This is a list of historical figures who have been characters in ballets.
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Hans Christian Andersen, Danish author
Anna Anderson, impostor of Grand Duchess Anastasia Nikolaevna of Russia
Andrew II of Hungary, King of Hungary
B
Bahram 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
C
Marie 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
D
Hugh 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
E
Edward 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
F
Franca 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
G
Piers 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
H
James 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
I
Isabella of France, Queen of England as the wife of Edward II
Ivan the Terrible, Tsar of Russia
J
August Jaeger, Anglo-German music publisher
Jiang Qing, Chinese figure, 4th wife of Mao Zedong
K
Frida Kahlo, Mexican painter
Mathilde Kschessinska, Russian prima ballerina
Andrey Kurbsky, Russian figure, political opponent of Ivan the Terrible
L
Countess 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
M
La 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
N
Vaslav Nijinsky, Russian ballet dancer and choreographer
Jean-Georges Noverre, French dancer and ballet master
O
P
Niccolò 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
Q
R
Jacques 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
S
Arthur 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
T
Eduard Taaffe, 11th Viscount Taaffe, Austrian statesman
Marie Taglioni, Italian/Swedish ballet dancer
Tancred, Prince of Galilee, Norman Crusade leader
U
V
Baroness Mary Vetsera, Crown Prince Rudolf of Austria's mistress
François Villon, French poet
Alessandro Volta, Italian physicist
W
Louise Weber (La Goulue), French can-can dancer
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Z
George Zorbas , Greek miner
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