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Kelly, Emmett
Emmett Kelly
American clown
Alfredo Codona
circus performer
P.T. Barnum
P.T. Barnum
American showman
Guy Laliberté
Canadian performer and entrepreneur
Clyde Beatty
Clyde Beatty
American animal trainer
Not in costume
Dan Rice
American clown
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
James A. Bailey
American circus impresario
Philip Astley, engraving by J. Smith.
Philip Astley
British circus manager
W.C. Coup
American circus manager
Ducrow, engraving by T.C. Wageman
Andrew Ducrow
British equestrian
Popov, Oleg
Oleg Popov
Russian clown
General Tom Thumb
General Tom Thumb
American showman
Karl Wallenda
American acrobat
George Sanger
British circus impresario
John Sanger
British circus impresario
Gilbert R. Spaulding
American circus impresario