Editing Zip the Pinhead (section)

{{Short description|American freak show performer (1842–1926).}}
{{About|the circus performer|the comic strip character|Zippy the Pinhead}}
{{Infobox person
| name               = William Henry Johnson (Zip the Pinhead)
| image              = Zip the pinhead.jpg
| caption            = 
| birth_name         = William Henry Johnson
| birth_date         = {{circa|1857}} or {{circa|1842}}{{refn|name="age"|group=nb}}
| birth_place        = [[Liberty Corner, New Jersey]], U.S.
| death_date         = {{death date|1926|4|9}} (aged 68–69 or 83)
| death_place        = [[New York City]], [[New York (state)|New York]], U.S.
| other_names        = 
| known_for          = performer with [[Ringling Brothers]] and [[Barnum and Bailey]] sideshows, entertainer at [[Coney Island]]
| occupation         = [[Freak show]] performer
| nationality        = American
}}

'''William Henry Johnson''' ({{circa|1857}} or {{circa|1842}}{{refn|name="age"|group=nb|Johnson's headstone gives his birth year as 1857,<ref name="grave" /> but his death certificate lists his age as 83.<ref>{{Cite web | url=https://weirdnj.com/stories/local-heroes-and-villains/zip-the-what-is-it/ | title=Weird NJ – Zip the What Is It | website=Weird N.J. | date=April 6, 2023}}</ref> The Matthew Brady photo of Johnson taken approx. 1860-1870 seems to depict him as too old to have been born in 1857.}} – April 9, 1926), known as '''Zip the Pinhead''', was an American [[freak show]] performer known for his tapered head.