Rolf Knie

From the list of elephant persons Family: Knie

☨ Rolf Knie
Profession	circus artist
Personal details
Born	1949-08-16 Bern in Switzerland

Dead

Residence
Country	Switzerland

Locations
Title	owner 1992-
Location	at Circus Knie in Switzerland

Biography details

Rolf Knie , circus artist in Switzerland

Knie was born * 1949-08-16 in Bern Switzerland , son of director Fredy Knie Sr. .

Rolf Knie (born August 16, 1949 in Bern) is a Swiss painter , artist and actor .

He is the son of the multiple Swiss champion in tennis and ice skating Pierrette Dubois (1921–2013 [1] ) as well as Fredy Knie senior and brother of Fredy Knie junior, the artistic director of the Circus Knie , and cousin of Franco Knie , technical director of Circus Knee in Rapperswil . Until the nineties, Rolf Knie was mainly a clown actor and actor, but later became active as an artist. His most common motifs are scenes from the circus.

He spent his childhood in the circus and toured Switzerland. He had his first clown appearance at the age of five. At the age of six he met Karlheinz Böhm and was friends with him until his death. In 1956 he was educated in Belp and lived with a host family. In 1962 he switched to the secondary school at the boarding school Kaltbrunn . From 1966 to 1967 he visited the business school in Zurich and played in the junior team of the FC Zurich . In 1967 he dropped out of business school and dropped out of the junior team. From the autumn of 1967 to 1977 he was active in the circus arena.

Siblings

Siblings through the father Fredy Knie Sr. (1920-05-29 -- 2003-10-11):

Fredy Knie Born 1946-09-30

Rolf Knies ancestral Ahnentafel:
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Rolf Knie Born: 1949-08-16	Father: Friedrich Knie Born: 1920-05-29 2025-06	Paternal Grandfather: Friedrich Knie Born: 1844 2025-06	Paternal Great-grandfather: Ludwig Knie
		Paternal Grandfather: Friedrich Knie Born: 1844 2025-06	Paternal Great-grandmother: Marie Heim
		Paternal Grandmother: Margrit Lippuner Born: 2025-06	Paternal Great-grandfather::
		Paternal Grandmother: Margrit Lippuner Born: 2025-06	Paternal Great-grandmother:
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Rolf Knie is mentioned on 2 other person pagesFranz Kraml, Rudolf Knie,

Rolf Knie is mentioned on 2 location pagesCircus Knie, Circus Sarrasani,

Reference list

References

Koehl, Dan, (2025). artist Rolf Knie in Switzerland. Elephant Encyclopedia, available online retrieved 15 June 2025 at https://www.elephant.se/person.php?id=1267. (archived at the Wayback machine)

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Siblings

Siblings through the father Fredy Knie Sr. (1920-05-29 -- 2003-10-11):

Rolf Knies ancestral Ahnentafel:

References

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