Professor Zeno ((1875-08-01)August 1, 1875 – (1901-09-26)September 26, 1901) was an early Aeronaut at the turn of the 20th century known for his performance of suspending from a trapeze below a parachute attached to Hot Air Balloon and cutting loose from a balloon floating back to Earth while hanging from the trapeze beneath the parachute.
He also performed the balloon cannon act in which he was shot from a cannon suspended from a hot air balloon and floating back to Earth under a parachute.