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Born 1905 • Magdeburg • Germany
Died March 22, 1978 (aged 73) • San Juan • Puerto Rico
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P.T. Barnum
American showman
Clyde Beatty
Clyde Beatty
American animal trainer
Kelly, Emmett
Emmett Kelly
American clown
Not in costume
Dan Rice
American clown
James A. Bailey
American circus impresario
W.C. Coup
American circus manager
General Tom Thumb
General Tom Thumb
American showman
Gilbert R. Spaulding
American circus impresario
Alfredo Codona
circus performer
Philippe Petit
Philippe Petit
French high-wire artist
Guy Laliberté
Canadian performer and entrepreneur
Franconi, detail of an engraving by Philibert-Louis Debucourt, after a painting by C. Vernet
Antonio Franconi
Italian circus impresario
Bertram Mills
British circus entrepreneur
Blondin
French acrobat
Philip Astley, engraving by J. Smith.
Philip Astley
British circus manager
Ducrow, engraving by T.C. Wageman
Andrew Ducrow
British equestrian
Popov, Oleg
Oleg Popov
Russian clown
George Sanger
British circus impresario
John Sanger
British circus impresario
Lee Shubert
American theatrical manager