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• Aalto, Simo
  Simo Aalto
  Simo Aalto is a stage magician from Karis, Finland. His awards include the FISM World Championship of Magic in close-up magic in Lisbon, 2000, and the Solmu Mäkelä Silver Medal to the most distinguished conjurer of all times in Finland by the Finnish Magic Circle, also in 2000...
  
  
• Abbot, David
  David Abbott (magician)
  David Phelps Abbott was a magician, author and inventor who created such effects as the floating ball, later made famous by Okito. The best known of his books is Behind the Scenes With the Mediums , considered to be one of the best exposures of the methods used by psychics...
  
  
• Acer, David
  David Acer
  David Acer is a Canadian scientist, stand-up comedian and close-up magician.As a magician he has performed at The Magic Castle and FISM. He has also authored numerous well respected books on magic. Since 2002, he has had a regular column in Genii magazine...
  
  
• Ackerman, Allan
  Allan Ackerman
  Allan Ackerman is an American magician who specializes in sleight of hand magic with playing cards. He has written a series of books, and performed on several instructional DVDs that teach elementary sleight of hand all the way up through advanced card work...
  
  
• Adams, Curtis
  Curtis Adams
  Alan Curtis Adams is an American magician who, when 16 years old, appeared on The Young Magicians Showcase produced by magician Lance Burton and Fox Television....
  
  
• Aich, Jewel
  Jewel Aich
  Jewel Aich is a Bangladeshi magician and bānsurī player. He has been described as Bangladesh's leading magician.Aich has been described as "a true artist and humanitarian".-References:...
  
  
• Alexander, C. A.
  Alexander (magician)
  Claude Alexander Conlin , also known as Alexander, C. Alexander, Alexander the Crystal Seer, and Alexander the Man Who Knows, was a vaudeville magician who specialized in mentalism and psychic reading acts, dressed in Oriental style robes and a feathered turban, and often used a crystal ball as a...
  
   (Claude Alexander Conlin)
• Alexander, Jay
  Jay Alexander (magician)
  Jay Alexander is an American magician and comic known as one of the top corporate and society entertainers in the country. He has appeared on The Today Show, Good Morning America and MTV...
  
  
• Allen, Harry
  Harry Allen
  Harry Bernard Allen was one of the United Kingdom's last official executioners, officiating between 1941 and 1964. He was chief executioner at 29 executions and acted as assistant executioner at 53 others at prisons in London, Manchester and Leeds. He was for 14 years an assistant executioner,...
  
  
• Ammar, Michael
• Anderson, Harry
  Harry Anderson
  Harry Laverne Anderson is an American actor and magician.-Early life:Born in Newport, Rhode Island, Anderson was a street magician before becoming an actor.-Career:...
  
  
• Amazing Johnathan
• Anderson, John Henry
  John Henry Anderson
  John Henry Anderson was a professional magician, born in The Mearns, Scotland. Anderson is credited with helping bring the art of magic from street performances into theatres and presenting magic performances to entertain and delight the audience....
  
  
• Andrus, Jerry
  Jerry Andrus
  Jerry Andrus was an American magician and writer known internationally for his original close-up, sleight of hand tricks and optical illusions, such as the famous "Linking Pins".-Early life:...
  
  
• Andruzzi, Tony
  Tony Andruzzi
  Antonio C. "Tony" Andruzzi was a professional magician. From the 1950s to the early 1970s his performances were comedy illusions. He adopted the name Tom Palmer and had his legal name changed to Thomas S. Palmer...
  
  
• Angel, Criss
  Criss Angel
  Christopher Nicholas Sarantakos , better known by the stage name Criss Angel, is an American illusionist, writer, director, musician, and actor...
  
   (Christopher Sarantakos)
• Annemann, Theodore
  Theodore Annemann
  Theodore 'Theo' Annemann born Theodore John Squires was an American professional magician who specialized in the field of mentalism...
  
   (Theodore John Squires)
• Atkins, Jefferey
  Jeffery Atkins (illusionist)
  Henry Jeffery Atkins was a noted British magician. He is cited as a major force in the International Brotherhood of Magicians British Ring, for which he was honorary secretary and convention organizer for many years. He also served a term as international president of the IBM...
  
