Paul Jung was born in Dayton, Ohio in 1901. Paul's mother and father did an acrobatic act in vaudeville, by age eight Paul, along with his brother Walter were performing in the family act. In 1917 at age 16, Jung joined the Ringling Bros Circus as an acrobat. He left in 1924 to work again in vaudeville and then returned to the circus in 1934, which had become the Ringling Bros and Barnum & Bailey Circus. Jung continued to work as an acrobat until 1935 when he first put on that now famous clown makeup. In 1938 while working on Ringling's Hagenbeck-Wallace Circus , Paul met his future wife Elsie who was performing as an aerialist and equestrian on the show. In winter months Paul along with his brother and Elisie operated the "Laugh Factory" in Tampa, FL., where they manufactured clown props and costumes. Paul began clowning with Ringling's circuses as and apprentice clown, by the 1950s he had worked his way up to "producing clown". As producing clown Jung developed new gags, designed and built props and oversaw all aspects of clown alley. He passed in 1965 - a victim of murder(circusesandsideshows.com).