Samuel W. Gumpertz

Samuel W. Gumpertz (1868 – June 22, 1952) was an American showman who played a part in the building of Coney Island's Dreamland.

Gumpertz was the talent manager of Harry Houdini, and he became the right-hand man to John T. Ringling, last of the famed Ringling Brothers, and after Ringling retired in 1932, he took over the circus in the capacity of vice-president and general manager. He was responsible for merging Ringling Brothers with Barnum and Bailey, Hagenbeck-Wallace Circus and the Al G. Barnes Circus