800) Carlotta Grisi

Carlotta Grisi (born Caronne Adele Josephine Marie Grisi; 1819 – 1899). Italian ballet dancer. Born in Visinada, Istria (present-day Vižinada, Croatia), she was trained at the ballet school of Teatro alla Scala in Milan and later with dancer/balletmaster Jules Perrot. She was especially noted for her performance in the classic role of "Giselle".

- "Her talent, as well as her stunning red hair and violet eyes, enchanted poet and critic Théophile Gautier, who sang her praises in the press and also became her ardent admirer."  https://www.encyclopedia.com/…/enc…/grisi-carlotta-1819-1899

799) Pierina Legnani

Pierina Legnani (1868 – 1930). Italian ballerina, considered one of the greatest ballerinas of all time.
She was titled prima ballerina for La Scala in 1892, before moving to St Petersburg in 1892, where she reached fame dancing with the Tsar's Imperial Ballet at the Maryinsky Theatre until 1901.
Under the direction of famous ballet choreographer Marius Petipa, Legnani originated numerous roles including, 'Cinderella' in 1893, 'Swan Lake' in 1895, 'Raymonda' in 1898, and 'Carmargo' in 1901. She is widely reputed to be the first ballerina to perform 32 fouettés en tournant in the coda of the Grand Pas d'action of the ballet Cinderella. Legnani herself denied this claim, saying “I never did 32; I could barely manage 24.”
She is the first ballerina to be appointed prima ballerina assoluta.

- "She is auburn haired, of medium height, with a pleasant expression, lively facial features and merry eyes."  https://books.google.it/books…

798) Janet Reed

Janet Reed (1917 - 2000). American ballerina.

- "The blue-eyed, red-haired Janet Reed was ideally cast."  https://www.theguardian.com/…/2000/mar/13/guardianobituaries

- "... San Francisco audiences were enchanted with Reed, a petite, red-haired, blue-eyed dancer who embodied the American girl next door."  http://brbl-archive.library.yale.edu/…/…/gallery/reedj2.html

- "But London was no more willing than New York to accept this 'little red-haired ballerina, a sweet little thing...'."  https://books.google.it/books…

797) John MacBride

John MacBride (sometimes written John McBride; 1868 –1916). Irish republican and military leader executed by the British for his participation in the 1916 Irish Easter Rising in Dublin.
In 1903 he married Maud Gonne and the following year they had a son, Seàn. They separated in 1905.

- "His red hair and long nose led to him being given the nickname "Foxy Jack".  https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_MacBride

- "Yeats biographer R. F. Foster describes John MacBride as red-haired, heavy drinking, physically brave..."  https://books.google.it/books…

- "On that initial glance he appeared a wiry, soldierly-looking man with red hair and skin burnt brick-red..."  https://books.google.it/books…

796) Maud Gonne

Maud Gonne MacBride (1866 – 1953). English-born Irish revolutionary, suffragette and actress. Of Anglo-Irish descent, she was won over to Irish nationalism by the plight of evicted people in the Land Wars. She also actively agitated for Home Rule.

She was a member of the magical organisation Hermetic Order of the Golden Dawn.
In 1903 she married John MacBride and the following year they had a son, Seàn. They separated in 1905.

- "She was young, twenty-two, tall with flaming red hair..."  https://www.bl.uk/…/poe…/yeats/josephinehart/aboutyeats.html

- "Maud Gonne was six feet tall with a figure and face to match, and golden crown of red hair. She was classed among the great beauties of her era."  https://thewildgeese.irish/…/maud-gonne-nationalist-revolut…

- "Maud Gonne was presented at the viceregal court in Dublin the following year, and, with her striking height (she was nearly six feet tall) and red-gold hair, her beauty made an immediate impression." https://www.encyclopedia.com/…/encyclo…/gonne-maud-1866-1953

- "At 6 foot tall, with masses of auburn hair and fiery eyes, she was considered majestically beautiful and would spend her life fighting tirelessly for the cause of Irish Independence."  https://www.glasnevintrust.ie/…/intera…/maud-gonne-macbride/

 - "According to his biographer R F Foster, Maud Gonne appeared to Yeats "majestic, unearthly… Immensely tall, bronze-haired, with a strong profile and beautiful skin, she was a fin-de-siecle beauty in Valkyrie mode".  https://www.bbc.com/news/magazine-31064648

795) Stella Dìaz Varìn

Stella Díaz Varín (1926 – 2006) also known as 'La Colorina' (The Redhead). Chilean poet of the Generation of '50. Her unprecedented deep and philosophical style, as well as his controversial personality, marked a before and after in Chilean poetry.

- "One of Neruda's persistent admirers, who rarely took no for an answer, was the poet Stella Dìaz Varìn, red-haired like Matilde."  https://books.google.it/books…

- "The aspiring poet finds a muse in the form of the real-life red-haired and bombastic poet Stella Díaz Varín."  https://filmzeke.com/blog/2017/7/19/endless-poetry

- "They called her La Colorina because of her red hair."  https://books.google.it/books…

- "... appeared before me shaking her amazing head of red hair, a sanguine mass that reached below her waist."  https://books.google.it/books…

794) Sviatoslav Richter

Sviatoslav Richter (1915 – 1997). Ukrainian pianist of Russian-German origin, who is generally regarded as one of the greatest pianists of the 20th century. He is known for the "depth of his interpretations, his virtuoso technique, and his vast repertoire."

- "He was very fair, red-haired, awfully thin and impetuous."  http://sviatoslavrichter.blogspot.com/…/nina-dorliac-i-met-…

- "They met in 1943, the “gracefully graphic” Nina Dorliak and the young Sviatoslav Richter “with his red, red hair, very thin and terribly impetuous”, is how she remembers him."  http://www.sviatoslav-richter.ru/…/nina_dorliak_…/index.php…

- "Only the pianist Richter was a serious rival. The only resemblances between the two were their unquestionable greatness, their admiration of each other and their red hair." https://webcache.googleusercontent.com/search…