  

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• Balducci, Ed
  Ed Balducci
  Ed Balducci is often named as the creator of the "Balducci levitation", which has been popularized by magician David Blaine. Ed also is credited with the best Card to Wallet....
  
  
• Ballantine, Carl
  Carl Ballantine
  Carl Ballantine was an American magician, comedian and actor. Billing himself as "The Great Ballantine", "The Amazing Ballantine" or "Ballantine: The World's Greatest Magician", his vaudeville-style comedy routine involved transparent or incompetent stage magic tricks, which tended to flop and go...
  
   (Meyer Kessler)
• Bamberg II, David Tobias
  David (Fu Manchu) Bamberg
  David Tobias "Theodore" Bamberg was an itinerant magician that traveled with his full evening magic show from the early to mid part of the 20th century. In Bamberg's autobiography, Robert Parrish wrote in the introduction that no other great illusionist could match David's skill. The Fu Manchu...
  
   (Fu Manchu)
• Bamberg, Tobias
  Tobias Bamberg
  Tobias "Theo" Leendert Bamberg was a professional magician. Born in Holland, Bamberg performed under the name Okito which was an anagram of Tokio...
  
  
• Banachek
  Banachek
  Banachek is an American mentalist. Banachek has written books on mentalism, such as Psychological Subtleties, and invented various magic and mentalism effects, including the Penn & Teller bullet catch and the original "buried alive." Banachek is also the Director of the James Randi Educational...
  
   (Steven Shaw)
• Bavli, Guy
  Guy Bavli
  Guy Bavli is a mentalist, illusionist, and lecturer. He owns the entertainment company "Master of the Mind", based in Fort Lauderdale, Florida....
  
  
• Barry and Stuart
  Barry and Stuart
  Barry Jones and Stuart MacLeod are a two-man magic act from Scotland, who perform as "Barry and Stuart" or "The 2magicians". They are known for their dark and gory performing style, and for taking as inspiration the accounts of Biblical miracles to form the basis for some of their illusions.-...
  
   (Barry Jones & Stuart MacLeod)
• Barry, Keith
  Keith Barry
  Keith Patrick Barry is an Irish illusionist, mentalist, and close-up magician.-Early and personal life:Born in County Waterford, Ireland on 2 October 1976, Barry's interest in magic began at the age of fourteen when he purchased a book entitled Magic for the Complete Klutz.Barry's grandfather, 82,...
  
  
• Becker, Herbert L.
  Herbert L. Becker
  Herbert Lawrence Becker is a magician and the inventor and patent/copyright holder for BOIP...
  
  
• Berglas, David
  David Berglas
  David Berglas is a psychological illusionist and mentalist.-Early Life:Berglas escaped from Nazi Germany and fled to Britain at the age of 12. He later joined US Army in WWII, as an intelligence officer, after lying about his age...
  
  
• Black, Arian
• Blackstone, Gay
  Gay Blackstone
  Gay Blackstone is a television and stage producer, director, consultant, lecturer and author. She was president of the Academy of Magical Arts whose "clubhouse" is the world renowned Magic Castle in Hollywood. Gay was named one of "2007 Hollywood's Women of Distinction" by the Hollywood Chamber of...
  
  
• Blackstone, Harry, Sr.
  Harry Blackstone, Sr.
  Harry Blackstone was a famed stage magician and illusionist of the 20th century. Blackstone was born Harry Bouton in Chicago, Illinois, he began his career as a magician in his teens and was popular through World War II as a USO entertainer. He was often billed as The Great Blackstone. His son...
  
  
• Blackstone, Harry, Jr.
  Harry Blackstone, Jr.
  Harry Blackstone, Jr. was an American stage magician, author, and television performer.-Career and life:Blackstone was born in Three Rivers, Michigan, the son of noted stage magician Harry Blackstone, Sr. .As an infant, he was used as a prop in his father's act...
  
