Bound To Stay Bound Books - Jean Francois Gravelet was born February 28, 1824 in Saint-Omer, France. He adopted the stage name Charles Blondin and became world famous as a tightrope walker.
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USA TODAY - In 1859, Jean Francois Gravelet (better known by his stage name "The Great Blondin") became the first of many to walk a tightrope across the Niagara Falls gorge. While
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Charles Blondin (born Jean François Gravelet, February 28, 1824 - February 22, 1897) was a French tightrope walker and acrobat, called the "Chevalier Blondin", or simply "The Great Blondin". At the age
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Biography – GRAVELET, JEAN-FRANÇOIS, known as Charles Blondin – Volume XII (1891-1900) – Dictionary of Canadian Biography
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