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Charles Blondin (born Jean François Gravelet, 28 February 1824 – 22 February 1897) was a French tightrope walker and acrobat. He toured the United States and was known for crossing the 1,100 ft (340 m) Niagara Gorge on a tightrope.
Oct 18, 2011 · During the winter of 1858, a 34-year-old French acrobat named Jean François Gravelet, better known as Monsieur Charles Blondin, traveled to Niagara Falls hoping to become the first person to...
Blondin, French aerialist who owed his celebrity to his feat of crossing the gorge below Niagara Falls on a tightrope 1,100 feet long, 160 feet above the water. In 1861 he appeared in London at the Crystal Palace, turning somersaults on stilts on a rope stretched across the central transept, 170 feet above the floor.
Charles Blondin was the very first man to ever walk the wire over the Niagara Gorge near Niagara Falls. However, Charles Blondin ‘s real name was Jean-François Gravelet. Born in France, Gravelet was totally absorbed by the “wire” after watching a wire walker at the circus as a young child.
French daredevil acrobat Charles Blondin (1824–1897) gained fame as the first person to walk across Niagara Falls on a tightrope. The amazing feat gained Blondin international recognition and helped make him a wealthy entertainer.
Jun 30, 2016 · Born Jean Francois Gravelet, the self-styled Charles Blondin knew from an early age that tightrope walking was his calling.
Jun 30, 2015 · On June 30th, 1859, French acrobat Charles Blondin was the first person to walk across Niagara Falls on a tightrope. Born Jean François Gravelet in 1824, Blondin began his career as performer of acrobatic stunts when he was five years old.
Jul 21, 2010 · Jean Francois Gravelet, a Frenchman known professionally as Charles Blondin, becomes the first daredevil to walk across Niagara Falls on a tightrope. The feat, which was performed 160 feet...
Jun 6, 2009 · Blondin’s first crossing of the Niagara Falls, in 1859, was the most famous feat in a life packed with them and like all the others was painstakingly prepared, organised and exploited for maximum publicity.
The famed nineteenth century French tightrope walker and aerial acrobat, Charles Blondin, born Jean Francoix Gravelet (1824–1897), was known for thrilling audiences world-wide with his acrobatic feats.
