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People

  • Ringling brothers
    Ringling brothers
    The Ringling brothers were seven siblings who transformed their small touring company of performers into one of America's largest circuses in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. Born in McGregor, Iowa and raised in Baraboo, Wisconsin, they were the children of Heinrich Friedrich August Ringling...

    • Charles Edward Ringling (1863-1926), circus owner
    • John Nicholas Ringling (1866-1936), circus owner
  • Henry Ringling North
    Henry Ringling North
    Henry Ringling North was the vice president, treasurer, director and operations chief, while his brother, John Ringling North, was the president and chairman of the Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus.-Biography:...

  • John Ringling North
    John Ringling North
    John Ringling North was the owner of the Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus from 1937 to 1943 and from 1947 to 1967. In 1967 he sold the circus to Irvin Feld.-Biography:...


Institutions

  • Ringling Brothers Circus
    Ringling Brothers Circus
    The Ringling Brothers Circus was a circus founded in the United States in 1884 by five of the seven Ringling Brothers: Albert , August , Otto , Alfred T. , Charles , John , and Henry...

     (1884-1919)
  • Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus
    Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus
    Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus is an American circus company. The company was started when the circus created by James Anthony Bailey and P. T. Barnum was merged with the Ringling Brothers Circus. The Ringling brothers purchased the Barnum & Bailey Circus in 1907, but ran the circuses...

     (1919-present)
  • Ringling International Arts Festival
    Ringling International Arts Festival
    The Ringling International Arts Festival is an annual festival resulting from the partnership between the Ringling Museum of Art and the Baryshnikov Arts Center....

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