Samuel W. Gumpertz (1868–1952) was an American showman who played a part in the building of

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's Dreamland. Gompertz traveled the world in search of indigenous people to perform in the popular ethnographic sideshows of the day, including Filipinos who were exhibited in an "Igorot Village", long-necked women from Burma and people from Borneo who performed as "wild men of Borneo," who Gumpertz reportedly 'acquired' by paying two hundred bags of salt to tribal leaders.

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1868 births 1952 deaths American entertainment industry businesspeople {{US-entertainer-stub