Anna Stevanowich
Romania, 1864 - São Paulo, Brazil, 1958
Equestrienne. Her parents are Georg Stevanowich and Petra Victor who were both saltimbanco artists in Romania. This brings her to the second generation of the Stevanowich family which is now in the seventh generation of artists in Brazil. Anna married Jean François in Austria and together they founded François Pavillion in Southern France in 1881. They had 14 children who became circus artists: Marcus, Stevan, Augusto, João, Maria, Álvaro, Francisco, Agenor, Pery, Ana, Cantídia, Hermenegildo (Gildo), Hugo and Alberto François.