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unusual facts about Showman



Camp Cody

The camp was renamed again shortly after the death of the famous buffalo hunter and showman, William F. Cody (1846–1917), better known as "Buffalo Bill Cody."

Castelldefels

The town is famous for its long beach (more than 5 km), for being the place of residence of many famous sportsmen and for being the city which inspired the creation of the character "El Neng de Castefa" who used to appear on the late night show called "BFN" hosted by the showman and presenter Andreu Buenafuente.

Clever, Missouri

A series of Chautauqua events over the course of several summers entertained the residents, as did famed showman and Wild West figure WIlliam "Buffalo Bill" Cody in 1913.

George C. Howard

George C. Howard (1818–1887) was a Nova Scotian-born American actor and showman who is credited with staging the first theatrical production of Harriet Beecher Stowe's Uncle Tom's Cabin.

Hazard's Pavilion

Showman George "Roundhouse" Lehman had planned to construct a large theatre center on the land he purchased at this location, but he went broke and the property was sold to the City Attorney (and soon to be Mayor), Henry T. Hazard.

James Creelman

He joined adventurer and showman Paul Boyton on his treks across the Yellowstone River and Mississippi River, dodged bullets reporting on the feud between the Hatfields and McCoys and interviewed Sitting Bull.

Janet 'Rusty' Skuse

She turned down an offer from a showman in Glasgow, Scotland to become a tattooed attraction; however, the offer convinced her to get tattooed completely.

Johnny J. Jones

Johnny J. Jones (June 8, 1874 – December 25, 1930), billed as "The Mighty Monarch of the Tented World" and "The Midway King”', was a prominent showman in the America's carnival industry.

Johnny Patterson

He was talent-spotted by Pablo Fanque, who The Beatles sing about in 'Mr Kite' – he was a famous black Yorkshire showman.

Jorge Muñiz

Coque was born in Ciudad de México to parents Marco Antonio Muñiz ("Mexico's Favorite Singer / Showman") and Olga Gardner Meza.

Ludlow, Kentucky

Carneal later sold the land to William Bullock, a British showman, entrepreneur, and traveller, who directed John Papworth to design a utopian community for the site named Hygeia (Greek for "health").

Mickey Vann

Mickey was the son of Hal Denver (a friend of Elvis Presley)-who once threw knives at John Major's mother-and the grandson of The Silver King, a showman with The Elephant Man among his sideshows.

Mount Royal Station

Luminaries using the B&O's station over the years include U.S. Presidents Woodrow Wilson, Calvin Coolidge, Herbert Hoover, Franklin D. Roosevelt, and Dwight D. Eisenhower, along with Western showman "Buffalo Bill" Cody, singer Enrico Caruso, and celebrated conductor Arturo Toscanini, whose private Pullman car was parked on a siding during his appearances at the nearby Lyric Theatre.

Paul Boynton

Paul Boyton (1848–1924), often misspelled Boynton, showman and adventurer

Public lecture

Public autoposies have sometimes verged on entertainment: American showman P. T. Barnum held a public autopsy of Joice Heth after her death.

Richard Lancelyn Green

He was something of a showman, appearing as a 19th-century music hall master of ceremonies at events of the Sherlock Holmes Society, of which he was chairman from 1996 to 1999, and dressing in period costume to visit Reichenbach Falls, where Sherlock Holmes was thought to have died until Conan Doyle "resurrected" him eight years later.

Rufus C. Somerby

Rufus C. Somerby (1832–1903) was an entertainer, showman, and panoramist in the mid-nineteenth century, and one of a very few men of his profession to leave behind any memoirs or account of his activities.

Summercourt fair

Apart from the market, the principal attraction is the funfair provided by travelling showmen of The Showmens Guild's western section.

The Crazy World of Arthur Brown

Produced by The Who's manager Kit Lambert, and executive-produced by Pete Townshend on Track Records, the label begun by Lambert and Chris Stamp, it spun off an equally surprising hit single, "Fire", and contained a version of "I Put a Spell on You" by Screaming Jay Hawkins, a similarly bizarre showman.

The Iron Maiden

The traction engine that featured as The Iron Maiden was a John Fowler & Co. 7nhp showman's road locomotive (works no. 15657, reg no. FX 6661).

William Booth Wecker

William (Will) Booth Wecker (December 17, 1892 – September 3, 1969) was an American entertainer and all around showman and was also the agent for his wife Bee Kyle the well known high diver.


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