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==List of Performers==
==List of Performers==
Please choose from the list below or use the search feature to find them by name:
[[Performers starting with A|A]] | [[Performers starting with B|B]] | [[Performers starting with C|C]] | [[Performers starting with D|D]] | [[Performers starting with E|E]] | [[Performers starting with F|F]] | [[Performers starting with G|G]] | [[Performers starting with H|H]] | [[Performers starting with I|I]] | [[Performers starting with J|J]] | [[Performers starting with K|K]] | [[Performers starting with L|L]] | [[Performers starting with M|M]] | [[Performers starting with N|N]] | [[Performers starting with O|O]] | [[Performers starting with P|P]] | [[Performers starting with Q|Q]] | [[Performers starting with R|R]] | [[Performers starting with S|S]] | [[Performers starting with T|T]] | [[Performers starting with U|U]] | [[Performers starting with V|V]] | [[Performers starting with W|W]] | X | [[Performers starting with Y|Y]] | [[Performers starting with Z|Z]]
For a specific season, visit the season's page for that year's list of performances.
==Top Performers==
===Top Performers (Weeks Performed)===
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!style="min-width: 200px;"|Performer Name!!style="min-width: 150px;"|Type of Act!!style="min-width: 200px;"|Dates Performed!!Weeks!!Seasons!!Notes
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|data-sort-value="Matthiessen, G. F."|G. F. Matthiessen||Stunt cycling||data-sort-type="date" data-sort-value="07/30/1905"|[[1905 Season#Stunts|July 30-Aug. 26, 1905]]<br />[[1906 Season#Stunts|July 29-Aug. 19, 1906]]<br />[[1907 Season#Stunts_and_Outdoor_Shows|July 23-Aug. 4, 1907]]||8||3||Performed as "Diavolo" on the Loop-the-Loop (July 30-Aug. 19, 1905 & July 29-Aug. 19, 1906) and as "Prodigious Porthos" on the Leaping the Gap (Aug. 20-26, 1905 and July 23-Aug. 4. 1907), sometimes referred to as Fred Matthiessen
|- style="vertical-align: top;"
|data-sort-value="Faust Family, The"|The Faust Family||Acrobatic act||data-sort-type="date" data-sort-value="06/04/1899"|[[1899 Season#Week_of_June_4|June 4-10, 1899]]<br />[[1900 Season#Week_of_May_20_(Opening_Week)|May 20-26, 1900]]<br />[[1905 Season#Week_of_July_9|July 9-15, 1905]]<br />[[1905 Season#Week_of_July_30|July 31-Aug. 5, 1905]]<br />[[1905_Season#Week_of_Aug._20|Aug. 20-26, 1905]]||5||3||Six acrobats, led by Ted Faust, performed with Billy Link in July/Aug. 1905
|- style="vertical-align: top;"
|data-sort-value="Sunetaro, Soto"|Soto Sunetaro and Co.||Japanese wonder-working||data-sort-type="date" data-sort-value="07/21/1901"|[[1901 Season#Week_of_July_21|July 21-27, 1901]]<br />[[1903 Season#Week_of_Aug._30|Aug. 30-Sept. 5, 1903]]<br />[[1904_Season#Week_of_May_15|May 15-21, 1904]]<br />[[1908_Season#Week_of_June_14|June 14-21, 1908]]||4||4||Also known as "The Japanese Wonder Worker"
|- style="vertical-align: top;"
|data-sort-value="Stanley, Harry C."|Harry C. Stanley||Comedian||data-sort-type="date" data-sort-value="08/06/1899"|[[1899 Season#Week_of_Aug._6|Aug. 6-12, 1899]]<br>[[1900 Season#Week_of_June_24|June 24-July 7, 1900]]<br />[[1904_Season#Week_of_June_12|June 12-18, 1904]]||4||3||Performed with Doris Wilson in 1900 and 1904
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|data-sort-value="Wilson-Jackson, Doris"|Doris Wilson-Jackson||Singer||data-sort-type="date" data-sort-value="08/06/1899"|[[1899 Season#Week_of_Aug._6|Aug. 6-12, 1899]]<br>[[1900 Season#Week_of_June_24|June 24-July 7, 1900]]<br />[[1904_Season#Week_of_June_12|June 12-18, 1904]]||4||3||Performed with Harry C. Stanley in 1900 and 1904
