Pigeon Keeping - Famous Fanciers

Famous Fanciers

• Mike Tyson former heavyweight boxing champion is a lifelong Pigeon Fancier.
• Duncan Ferguson famous former Everton soccer player enjoys the sport of pigeon racing.
• Queen Elizabeth II is a fourth generation member of the Royal Family who has enjoyed the sport of pigeon racing. The first racing pigeons at Sandringham were a gift to the future Edward VII by King Loepold of Belgium in 1886.
• Karel Meulemans, one of the best pigeon fanciers worldwide lives in Arendonk Belgium.
• Paddy Ambrose (1928–2002), Irish international footballer was said to prefer pigeon racing to the sport that he became famous for
• Joseph P. Fishman has dedicated himself to aiding the pigeons of Chicago. His stated goal is to "keep our feathered friends healthy and vibrant."
• Nikola Tesla, famous inventor, fed the pigeons of New York City, nursing those who were sick or injured. Of the birds, he said, "These are my sincere friends."
• Gerry Francis, English footballer, coach and commentator is a pigeon racing fancier.
• Pablo Picasso, famous artist who kept kept fantails named his daughter Paloma which means pigeon in Spanish.
• Charles Darwin, English naturalist, kept fancy pigeon breeds for observation and anatomical study of his test breeding.
• Yul Brynner, Actor, King & I, owned Roller pigeons, known to take private helicopter to view aerial performance of his pigeons.
• Manuel Noriega, Deposed Panamanian Dictator, had many palaces to house fancy pigeons.
• Queen Victoria, Queen of England who was fond of the Jacobin strain of fancy pigeons whose feathered "cowl" resembles the garments of Jacobin monks.