  
• Blaine, David
  David Blaine
  David Blaine is an American illusionist and endurance artist. He is best known for his high-profile feats of endurance, and has made his name as a performer of street and close-up magic. He has set and broken several world records...
  
  
• Bobo, J.B.
  J.B. Bobo
  J.B. Bobo was a magician most known for his work and writing in the arena of coin magic....
  
  
• Bongo, Ali
  Ali Bongo
  Ali Bongo was a British comedy magician, and president of The Magic Circle who performed an act in which he was known as the "Shriek of Araby"....
  
   (William Oliver Wallace)
• Dick Brooks (entertainer)
  Dick Brooks (entertainer)
  Dick Brooks, considered a magician of renown has been a professional performer since leaving school, was born in New York City. As a teenager he joined a Department of Parks magic club headed up by the official magician of New York City, Abe Hurwitz , who was also the father of the soon to be...
  
   also known as Dick Brookz and Ray Carter
• Brown, Derren
  Derren Brown
  Derren Victor Brown is a British illusionist, mentalist, painter, writer and sceptic. He is known for his appearances in television specials, stage productions and British television series such as Trick of the Mind and Trick or Treat...
  
  
• Buchinger, Matthias
  Matthias Buchinger
  Matthias Buchinger , sometimes called Matthew Buckinger in English, was a German artist, magician and illustrator, born without hands or legs.-Biography:...
  
  
• Burger, Eugene
  Eugene Burger
  Eugene Burger is an American magician. He was born in 1939 and is based in Chicago Illinois. He is reputed for his close-up skills and his work in mentalism and bizarre magic.He is also a philosopher and a historian of religion...
  
  
• Burton, Lance
  Lance Burton
  Lance Burton is a stage illusionist. He has appeared on numerous television programs, and also performed for Queen Elizabeth and President Ronald Reagan...
  
  
• Bux, Kuda
  Kuda Bux
  Kuda Bux was an Indian mystic and magician. One of his most famous tricks was one in which he would cover his eyes with soft dough balls, blindfold himself, swath his entire head in strips of cloth, and yet still be able to see. He was also a fire walker...
  
   (Khuda Bakhsh)
• Brian Brushwood
  Brian Brushwood
  Brian Brushwood is an American magician who performs nationwide. He is especially well known for his display of bizarre magic. He is known to perform fire-eating, escapes, breaking a cinder block over his head, sticking nails in his eyes and nose, sticking needles through his palm, reading minds,...
  
  

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• Cagliostro, Alessandro
  Alessandro Cagliostro
  Count Alessandro di Cagliostro was the alias of the occultist Giuseppe Balsamo , an Italian adventurer.-Origin:The history of Cagliostro is shrouded in rumour, propaganda and mysticism...
  
  
• Cairns, Mark
• Caldwell, Mike
  Mike Caldwell (magician)
  Mike Caldwell was an accomplished comedy magician.Much of Caldwell's comedy stemmed from his large size. At more than 400 pounds, Caldwell became famous for being able to do a complete backflip from a standing position, and he featured this stunt in a series of television commercials for many...
  
  
• Calvert, John
  John Calvert (magician)
  Madren Elbern "John" Calvert is an American magician who has performed on stage for eight decades both in the United States and worldwide. He is also a film actor who appeared in numerous movies...
  
   (Elbern Madren Calvert)
• Cameron, Charles
  Charles Cameron (magician)
  Charles Wesley Cameron was a professional magician who specialized in a style known as bizarre magic. He was born in Edinburgh, Scotland, as the eldest of 2 brothers....
  
  
• Canuplin
  Canuplin
  Canuto Francia , better known as Canuplin, was a Filipino stage performer and magician who gained fame for his impersonation of Charlie Chaplin in Filipino movies and the local bodabil circuit.-Biography:...
  
  
• Cardini (Richard Valentine Pitchford)
• Carlyle, Francis
  Francis Carlyle
  Francis Carlyle was a professional magician who was a regular and popular performer at Hollywood's Magic Castle.-History:...
  
   (Francis Xavier Finneran)
• Carnegie, Dean
  Dean Carnegie
  Dean Alan Carnegie is an American stage magician, escape artist and painter. He has appeared on numerous television programs and has performed for three different US Presidents. He is called 'The Artist of Mystery'.- History :...
  
