Stunts

These goos are from the Stunts category, people famous for attempting dangerous stunts for entertainment, whether successful or not. Browse another way.

Alain Robert
If you want to be a victor, sometimes you have to claw your way to the top. Go »
Alain Robert
This extreme athlete and publicity-seeking stuntman is so controversial, we can't even agree on what category he belongs to. Go »
Annie Edson Taylor
She barreled her way through the horseshoe on her descent. Go »
Annie Edson Taylor
Good thing she didn't land on the Maid of the Mist. Go »
Danny MacAskill
What a rush he must get, being from the sky. Go »
Eddie Kidd
Impersonating James Bond was child's play compared to his final stunt. Go »
Evel Knievel
What's so evil about jumping cars, canyons, and fountains on a motorcycle? Go »
Flambeaux
For this entertainer, whose name rhymes with Rambo, playing with fire is just another day at the office. Go »
Frank Richards
When jumping into a pool, a belly flop is more painful than a Cannonball. This iconic stunt performer did something even more painful with both. Go »
Harry Houdini
There's no getting out of it now; this round is a lock. Go »
Harry Houdini
The world's most famous escape artist couldn't cheat death forever after a failed demonstration. Go »
Javad Palizbanian
This Middle Eastern stuntman tried 22 but only cleared 12. Go »
Joe Rollino
Word on the street was this New York strongman was eager to meet Death face to face so he could drag him around the underworld with his pinky toe. Go »
Karel Soucek
This Czechoslovakian stuntman invented a way to survive Niagara Falls, but not a way to survive the Houston Astrodome. Go »
Larry Walters
This California trucker always wanted to fly, so he got himself a lawnchair and some weather balloons and a pellet gun and took flight into extreme aviation history. Go »
Maria Spelterini
I'd be a basket case too if I visited Niagara Falls five times in a month, especially with her view. Go »
Mark Sutton
He helped James Bond bring Olympic glory to London, but it's his accidental death that really gave his legend wings. Go »
Nik Wallenda
Being a seventh-generation circus performer helps him avoid Vertigo when walking over such places as Niagara Falls and the Grand Canyon. Go »
Philippe Petit
If you think getting to the end of a goo tournament is a high-wire act... Go »
Sam Patch
Hailed as America's first daredevil, he probably should have leaped on a day other than Friday the 13th. Go »
Trevor Jacob
His attempt to go viral with a dangerous YouTube video (and wallet commercial) did not crash the Internet as well as it did his abandoned vehicle. Go »
Von Miller
This mile-high linebacker is both a football star and a dancing star. Go »