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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.
Maria Spelterini crossing the Niagara gorge on a tightrope. Maria Spelterini (sometimes spelled Spelterina and occasionally referred to as Marie, July 7, 1853 – October 19, 1912) was an Italian tightrope walker who was the only woman to cross the Niagara gorge on a tightrope, which she did on July 8, 1876, as part of a celebration of the U.S. Centennial.
Thousands of people have gone over Niagara Falls, either intentionally (as stunts or suicide attempts) or accidentally. The first recorded person to survive going over the falls was school teacher Annie Edson Taylor, who in 1901 successfully completed the stunt inside an oak barrel. In the following 123 years, thousands of people have been ...
Wallenda crossed Niagara Falls on June 15, 2012 on a live ABC special, following a two-year legal battle involving both sides of the Canada–United States border to gain approval. He was required to wear a safety harness for the first time in his life. A reality show aired on the Science Channel which followed his feats.
This category includes people who went over the falls, in at least one case, unintentionally. Pages in category "People who went over Niagara Falls" The following 12 pages are in this category, out of 12 total.
Niagara Falls (/ n aɪ ˈ æ ɡ ər ə,- ... Maria Spelterini, a 23-year-old Italian was the first and only woman to cross the Niagara River gorge; she did so on a ...
Maria Spelterini crossing Niagara Falls on July 4, 1876 Jultagi, the Korean tradition of tightrope walking. Charles Blondin, a.k.a. Jean-François Gravelet, crossed the Niagara Falls many times; Robert Cadman, early 18th-century British highwire walker and ropeslider
Annie Edson Taylor (October 24, 1838 – April 29, 1921) was an American schoolteacher who, on her 63rd birthday, October 24, 1901, became the first person to survive a trip over Niagara Falls in a barrel. [1]