  
• Carney, John
  John Carney (magician)
  John Carney is a professional sleight of hand artist, author and comic actor. He has won Hollywood’s Magic Castle award for Magician of the Year seven times. In 1988 and 1991, he was an award winner at the world FISM magic championships...
  
  
• Chan, Dan
  Dan chan
  Dan Chan is an American magician who specializes in magic, Bian lian and pickpocketing.-Biography:Dan Chan, also known as Dan Chan the Magic Man, was born in San Francisco, California on October 22, 1977. Chan attended Lowell High a Bay Area magnet school in San Francisco. Chan later attended the...
  
  
• Carter, Charles Joseph
  Charles Joseph Carter
  Charles Joseph Carter was an American stage magician, also known as Carter the Great. A native of San Francisco, California, Carter began his career as a journalist and lawyer. As time passed, he grew an interest in magic...
  
  
• Carter, Christopher
  Christopher Carter
  Christopher Carter is an American mentalist who has performed at colleges and corporate venues in the United States.-Early life:Carter grew up in Springfield, Illinois. He was fascinated by magic tricks and used to perform them, much to his mother's dismay. In an attempt to distract his...
  
  
• Chef Anton
  Chef Anton
  Chef Anton is the stage name of Anthony S. Riniti , a trained chef from the Culinary Institute of America in Hyde Park, New York. He is an award-winning expert with the pool cue, and a noted magician whose performance includes a unique mixture of magic, hustling tricks and billiard trick shots...
  
  
• Chen, Juliana
  Juliana Chen
  Juliana Chen is a Chinese magician, who was born in the Hunan province of China. She has appeared on the cover of The Linking Ring, published by the International Brotherhood of Magicians.-Early Life:...
  
  
• Chen, Lu
• Christopher, Milbourne
  Milbourne Christopher
  Milbourne Christopher was an American illusionist.President of the Society of American Magicians, an honorary vice-president to the Magic Circle, and one of the founding members of the Committee for Skeptical Inquiry, Christopher authored several books, including a biography of Harry Houdini, and...
  
  
• Coby, Rudy
  Rudy Coby
  Rudy Coby, also known as "Labman", is an American comedic magician. He is a member of the Magic Castle in Los Angeles. In the early 1990s, Coby appeared in several small theatrical live shows, and on broadcast television. He is known for delivering eclectic and original comedic performances, of...
  
  
• Cohen, Steve
  Steve Cohen (magician)
  Steve Cohen is an American magician who specializes in parlor magic. Sometimes called the millionaires' magician, he performs regularly in a suite at the Waldorf-Astoria Hotel in New York and at private parties in other places.,...
  
  
• Comus (Ledru, Nicolas-Philippe)
• Cook, Ali
  Ali Cook
  Ali Cook is an English magician, comedian, actor and film producer originating from Yorkshire.Cook is known best for writing and starring in seven British television magic shows for Channel 4, Channel 5, and Sky1, produced by Objective Productions.Cook is a respected headliner on the British stand...
  
  
• Cooper, Tommy
  Tommy Cooper
  Thomas Frederick "Tommy" Cooper was a very popular British prop comedian and magician from Caerphilly, Wales.Cooper was a member of The Magic Circle, and respected by traditional magicians...
  
  
• Copperfield, David
  David Copperfield (illusionist)
  David Copperfield is an Emmy Award-winning American illusionist, and was described by Forbes as the most commercially successful magician in history. Copperfield's network specials have been nominated for 38 Emmy Awards and won a total of 21 Emmys...
  
   (David Kotkin)
• Corinda, Tony
  Tony Corinda
  Tony Corinda was an English mentalist, magic dealer, magic inventor and businessman who wrote the book Thirteen Steps To Mentalism. Corinda did not make his birthdate or birthplace public, but his birth year is believed to be about 1931....
  
  
• Cox,Chris
  Chris Cox (Mind Reader)
  Chris Cox is an award winning, self-proclaimed mind reader. He is also the producer for Matt Edmondson on BBC Radio 1; prior to this he was the assistant producer on The Chris Moyles Show....
  
