| Name | Occupation | Birth | Death | Known for |
|---|
| Patrick Adiarte |
Actor |
2-Aug-1943 |
|
Prince Chulalongkorn in The King and I |
| Alvin Ailey |
Dancer |
5-Jan-1931 |
1-Dec-1989 |
Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater |
| Debbie Allen |
Dancer |
16-Jan-1950 |
|
All About You |
| Alicia Alonso |
Dancer |
21-Dec-1920 |
|
Prima Ballerina Assoluta |
| Jacques d'Amboise |
Dancer |
28-Jul-1934 |
|
Founder of the National Dance Institute |
| Robin Antin |
Dancer |
6-Jul-1961 |
|
Founder, The Pussycat Dolls |
| Adele Astaire |
Dancer |
10-Sep-1896 |
25-Jan-1981 |
Dance partner of Fred Astaire |
| Fred Astaire |
Dancer |
10-May-1899 |
22-Jun-1987 |
Broadway ballroom dancer |
| Josephine Baker |
Dancer |
3-Jun-1906 |
12-Apr-1975 |
Sensual dancer turned WWII spy |
| George Balanchine |
Dancer |
22-Jan-1904 |
30-Apr-1983 |
Choreographer co-founded NYC Ballet |
| Mark Ballas |
Dancer |
24-May-1986 |
|
Dancing with the Stars |
| Mikhail Baryshnikov |
Dancer |
27-Jan-1948 |
|
Kirov ballet dancer defected to USA |
| Hinton Battle |
Singer |
29-Nov-1956 |
|
Dancer, singer, and choreographer |
| Michael Bennett |
Dancer |
8-Apr-1943 |
2-Jul-1987 |
A Chorus Line |
| Anita Berber |
Actor |
10-Jun-1899 |
10-Nov-1928 |
Scarlet whore of Berlin |
| Ray Bolger |
Actor |
10-Jan-1904 |
15-Jan-1987 |
The Wizard of Oz Scarecrow |
| Lucille Bremer |
Dancer |
21-Feb-1917 |
16-Apr-1996 |
Yolanda and the Thief |
| Rossella Brescia |
Dancer |
20-Aug-1971 |
|
Italian ballerina |
| Deborah Bull |
Dancer |
22-Mar-1963 |
|
Principal Dancer, Royal Ballet, 1992-2001 |
| Leslie Caron |
Dancer |
1-Jul-1931 |
|
Gigi |
| Irene Castle |
Dancer |
17-Apr-1893 |
25-Jan-1969 |
Vernon & Irene Castle |
| Vernon Castle |
Dancer |
2-May-1887 |
15-Feb-1918 |
Vernon & Irene Castle |
| George Chakiris |
Actor |
16-Sep-1934 |
|
West Side Story |
| Marge Champion |
Dancer |
2-Sep-1919 |
|
Show Boat |
| Cyd Charisse |
Dancer |
8-Mar-1922 |
17-Jun-2008 |
Vamp dancer in Singin' in the Rain |
| Charo |
Singer |
13-Mar-1941 |
|
Cuchi Cuchi |
| Barrie Chase |
Dancer |
20-Oct-1933 |
|
Danced with Fred Astaire |
| Mónica Cruz |
Dancer |
16-Mar-1977 |
|
Un Paso Adelante |
| Merce Cunningham |
Dancer |
16-Apr-1919 |
26-Jul-2009 |
Merce Cunningham Dance Company |
| Isadora Duncan |
Dancer |
26-May-1877 |
14-Sep-1927 |
Mother of modern dance |
| Katherine Dunham |
Dancer |
22-Jun-1910 |
21-May-2006 |
Dunham School of Dance |
| André Eglevsky |
Dancer |
21-Dec-1917 |
4-Dec-1977 |
Preeminent ballet dancer |
| Lola Falana |
Dancer |
11-Sep-1942 |
|
Whatever Lola Wants, Lola Gets |
| Suzanne Farrell |
Dancer |
16-Aug-1945 |
|
Ballerina, NYC Ballet |
| Michael Flatley |
Dancer |
16-Jul-1958 |
|
Lord of the Dance |
| Margot Fonteyn |
Dancer |
18-May-1919 |
21-Feb-1991 |
Exceptional British ballerina |
| Helen Gallagher |
Actor |
19-Jul-1926 |
|
Maeve Ryan on Ryan's Hope |
| Erica Gavin |
Actor |
22-Jul-1947 |
|
Vixen! |
| Peter Gennaro |
Dancer |
23-Nov-1919 |
28-Sep-2000 |
Broadway choreographer |
| Alexander Godunov |
Dancer |
28-Nov-1949 |
18-May-1995 |
Bolshoi, ABT ballet dancer |
| Len Goodman |
Dancer |
24-Apr-1942 |
|
Judge, Dancing with the Stars |
| Martha Graham |
Dancer |
11-May-1894 |
1-Apr-1991 |
Innovator of modern dance |
| Gilda Gray |
Dancer |
24-Oct-1901 |
22-Dec-1959 |
The Shimmy Queen |
| Carol Haney |
Dancer |
24-Dec-1924 |
10-May-1964 |
The Pajama Game |
| Mata Hari |
Spy |
7-Aug-1876 |
15-Oct-1917 |
Framed by the Germans |
| Gregory Hines |
Dancer |
14-Feb-1946 |
9-Aug-2003 |
Tap dancer |
| Derek Hough |
Dancer |
17-May-1985 |
|
Dancing with the Stars |
| Julianne Hough |
Dancer |
20-Jul-1988 |
|
Dancing with the Stars |
