Captain George Costentenus, also known as "The Arvanite Greek" or "The Tattooed Greek Prince", (April 17, 1833 - ?) was a circus performer in the late...
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Barnum's most popular and highest grossing act was the Tattooed Man, George Costentenus. He claimed to be a Greek-Albanian prince raised in a Turkish harem...
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entertainments at the Royal Aquarium in London. The heavily tattooed Captain George Costentenus was among the acts he exhibited at the Royal Aquarium. In the early...
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gunfighter), Iron Jack (Hercules), Sampson (chain breaker), Captain George Costentenus (tattooed with three hundred and twenty animal figures), the Scheffers...
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