Vogel (May 16, 1863 – January 1, 1951) was a white minstrel-show entrepreneur and one of the most prominent of non-playing minstrel managers around the turn of the 19th century.
After many of the original minstrel groups had stopped touring and the original actors and their original managers had died Vogel continued to prosper and make a fortune from the minstrel business.
After the death of Colonel Haverly in 1901, John W.
Vogel assumed the title of "Minstrel King," by which he has subsequently been known.