Fedor Jeftichew

Fedor Adrianovich Jeftichew (Russian: Фёдор Адрианович Евтищев, Fyodor Yevtishchev, 1868 – January 31, 1904), better known as Jo-Jo the Dog-Faced Boy (later Jo-Jo the Dog-Faced Man), was a famous Russian sideshow performer who toured Europe with his father, the ‘Wild Man from the Kostroma Forest’, in 1873[1] and was brought to the United States of America in 1884 by P.T.

[2] Born in Saint Petersburg, Imperial Russia in 1868, Fedor Jeftichew suffered from the medical condition hypertrichosis.

In 1873 Adrian appeared in European exhibitions as the "Wild Man from the Kostroma Forest", along with his son.

Barnum made a point of stressing Fedor's resemblance to a dog, and explained that when he was upset he would bark and growl.

Fedor spoke Russian, German, and English, and toured Europe and the United States extensively.