39 Principal dancers of The Royal Ballet

Carlos Yunior Acosta Quesada CBE is a Cuban ballet dancer, and the director of Birmingham Royal Ballet. He has danced with many companies including the English National Ballet, National Ballet of Cuba, Houston Ballet and American Ballet Theatre. He was a permanent member of The Royal Ballet from 1998 to 2015. In 2003, he was promoted to principal guest artist, a rank which reduced his commitment, enabling him to concentrate on a growing schedule of international guest appearances and tours. He celebrated his farewell after 17 years at The Royal Ballet, dancing his last performance in November 2015 in Carmen, which he both choreographed and starred in.

Alexandra Noel Ansanelli is a retired American ballet dancer.

Leanne Faye Benjamin is a retired Australian ballet dancer who was a principal dancer with the Royal Ballet in London.

Svetlana Nikolayevna Beriosova, also spelled Beriozova or Beryozova, was a Lithuanian-British prima ballerina who danced with The Royal Ballet for more than 20 years.

Deborah Bull, Baroness Bull, CBE is an English dancer, writer, and broadcaster and former creative director of the Royal Opera House. Deborah joined King's College London as Director, Cultural Partnerships in 2012. In 2015 she was appointed as the university's Assistant Principal (London) and in 2018 was named Vice President & Vice-Principal (London).

Dame Darcey Andrea Bussell, is an English retired ballerina and a former judge on the BBC television dance contest Strictly Come Dancing.

Alexander Campbell is a principal dancer in the Royal Ballet at Covent Garden, London.

Alina Cojocaru is a Romanian ballet dancer. She was previously a principal dancer with The Royal Ballet and a lead principal with the English National Ballet..

Lauren Louise Cuthbertson is an English ballerina and a principal dancer with the Royal Ballet in London.

Viviana Durante is an Italian ballet dancer, considered one of the great dramatic ballerinas of recent times. She was a principal dancer of The Royal Ballet, American Ballet Theatre, Teatro alla Scala and K-Ballet. She is currently Artistic Director of English National Ballet School and Artistic Director of Viviana Durante Company, with which she occasionally performs.

Alessandra Ferri is an Italian prima ballerina. She danced with the Royal Ballet (1980–1984), American Ballet Theatre (1985–2007) and La Scala Theatre Ballet (1992–2007) and as an international guest artist, before temporally retiring on 10 August 2007, aged 44, then returning in 2013. She was eventually granted the rank of prima ballerina assoluta.

Dame Margaret Evelyn de Arias DBE, known by the stage name Margot Fonteyn, was an English ballerina. She spent her entire career as a dancer with the Royal Ballet, eventually being appointed prima ballerina assoluta of the company by Queen Elizabeth II. Beginning ballet lessons at the age of four, she studied in England and China, where her father was transferred for his work. Her training in Shanghai was with George Goncharov, contributing to her continuing interest in Russian ballet. Returning to London at the age of 14, she was invited to join the Vic-Wells Ballet School by Ninette de Valois. She succeeded Alicia Markova as prima ballerina of the company in 1935. The Vic-Wells choreographer, Sir Frederick Ashton, wrote numerous parts for Fonteyn and her partner, Robert Helpmann, with whom she danced from the 1930s to the 1940s.

Francesca Hayward is a Kenyan-born English ballet dancer and actress. She is a principal dancer in the Royal Ballet at Covent Garden in London. In 2019, she starred as Victoria the White Cat in the musical film Cats, an adaptation of the stage musical of the same name.

Sir Robert Murray Helpmann, CBE was an Australian ballet dancer, actor, director and choreographer. After early work in Australia he moved to Britain in 1932, where he joined the Vic-Wells Ballet under its creator, Ninette de Valois. He became one of the company's leading men, partnering Alicia Markova and later Margot Fonteyn. When Frederick Ashton, the company's chief choreographer, was called up for military service in the Second World War Helpmann took over from him while continuing as a principal dancer.