|- style="vertical-align: top;"
|data-sort-value="Zamora"|The Zamora Family||Mexican acrobats||data-sort-type="date" data-sort-value="09/13/1903"|[[1903 Season#Week_of_Sept._13|Sept. 13-20, 1903]]<br />[[1904 Season#Week_of_July_10|July 10-16, 1904]]<br />[[1904_Season#Sept._11-18_%28Closing_Week%29|Sept. 12-17, 1904]]<br />[[1905_Season#Week_of_Sept._10_(Closing_Week)|Sept.ember 10-17, 1905]]||4||3||
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|data-sort-value="Gladstone, Lotta"|Lotta Gladstone||||data-sort-type="date" data-sort-value="07/16/1899"|[[1899 Season#Week_of_July_16_(Children's_Matinee_Week)|July 16-22, 1899]]<br>[[1900 Season#Week_of_Aug._19|Aug. 19-Sept. 8, 1900]]||4||2||Known as the "Orginal Country Girl"
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|data-sort-value="Lawson, Namon"|Al Lawson and Frances Namon||Comedy cycling and artistic bag punching||data-sort-type="date" data-sort-value="05/19/1901"|[[1901 Season#Week_of_May_19_(Opening_Week)|May 19-25, 1901]]<br />[[1903 Season#Week_of_Aug._30|Aug. 30-Sept. 12, 1903]]||4||2||Known as Lawson and Namon
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|data-sort-value="Clifford, Billy"|Billy Clifford||Singer and dancer||data-sort-type="date" data-sort-value="06/26/1904"|[[1904 Season#Week_of_June_26|June 26-July 2, 1904]]<br />[[1907 Season#Week_of_Aug._12|Aug. 12-Sept. 1, 1907]]||4||2||
|- style="vertical-align: top;"
|data-sort-value="Fearless Greggs"|The Fearless Greggs||Auto racing and sommersault act||data-sort-type="date" data-sort-value="07/11/1920"|[[1920_Season#Theater,_Vaudeville,_and_Stunt_Performances|July 11-Aug. 8, 1920]]||4||1||
|- style="vertical-align: top;"
|data-sort-value="Hill, Flournoy"|Hill and Flournoy||Wild West Show||data-sort-type="date" data-sort-value="07/07/1912"|[[1912_Season#Outdoor_Acts|July 8-Aug. 5, 1912]]||4||1||
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|data-sort-value="Hill, Harry"|Harry Hill's Wild West Show||Wild West Show||data-sort-type="date" data-sort-value="06/29/1913"|[[1913 Season#Outdoor_Acts|June 29-July 31, 1913]]||4||1||
|}
===Top Performers (Seasons Performed)===
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!Performer Name!!Type of Act||Dates Performed!!Weeks!!Seasons!!Headlined!!Notes
!style="min-width: 200px;"|Performer Name!!style="min-width: 150px;"|Type of Act!!style="min-width: 200px;"|Dates Performed!!Seasons!!Notes
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|data-sort-value="Downing, Robert"|Robert Downing and Co.||Actor||data-sort-type="date" data-sort-value="05/28/1899"|[[1899 Season#Week_of_May_28_(Opening_Week)|May 28-June 3, 1899]]||1||1||1||Company had six people
|data-sort-value="Sunetaro, Soto"|Soto Sunetaro and Co.||Japanese wonder-working||data-sort-type="date" data-sort-value="07/21/1901"|[[1901 Season#Week_of_July_21|July 21-27, 1901]]<br />[[1903 Season#Week_of_Aug._30|Aug. 30-Sept. 5, 1903]]<br />[[1904_Season#Week_of_May_15|May 15-21, 1904]]<br />[[1908_Season#Week_of_June_14|June 14-21, 1908]]||4||Also known as "The Japanese Wonder Worker"
|-
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|data-sort-value="Fox, Will H."|Will H. Fox||Comedy pianist||data-sort-type="date" data-sort-value="05/28/1899"|[[1899 Season#Week_of_May_28_(Opening_Week)|May 28-June 3, 1899]]||1||1||||
