Famous Dancers — Page 2: Lives & Works

Billie Piper

British actress and singer (born 1982)

Fred Astaire

American dancer, choreographer, actor, and singer (1899–1987)

Antonio Rinaldi

Italian dancer and choreographer

Edy Star

Brazilian singer-songwriter (1938–2025)

Natasha Falle

Canadian academic

Eleni Foureira

Greek singer

Lloyd Newson

Australian choreographer

Myrna Loy

American actress (1905–1993)

Banula Marika

aboriginal Australian dancer, actor and performer

Lorena Simpson

Brazilian singer

Émile Jaques-Dalcroze

Swiss composer, musician and music educator (1865-1950)

Gillian Norris

Irish dancer

Hyuna

South Korean singer-songwriter, rapper and model

Christopher Vélez

American-Ecuadorian singer-songwriter

Adrienne King

American actor, dancer and painter

Jenny Agutter

British film and television actress (born 1952)

David Winters

British-born American producer, director, actor, choreographer and dancer (1939-2019)

Daire Nolan

Irish dancer

Bruce Forsyth

British presenter, actor, comedian, singer, dancer, and screenwriter (1928–2017)

Jennifer Love Hewitt

American actress and singer

Raghunath Manet

Indian classical musician and dancer

Françoise Prévost

French ballet dancer (1680-1741)

Louise Brooks

American actress (1906–1985)

Sreelakshmy Govardhanan

Indian dancer

Louis Douglas

American dancer (1889-1939)

Shahid Kapoor

Indian actor (born 1981)

Danny Bond

Brazilian rapper and singer

Natacha Rambova

American film personality and fashion designer (1897-1966)

Shirley Temple

American actress and diplomat (1928–2014)

Omarion

American R&B singer

Harry Belafonte

American singer, actor and civil rights activist (1927–2023)

Ulysses Dove

American dancer and choreographer (1947-1996)

Annabel Farjeon

British ballerina (1919-2004)

Bob Fosse

American choreographer, dancer, and director (1927–1987)

Friedemann Vogel

German ballet dancer (1979-)

Andy Kaufman

American entertainer (1949–1984)

Elmer Bernstein

American composer and conductor (1922-2004)

Lee Van Cleef

American actor (1925–1989)

Uhm Jeong-hwa

South Korean singer and actress

Jisoo

South Korean singer-songwriter, actress, and model (born 1995)

Sophie Maslow

American dancer (1911–2006)

Kim Basinger

American actress (born 1953)

Molly Ringwald

American actress and writer (born 1968)

Pola Negri

Polish actress (1897-1987)

Félix Wazekwa

Congolese singer-songwriter, author, filmmaker, dancer, and bandleader

The Blackburn Twins

American duo of entertainers (active 1925–1954)

Juliette Binoche

French actress, artist and dancer (born 1964)

Tim Conway

American actor and comedian (1933–2019)

Shobana

Indian actress

Stefania Górska

Polish dancer, singer and actress (1907-1986)

Everleigh Rose

American social media celebrity and dancer

Leslie Odom Jr.

American actor and singer (born 1981)

Adele Astaire

American dancer and entertainer (1896-1981)

Jenny Lee-Wright

English actress and dancer

David Spade

American stand-up comedian and actor (born 1964)

Eartha Kitt

American singer and actress (1927–2008)

Eucharis

ancient roman actress and dancer

Mavis Staines

Canadian dancer

Kat DeLuna

American singer

WOODZ

South Korean singer-songwriter, rapper, record producer, dancer, and actor

Arik Brauer

Austrian painter, graphic artist, stage designer, singer and poet (1929–2021)

Merce Cunningham

American dancer and choreographer (1919–2009)

Fūka Kakimoto

Japanese professional wrestler, mixed martial artist and model

Mani Madhava Chakyar

Indian actor (1899–1990)

Bindi Irwin

Australian conservationist and television personality

Joseph Haines

British actor, musician and writer

Bebe Neuwirth

American actress

Heidi Becker

American ballerina and physicist

Marie Guy-Stéphan

French dancer

Jade Thirlwall

British singer

Ed Mock

American dancer

Françoise d'Aubigné, Marquise de Maintenon

Mistress and later secret wife of King Louis XIV of France (1635-1719)

Cameron Fraser-Monroe

indigenous artist in what is known as Canada

Arthur Mahoney

American dancer (1904-1985)

Avan Jogia

Canadian actor, singer and director (born 1992)

Isabel Martínez de Perón

first female president of Argentina from 1974 to 1976

August Bournonville

Danish ballet master and choreographer (1805–1879)

George Washington Dixon

American entertainer

Idrissa Camara

UK-based dancer and choreographer originating from Guinea

Lindsey Stirling

American violinist, musician, dancer, performance artist, singer and composer

Alibaba Abdullayev

Azerbaijani folklore dancer, teacher, and choreographer

Cameron Lombard

South African dancer and choreographer

Ellen Burstyn

American actress

Tomohisa Yamashita

Japanese idol

Christina Applegate

American actress (born 1971)

Liz English

actress, singer, dancer

Michael Richards

American actor and comedian

Marianna Malińska

Polish ballerina

Irina Laurenova

Sarah Harding

British singer and actress (1981-2021)

Concha Velasco

Spanish actress-singer

Gary Hill

American artist (born 1951)

Edra Toth

Hungarian-American ballet dancer

Stacy Keibler

American professional wrestler, dancer, and model (born 1979)

Peter

Japanese singer, actor, talent (1952-)

Zhang Ziyi

Chinese actress and model

Joel Grey

American actor, singer, dancer, director, and photographer (born 1932)

Stephen Gately

Irish pop singer (1976–2009)

Charo

Spanish-American flamenco guitarist, actress, and comedian

Hahm Eun-jung

South Korean singer and actress, member of girl group T-ara

Mamie Eisenhower

First Lady of the United States from 1953 to 1961

John Byrnes

Liliana Gasinskaya

Soviet defector

Adah Isaacs Menken

American actress, dancer, painter, and poet (1835–1868)

Mikhail Baryshnikov

Latvian-American dancer, choreographer and actor

Debbie Allen

American actress, choreographer, television director, television producer, singer, and dancer (born 1950)

Irmgard Bartenieff

American physical therapist and dance therapist (1900-1981)

Brendan Fernandes

Kenyan-Indian-Canadian dancer and visual artist (born 1979)

Jamie Ruiz

Ray Bolger

American actor (1904–1987)

Harriet Chung

actor

Sunny Leone

American-Canadian actress, model and former pornographic actress

Philippe Decouflé

Theatre director, dancer, choreographer, writer

Vera Trefilova

Russian dancer (1875–1943)

Bobby Brown

American R&B singer (born 1969)

Nora Fatehi

Canadian actress (1992-present)

Sarah Lloyd

British travel writer

June Allyson

American actress (1917–2006)

Amber Riley

American actress and singer

Marjorie Guthrie

American dancer (1917-1983)