Johan Kobborg is a Danish ballet dancer, choreographer, director and visual artist. He is most noted as a ballet dancer, having been a principal dancer with both the Royal Danish Ballet and the Royal Ballet in London, as well as making guest appearances with other ballet companies. Following his departure from the Royal Ballet in 2013, he was the artistic director of the Romanian National Ballet Company until 2016.

Sarah Lamb is an American principal ballet dancer with The Royal Ballet, London.

Donald Whyte MacLeary is a retired British ballet dancer, a former principal dancer and a ballet master with the Royal Ballet, where he was a member of the company for 48 years.

David Makhateli is a Georgian retired ballet dancer. He was a Principal of the Royal Ballet in London, England.

Roberta Marquez is a Brazilian ballet dancer who was a Principal Dancer with The Royal Ballet.

Dame Monica Mason,, is a former ballet dancer, teacher, and artistic director of The Royal Ballet. In more than fifty years with the company, she established a reputation as a versatile performer, a skilled rehearsal director, and a capable administrator.

Steven McRae is an Australian ballet dancer and tap dancer. He is a principal dancer with the Royal Ballet, London.

Laura Morera is a Spanish ballet dancer who is currently a principal dancer with The Royal Ballet, London.

Vadim Muntagirov is a Russian ballet dancer. He is currently a principal dancer at The Royal Ballet in London and previously a lead principal dancer at the English National Ballet.

Marianela Núñez is an Argentine-British ballet dancer. She is a principal dancer with The Royal Ballet, London.

Rudolf Khametovich Nureyev was a Russian ballet dancer and choreographer. Nureyev is regarded by some as the greatest male ballet dancer of his generation.

Natalia Petrovna Osipova is a Russian ballerina, currently a principal ballerina with The Royal Ballet in London.

Rupert Pennefather is a former principal dancer of the Royal Ballet Company. He joined the company in 1999 and was promoted to principal status alongside his pas-de-deux partner Lauren Cuthbertson in June 2008, following well-received performances in Romeo and Juliet at the Royal Opera House. He left the company in August 2015.

Sergei Vladimirovich Polunin is a Ukrainian-born ballet dancer, actor and model. He has Ukrainian, Russian, and Serbian citizenship, but has "always regarded himself as Russian".

Tamara Rojo CBE is a Spanish ballet dancer. She is English National Ballet's artistic director and a lead principal dancer with the company. She was previously a principal dancer with The Royal Ballet.

Marcelino Sambé is a Portuguese ballet dancer. He is the second black male dancer to be a principal dancer with The Royal Ballet in London.

Wayne Philip Colin Sleep is a British dancer, director, choreographer, and actor who appeared on the BBC series The Real Marigold on Tour and The Real Full Monty (ITV).

Thiago Soares is a Brazilian ballet dancer. He is a former principal dancer with The Royal Ballet in London.

Michael George Somes CBE, was an English ballet dancer. He was a principal dancer of The Royal Ballet, London, and the frequent partner of Margot Fonteyn.

Wendy Ellis Somes is a former principal ballerina with the Royal Ballet in London, and is now a worldwide producer of the Sir Frederick Ashton ballets Cinderella and Symphonic Variations.

Akane Takada is a Japanese ballerina and a principal dancer with the Royal Ballet in London. Her lead roles have included the title role in Giselle, Nikiya in La Bayadère, Kitri in Don Quixote, and Aurora in The Sleeping Beauty.

David Wall, CBE was an English ballet dancer, who, at the age of 21, became the youngest male Principal in the history of The Royal Ballet.

Zenaida Yanowsky, Lady Keenlyside, is a French-born Spanish ballet dancer and a former principal dancer with the Royal Ballet in London.

Yasmine Naghdi, is a principal ballerina with The Royal Ballet.

Miyako Yoshida is a Japanese ballet dancer. She was a Principal Guest Artist of The Royal Ballet as well as a principal dancer with K-ballet, Japan.