List of historical ballet characters
This is a list of historical figures who have been characters in ballets. List of historical figuresAHans Christian Andersen, Danish author
Anna Anderson, impostor of Grand Duchess Anastasia Nikolaevna of Russia
Andrew II of Hungary, King of Hungary BBahram V, King of Persia Giovanni Boldini, Italian genre and portrait painter William H. Bonney (Billy the Kid), frontier outlaw in the American Old West Lizzie Borden, American woman who was acquitted for murder CMarie Anne de Cupis de Camargo, French/Belgian dancer Caravaggio, Italian Baroque painter
Caroline Matilda of Great Britain, Queen of Denmark and Norway, the wife of Christian VII of Denmark Fanny Cerrito, Italian ballet dancer and choreographer
Cleopatra, last ruler of Ptolemaic Egypt
Marcus Licinius Crassus, Roman general and politician Cyrano de Bergerac, French dramatist
DHugh Despenser the Younger, royal chamberlain and a favourite of Edward II of England Sergei Diaghilev, Russian art critic, ballet impresario, and founder of the Ballets Russes
Charles Didelot, French dancer and choreographer
Isadora Duncan, American dancer EEdward II of England, King of England Edward III of England, King of England Caroline Alice Elgar, English author
Edward Elgar, English composer
Empress Elisabeth of Austria, Empress consort of Austria
Elizabeth I of England, Queen of England and Ireland
FFranca Florio, Italian noblewoman, socialite and a prominent protagonist of the Belle Époque Ignazio Florio Jr., Italian entrepreneur Saint Francis of Assisi, founder of the Franciscans Franz Joseph I of Austria, Emperor of Austria and King of Hungary
GPiers Gaveston, 1st Earl of Cornwall, English nobleman Archduchess Gisela of Austria, second daughter of Emperor Franz Joseph I of Austria
Lucile Grahn, Danish ballerina
Alfred Grünfeld, court pianist of Emperor Franz Joseph I of Austria
HJames Hepburn, 4th Earl of Bothwell, Lord High Admiral of Scotland and 3rd husband of Mary, Queen of Scotland
Herodias, a princess of the Herodian Dynasty E. T. A. Hoffmann, German Romantic author
IIsabella of France, Queen of England as the wife of Edward II Ivan the Terrible, Tsar of Russia
JAugust Jaeger, Anglo-German music publisher
Jiang Qing, Chinese figure, 4th wife of Mao Zedong
KFrida Kahlo, Mexican painter
Mathilde Kschessinska, Russian prima ballerina
Andrey Kurbsky, Russian figure, political opponent of Ivan the Terrible
LCountess Marie Larisch von Moennich, niece of Empress Elisabeth of Austria
Louis XVI of France, King of France Princess Louise of Belgium, wife of Prince Philipp of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha
MLa Malinche, Aztec mistress of Hernán Cortés
Mao Zedong, Chinese leader Marie Antoinette, Queen of France and Navarre Archduchess Marie Valerie of Austria, third daughter of Emperor Franz Joseph I of Austria
Mary, Queen of Scots, Queen of Scotland
Léonide Massine, Russian ballet dancer and choreographer
George "Bay" Middleton, English horseman
Roger Mortimer, 1st Earl of March, English nobleman NVaslav Nijinsky, Russian ballet dancer and choreographer
Jean-Georges Noverre, French dancer and ballet master
OPNiccolò Paganini, Italian violinist, violist, guitarist, and composer
Denis Papin, French physicist, mathematician and inventor
Philippa of Hainault, Queen of England as the wife of King Edward III Prince Philipp of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha, Prince of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha
QRJacques Renaudin (Valentin le désossé), French can-can dancer
Arthur Rimbaud, French poet
Diego Rivera, Mexican painter
Anastasia Romanovna, Tsaritsa consort, first wife of Ivan the Terrible
Salvator Rosa, Italian Baroque painter, poet, and printmaker Rudolf, Crown Prince of Austria, Crown Prince of Austria
SArthur Saint-Léon, French dancer and choreographer
Katharina Schratt, Austrian actress
Clara Schumann, German musician
Robert Schumann, German composer
George Robertson Sinclair, English cathedral organist
Princess Sophie of Bavaria, Archduchess of Austria
Spartacus, Thracian gladiator Princess Stéphanie of Belgium, Crown Princess of Austria, Hungary and Bohemia
Henry Stuart, Lord Darnley, King consort of Scotland
TEduard Taaffe, 11th Viscount Taaffe, Austrian statesman
Marie Taglioni, Italian/Swedish ballet dancer
Tancred, Prince of Galilee, Norman Crusade leader
UVBaroness Mary Vetsera, Crown Prince Rudolf of Austria's mistress
François Villon, French poet
Alessandro Volta, Italian physicist
WLouise Weber (La Goulue), French can-can dancer
XYZGeorge Zorbas , Greek miner
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