Famous Dancers — Page 17: Lives & Works
Biographies of notable dancers, ordered by how extensively their careers are documented.
Sunayana Hazarilal
Indian classical dancer
Aung Bala
Burmese dancer during British colonial era
Dino
South Korean singer (born 1999)
George Chakiris
American actor
Mallika Sarabhai
activist and Indian classical dancer from Ahmedabad, Gujarat, India
Bert Bernard
American vaudeville performer
Afronitaaa
Ghanaian dance artist and choreographer
Henry Creamer
American popular song lyricist (1879–1930)
Lluís Puig i Gordi
Spanish politician
Shamim Ara Nipa
Bangladeshi dancer
Franco Hernandez
Filipino television personality and dancer (1991-2017)
Ida Rubinstein
Russian actress and dancer
Mitsuhiro Hidaka
Japanese rapper, singer, actor, dancer, and a member of the J-pop group AAA
Liz Sheridan
American actress (1929–2022)
Joshua Allen
Television contest winner
Vimbai Zimuto
Zimbabwean artist
Clotilde von Derp
German dancer (1892–1974)
Jeff Dexter
British disc jockey (DJ), club promoter, record producer and dancer
Lindsay Mills
American acrobat and blogger
Ruby
Egyptian singer, actress and model
Megumi Murakami
Japanese singer and actress (former Cute member)
Sarkis Djanbazian
Armenian artist (1914-1963)
Toer van Schayk
Dutch artist (born 1936)
Thelma Hill
African-American dancer, dance educator (1924-1977)
Louise Alexander
American theatrical and social exhibition dancer
Jaafar Jackson
American actor
Manjula Ramaswamy
Indian dancer (born 1958)
Kalamandalam Balasubramanian
Indian Kathakali exponent (born 1955)
Hope Masike
musical artist
Edward Villella
American ballet dancer (born 1936)
Natalia Makarova
Soviet and American ballet dancer
Martin Burgoyne
British artist (1963–1986)
Jean Veloz
American dancer and actress
Fusako Fujima
Japanese actress
Mark Tuan
Taiwanese-American rapper and singer
Rajendra Gangani
Indian dancer
Fasih Ur Rehman
Pakistani dancer
Vittoria Archilei
Italian soprano of the Baroque period
Trisha Brown
artist, dancer, and choreographer (1936-2017)
Malika Sobirova
Soviet ballet dancer (1942-1982)
Fredokiss
Malawian singer
Moi Renée
Jamaican-born American singer and performer
Iveta Lukošiūtė
American dancer
Ji Han-sol
South Korean singer, dancer and model.
Bogdan Titomir
Russian musician
Chemancheri Kunhiraman Nair
Indian Kadhakali Actor
Kendall Schmidt
American musician, singer, songwriter and actor
Robert Desrosiers
Canadian dancer, choreographer, and actor
Maddie Ingoldsby
English dancer, choreographer and actress (born 2005)
James O'Hara
actor
Françoise Adret
French ballet dancer (1920-2018)
Ghislaine Thesmar
French ballet dancer (born 1943)
Luigi Manzotti
Italian choreographer (1835–1905)
Cho Soo-jin
South Korean choreographer
Sofia Fuoco
Italian ballerina, 1830-1916
Robot Boii
South African media personality and dancer
Henri Velandia
Venezuelan dancer
Makar Dhwaja Darogha
Indian classical dancer
Tupua Tigafua
sāmoan choreographer and dancer based in New Zealand
Altynai Asylmuratova
ballet dancer, Kirov Ballet/Mariinsky, Ballet National de Marseille
Hungani Ndlovu
South African actor
Audrey Spiry
French animator, illustrator, and comic strip author (*1983)
Komako Kimura
Japanese actress
Mina Myoi
Japanese singer
Booboo Stewart
American actor
Sugar Mercado
Filipino actor and dancer
Jia Ruskaja
Russian-Italian dancer and choreographer
Sarodi Saikia
Assamese classical dancer
Lindsey Normington
American actor, stripper
Elijah Kelley
American actor and singer
Rose Dolly
Hungarian dancer and actor (1892-1970)
Jenny Dolly
Hungarian dancer and actor (1892-1941)
Kenssy Dwi Ekaningsih
Indonesian diplomat (born 1959)
Chavara Parukutty
Indian dancer
Parvathi Ravi Ghantasala
Indian Bharatanatyam dancer
Karyn Parsons
American actress, author, and comedian (born 1956)
Afshin Ghaffarian
Iranian choreographer, director
Alex Da Silva
Salsa dance champion and choreographer
Margaret Morris
British ballet dancer (1891–1980)
Marcia Haydée
Ballet dancer and choreographer
Jimmy Mordecai
American jazz tap dancer
Daisuke Maki
musical artist
Julian Trono
Filipino actor and dancer
Madina Amin
Uganda's first lady to Idi Amin and traditional dancer
Minati Mishra
Indian dancer and actress
Nancy Trancard
18th century French-German dancer
Ivy Baxter
(1923–1993), Jamaican dancer and choreographer
Marguerite Morel
French actor and ballerina
Kween Kong
Drag Queen
Artemis Mourat
Hari Uppal
Indian classical dancer
Sunita Mani
American actress
Deba Prasad Das
Indian classical dancer
Michel-Marie Poulain
French painter (1906-1991)
Vincent Warren
Canadian dance historian (1938-2017)
Kalamandalam Sugandhi
Indian Mohiniyattam dancer
Carol Chilton
American dancer
Paola Bianco
Uruguayan presenter, actress and dancer
Flor María Palomeque
Ecuadorian actress
Fernando Bujones
American dancer (1955–2005)
Pavlo Virsky
Ukrainian choreographer (1905-1975)
Thomas P. Hudson
English stage performer (1852–1909)
Sarojini Nangiaramma
Indian Koodiyattam exponent
Madhumati
Indian dancer and actress (1938–2025)
Özel Türkbaş
American dancer
Lola Yberri
Early 20th-century Mexican dancer
Ada Smith
American entertainer (1894-1984)
Laura del Sol
Spanish actress
Sonia Serova
british-born American dancer (1888–1943)
Reid Anderson
Canadian ballet dancer
Ninel Petrova
Russian ballet dancer and music educator
Demi Singleton
musical artist
Fatima El-Mamouny
Moroccan breakdancer
BM
South Korean-American rapper and singer, member of co-ed group KARD
Noa Kirel
Israeli singer, actress, dancer, and television host
Susana Zimmermann
Argentinian dancer and choreographer
Tony Parkes
American choreographer and writer (1949–2024)
Daichi Miura
Japanese singer and dancer
Andrea Nann
Canadian dancer (born 1966)
Troy Honeysett
Australian actor