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is a person who practices

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for entertainment, sport or recreation. Famous professional jugglers have come from many countries and have performed their skills live in

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es, variety theatres, casinos, cruise ships, festivals, street venues and on television. The following is a list of jugglers who are notable for professional success as a performer,

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, official competition titles or the invention of patterns or tricks.

Australia

* Space Cowboy

Austria

Christoph and Manuel Mitasch The two brothers Christoph (born July 23, 1982, in Linz) and Manuel Mitasch (born June 5, 1986, in Linz) are a world class juggling team from Austria Austria, formally the Republic of Austria, is a landlocked country in Central Europe, lyi ...

– as a duo, they hold multiple world records for numbers of clubs passed.

Canada

*Wilfred Dubois (b. 1892)

Czech Republic

* Alan Šulc – holds multiple world records for numbers in bounce juggling.

Germany

* Francis Brunn – numerous appearances on stage and television. * Lottie Brunn - believed to be the fastest female juggler. * Paul Cinquevalli * Thomas Dietz * Luca Pferdmenges – multiple

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holder and

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Hungary

* Trixie – known as 'the first lady of juggling'. Appearance on stage and film.

Italy

* Enrico Rastelli – a former holder of multiple world records.

Netherlands

* Niels Duinker – comedy juggler and holder of multiple

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New Zealand

* Mike the Juggler – Wellington busker.

Russia (or the former USSR)

* Vova and Olga Galchenko - brother and sister juggling team who won the Team Club Passing competition at the World Juggling Federation in 2006. * Sergej Ignatov – former holder of various world records. Many appearances in circuses and on stage.

United Kingdom

* Alex Barron – holds multiple world records for number of balls juggled. *Sean Gandini – holds multiple world records for number of rings passed. *Rod Laver – notable for ping pong ball juggling routine. Numerous appearances on stage and television worldwide. *Haggis and Charlie – juggling performers, teachers and authors. Appearances at festivals, stage and television. *Erwyd le Föl (real name Russel Erwood) – originally from Bristol, UK, Erwyd is one of the world's few remaining official

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s and frequently uses juggling in his shows.

United States

* Michael Davis – juggler and comedian who performed on multiple television shows during the 1980s. * W.C. Fields – Actor and vaudeville performer. *

The Flying Karamazov Brothers The Flying Karamazov Brothers (FKB) are a juggling and comedy troupe that has been performing since 1973. They learned their trade busking as street artists starting in Santa Cruz, California, eventually going on to perform nationally and internat ...

– juggling and comedy troupe who have been performing since 1973. * Jason Garfield – president of the World Juggling Federation. * Anthony Gatto – juggler from New York who holds several juggling awards. Gatto became the first and so far only juggler to win the prestigious Golden Clown award at the 24th International Circus Festival of Monte-Carlo. * Michael Goudeau – former circus clown and frequent collaborator of Penn Jillette. *

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- mathematician who published several papers on siteswapping, instructor who taught Steve Mills, and former president of the

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. * Galen Harp – co-founder of the Institute of Jugglology *

Penn Jillette Penn Fraser Jillette (born March 5, 1955) is an American Magic (illusion), magician, actor, comedian, musician, inventor, television presenter, and author, best known for his work with fellow magician Teller (magician), Teller as half of the t ...

– acting as half of the duo

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, Jillette incorporates his juggling skills into their magic act. * Albert Lucas – holds certain world records for number of objects juggled. Club juggling trick 'Alberts' and by association 'Treblas' named after him. * Marcus Monroe – comedian and juggler, 2012 winner of the Andy Kaufman Award. * Bobby May – vaudeville-era juggler most known for juggling while ice skating. * Steve Mills – inventor of the juggling pattern Mills Mess. *

Michael Moschen Michael Moschen is an American juggler. Early life Moschen was a classmate of Penn Jillette's at Greenfield High School in Greenfield, Massachusetts, class of 1973. The two worked together developing juggling performances immediately after hig ...

– popularised

contact juggling Contact manipulation is a form of object manipulation that focuses on the movement of objects such as balls in contact with the body. Although often used in conjunction with "toss juggling", it differs in that it involves the rolling of one or ...

in 1990s. * Ellen Winters – co-founder of the Institute of Jugglology