Anna Pavlova

Anna Pavlovna Pavlova was a Russian prima ballerina. She was a principal artist of the Imperial Russian Ballet and the Ballets Russes of Sergei Diaghilev, but is most recognized for creating the role of The Dying Swan and, with her own company, being the first ballerina to tour the world, including South America, India, Mexico and Australia.

12 February 1881

Born on the same birth day (12 February): Alice Roosevelt Longworth • Arsenio Hall • Costa-Gavras • Daniello Bartoli • Daughter of Emperor Xiaoming of Northern Wei • Ehud Barak • Giovanni II Bentivoglio • Gundappa Viswanath • Jan Swammerdam • Jimmy Conrad • Joseph Alioto • Joseph Jordania • Kane Richardson • Naseem Hamed • Nathan Rees • Omar Bradley • Pat Dobson • Pierre Louis Dulong • Rolf Brem • Won Gyun

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