  
• Curry, Paul
  Paul Curry
  Paul Curry was the vice-president of the Blue Cross Insurance Company of New York, and a famous amateur magician who became well-known in the magic community forinventing highly-original card magic....
  
  

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• Daniels, Paul
  Paul Daniels
  Paul Daniels, born Newton Edward Daniels on 6 April 1938, is a British magician and television performer. He achieved international fame through his television series The Paul Daniels Magic Show, which ran on the BBC from 1979 to 1994.-Early life:...
  
   (Newton Edward Daniels)
• Daryl
  Daryl (magician)
  Daryl is the professional name of Daryl Easton, formerly Daryl Martinez, an American magician based in Las Vegas...
  
   (Daryl Easton, Daryl Martinez)
• Davenport, William Henry and Erastus, Ira
  Davenport Brothers
  Ira Erastus Davenport and William Henry Davenport , known as the Davenport Brothers, were American magicians in the late 19th century, sons of a Buffalo, New York policeman...
  
  
• Davenport, Lewis
  Lewis Davenport
  Lewis Davenport was a fictional character in UK soap opera Family Affairs, played by Sam Stockman from 2002 until 2004.-Lewis' arrival in Charnham:...
  
   (George Ryan)
• Dean, Jason
  Jason Dean (magician)
  Jason Dean is an American magician. Even at a young age, he was described by Max Maven as someone "with the power to raise even the most jaded eyebrows." In Kansas City, he has won the title of "Closeup Magician of the Year" for four years running, from 2002-2005.-Biography:Dean is from Kansas...
  
  
• Dedi
  Dedi
  Dedi is the name of a fictitious ancient Egyptian magician appearing in the fourth chapter of a story told in the legendary Westcar Papyrus. He is said to have worked wonders during the reign of king Khufu .-Literary person:Dedi appears only in the fourth story of the Westcar Papyrus - there is no...
  
  
• De Kolta, Buatier
  Buatier De Kolta
  Buatier de Kolta was a french magician who performed throughout the 1870s and 1880s in England and America. Buatier de Kolta was a contemporary of fellow French magician Jean Eugène Robert-Houdin...
  
  
• Devant, David
  David Devant
  David Devant was an English magician, shadowgraphist and film exhibitor. He was born David Wighton in Holloway, London...
  
   (David Wellington or David Wighton)
• Diaconis, Persi
  Persi Diaconis
  Persi Warren Diaconis is an American mathematician and former professional magician. He is the Mary V. Sunseri Professor of Statistics and Mathematics at Stanford University....
  
  
• Don Alfredo
• Dietrich, Dorothy
  Dorothy Dietrich
  Dorothy Dietrich is an American stage magician and escapologist, and the first and only woman to have performed the bullet catch in mouth. She was also the first woman to perform a straitjacket escape while suspended hundreds of feet in the air from a burning rope Dorothy Dietrich is an American...
  
  
• Dill, Dean
  Dean Dill
  Dean Dill is a magician and magic innovator living and working in Glendale, California. He was Johnny Carson's magic teacher during the late 1980s and appeared on The Tonight Show in November 1990. His performance focuses mostly on closeup effects, and he has a particular passion for and...
  
  
• Dingle, Derek
  Derek Dingle
  Derek Dingle was an English close-up magician.- Life :Like many magicians before him, Dingle became interested in magic after receiving a box of magic tricks when he was about eight years old. Upon joining the Royal Air Force, he met another magician, James Gregory, of Kenilworth, England, and...
  
  
• Downs, Thomas Nelson
  Thomas Nelson Downs
  Thomas Nelson Downs, also T. Nelson Downs, was one of the most famous manipulative magicians renowned for his coin tricks. Downs was also known as "The King of Koins".-Biography:...
  
  
• Drake, Simon
  Simon Drake
  Simon Drake is the stage name of Simon Alexander; a British magician based in London. He is best known for the innovative and shocking television series Secret Cabaret made for Britain's Channel 4.-Early life:...
  