|data-sort-value="Adelman, Joseph"|Joseph Adelman||Xylophone player||data-sort-type="date" data-sort-value="06/10/1900"|[[1900 Season#Week_of_June_10|June 10-16, 1900]]<br>[[1901 Season#Week_of_June_9|June 9-22, 1901]]||3||
|-
|- style="vertical-align: top;"
|Little Viola||Dancing||data-sort-type="date" data-sort-value="05/28/1899"|[[1899 Season#Week_of_May_28_(Opening_Week)|May 28-June 3, 1899]]||1||1||||Age 6 in 1899, called the "Child Wonder," performed with her sister
|data-sort-value="Coin"|Professor Coin's Dog Circus||Animal act||data-sort-type="date" data-sort-value="07/23/1899"|[[1899 Season#Week_of_July_23|July 23-29, 1899]]<br>[[1900 Season#Week_of_May_20_(Opening_Week)|May 20-26, 1900]]<br>[[1901 Season#Week_of_May_19_(Opening_Week)|May 19-25, 1901]]||3||
|-
|- style="vertical-align: top;"
|McPhee and Hill||Gynasts||data-sort-type="date" data-sort-value="05/28/1899"|[[1899 Season#Week_of_May_28_(Opening_Week)|May 28-June 3, 1899]]||1||1||||Act involved triple and high bars
|data-sort-value="Faust Family, The"|The Faust Family||Acrobatic act||data-sort-type="date" data-sort-value="06/04/1899"|[[1899 Season#Week_of_June_4|June 4-10, 1899]]<br />[[1900 Season#Week_of_May_20_(Opening_Week)|May 20-26, 1900]]<br />[[1905 Season#Week_of_July_9|July 9-15, 1905]]<br />[[1905 Season#Week_of_July_30|July 31-Aug. 5, 1905]]<br />[[1905_Season#Week_of_Aug._20|Aug. 20-26, 1905]]||3||Six acrobats, led by Ted Faust, performed with Billy Link in July/August 1905
|-
|- style="vertical-align: top;"
|data-sort-value="Abt, E."|Professor E. Abt||Artist||data-sort-type="date" data-sort-value="05/28/1899"|[[1899 Season#Week_of_May_28_(Opening_Week)|May 28-June 3, 1899]]||1||1||||Act involved dissolving views of art pictures and battle scenes
|data-sort-value="Matthiessen, G. F."|G. F. Matthiessen||Stunt cycling||data-sort-type="date" data-sort-value="07/30/1905"|[[1905 Season#Stunts|July 30-Aug. 26, 1905]]<br />[[1906 Season#Stunts|July 29-Aug. 19, 1906]]<br />[[1907 Season#Stunts_and_Outdoor_Shows|July 23-Aug. 4, 1907]]||3||Performed as "Diavolo" on the Loop-the-Loop (July 30-Aug. 19, 1905 & July 29-Aug. 19, 1906) and as "Prodigious Porthos" on the Leaping the Gap (Aug. 20-26, 1905 and July 23-Aug. 4. 1907), sometimes referred to as Fred Matthiessen
|-
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|data-sort-value="La Reanes, Harry"|Harry and Eva La Reanes||Irish Comedy||data-sort-type="date" data-sort-value="05/28/1899"|[[1899 Season#Week_of_May_28_(Opening_Week)|May 28-June 3, 1899]]||1||1||||
|data-sort-value="Price, Maude Beale"|Maude Beale Price||Impersonator and soprano singer||data-sort-type="date" data-sort-value="06/24/1900"|[[1900 Season#Week_of_June_24|June 24-30, 1900]]<br>[[1901 Season#Week_of_July_28|July 28-August 3, 1901]]<br>[[1903 Season#Week_of_Sept._13|Sept. 13-20, 1903]]||3||
|-
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|Diana||Light and mirror dancing||data-sort-type="date" data-sort-value="06/04/1899"|[[1899 Season#Week_of_June_4|June 4-June 17, 1899]]||2||1||2||Known as the international "Queen of Light"
|data-sort-value="Raub, Walter"|Walter Raub||Aeronaut||data-sort-type="date" data-sort-value="04/17/1910"|[[1910_Season#Stunts_and_Outdoor_Shows|Various weeks 1910]]<br />[[1911_Season#Stunts_and_Outdoor_Shows|July 9 & 11, 1911]]<br />[[1911_Season#Stunts_and_Outdoor_Shows|July 30, 1911]]<br />[[1912 Season#Outdoor_Acts|Various dates in 1912]]||3||Also known as the "Human Torpedo" and "Professor Raub"
|-
