François Fratellini (1879–1951) was a French

circus A circus is a company of performers who put on diverse entertainment shows that may include clowns, acrobats, trained animals, trapeze acts, musicians, dancers, hoopers, tightrope walkers, jugglers, magicians, ventriloquists, and unicy ...

clown. He performed as an elegant Whiteface. He was a member of the

Fratellini Family The Fratellini family was a famous European circus family in the late 1910s and 1920s. An engagement at the Circus Medrano in Paris, France, after World War I was so successful that it sparked a strong resurgence of interest in the circus. By 1 ...

. François was born in

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, in 1879, and died there in 1951. He had two brothers: Paul Fratellini (1877–1940) and Albert Fratellini (1886–1961).

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1879 births 1951 deaths French clowns French people of Italian descent People from Paris {{France-entertainer-stub