Antonio Bartolomeo Spinacuta

Antonio Bartolomeo Spinacuta was a Venetian tightrope walker, acrobat, singer and dancer. He was married to the Swedish actress Helena Pettersson and toured Sweden from 1784 to 1787. In 1786, he released the first hot air balloons in Sweden.Flodmark, Johan: Stenborgska skådebanorna. Bidrag till Stockholms teaterhistoria. Stockholm. Norstedt & söner. In 1795, he was noted as active in John Bill Ricketts' circus in Philadelphia.{{Cite web|url=http://www.circushistory.org/Olympians/OlympiansS2.htm|title=Olympians of the Sawdust Circle: A biographical dictionary of the ninteenth [sic] century American circus|others=Compiled and Edited by William L. Slout|date=2005|author=William L. Slout|access-date=2013-02-13|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130318173613/http://www.circushistory.org/Olympians/OlympiansS2.htm|archive-date=2013-03-18|url-status=dead}}