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|data-sort-value="McAvoy, Dick"|Dick and Alice McAvoy||Comedy musicians||data-sort-type="date" data-sort-value="06/04/1899"|[[1899 Season#Week_of_June_4|June 4-June 10, 1899]]||1||1||||Known as the "Original Hogan Alley Kids"
|data-sort-value="Stanley, Harry C."|Harry C. Stanley||Comedian||data-sort-type="date" data-sort-value="08/06/1899"|[[1899 Season#Week_of_Aug._6|Aug. 6-12, 1899]]<br>[[1900 Season#Week_of_June_24|June 24-July 7, 1900]]<br />[[1904_Season#Week_of_June_12|June 12-18, 1904]]||3||Performed with Doris Wilson in 1900 and 1904
|-
|- style="vertical-align: top;"
|data-sort-value="Morellos, The"|The Morellos||Acrobatic Troup||data-sort-type="date" data-sort-value="06/04/1899"|[[1899 Season#Week_of_June_4|June 4-June 10, 1899]]||1||1||||
|data-sort-value="Troubadours"|The Three Troubadours||Singers and comedians||data-sort-type="date" data-sort-value="08/30/1903"|[[1903 Season#Week_of_Aug._30|Aug. 30-Sept. 5, 1903]]<br />[[1904 Season#Week_of_July_24|July 24-30, 1904]]<br />[[1905_Season#Week_of_June_4|June 4-10, 1905]]||3||Also known as the Chihuahua Mexican Troubadors. Made of Casper Zarnes, Charles H. Van, and Hi Briggs
|-
|- style="vertical-align: top;"
|Iler, Birk, and McDonald||Acrobatic act||data-sort-type="date" data-sort-value="06/04/1899"|[[1899 Season#Week_of_June_4|June 4-June 10, 1899]]||1||1||||
|data-sort-value="Wilson-Jackson, Doris"|Doris Wilson-Jackson||Singer||data-sort-type="date" data-sort-value="08/06/1899"|[[1899 Season#Week_of_Aug._6|Aug. 6-12, 1899]]<br>[[1900 Season#Week_of_June_24|June 24-July 7, 1900]]<br />[[1904_Season#Week_of_June_12|June 12-18, 1904]]||3||Performed with Harry C. Stanley in 1900 and 1904
|-
|- style="vertical-align: top;"
|data-sort-value="Faust Family, The"|The Faust Family||Acrobatic act||data-sort-type="date" data-sort-value="06/04/1899"|[[1899 Season#Week_of_June_4|June 4-June 10, 1899]]||1||1||||Six acrobats
|data-sort-value="Zamora"|The Zamora Family||Mexican acrobats||data-sort-type="date" data-sort-value="09/13/1903"|[[1903 Season#Week_of_Sept._13|Sept. 13-20, 1903]]<br />[[1904 Season#Week_of_July_10|July 10-16, 1904]]<br />[[1904_Season#Sept._11-18_%28Closing_Week%29|Sept. 12-17, 1904]]<br />[[1905_Season#Week_of_Sept._10_(Closing_Week)|Sept. 10-17, 1905]]||3||
|-
|data-sort-value="Raymond, Alice"|Alice Raymond||Musician||data-sort-type="date" data-sort-value="06/04/1899"|[[1899 Season#Week_of_June_4|June 4-June 10, 1899]]||1||1||||Played the cornet and gold army bugle
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|data-sort-value="Fielding"|Fielding||Juggler||data-sort-type="date" data-sort-value="06/11/1899"|[[1899 Season#Week_of_June_11|June 11-June 17, 1899]]||1||1||||
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|data-sort-value="Young, Frank C."|Frank C. Young||Soft shoe dancing||data-sort-type="date" data-sort-value="06/11/1899"|[[1899 Season#Week_of_June_11|June 11-June 17, 1899]]||1||1||||Performed with Bessie Devoie in 1899
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|data-sort-value="Devoie, Bessie"|Bessie Devoie||Soft shoe dancing||data-sort-type="date" data-sort-value="06/11/1899"|[[1899 Season#Week_of_June_11|June 11-June 17, 1899]]||1||1||||Performed with Frank C. Young in 1899
|}
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Below is a list of performers (vaudeville, stunts, outdoor shows, etc.) and the dates they performed.

List of Performers

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For a specific season, visit the season's page for that year's list of performances.

