swiss singer and songwriter (1939–2023)
Jim Verraros
American singer
Lana Turner
American actress (1921–1995)
Debbie Reynolds
American actress, singer, and dancer (1932–2016)
Yvonne De Carlo
Canadian-born American actress, dancer and singer (1922–2007)
Janelle Monáe
American singer and actress (born 1985)
Crystal Pite
Canadian ballet dancer and choreographer
Sarah Brightman
British singer and actress
Madhuri Dixit
Indian actress
Lola Flores
Spanish actress, dancer and singer (1923–1995)
Monica
American singer and rapper (born 1980)
Master Juba
American dancer (c1825–c1852/3)
Carol Burnett
American actress, comedian and singer (born 1933)
Emma, Lady Hamilton
Mistress of Lord Nelson (1765-1815)
Raven-Symoné
American actress, singer, and songwriter
Brittany Pierce
fictional character in the television series Glee
Carroll Baker
American actress (born 1931)
Debashree Roy
Indian actress, dancer, choreographer and animal rights activist
Walter Laird
British dancer (1920–2002)
Evelyn Nesbit
American model and actress (1884–1967)
Nat Horne
American dancer, choreographer, and director
Geraldine Chaplin
British-American actress
Rodney Bell
New Zealand dancer
Agathoclea
mistress of Ptolemy IV of Egypt
Cloris Leachman
American actress and comedian (1926–2021)
AURORA
Icelandic singer ( born June 16 1996)
Dr. Puneeth Rajkumar
Kannada actor (1974-2021)
Teri Garr
American actress (1944–2024)
Betty Grable
American actress and pin-up girl (1916–1973)
Josephine Baker
American-born French dancer, singer and actress (1906–1975)
Manisha Koirala
Nepalese actress (born 1970)
Sucheta Bhide Chapekar
Indian dancer and choreographer
Iggy Azalea
Australian rapper (born 1990)
Alla Bayanova
Russian singer (1914–2011)
Kristin Chenoweth
American actress, singer, author (born 1968)
Ayumi Hamasaki
Japanese singer, songwriter, and actress
Charles Bernardy
choreographer, dancer, dancing master
Ruslana Lyzhychko
Ukrainian singer
Gazi Alimuddin Mannan
Nicole Scherzinger
American singer and actress (born 1978)
Rita Moreno
Puerto Rican actress (born 1931)
Volumnia Cytheris
ancient Roman courtesan, mistress of Cornelius Gallus, Mark Antony and Brutus
Betty Hutton
American actress (1921–2007)
Solange Knowles
American singer, songwriter, and actress (born 1986)
Agnez Mo
Indonesian singer and actress
Lea Niako
German dancer and actress
Thom Yorke
English musician and singer for Radiohead
Joey Hollingsworth
Canadian dancer
Marius Petipa
French-Russian ballet dancer and choreographer (1818–1910)
Nikki Tilroe
actress, dancer and puppeteer (1941-2005)
Jean-Georges Noverre
French dancer (1727-1810)
Ellen Price
Danish actor and ballerina (1878-1968)
Becky G
American singer (born 1997)
Hrithik Roshan
Indian actor (born 1974)
James Jamieson
American dancer
Innoss'B
Congolese singer and dancer
Glynis Johns
British actress (1923–2024)
Leinaʻala Kalama Heine
American kumu hula and hula instructor
Vicente Escudero
Spanish dancer (1892–1980)
Porcelain Black
American singer, songwriter and actress
Theodora
Byzantine empress from 527 to 548
Betty Ford
First Lady of the United States from 1974 to 1977
Maurice Chevalier
French singer, actor, and entertainer (1888–1972)
Florrie Rodrigo
Dutch dancer and choreographer (1893–1996)
Joan Baez
American contemporary folk musician (born 1941)
N. T. Rama Rao Jr.
Indian actor, dancer, singer and television presenter (b. 1983)
Rudolph Valentino
Italian actor (1895–1926)
Michelle Williams
American singer and actress (born 1979)
Matt Mattox
American dancer (1921-2013)
Pauline Leroux
French ballet dancer
Sushant Singh Rajput
Indian actor (1986-2020)
Chea Samy
Cambodian classical dancer
Bryony Brind
British ballerina
Cab Calloway
American jazz singer (1907–1994)
Fergie
American singer, rapper and actress (born 1975)
Tracey Ullman
British actress (born 1959)
Lisa
Thai rapper, singer, model, dancer and actress (born 1997)
Kô Murobushi
Japanese choreographer (1947–2015)
Paula Abdul
American singer, dancer, choreographer, actress, and television personality
Lucile Grahn
Danish ballet dancer (1819–1907)
Misty Copeland
American ballet dancer
Remedios de Oteyza
Filipino dancer and choreographer (1920-1978)
André 3000
American rapper, singer-songwriter, record producer and actor (born 1975)
Shyam Yadav
Indian dancer
Dick Van Dyke
American actor and comedian (born 1925)
Toni Elling
burlesque dancer
Jason Derulo
American singer-songwriter