Ringling may refer to:
People
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Ringling brothers, seven American siblings of one America's largest circuses
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Charles Edward Ringling
Charles Edward Ringling (December 2, 1863 – December 3, 1926) was one of the Ringling brothers, who owned the Ringling Brothers and Barnum & Bailey Circus. He was in charge of production and greatly admired by the employees, who called h ...
(1863–1926), circus owner
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John Ringling
John Nicholas Ringling (May 31, 1866 – December 2, 1936) was an American entrepreneur who is the best known of the seven Ringling brothers, five of whom merged the Barnum & Bailey Circus with their own Ringling Brothers Circus, Ringling Br ...
(1866–1936), circus owner
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Otto Ringling
Otto Ringling (born William Henry Ringling; 1858 – March 31, 1911) was an American Circusman, businessman, and the third oldest of the Ringling brothers. He was the co-founder of the Ringling Bros. World's Greatest Shows, which eventually be ...
(1858–1911), American circusman and businessman
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Henry Ringling North
Henry Ringling North (November 12, 1909 – October 2, 1993) was an American businessman, as a circus proprietor who was the vice president, treasurer, director and operations chief, while his brother, John Ringling North, was the president and ...
(1909–1993), American businessman, as a circus proprietor
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John Ringling North
John Ringling North (August 14, 1903 – June 4, 1985) was the president and director of the Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus from 1937 to 1943 and again from 1947 to 1967.
Life and career
North was born on August 14, 1903, in Barabo ...
(1903–1985), a president and director of the Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus
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Mable Burton Ringling
Mable Burton Ringling (March 14, 1875 – June 8, 1929) was an American art collector who with her husband created the John and Mable Ringling Museum of Art.
Biography
She was born in Moons, Ohio, on March 14, 1875. She had four sisters and one ...
(1875–1929), art collector
Places
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Ringling, Montana
Ringling is an unincorporated community in southern Meagher County, Montana, United States, along the route of U.S. Route 89. The town was a station stop on the transcontinental main line of the Chicago, Milwaukee, St. Paul and Pacific Railroad ...
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Ringling, Oklahoma
Ringling is a town in Jefferson County, Oklahoma, United States. Its population was 869 as of the 2020 United States census. It was named for John Ringling, the founder of the Ringling Brothers Circus.
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Ringling Bridge
John Ringling Causeway (also known as Ringling Bridge or Gil Waters Bridge) is a causeway that extends past the Sarasota Bay, from Sarasota, Florida, Sarasota to St. Armands Key, Florida, St. Armands Key and Lido Key. The bridge, built in 200 ...
Institutions
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Ringling Brothers Circus
Ringling Bros. World's Greatest Shows is a circus founded in Baraboo, Wisconsin, United States in 1884 by five of the seven Ringling brothers: Albert, August, Otto, Alfred T., Charles, John, and Henry. The Ringling brothers were sons of a Germ ...
(1884–1919), a circus founded in Wisconsin, United States in 1884
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Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus (1919–2017), an American traveling circus company
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Ringling College of Art and Design
Ringling College of Art and Design (RCAD; stylized as Ringling College of Art + Design) is a private art and design school in Sarasota, Florida. It was founded by Ludd M. Spivey as an art school in 1931 as a remote branch of Southern College b ...
, a private college focused on art and design
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Ringling Museum of Art
The John and Mable Ringling Museum of Art is the official state art museum of Florida, located in Sarasota, Florida. It was established in 1927 as the legacy of Mable Burton Ringling and John Ringling for the people of Florida. Florida State Uni ...
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Ringling International Arts Festival
The Ringling International Arts Festival is an annual festival at the Ringling Museum of Art. The first three years the festival was a collaboration with the Baryshnikov Arts Center, but currently is curated solely by the John and Mable Ringling ...
, an annual festival at the Ringling Museum of Art
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