Famous French Dancers: 155 Biographies
Biographies of notable french dancers, ordered by how extensively their careers are documented.
Alizée
French pop singer
Marius Petipa
French-Russian ballet dancer and choreographer (1818–1910)
Jean-Georges Noverre
French dancer (1727-1810)
Maurice Chevalier
French singer, actor, and entertainer (1888–1972)
Pauline Leroux
French ballet dancer
Antonio Rinaldi
Italian dancer and choreographer
Françoise Prévost
French ballet dancer (1680-1741)
Juliette Binoche
French actress, artist and dancer (born 1964)
Marie Guy-Stéphan
French dancer
Françoise d'Aubigné, Marquise de Maintenon
Mistress and later secret wife of King Louis XIV of France (1635-1719)
August Bournonville
Danish ballet master and choreographer (1805–1879)
Philippe Decouflé
Theatre director, dancer, choreographer, writer
Vera Trefilova
Russian dancer (1875–1943)
Hellé Nice
French racing driver, model, dancer (1900–1984)
Karine Saporta
French choreographer
Cha-U-Kao
French entertainer whose stage name came from the Chahut-Chaos. Depicted in a series of paintings by Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec
B-boy Lilou
B-boy
Nicolas Zverev
Russian-French dancer and ballet master
Émilie Bigottini
ballet dancer, Opéra de Paris (1801-1823)
Claude François
French pop singer, songwriter and dancer (1939–1978)
Antonine Meunier
French choreographer (1877-1972)
Tao Porchon-Lynch
American Yoga Instructor
Yvonne Printemps
singer and actress (1894–1977)
Aurélie Dupont
French ballerina
Lefa
French rapper, singer and dancer
Gaby Deslys
French dancer (1881–1920)
De Lafontaine
French ballet dancer
Sofia Boutella
Algerian actress
Armand Vestris
French choreographer
Janis Sahraoui
French singer
Wilfride Piollet
French dancer (1943-2015)
Rita Cadillac
French recording artist, dancer, singer, and actress (1936-1995)
Marcelle Lender
French dancer and singer (1861–1926)
Patrick Dupond
French choreographer (1959–2021)
Béatrice Massin
French choreographer
Raoul Auger Feuillet
French choreographer
Germaine Pichot
French ballerina and painting model
Claude Pujade-Renaud
French writer and choreographer (1932–2024)
Lucien Petipa
French ballet dancer (1815–1898)
Julie Talma
French dancer
Jean Marais
French actor and theatre director (1913-1998)
Jean-Pierre Cassel
French actor (1932-2007)
Françoise Dupuy
Dancer
Jacques Cardoze
French journalist
Alexander Placide
French circus entertainer
Marguerite Lai
French Polynesian dance choreographer
Dimitri Chamblas
French choreographer
Karin Waehner
French choreographer (1926-1999)
Irène Lidova
Russian-French dance critic and producer (1907-2002)
Emmanuel Thibault
French ballet dancer
Janine Charrat
French ballet dancer, actress and choreographer (1924–2017)
Hippolyte Monplaisir
French dancer (1821–1877)
Sonia Petrovna
French actress
Nora Kiss
French ballet dancer and dance teacher (1908-1993)
Louis Mérante
ballet dancer, teacher and choreographer (Paris Opera)
Lise Noblet
ballet dancer (1801–1852)
Violette Verdy
ballerina and ballet teacher (1933-2016)
Jean-Baptiste Hus
French dancer and ballet master
Jacqueline Moreau
French ballet dancer and ballet teacher
Michel François Hoguet
French Ballet dancer and choreographer (1793-1871)
Rana Gorgani
french-Iranian dancer
Lili Reynaud-Dewar
French installation and performance artist (born 1975)
Davina Delor
French television presenter
Pierre Droulers
choreographer, dancer
Michèle Mercier
French actress
Louise Héritte-Viardot
singer, pianist and composer (1841–1918)
M. Pokora
French singer
Claude Balon
French dancer
Marie-Madeleine Guimard
French ballerina (1743-1816)
Marie Anne de Cupis de Camargo
French dancer
Mathilde Kschessinska
Russian ballet dancer and princess
Sylvie Guillem
French dancer and choreographer
Nathalie Baye
French actress (1948–2026)
Boris Knyazev
choreographer
Tommy Tihoni
French Polynesian model
Yulia Slonimskaya Sazonova
Russian actor, puppeteer, theater and dance critic
