20th-century circus performers

Italian actress and circus performer (1931-2015)

Daughter of Grigori Rasputin; memoirist, circus performer (1898–1977)

British-American circus performer

holds record for the longest beard

English circus performer and entrepreneur; Second person and first man to go over Niagara Falls in a barrel (1858–1926)

Italian equestrian and circus performer

Ukrainian strongman (1899-1970)

Canadian circus performer (1838–1929)

Soviet actor (1924–2023)

Czech discus thrower, weightlifter and wrestler (1879–1957)

circus performer

English aerialist and actor who became the first human cannonball

Russian gymnast

expert aerialist

American entertainer (between 1897 and 1899-1973)

American animal trainer (1934–2001)

American circus performer, Ziegfeld Girl