Ricardo Bell (clown), Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Ricardo Bell (clown)

English clown, renowned in Mexico

Date of Birth: 10-Jan-1858

Place of Birth: London

Date of Death: 12-Mar-1911

Profession: clown, businessperson

Zodiac Sign: Capricorn

Ricardo Bell was the artistic name of Richard Bell Guest (London, January 10, 1858 – New York, March 12, 1911) an English clown and entrepreneur, famous in Mexico in the late 19th and early 20th centuries.
After he became famous as the main actor of Circo Orrín, one of the famous circuses of Mexico City and by becoming the most successful clown in the country, Bell founded his own Gran Circo Ricardo Bell.
The poet Juan de Dios Peza wrote in El Monitor Republicano newspaper about Bell that he "is more popular than pulque", in an epoch were the pulque was the preferred alcoholic beverage in Mexico.