As I stated a month ago, I was recently asked what my real name was by a magician. I told him David Cain was my real name, although I admitted that in day to day life away from the juggling world, I generally go by Dave. Nevertheless, he was surprised that I had been born with such a “stage-ready name”, as he called it. His real name was very hard to pronounce and spell, so he went by a stage name, as is quite common in the world of show business. Many of the most famous acting and music stars are not known by the name on their birth certificates. The same is true, to a lesser extent, in the world of juggling. This was especially the case in earlier times. The magician’s question got me thinking about jugglers’ stage names. A month ago I decided it might be fun to put together a quick little game for the juggling community to play and today eJuggle is publishing the results. Below are the real names of well-known jugglers, followed by their stage names. I’ve also included several photos of some of the jugglers that haven’t been published online before, as well as a few that have.
1. Mr. Commarota – Anthony Gatto
2. Ms. Freidberg – Cindy Marvell
3. Mr. Krakow – Dieter Tasso
4. Mr. Kuhn – Ernest Montego
5. Dan Jeffery – Barnaby
6. Karl Karrer – Charles Career
7. Cinthia Buitron – La Flaka
8. Mr. Spah – Gil Dova
9. Mr. Francis – Dick Franco
10. Zsilak Gyorgy – Fudi
11. Francisco Tebar Saez – Gran Picaso
12. Gerald Greenberg – Jay Green
13. Harold Hart – Hap Hazard
14. Bjorn Gammals – Henrico
15. Jens Thorwachter – Jeton
16. Joe Pegnato – Bobby Jule
17. Michael Steiner – Kara
18. Mr. Kiktev – Viktor Kee
19. Mr. Moreira – Albert Lucas (or David Lee / David Lucas)
20. Mr. Loksa – Johnny Lux
21. Ludwig Mayer – Bobby May
One of these clubs can be found in the Museum of Juggling History
22. Leon Svendsen – Lee Marx
23. Mr. Neisser – Mark Nizer
24. Giulia Stutzbarth Perez – Luly Perezoff
25. Adolph Behrend – Salerno
26. Ms. Kleinbarth – Edith Sandor
27. Mr. Fifield – Ty Tojo
28. Paul Burke – Waldo
29. Didier Dupin – Arsene
30. Mr. Emil Otto Braun – Cinquevalli
31. Martha Firschke – Trixie
32. Thomas Cromwell–Knox – Chinko
33. William Claude Dukenfield – W.C. Fields
34. Arthur Kaulfuss – Mac Sovereign
35. Paul Pickelmann – Paolo Piletto
36. Gerhard Scholz – Erik Van Aro
37. Waldemar Pätzold – Asra
38. Mr. Renner (the son) – Bob Bramson
39. Mr. Fomitcheff – Serge Flash
40. Paul Wingrave – Rupert Ingalese
41. Dora Forster – Rogana
42. Peter Elliott – Woodrow
43. Mr. Hanus – Felix Adanos
44. Victor Kopelky – Tux
45. Alfred Wolf – King Repp
46. Heinrich Goldschmidt – Toscanelli
47. Peter Mark Nielsen – Pemani
48. Thomas Horton – Anglo
49. Joseph Henry Stephens – Zarmo
50. Joseph Stadtmuller – Rosani
51. Jesse C. Goodhue – Youna
52. Bert Elliot – Stetson
53. Antole Dedessus le Moutier – Toly M
54. Albert Stevens – Rebla
The winner of the contest was Robin Gunney, who got all the answers correct on the very first day. Congrats, Robin.
David Cain
David Cain is a professional juggler, juggling historian, and the owner of the world's only juggling museum, the Museum of Juggling History. He is a Guinness world record holder and 16 time IJA gold medalist. In addition to his juggling pursuits, David is a successful composer, songwriter, multi-instrumentalist, and singer as well as the author of twenty-six books. He and his children live in Middletown, OH (USA).