Irvin Romig
Irvin ‘Ricky’ Romig (1920-2010) Irvin ‘Ricky’ Romig was born into show business and was working in the family’s acts by the age of four. An […]
Circus clowns
Jackie Le Claire (1927 – 2019)
Jackie’s parents were performers with the Ringling Brothers and Barnum & Bailey Circus when he was born. He started clowning at a very young age, […]
Charlie Rivel
Josep Andreu i Lasserre (April 23, 1896 – July 26, 1983), best known as Charlie Rivel, was an internationally known Spanish circus clown. He was born in Cubelles (Barcelona, Spain). His […]
The Sherman Brothers
CHESTER SHERMAN ( – 1976) JOE VANI (1913 – Present) Nineteen year old Joe Vani answered an ad looking for an experienced acrobat to […]
Joe Jackson Sr (1873-1942)
Joe Jackson Sr. was born as Joseph Francis Jiranek in Vienna, Austria. He was Austrian bicycle champion, and a member of a world champion bicycle […]
Bumpsy Anthony
GEORGE “BUMPSY ANTHONY” HULME (1901-1989) “Bumpsy Anthony” was born George Anthony Hulme in Boston, Massachusetts, U.S.A. Bumpsy Anthony began his career in vaudeville with a […]
Paul Wenzel, famous producing clown
Professor Paul Wenzel was born in 1878, and performed as a circus clown for over 60 years throughout the United States of America. Paul Wenzel […]
Swede Johnson
Swede Johnson was born Carl Gehlert Johansen in Ribe, Denmark in 1903. Swede was a fourth generation circus performer, and traveled with his family in […]
Tommy Hanneford
Tommy Hanneford biography (September 27, 1927 – December 5, 2005) Thomas Robert Hanneford, “The funniest man on horseback,” nephew of Poodles Hanneford, famous circus clown […]
Fratellini Brothers
The Fratellini Brothers were a famous European circus family in the late 1900s and 1920s. An engagement at the Circus Medrano in Paris, France, after […]