Nicolai Poliakoff

Nicolai Poliakoff OBE (2 October 1900 – 25 September 1974) (Latvian:Nikolajs Poļakovs) (Russian:Nikolai Petrovich Polyakov) was the creator of Coco the Clown, arguably the most famous clown in the UK during the middle decades of the 20th century. Technically, Coco is an Auguste, the foolish character who is always on the receiving end of buckets of water and custard pies. The auguste often works with the more clever white-faced clown, who always gets the better of him.