Pierre Beauchamp
French ballet choreographer, dancer and composer
Ivan Clustine
ballet dancer, teacher and choreographer (1862–1941)
Roxane Butterfly
French dancer
Serge Lifar
Ukrainian ballet dancer and choreographer (1905–1986)
Eugénie Fiocre
French ballet dancer (1845–1908)
Louise Fitzjames
19th-century French ballerina
Colette
French novelist (1873–1954)
Claude Brumachon
French choreographer
Sheila
French recording artist and yé-yé singer
Polaire
French actress (1874–1939)
Alice Prin
French painter (1901–1953)
Jeanne Chasles
French dancer and choreographer (1869-1939)
Marie-Thérèse de Subligny
French ballerina
Mistinguett
French actress and singer
Cléo de Mérode
French dancer (1875-1966)
Claudine Longet
French singer (1942–2026)
Bintou Dembélé
French dancer
Camille Flers
landscape painter (1802-1868)
Zizi Jeanmaire
French ballet dancer and singer
Freeman
French rapper
Rosalie Duthé
French courtesan
Leïla Chellabi
French writer from Morocco
Nina Alexandrovna Tikhonova
russian-French ballet dancer and dance teacher (1910–1995)
Jean-Marie Leclair
French Baroque violinist and composer
Germaine Acogny
French-Senegalese choreographer
Kery James
French-Haitian rapper, singer and actor
Jean Babilée
French ballet dancer (1923–2014)
Rigolboche
French dancer (1842–1920)
Florelle
French actress and singer
Odile Duboc
French choreographer (1941–2010)
Angélique Debargues
French ballerina and actress (c.1685-c.1724 )
Aleksandar Josipović
French dancer
Yvette Chauviré
French ballet dancer (1917–2016)
Ida Rubinstein
Russian actress and dancer
Françoise Adret
French ballet dancer (1920-2018)
Ghislaine Thesmar
French ballet dancer (born 1943)
Audrey Spiry
French animator, illustrator, and comic strip author (*1983)
Michel-Marie Poulain
French painter (1906-1991)
Jeanne Duval
French actress (1818–1868)
Solange Podell
French actress
Manuel Legris
French ballet dancer
Eugène Hus
French ballet dancer and choreographer
Alice Renavand
French ballet dancer
David Lichine
ballet dancer and choreographer (1910-1972)
Bernadette Lafont
French actress (1938-2013)
Jane Avril
French can-can dancer made famous by Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec through his painting (1868-1943)
Liliane Montevecchi
French-Italian actress, dancer, and singer (1932-2018)
Micheline Bernardini
French dancer
Habib Benglia
1895-1960 French actor
Liane de Pougy
French courtesan, dancer and novelist, editor (1869-1950)
Sophie Hus
French dancer and actor
Shy'm
French singer, songwriter and actress
Lolo Ferrari
French dancer, pornographic actress, singer and television presenter (1963–2000)
Milorad Mišković
Serbian ballet dancer and choreographer (1928–2013)
Jean Dauberval
French ballet dancer and choreographer
Arthur Cadre
French dancer, contortionist, choreographer, model, and former architect
Valentin le désossé
French dancer
Dominique Dupuy
French dancer, choreographer
Adèle Dumilâtre
French choreographer
Yves Montand
French-Italian actor and singer (1921–1991)
Piche
French drag performer
Madeleine Moua
French Polynesian dance troupe leader
Beaupré
French dancer and mime (c.1758-1842)
Louis-Guillaume Pécour
French ballet dancer and choreographer
Louise Dimanche
French actress
Vahram Zaryan
French performance artist
Olga Preobrajenska
Prima ballerina and ballet teacher (1871–1962)
Taki Saito
Filipina actress, singer and model
Akamz
French social media personality (born 2000)
Guillaume Diop
French dancer
Céleste Mogador
French dancer, playwright and novelist (1824-1909)
Natalia Trukhanova
French ballet dancer of Ukrainian origin (1885–1956)
Kiddy Smile
French singer, DJ, record producer, dancer and rights activist
Habibitch
Algerian artist and queer rights activist
Miguel Angueira
French dancer
Marie Sallé
French ballet dancer
Roland Petit
French ballet dancer and choreographer (1924–2011)
Pierre Lacotte
French choreographer (1932-2023)
Clairemarie Osta
French ballet dancer