Circus Performer

This page lists 603 biographies of circus performers, covering lives from 1530 to 2005. Featuring Andrei Nikolayev, Leonid Yengibarov and Natalya Varley. Each profile gives life dates, nationality, education, positions held and a sourced, attributed account of the person's life.

People in this occupation

Elvira Guerra

1855 – 1937

Gus Hill

1858 – 1937

Max Holden

1884 – 1949

Paul Vandy

1874 – 1950

William Bankier

1870 – 1949

Armando Novello

1888 – 1938

Pauliina Räsänen

b. 1978

Mario Wallenda

1940 – 2015

Burt Blague

Veronica Ljosnes

b. 1988

William Alfred Merchant

1919 – 2001

David Straitjacket

b. 1977

Michael Davis

b. 1953

Leonid Yengibarov

1935 – 1972

Oofty Goofty

1862 – 1901

Gus St. Leon

1848 – 1924

Emma Herbert

b. 1969

Daisy Hilton

1908 – 1969

David Dimitri

b. 1963

Julius Koch

1872 – 1902

Jack Lepiarz

b. 1988

Laura Madigan

1849 – 1918

Horace Ridler

1892 – 1969

Lou Jacobs

1903 – 1992

Michael Moschen

b. 1955

Isaac A. Van Amburgh

1808 – 1865

Jade Kindar-Martin

b. 1974

Barbette

1898 – 1973

Berta Beeson

1899 – 1969

Nala Damajanti

b. 1861

Enrico Rastelli

1896 – 1931

Professor Lamberti

1892 – 1950

Thomas Wedders

Christine Van Loo

b. 1901

François Fratellini

1879 – 1951

Zdeněk Bradáč

b. 1987

Richard Tarlton

1530 – 1588

Merlin Cadogan

b. 1974

Arthur Vercoe Pedlar

1932 – 2022

Victoria Sanger Freeman

1895 – 1991

Andy Jones

b. 1985

Lazar Dobricz

1881 – 1970

Mooky the Clown

b. 1974

Black Scorpion

b. 1979

Falko Traber

b. 1959

Albert Salamonsky

1839 – 1913

Johnathan Lee Iverson

b. 1976

Valentin Filatov

1920 – 1979

Gaetano Ciniselli

1815 – 1881

Isabelle Severino

b. 1980

Otto Witte

1872 – 1958

Kara Nova

Magnus Bech-Olsen

1866 – 1932

Louis Gassion

1881 – 1944

Joseph Yoakum

1889 – 1972

Hiroshi Tada

1939 – 2021

Edmund Newell

1857 – 1915

Annie Jones

1865 – 1902

Percilla Bejano

1911 – 2001

Doubble Troubble

b. 1971

La Bella Ingeborg

1890 – 1970

Lizzie Davene

Bob Winters

Charlie Bell

1886 – 1964

Olga Sidorova

b. 1974

Choiliang

b. 1982

Priyanath Bose

1865 – 1920

Jennifer Miller

b. 1961

Alexander Placide

1750 – 1812

Frank Wiziarde

1916 – 1987

Jules Léotard

1838 – 1870

General Tom Thumb

1838 – 1883

Damoo Dhotre

1902 – 1973

Frank Brower

1823 – 1874

Steve Mills

1957 – 2023

Lilly Yokoi

b. 1929

Krao Farini

1876 – 1926

Alfredo Codona

1893 – 1937

Eli Bowen

1844 – 1924

Nellie Keeler

1875 – 1903

Oscar Lowande

1877 – 1956

Rhys Thomas

Gracie Doll

1899 – 1970

Susanna Bokoyni

1879 – 1984

Benedikt Negro

Elizabeth Green the Stork Woman

1905 – 2001

Isaac W. Sprague

1841 – 1887

Myrtle Corbin

1868 – 1928

Ella Harper

1870 – 1921

Rudy Horn

1933 – 2018

Jean-Baptiste Auriol

1802 – 1881

John Cassidy

b. 1901

Baby Bunny Smith

1888 – 1952

Brad Byers

b. 1959

Sealo

1901 – 1980

Bill Ballantine

1910 – 1999

Reg Bolton

1945 – 2006

Koo-Koo the Bird Girl

1880 – 1960

Jeff Raz

b. 1957

Martin Van Buren Bates

1839 – 1919