Famous Dancers — Page 22: Lives & Works
Biographies of notable dancers, ordered by how extensively their careers are documented.
Irmak Örnek
Turkish actor, dancer and fashion model (born 1987)
Mir
South Korean singer, rapper and actor
Bird Larson
American dance teacher (1887–1927)
Harland Dixon
Canadian tap dancer (1885-1969)
Nana Visitor
American actress (born 1957)
Melody Perkins
American actress, model and dancer
Nicco Annan
American actor, dancer and choreographer
Jeanette Hackett
choreographer c. 1898–1979
Robina Beard
Australian actor, dancer and choreographer
Julian Caillon
Australian dancer and choreographer (born 1995)
Gloria Ríos
American singer, actress and dancer (1928–2002)
Harumi Satō
Japanese dancer and model (born 1995)
Kottakkal Nandakumaran Nair
Indian Kathakali exponent (born 1948)
Kim Yu-gyeom
South Korean singer and rapper
Dorette Wilkie
[formerly Wilke] (1867–1930), promoter of women's physical education
Norma Angélica Ladrón de Guevara
Mexican actress (1937-1962)
Louis-Guillaume Pécour
French ballet dancer and choreographer
Gasparo Angiolini
ballet dancer, composer, choreographer
Othella Dallas
American dancer and jazz singer
Mónica Cruz
Spanish actress and dancer
Magnus Krepper
Swedish actor, dancer
Louise Dimanche
French actress
Jean Milligan
Scottish dancer and teacher
Gopika Varma
Indian Mohiniyattam dancer
Sirindhorn, Princess Royal
Thai royal
Niki Haris
Dancer, singer
Isahar Akilov
soviet artist, dancer, ballet master and choreographer
Caterina Beretta
Italian ballet dancer (1828-1911)
Steffi Scherzer
German ballerina, academic teacher
Nirmala Ramachandran
Bharatanatyam exponent, Dance Teacher (1936-2011)
Thelma Assis
Brazilian anesthesiologist, digital influencer, dancer and YouTuber
Amar
Lebanese-Egyptian Artist
Helena Kallianiotes
American film actress
Jillian Hervey
American singer
Gina Gin
Chinese actress
Felipe Colombo
Mexican actor, singer and musician
John Lacy
English comic actor and playwright (1615-1681)
Lya De Putti
(1896-1931) actress
Pilar de Vicente-Gella
Spanish writer and dancer
Nozomi Bandō
Japanese dancer
Jason Tham
Indian dancer
Johan Simons
Dutch theatre director (born 1946)
Brian Friedman
American dancer and choreographer
Barnett Nathan
English impresario and entertainer
Elektra Shock
New Zealand drag queen
Vahram Zaryan
French performance artist
Monica Moss
Danny Lockin
actor, dancer (1943-1977)
Joshua Hong
South Korean-American singer
Hayley McFarland
American actress
Fakhra Younus
Pakistani dancer and acid attack victim
Ángela Molina
Spanish actress
Heinz Spoerli
Swiss ballet dancer, choreographer, and company director (born 1940)
Mária Mázorová
folklorist, choreographer and teacher
Karen Taft
Danish ballet dancer, teacher, choreographer
Sarah-Jayne Howard
South African born New Zealand dancer
Isha Sharvani
Indian actress
Mabel May-Yong
German actress
Lyubov Orlova
Soviet actress and singer (1900–1975)
Virginia Davis
American actress (1918–2009)
Jade Hatcher
Australian dancer (born 1990)
Hertha Feist
German expressionist dancer (1896-1990)
Olga Preobrajenska
Prima ballerina and ballet teacher (1871–1962)
Amalia Brugnoli
Italian dancer (1802–1892)
Oleg Ivenko
dancer
Sheriauna Haase
Canadian para athlete
Aruna Mohanty
Odissi dancer
Oleksii Zhylenko
Ukrainian dancer
Harry Kramer
German artist (1925–1997)
Berta Ochsner
American dancer
Neshe
Turkish singer (born 1990)
Nina Payne
American dancer
Justin Ziegler
Canadian politician
Søren Torpegaard Lund
Danish singer and actor (born 1998)
Yuta Nakatsuka
Japanese dancer
Sharni Vinson
Australian actress and dancer
Rachael Okonkwo
Nigerian actress
Frank Andersen
Danish ballet dancer and choreographer
Vadim Muntagirov
Russian ballet dancer
Meredith McIver
Ghostwriter for Donald Trump
Dayu Koume
Japanese owarai talent
Dumisani Dlamini
South African actor and dancer (born 1963)
Andreas Douzos
Greek actor and director (1934–2013)
Sophie Merry
Irish animator, director and dancer
Neena Prasad
Indian dancer
Frank Caeti
American stand-up comedian
Rachele Brooke Smith
American actress and dancer (born 1987)
Tanja Liedtke
Australian dancer (1977–2007)
Hilde Holger
Austrian British dancer and choreographer (1905-2001)
Sanchit Chanana
Karen Ziemba
American actress and singer
Lehlogonolo Mashigo
South African Amapiano artist, dancer, and professional soccer player
Govardan Kumari
Indian dancer and dance promoter
Drew Seeley
Canadian actor
Ria Thiele
German actress, dancer, and choreographer
Kiana Blanckert
Australian born Swedish singer
Kamo Mphela
South African dancer and singer
Nadya Khamitskaya
Belarusian dancer and designer
Marina Alieva
Russian model, singer and actor
Aenne Goldschmidt
Swiss dancer and choreographer, mostly active in the GDR
Veronika Dassanayaka
Sri Lankan dancer, choreographer, artist
Seungho
South Korean singer and actor
Mar Regueras Serrano
Spanish actress
Emmanuelle Lussier-Martinez
Canadian actress
Irina Kolpakova
Russian ballet dancer
Jennie Somogyi
American ballet dancer
Natalia Dudinskaya
Russian ballet dancer (1912–2003)
Lotti Huber
German actress (1912-1998)
Donatas Vėželis
Lithuanian ballroom dancer
Valaida Snow
American musician (1904-1956)
Taki Saito
Filipina actress, singer and model
Gilda Gray
dancer, singer and actress (1901–1959)
Sarah Stackhouse
American dancer (1936–2024)
Claire Cunningham
British choreographer and dancer
Sándor Tímár
Hungarian choreographer (1930–2026)
Vera Tsignadze
Soviet ballet dancer (1924–2016)
Mani Bardhan
Indian-Bengali musician (1905–1976)
Pratima Tagore
Indian Bengali artist (1893-1969)
Margery Manners
British variety artiste and singer
Luz Chavita
Spanish dancer