  
• Dunninger, Joseph
  Joseph Dunninger
  Joseph Dunninger , known as "The Amazing Dunninger" was one of the most famous and proficient mentalists of all time...
  
  
• Durham, Geoffrey
  Geoffrey Durham
  Geoffrey Durham is a British comedy magician and actor who was known for many years as 'The Great Soprendo'.-Early life:...
  
  
• Dynamo
  Dynamo (magician)
  Steven Frayne is an English magician who performs under the stage-name of Dynamo.-Biography:Frayne grew up on Bradford's deprived Delph Hill Estate in the north of England. He first learned magic from his grandfather and developed it during trips to New Orleans...
  
   (Steven Frayne)

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• El Bayed, Ahmed
  Ahmed El Bayed
  Ahmed Saleh El Bayed is the first Middle Eastern illusionist. He is a Saudi illusionist, best known for his combination of fear and story in his illusions.-Early years:...
  
  
• Elmsley, Alex
  Alex Elmsley
  Alex Elmsley was a British Magician and Computer programmer. He was notable for his invention of the Ghost Count or Elmsley Count, creating mathematical card tricks, and for publishing the mathematics of playing card shuffling.He began practicing magic in 1946, as a teenager...
  
  
• Erdnase, S. W.
  S. W. Erdnase
  S. W. Erdnase is a pseudonym used by the author of The Expert at the Card Table, a book detailing sleight of hand, cheating and legerdemain using playing cards. Still considered essential reading for any card magician, the book, known also as either the Bible or, commonly, just Erdnase, has been...
  
  
• Ellis, Tim
  Tim Ellis
  Tim Ellis is an Australian performer, author and lecturer in the world of magic and illusion.-Biography:Ellis began performing magic at the age of 9 after his grandfather gave him a magic set as a gift. At the age of 14 he was the youngest magician ever admitted to The Magic Circle of Victoria and...
  
  

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• Fakir of Ava
  Fakir of Ava
  Isaiah Harris Hughes , better known as the Fakir of Ava, was a 19th century stage magician, the teacher of Harry Kellar....
  
   (Isaiah Harris Hughes)
• Farquhar, Shawn
  Shawn Farquhar
  Shawn Farquhar of Coquitlam, British Columbia is a magician who holds the current title "Grand Prix World Champion of Magic" from the International Federation of Magic Societies....
  
  
• Ferguson, Rich
  Rich Ferguson
  Rich Ferguson , aka "The Ice Breaker", is an American magician, entertainer, inventor and creative consultant. He is the producer and host of the Official Poker Chip Tricks and Card Handling DVD Series...
  
  
• Finney, Michael
  Michael Finney
  Michael Finney is a professional magician. He was born in 1954 in Woodland, California. He moved to Phoenix, Arizona in 1978. He has appeared on numerous television specials and performs regularly throughout the U.S...
  
  
• Fischbacher, Siegfried, see Siegfried & Roy
  Siegfried & Roy
  Siegfried & Roy are two German-American former entertainers who became known for their appearances with white lions and white tigers....
  
  
• Fitzkee, Dariel
  Dariel Fitzkee
  Dariel Fitzkee was the pen name of Dariel Fitzroy. He was a semi-professional magician/author, born in Annawan, Illinois. His trilogy, known as The Fitzkee Trilogy is considered by many to be an important contribution to the theory of magic....
  
  
• Flosso, Al
  Al Flosso
  Albert Levinson was a Jewish American magician and entertainer, better known by his stage name Al Flosso....
  
   (Albert Levinson)
• Foo, Ching Ling
  Ching Ling Foo
  Ching Ling Foo , born Chee Ling Qua , is credited with being the first modern East Asian magician to achieve world fame.- Biography :Born in Beijing, Foo studied traditional Chinese magic and was a well-respected performer in his homeland....
  
   (Chee Ling Qua)
• Freedman, James
  James Freedman (magician)
  James Freedman is a British pickpocket entertainer and magician. He is most well known for his skill as a pickpocket and his ability to secretly pick the pockets of volunteers. For this reason, he is also known as 'The Man of Steal'....
  
