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Born 1905 • Magdeburg • Germany
Died March 22, 1978 (aged 73) • San Juan • Puerto Rico
P.T. Barnum
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
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James A. Bailey
American circus impresario
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W.C. Coup
American circus manager
General Tom Thumb
General Tom Thumb
American showman
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Gilbert R. Spaulding
American circus impresario
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Alfredo Codona
circus performer
Philippe Petit walks on a high wire across the nave of the Cathedral of St. John the Divine, balancing with a pole against a backdrop of tall, illuminated columns.
Philippe Petit
French high-wire artist
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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
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Bertram Mills
British circus entrepreneur
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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
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George Sanger
British circus impresario
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John Sanger
British circus impresario
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Vivian Blaine
American actress