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Althoff Circus (c1675 - 1999) 2

Anderson, Moira, Born 1938 1

Anderton and Rowland (Established c1854 - 1879) 1

Arnold, Tom, 1897 - 1969 1

Askey, Arthur Bowden, 1900 - 1982 1

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Astley's Amphitheatre (1773 - 1891) 2

Astley, Philip, 1742 - 1814 1

Austen Brothers Circus (Established 1974) 2

Aznavour, Charles, 1924 - 2018 1

Barbette, 1899 - 1973 1

Barltrop, Chris, Born c1958 1

Barnum & Bailey Circus (1881 - 1919) 2

Barrett's Canadian Circus (1925 - 1956) 1

Barrett, Norman, Born 1935 1

Battersea Park Amusement Park (1858 - 1972) 2

Batty, William, 1801 - 1868 1

Beatty, Clyde, 1903 - 1965 1

Belle Vue (1836 - 1982) 3

Bertram Mills Circus (1920 - 1967) 2

Beverly Sisters (c1943 - 2009) 1

Billy Smart's Circus (c1946 - 2006) 3

Bingley Hall (1850 - 1984) 1

Blackpool Pleasure Beach (Established 1896) 2

Blackpool Tower Circus (Established 1894) 1

Blondin, Charles, 1824 - 1897 1

Boone, Pat, Born 1934 1

Bostock and Wombwell Menagerie (c1846 - 1931) 1

Bostock, Frank C., 1866 - 1912 1

Boswell's Circus (1882 - 2015) 1

Bramwell Taylor, John, c1912 - 2003 1

Brick, Hans, 1889 - 1972 1

Buffalo Bill, 1846 - 1917 2

C. Doubtfire (Amusements) Limited (Active c1950 - 1999) 1

Cairoli, Charlie, 1910 - 1980 3

Carl Hagenbeck Circus (c1893 - 1907) 1

Chang & Eng, 1811 - 1874 1

Chapman Circus (1928 - 1940) 1

Chapman, Ellen, 1831 - 1899 1

Chessington World of Adventures (Established 1987) 1

Chipperfield's Circus (Established c1800) 2

Chipperfield, Jimmy (James), 1912 - 1990 2

Chipperfield, Mary, 1938 - 2014 3

Circus Archaos (Established 1986) 1

Circus Barum (1878 - 2008) 1

Circus Boltini (Established c1939) 1

Circus Busch (1903 - 1999) 2

Circus Busch-Roland (c1884 - 2018) 1

Circus Friends Association of Great Britain (Established 1934) 1

Circus Ginnett (Established c1800) 1

Circus Knie (Established 1803) 2

Circus Krone (Established 1905) 2

Circus Medrano (Established 1875) 1

Circus Pinder (Established 1854) 2

Circus Roncalli (Established 1976) 1

Circus Sarrasani (c1902 - 1977) 1

Circus Togni (Established c1880) 1

Circus of Horrors (Established 1995) 1

Cirkus Arnardo (Established 1949) 1

Cirkus Benneweis (1887 - 2015) 1

Cirkus Merano (1975 - 2015) 1

Cirque Jean Richard (c1957 - 1990) 1

Cirque d'Hiver Bouglione (Established 1852) 2

Cirque du Soleil (Established 1984) 1

Clyde Beatty Cole Bros. Circus (Established c1957) 1

Cole Bros. Circus (c1884 - 1957) 1

Corrigan, Albert, c1920 - 2008 1

Cottle, Gerry, 1945 - 2021 2

Court, Alfred, 1883 - 1977 1

Craston, Joe (Joseph), 1868 - 1948 1

Crystal Palace (1851 - 1936) 2

David Smart's Super Circus (c1980 - 1983) 2

Denver, Hal, 1909 - 1994 1

Distel, Sacha, 1933 - 2004 1

Dodd, Ken, 1927 - 2018 2

Doddles, c1877 - 1967 1

Drury Lane Theatre (Established c1660) 2

Ducrow, Andrew (1793-1842) 1

Duffy's Circus (Established c1800) 1

Egyptian Hall (1812 - 1905) 1

Essex, David, Born 1947 1

Fossett's Circus (Established c1870 - 1879) 2

Gandey's Circus (Established c1918) 2

Gerry Cottle's Circus (1974 - 2003) 2

Great Yarmouth Hippodrome (Established 1903) 2

Hengler Grand Cirque (1844 - 1924) 2

Jamieson, David, 1949 - 2017 2

Lord George Sanger Circus (Established c1880) 2

Merchant, Billy (Little Billy), 1919 - 2001 2

Olympia London (Established 1886) 2

Popov, Oleg, 1930 - 2016 2

Rogana, Born 1933 2

Rosaire's Circus & Zoo (Established 1904) 2

Sanger's Allied Circus (Established 1854) 2

Sanger, George, 1825 - 1911 2

Sanger, John, 1819 - 1889 2

Smart, Billy (William), 1894 - 1966 2

Thames Television (Established 1968) 2

The Agricultural Hall (1862 - 1943) 2

W. E. Berry Ltd (1888 - 2004) 2

Yokoi, Lilly, Born 1929 2

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