10 Famous Clowns: From Comical to Creepy

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Bill Skarsgard as Pennywise the clown crouches menacingly in a dim room with two glowing stained glass windows in a scene from the 2017 movie IT.

Joseph Grimaldi as the clown in Harlequin Padmanada; or, The Golden Fish

Grock, also known as Charles Adrien Wettach, smiling broadly in clown makeup and costume in his dressing room at the Medrano Circus.

A photo of Ronald McDonald, McDonald's mascot.

The Simpsons: Krusty the Clown

Four grotesque, colorful clowns with exaggerated features stand under bright lights in a scene from the movie Killer Klowns from Outer Space, 1988.

10 Famous Clowns: From Comical to Creepy: References & Edit History

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Amy Tikkanen
Amy Tikkanen is Managing Editor at Encyclopaedia Britannica.