This article is about the ballet dancer. For the Russian athlete, see Aleksandr Baryshnikov.
In this name that follows Eastern Slavic naming conventions, the patronymic is Nikolayevich and the family name is Baryshnikov.
Mikhail Nikolayevich Baryshnikov (Russian: Михаил Николаевич Барышников, IPA: [mʲɪxɐˈil bɐ'rɨʂnʲɪkəf]; Latvian: Mihails Barišņikovs; born January 28, 1948)[1] is a Latvian and American dancer, choreographer, and actor.[2] He was the preeminent male classical dancer of the 1970s