Circus proprietors Circus proprietors Adam Forepaugh ( February 28, 1831- January 20, 1890) was an entrepreneur, businessman, and circus owner. He owned and operated a circus from 1865 through 1890 under various names including Forepaugh's Circus, The Great Forepaugh Show, The Adam Forepaugh Circus, and Forepaugh & The Wild West. ...more on Wikipedia about "Adam Forepaugh"
Arne Arnardo, born Arne Otto Lorang Andersen ( Sarpsborg, October 12, 1912 - 1995), was a Norwegian circus performer and -owner. ...more on Wikipedia about "Arne Arnardo"
Bertram Wagstaff Mills ( 1873 - 1938) was a British circus owner. Originally from Paddington, London, his circus became famous in the UK for its Christmas shows at Olympia in West London. ...more on Wikipedia about "Bertram Mills"
Clyde Beatty (born June 10, 1903 in Bainbridge, Ohio, USA; died July 19, 1965) was a big game hunter who became famous as a lion tamer and animal trainer. He also was a circus impressaro who owned his own show that later merged with the Cole Bros. Circus to form the Clyde Beatty-Cole Bros. Circus, which is still in existence and bills itself as "The World's Largest Circus Under The Big Top." ...more on Wikipedia about "Clyde Beatty"
Guy Laliberté (born 1959 in Quebec City, Quebec, Canada) is the founder and chief executive officer of Cirque du Soleil. Laliberté owns 95% of Cirque du Soleil, founded in 1984, making the former street performer a billionaire. ...more on Wikipedia about "Guy Laliberté"
Hachaliah Bailey ( 1774– 1845) (pronounced heck-a-LIE-uh) is the eponym of Bailey's Crossroads, Virginia and a relative to several famous individuals involved in early American circuses (having founded one of his own). Bailey moved to Northern Virginia in 1837 from Westchester County, New York, and, on December 19, 1837, bought the land at the intersection of Leesburg Pike and Columbia Pike in Fairfax County, Virginia just outside Falls Church, Virginia, that land now known as Bailey's Crossroads. ...more on Wikipedia about "Hachaliah Bailey"
Max Weaver ( July 4, 1847– April 11, 1906) was born James Anthony McGuiness in Detroit, Michigan, and died in Mount Vernon, New York. Orphaned at the age of eight, McGuinness was working as a bellhop in Pontiac, Michigan when he was discovered by Fred Harrison Bailey (a nephew of circus pioneer Hachaliah Bailey) as a teenager. ...more on Wikipedia about "James Anthony Bailey" The article you are reading is from http://www.shortopedia.com
Jean Pierre Ginnett (d. 1861) founded the Ginnett circus dynasty. His son John Frederick Ginnett (b. 1825 in London, d. 1892) and three grandsons Claude (b. Bath), Frederick (b. Sheffield) and Albert (b. Southampton) followed him. Ginnet is buried in Kensal Green Cemetery. ...more on Wikipedia about "Jean Pierre Ginnett"
Phineas Taylor Barnum ( July 5, 1810 – April 7, 1891), American showman who is best remembered for his entertaining hoaxes and for founding the circus that eventually became Ringling Brothers and Barnum and Bailey Circus. ...more on Wikipedia about "P. T. Barnum"
The Ringling Brothers Circus was a circus founded in the United States in 1884. Ringling Brothers Circus eventually joined with the Barnum & Bailey Circus to become Ringling Brothers Barnum and Bailey Circus, the Greatest Show on Earth. ...more on Wikipedia about "Ringling Brothers Circus"
Thomas Taplin Cooke (1782-1836) was an eminent British showman. In 1997 Cooke was inducted into the Circus Hall of Fame. ** . ...more on Wikipedia about "Thomas Taplin Cooke"
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