Top Performers

Top Performers (Weeks Performed)

Performer Name Type of Act Dates Performed Weeks Seasons Notes
G. F. Matthiessen Stunt cycling July 30-Aug. 26, 1905
July 29-Aug. 19, 1906
July 23-Aug. 4, 1907		 8 3 Performed as "Diavolo" on the Loop-the-Loop (July 30-Aug. 19, 1905 & July 29-Aug. 19, 1906) and as "Prodigious Porthos" on the Leaping the Gap (Aug. 20-26, 1905 and July 23-Aug. 4. 1907), sometimes referred to as Fred Matthiessen
The Faust Family Acrobatic act June 4-10, 1899
May 20-26, 1900
July 9-15, 1905
July 31-Aug. 5, 1905
Aug. 20-26, 1905		 5 3 Six acrobats, led by Ted Faust, performed with Billy Link in July/Aug. 1905
Soto Sunetaro and Co. Japanese wonder-working July 21-27, 1901
Aug. 30-Sept. 5, 1903
May 15-21, 1904
June 14-21, 1908		 4 4 Also known as "The Japanese Wonder Worker"
Harry C. Stanley Comedian Aug. 6-12, 1899
June 24-July 7, 1900
June 12-18, 1904		 4 3 Performed with Doris Wilson in 1900 and 1904
Doris Wilson-Jackson Singer Aug. 6-12, 1899
June 24-July 7, 1900
June 12-18, 1904		 4 3 Performed with Harry C. Stanley in 1900 and 1904
The Zamora Family Mexican acrobats Sept. 13-20, 1903
July 10-16, 1904
Sept. 12-17, 1904
Sept.ember 10-17, 1905		 4 3
Lotta Gladstone July 16-22, 1899
Aug. 19-Sept. 8, 1900		 4 2 Known as the "Orginal Country Girl"
Al Lawson and Frances Namon Comedy cycling and artistic bag punching May 19-25, 1901
Aug. 30-Sept. 12, 1903		 4 2 Known as Lawson and Namon
Billy Clifford Singer and dancer June 26-July 2, 1904
Aug. 12-Sept. 1, 1907		 4 2
The Fearless Greggs Auto racing and sommersault act July 11-Aug. 8, 1920 4 1
Hill and Flournoy Wild West Show July 8-Aug. 5, 1912 4 1
Harry Hill's Wild West Show Wild West Show June 29-July 31, 1913 4 1

Top Performers (Seasons Performed)

Performer Name Type of Act Dates Performed Seasons Notes
Soto Sunetaro and Co. Japanese wonder-working July 21-27, 1901
Aug. 30-Sept. 5, 1903
May 15-21, 1904
June 14-21, 1908		 4 Also known as "The Japanese Wonder Worker"
Joseph Adelman Xylophone player June 10-16, 1900
June 9-22, 1901		 3
Professor Coin's Dog Circus Animal act July 23-29, 1899
May 20-26, 1900
May 19-25, 1901		 3
The Faust Family Acrobatic act June 4-10, 1899
May 20-26, 1900
July 9-15, 1905
July 31-Aug. 5, 1905
Aug. 20-26, 1905		 3 Six acrobats, led by Ted Faust, performed with Billy Link in July/August 1905
G. F. Matthiessen Stunt cycling July 30-Aug. 26, 1905
July 29-Aug. 19, 1906
July 23-Aug. 4, 1907		 3 Performed as "Diavolo" on the Loop-the-Loop (July 30-Aug. 19, 1905 & July 29-Aug. 19, 1906) and as "Prodigious Porthos" on the Leaping the Gap (Aug. 20-26, 1905 and July 23-Aug. 4. 1907), sometimes referred to as Fred Matthiessen
Maude Beale Price Impersonator and soprano singer June 24-30, 1900
July 28-August 3, 1901
Sept. 13-20, 1903		 3
Walter Raub Aeronaut Various weeks 1910
July 9 & 11, 1911
July 30, 1911
Various dates in 1912		 3 Also known as the "Human Torpedo" and "Professor Raub"
Harry C. Stanley Comedian Aug. 6-12, 1899
June 24-July 7, 1900
June 12-18, 1904		 3 Performed with Doris Wilson in 1900 and 1904
The Three Troubadours Singers and comedians Aug. 30-Sept. 5, 1903
July 24-30, 1904
June 4-10, 1905		 3 Also known as the Chihuahua Mexican Troubadors. Made of Casper Zarnes, Charles H. Van, and Hi Briggs
Doris Wilson-Jackson Singer Aug. 6-12, 1899
June 24-July 7, 1900
June 12-18, 1904		 3 Performed with Harry C. Stanley in 1900 and 1904
The Zamora Family Mexican acrobats Sept. 13-20, 1903
July 10-16, 1904
Sept. 12-17, 1904
Sept. 10-17, 1905		 3
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