Charles Blondin

Charles Blondin

male, deceased (1897)
Jean François Gravelet-Blondin, French tight-rope walker and acrobat, was born at St Omer, France. His real name was Jean-François Gravelet, and wa...
George Birkbeck

George Birkbeck

male, deceased (1841)
George Birkbeck (10 January 1776 - 1 December 1841) was a British doctor, academic, philanthropist, an early pioneer in adult education and founder...
Andrew Ducrow

Andrew Ducrow

male, deceased (1842)
Andrew Ducrow (1793 - 1842) was a British circus performer often called the "Father of British circus equestrianism" and "the Colossus of...
Catherine Hayes

Catherine Hayes

female, deceased (1861)
Catherine Hayes (1818-1861) Born at 4 Patrick Street, Limerick, Ireland, her father deserted his family causing great financial distress. Hayes...
Esther Kenworthy Waterhouse

Esther Kenworthy Waterhouse

female, deceased (1944)
Esther Kenworthy Waterhouse née Esther Maria Kenworthy was a British artist who exhibited her flower-paintings at the Royal Academy and elsewhere. S...

Kitty Melrose

female, deceased (1912)
Kitty Melrose (b. Agnes Butterfield 1883 - d. June 2, 1912) was an English stage actress. Melrose made her last stage appearance at the London...

George de Lacy Evans

male, deceased (1870)
Sir George de Lacy Evans (1787 - 9 January 1870) was a British Army general. He was born in 1787, in Moig Ireland. Evans served in the Peninsular...

John Edward Carew

male, deceased (1868)
John Edward Carew (c.1785-1 December 1868) was a notable Irish sculptor during the 19th century. Thought to be the son of a local stonecutter,...

John Hobhouse 1st Baron Broughton

male, deceased (1869)
John Cam Hobhouse, 1st Baron Broughton, PC (27 June 1786-3 June 1869), known as Sir John Cam Hobhouse, Bt from 1831 to 1851, was the eldest son of...
Jean Pierre Ginnett

Jean Pierre Ginnett

male
Jean Pierre Ginnett (d. 1861) founded the Ginnett circus dynasty. His son John Frederick Ginnett (b. 1825 in London, d. 1892) and three grandsons...