- female, deceased (1836)
- Joice Heth was an African American slave. Toward the end of her life, in 1835, blind and almost completely paralyzed (she could talk, and had some...
- male, deceased (1883)
- General Tom Thumb was the stage name of Charles Sherwood Stratton, a midget who achieved great fame under circus pioneer P.T. Barnum. Stratton was...
- male, deceased (1906)
- James Anthony Bailey (July 4, 1847-April 11, 1906) was a circus manager. He was born James Anthony McGuiness in Detroit, Michigan, and died in...
- male, deceased (1908)
- Antonio Pastor (May 28, 1837-August 26, 1908) was a variety performer and theatre owner who became one of the founding forces behind American...
- male, deceased (2002)
- Joshua Ryan Evans (January 10, 1982 - August 5, 2002) was an actor who became known for his role of "Timmy" in the soap opera "Passions". Though he...
- male
- William Cameron Coup was a Wisconsin businessman who partnered with P.T. Barnum and Dan Castello in 1871 to form the "P.T. Barnum’s Museum, Me...
- male, deceased (1934)
- Prince Randian (b. 1871-d. December 19, 1934), also billed as "The Living Torso", was a successful side show performer in the 1930s, starring...
- male
- Barnum Brown (1873-1963), named after the circus showman P.T. Barnum, was perhaps the most famous fossil hunter of the early Twentieth Century....
- male, deceased (1904)
- Fedor Jeftichew, from pneumonia on January 31 1904. Annette Funicello dedicated a song to him called "Jojo the dogfaced boy."
- male, deceased (1930)
- Edward Franklin Albee II was a vaudeville impresario, and the adoptive grandfather of Edward Franklin Albee III, the playwright. He was born in...
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