Norma Cristiani

From the list of elephant persons Family: Davenport

☨ Norma Cristiani

Ben Davenport with daughter Norma
Profession	circus animal trainer
Personal details
Born	? in United States

Dead	2010 Sarasota in United States


Spouse(s)	1950 Pete Cristiani

Residence
Country	United States

Locations
Title	owner 1953-1960
Location	at Cristiani Brothers Circus in United States

Title	director 1951-1953
Location	at King Brothers and Cristiani Circus in United States

Title	animal trainer-1950
Location	at Dailey Bros. Circus in United States

Biography details

Norma Davenport , circus animal trainer in United States

Davenport was born * ? in United States dead 2010 Sarasota, in United States , daughter of circus director Ben Davenport and circus director Eve Davenport

Married 1950 to Pete Cristiani born 1925 Parma in Italy .

Norma, was billed at 10 as the world’s youngest elephant trainer. She devoted her life to the circus, mastering more than 20 acts followed by a career as a marketing director and as a contracting agent for major circuses.

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Norma Cristiani is mentioned on 1 other person pagesFloyd King,

Norma Cristiani is mentioned on 7 location pagesBen Davenport, Cole Bros. Circus (Clyde Beatty-Cole Brothers Circus), Cristiani Brothers Circus, Cristiani-Wallace Brothers Circus, Dailey Bros. Circus, King Brothers and Cristiani Circus, King Brothers Circus,

Norma Cristiani is mentioned on 4 elephant record pagesBessie, Konti, Mary, Maude,

Selected publications

Reference list

References

Koehl, Dan, (2026). animal trainer Norma Davenport in United States. Elephant Encyclopedia, available online retrieved 20 April 2026 at https://www.elephant.se/person.php?id=1307. (archived at the Wayback machine)

Sources used for this article is among others:

http://new.circusfans.org/obituary-of-pete-cristiani/

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