| Carrie Ann Inaba |
Dancer |
5-Jan-1968 |
|
Judge, Dancing with the Stars |
| Judith Jamison |
Dancer |
10-May-1943 |
|
Alvin Ailey American Dance Theatre |
| Gene Kelly |
Actor |
23-Aug-1912 |
2-Feb-1996 |
Singin' in the Rain |
| Lindsay Kemp |
Dancer |
9-May-1938 |
|
Dance teacher for Bowie, Kate Bush |
| Michael Kidd |
Choreographer |
12-Aug-1915 |
23-Dec-2007 |
Award-winning choreographer |
| Theodore Kosloff |
Dancer |
22-Jan-1882 |
22-Nov-1956 |
Why Change Your Wife? |
| Gypsy Rose Lee |
Dancer |
9-Feb-1911 |
26-Apr-1970 |
Terpsichorean ecdysiast |
| Sylvia Lewis |
Dancer |
22-Apr-1931 |
|
Sylvia on Where's Raymond? |
| Tilly Losch |
Dancer |
15-Nov-1903 |
24-Dec-1975 |
Ballet dancer, sometimes actress |
| Donna McKechnie |
Dancer |
16-Nov-1942 |
|
A Chorus Line |
| Paul Mercurio |
Dancer |
31-Mar-1963 |
|
Strictly Ballroom |
| Agnes de Mille |
Choreographer |
18-Sep-1905 |
7-Oct-1993 |
Influential American choreographer |
| Ann Miller |
Dancer |
12-Apr-1923 |
22-Jan-2004 |
Kiss Me Kate |
| Carmen Miranda |
Dancer |
9-Feb-1909 |
5-Aug-1955 |
The lady in the tutti-frutti hat |
| Arthur Mitchell |
Dancer |
27-Mar-1934 |
|
Dance Theatre of Harlem |
| Lola Montez |
Dancer |
17-Feb-1821 |
17-Jan-1861 |
Mistress of Ludwig I of Bavaria |
| Fabrice Morvan |
Dancer |
16-May-1966 |
|
Half of Milli Vanilli |
| Arthur Murray |
Dancer |
4-Apr-1895 |
3-Mar-1991 |
Founded Arthur Murray dance studios |
| Mya |
Musician |
10-Oct-1978 |
|
My Love Is Like...Wo |
| Bebe Neuwirth |
Actor |
31-Dec-1958 |
|
Dr. Lilith Sternin-Crane on Cheers |
| Fayard Nicholas |
Dancer |
20-Oct-1914 |
24-Jan-2006 |
Tapdancer, The Nicholas Brothers |
| Harold Nicholas |
Dancer |
27-Mar-1921 |
3-Jul-2000 |
Tapdancer, The Nicholas Brothers |
| Nick De Noia |
Dancer |
c. 1941 |
7-Apr-1987 |
First choreographer for Chippendales |
| Rudolf Nureyev |
Dancer |
17-Mar-1938 |
6-Jan-1993 |
Defected to France from Kirov Ballet |
| Apolo Anton Ohno |
Speed Skating |
22-May-1982 |
|
Olympic skater, Dancing with the Stars |
| Anna Pavlova |
Dancer |
12-Feb-1881 |
22-Jan-1931 |
Early 20th century Russian ballerina |
| Rob Pilatus |
Dancer |
8-Jun-1965 |
2-Apr-1998 |
Troubled half of Milli Vanilli |
| Eleanor Powell |
Dancer |
21-Nov-1912 |
11-Feb-1982 |
Lady Be Good |
| Juliet Prowse |
Dancer |
25-Sep-1936 |
14-Sep-1996 |
Can-Can |
| Gene Anthony Ray |
Dancer |
24-May-1962 |
14-Nov-2003 |
Leroy Johnson on Fame |
| Ann Reinking |
Dancer |
10-Nov-1949 |
|
Broadway dancer |
| Debbie Reynolds |
Actor |
1-Apr-1932 |
|
Dancer, actress |
| Chita Rivera |
Dancer |
23-Jan-1933 |
|
Anita in West Side Story on Broadway |
| Bill Robinson |
Dancer |
25-May-1878 |
25-Nov-1949 |
Bojangles |
| Ginger Rogers |
Dancer |
16-Jul-1911 |
25-Apr-1995 |
The Gay Divorcee |
| Nicole Scherzinger |
Dancer |
29-Jun-1978 |
|
The Pussycat Dolls |
| Moira Shearer |
Dancer |
17-Jan-1926 |
31-Jan-2006 |
The Red Shoes |
| Patrick Swayze |
Actor |
18-Aug-1952 |
14-Sep-2009 |
Dirty Dancing |
| Maria Tallchief |
Dancer |
24-Jan-1925 |
|
New York City Ballet |
| Russ Tamblyn |
Actor |
30-Dec-1934 |
|
Seven Brides for Seven Brothers |
| June Taylor |
Dancer |
14-Dec-1917 |
17-May-2004 |
June Taylor Dancers choreographer |
| Twyla Tharp |
Dancer |
1-Jul-1941 |
|
Choreographer |
| Ingrid Thulin |
Actor |
27-Jan-1926 |
7-Jan-2004 |
Swedish actress starred in 9 Ingmar Bergman films |
| Tommy Tune |
Dancer |
28-Feb-1939 |
|
6'6" Broadway dancer |
| Vera-Ellen |
Dancer |
16-Feb-1921 |
30-Aug-1981 |
On the Town |
| Gwen Verdon |
Dancer |
16-Jan-1925 |
18-Oct-2000 |
Damn Yankees |
| Ben Vereen |
Actor |
10-Oct-1946 |
|
Jesus Christ Superstar |
| Edward Villella |
Dancer |
1-Oct-1936 |
|
New York City Ballet |
