4: Black Diamond the Elephant Circus Elephant Born: c.1898, Southeast Asia Died:16 October 1929, Just Outside Kenedy, Texas, United States of America Also Known As: Tusko or Congo Black Diamond was a male Indian elephant owned by the AI G Barnes Circus. He reportedly weighed somewhere between six and nine tons and was called the…
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3) Mary the Elephant
3: Mary the Elephant Born: c.1894, Southeast Asia Died: 13 September 1916, Erwin, Tennessee Mary was an Asian elephant who performed with the Sparks World Famous Shows circus, which traveled by railroad all over the country. She was purchased by the Sparks circus at the age of four and spent the remainder of her life…
2) Tyke the Elephant
2: Tyke the Elephant Circus Elephant Remembered for Her Traumatic Death Born: c.1973, Mozambique Died: 20 August 1994, Honolulu, Hawaii, United States of America Tyke was a female African Bush Elephant who was horrifically shot and killed by Hawaiian police. Tyke was captured as a baby from her homeland of Mozambique in Africa. African elephants…
993) Joice Heth
993: Joice Heth PT Barnum’s First Human Display Born: c.1756, Possibly Madagascar Died: 19 February 1836, New York, United States of America Joice was already elderly when she first came across the man now associated with the moniker “The Greatest Showman.” Some believe Joice was born in Madagascar, before she was enslaved and brought to…
807) Lucía Zárate
807: Lucía Zárate The World’s Smallest Woman Born: 2 January 1863, San Carlos Nuevo Guaymas, Mexico Died: 29 January 1890, Truckee, California, United States of America Lucía most likely had Primordial Dwarfism. While Wikipedia states this with certainty, there really is no way to know for certain considering Lucía lived so many years ago. If…
804) Alice Doherty
804: Alice Doherty The Minnesota Woolly Girl Born: 14 March 1887, Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States of America Died: 13 June 1933, Dallas, Texas, United States of America Alice, like Antonietta Gonsalvus, lived with Hypertrichosis. Hypertrichosis is a genetic trait that makes hair grow out all over your body. Alice is the only known person to…
802) Myrtle Corbin
802: Myrtle Corbin “The Four-Legged Girl From Texas” Born: 12 May 1868, Lincoln County, Tennessee, United States of America Died: 6 May 1928, Cleburne, Texas, United States of America Original Name: Josephine Myrtle Corbin Myrtle was born a dipygus; meaning she had two separate pelvises side by side from the waist down (including two sets…
661) Maria Rasputin
“I am constantly being persecuted and branded a communist due to my name being Maria Rasputin, daughter of Gregory Rasputin, known as the ‘Mad Monk of Russia.’ I left Russia 28 years ago and am now a naturalized American citizen, for which privilege I thank God every night, as I love the United States of…
487) Maud Wagner
487: Maud Wagner The First Female Tattoo Artist in the United States Born: 12 February 1877, Lyon County, Kansas, United States of America Died: 30 January 1961, Lawton, Oklahoma, United States of America Maud was a circus performer who did aerial tricks and a contortionist act. She and her husband were both tattoo artists and…
37) Charles Stratton
37) Charles Stratton But He’s Better Known as General Tom Thumb Born: 4 January 1838, Bridgeport, Connecticut, United States of America Died: 15 July 1883, Bridgeport, Connecticut, United States of America Charles is considered to be one of the most famous dwarves in history, and the first internationally known superstar. Charles was discovered by PT…