- Fred Astaire - an American film and Broadway ballroom dancer and actor.
- George Balanchine - a choreographer credited for bridging classical and modern ballet
- Mikhail Baryshnikov - Russian ballet dancer
- Irene Castle - ballroom dancer
- Vernon Castle - ballroom dancer
- Merce Cunningham - choreographer
- Sergei Diaghilev - Russian ballet impressario
- Isadora Duncan - the Mother of Modern Dance
- Ginger and Fred are Ginger Rogers and Fred Astaire.
- Martha Graham - American dancer and choreographer
- Arthur Murray - a famous dance instructor and businessman, known for Arthur Murray Dance Studios franchise.
- Vaslav Nijinsky - Russian ballet dancer and choreographer
- Ginger Rogers - American film ballroom dancer and actress, most remembered as partner of Fred Astaire.
- Anna Pavlova - Russian ballet dancer
- Eleanor Powell - American actress and dancer of the 1930s and 1940s, known for her exuberant solo tap dancing.
- Paul Taylor - American choreographer
- Twyla Tharp - American dancer and choreographer