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Austen Brothers Circus (Established 1974) 3

Bertram Mills Circus (1920 - 1967) 3

Billy Smart's Circus (c1946 - 2006) 3

Blackpool Tower Circus (Established 1894) 3

Cairoli, Charlie, 1910 - 1980 3

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Chipperfield's Circus (Established c1800) 3

Circus Krone (Established 1905) 3

Great Yarmouth Hippodrome (Established 1903) 3

W. E. Berry Ltd (1888 - 2004) 3

Althoff Circus (c1675 - 1999) 2

Argyle Theatre of Varieties (c1868 - 1945) 2

Barrett, Norman, Born 1935 2

Belle Vue (1836 - 1982) 2

Bostock and Wombwell Menagerie (c1846 - 1931) 2

Boswell's Circus (1882 - 2015) 2

Chipperfield, Jimmy (James), 1912 - 1990 2

Chipperfield, Mary, 1938 - 2014 2

Circus Busch (1903 - 1999) 2

Circus Busch-Roland (c1884 - 2018) 2

Circus Knie (Established 1803) 2

Cirkus Merano (1975 - 2015) 2

Cirque d'Hiver Bouglione (Established 1852) 2

Cottle, Gerry, 1945 - 2021 2

Crystal Palace (1851 - 1936) 2

Dodd, Ken, 1927 - 2018 2

Duffy's Circus (Established c1800) 2

Fossett's Circus (Established c1870 - 1879) 2

Gandey's Circus (Established c1918) 2

Gerry Cottle's Circus (1974 - 2003) 2

Glasgow Empire Theatre (1897 - 1963) 2

Grimaldi, Joseph, 1778 - 1837 2

Jamieson, David, 1949 - 2017 2

Jay, Peter, Born 1944 2

Lord George Sanger Circus (Established c1880) 2

Lord John Sanger Circus (Established c1880) 2

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

Mills, Cyril Bertram, 1902 - 1991 2

Ohmy Circus (c1867 - 1920) 2

Olympia London (Established 1886) 2

Paulo Circus (Established c1900 - 1910) 2

Popov, Oleg, 1930 - 2016 2

Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus (1919 - 2017) 2

Robert Brothers Circus (Established 1944) 2

Rogana, Born 1933 2

Sanger, George, 1825 - 1911 2

Sanger, John, 1819 - 1889 2

Thames Television (Established 1968) 2

The Great Ohmy, c1852 - 1931 2

The London Palladium (Established 1910) 2

Wilsons Group Services (Established c1860) 2

World's Fair Publications Limited (Established 1904) 2

Yokoi, Lilly, Born 1929 2

Adelphi Theatre (Established 1806) 1

Anderson, Moira, Born 1938 1

Anderton and Rowland (Established c1854 - 1879) 1

Arnold, Tom, 1897 - 1969 1

Astley's Amphitheatre (1773 - 1891) 1

Astley, Philip, 1742 - 1814 1

Aznavour, Charles, 1924 - 2018 1

Barbette, 1899 - 1973 1

Barltrop, Chris, Born c1958 1

Barnum & Bailey Circus (1881 - 1919) 1

Barrett's Canadian Circus (1925 - 1956) 1

Battersea Park Amusement Park (1858 - 1972) 1

Batty, William, 1801 - 1868 1

Beatty, Clyde, 1903 - 1965 1

Beverly Sisters (c1943 - 2009) 1

Big Daddy, 1930 - 1997 1

Bingley Hall (1850 - 1984) 1

Blackpool Hippodrome (1895 - 2014) 1

Blackpool Pleasure Beach (Established 1896) 1

Blondin, Charles, 1824 - 1897 1

Bobby Robert's Super Circus (1993 - 2011) 1

Boone, Pat, Born 1934 1

Bostock, Frank C., 1866 - 1912 1

Brick, Hans, 1889 - 1972 1

British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) (Established 1920) 1

Buffalo Bill, 1846 - 1917 1

Buller, Redvers Henry, General, Sir, 1839 - 1908 1

Carl Hagenbeck Circus (c1893 - 1907) 1

Chaplin, Charles, 1889 - 1977 1

Chapman Circus (1928 - 1940) 1

Chapman, Ellen, 1831 - 1899 1

Chessington World of Adventures (Established 1987) 1

Chester Royalty Theatre (1882 - 1966) 1

Circus Archaos (Established 1986) 1

Circus Barum (1878 - 2008) 1

Circus Boltini (Established c1939) 1

Circus Friends Association of Great Britain (Established 1934) 1

Circus Ginnett (Established c1800) 1

Circus Medrano (Established 1875) 1

Circus Pinder (Established 1854) 1

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

Cirque Jean Richard (c1957 - 1990) 1

Cirque du Soleil (Established 1984) 1

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