death_date death_place birth_place name birth_date known_for image article_title birth_name
17 august 1870 -lrb- aged 32 -rrb- toulouse , france toulouse , france jules léotard 1 march 1838 trapeze acrobatics jules léotard2.jpg jules léotard
 jules léotard
jules léotard

jules léotard -lrb- ; 1 march 183817 august 1870 -rrb- was a french acrobatic performer and aerialist who developed the art of trapeze .
he also popularised the one-piece gym wear that now bears his name and inspired the 1867 song `` the daring young man on the flying trapeze '' sung by george leybourne .
