John Ringling

John Ringling
John Ringling
	Ringling, c. late 19th century
Born	Johan Nicholas Rüngeling; May 31, 1866; McGregor, Iowa, U.S.
Died	December 2, 1936 (aged 70); New York City, New York, U.S.
Resting place	John and Mable Ringling Museum of Art
Known for	Ringling Brothers Circus; Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus;
Spouses	; Mable Burton (m. 1905; died 1929) Emily Haag Buck (m. 1930; div. 1936)
Parents	August Ringling (father); Marie Salomé Juliar (mother);
Relatives	Albert Ringling (brother); Augustus Gustav Ringling (brother); Otto Ringling (brother); Alfred Theodore Ringling (brother); Charles Edward Ringling (brother); Henry Ringling (brother); John Ringling North (nephew); Henry Ringling North (nephew);

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 Bros. World's Greatest Shows to create a virtual monopoly of traveling circuses and helped shape the modern circus. In addition to owning and managing many of the largest circuses in the United States, he was also a rancher, a real estate developer and art collector. He was inducted into the Florida Artists Hall of Fame in 1987.

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