  
• Frewin, Greg
  Greg Frewin
  Greg Frewin is an illusionist and "World Champion of Magic". His awards include First Place at the International Brotherhood of Magicians ; The Gold Medal of Excellence, also from the IBM; First Place at the Society of American Magicians' annual magic convention competition; and first place at...
  
  
• Farla, Christian
  Christian Farla
  Christian Farla is a Dutch illusionist/magician whose homebase is in Barendrecht, near Rotterdam. Christian Farla is one of the few magicians who are specialized in mega-illusions. In 2006 and 2009, he won the Merlin Award, the highest international award for magicians.-Biography:Christian was born...
  
  

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• Ganson, Lewis
  Lewis Ganson
  Lewis Ganson was born in London, England and become one of the most prolific writers in magic. He went on to write more than sixty books on magic....
  
  
• Garcia, Frank
• Gardner, Martin
  Martin Gardner
  Martin Gardner was an American mathematics and science writer specializing in recreational mathematics, but with interests encompassing micromagic, stage magic, literature , philosophy, scientific skepticism, and religion...
  
  
• Geller, Uri
  Uri Geller
  Uri Geller is a self-proclaimed psychic known for his trademark television performances of spoon bending and other supposed psychic effects. Throughout the years, Geller has been accused of using simple conjuring tricks to achieve the effects of psychokinesis and telepathy...
  
  
• Gertner, Paul
  Paul Gertner
  Paul Gertner is an American close-up magician from Pittsburgh. He is best known in the magic world for his "Steel and Silver" book and set of DVDs.-About Paul Gertner:Paul Gertner's interest in magic began as a child, loaning library books on the subject...
  
  
• Gibson, Walter B.
  Walter B. Gibson
  Walter Brown Gibson was an American author and professional magician, best known for his work on the pulp fiction character The Shadow...
  
  
• Gladwin, Andi
  Andi Gladwin
  Andi Gladwin is a professional British close-up magician, lecturer, publisher and performer. He has appeared on television numerous times, has lectured for magicians throughout the UK, US and Europe and written / published several notable books on the subject of magic...
  
  
• Gray, Will
  Will Gray
  Will Gray is an award winning English magician and entertainer born in the Midlands in 1976.He is known as being one of the UK's top close-up corporate magicians and has received great reviews in The Linking Ring p. 69, and The Magic Circular p. 371, for his Lecture 'Magic with a Capital...
  
  
• Green, Lennart
  Lennart Green
  Lennart Green is a world champion close-up/card magician, a title which he won in 1991 at the FISM convention in Lausanne, Switzerland...
  
  
• Goldin, Horace
  Horace Goldin
  Horace Goldin was a stage magician who was noted for his lightning fast presentation style and who achieved international fame with his versions of the Sawing a woman in half illusion. -Early life:...
  
  
• Goldston, Will
  Will Goldston
  Will Goldston, , was a popular English stage magician in the first half of the 20th century.He was born in the city of Liverpool and became interested in the subject at the age of eleven. As well as being a performer he was involved in the merchandising of "magic tricks" and was employed by the...
  
  

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• Harary, Franz
  Franz Harary
  Franz Harary is an American magician and inventor who has appeared on television shows such as the first episode of NBC's The World's Greatest Magic, where Harary vanished the Space Shuttle....
  
  
• Hamman, Br. John
  John Hamman
  Brother John Charles Hamman S.M. was a Catholic Marianist Brother and professional close-up magician. The tricks he invented are still an integral part of many close-up magician's repertoire....
  
  
• Harris, Paul
  Paul Harris (magician)
  Paul Tomas Harris is an inventor, magician, and writer. Described by the magic magazine Genii as "the most innovative magic mind of our day," Harris is listed in Magic magazine as one of "the 100 [magicians] who shaped the art [of magic] in America".He has invented many original tricks...
  
  
• Hatfield, Murray and Teresa
  Murray and Teresa Hatfield
  Murray and Teresa Hatfield are professional magicians from Canada. Murray Hatfield has performed as a solo performer in Germany, Israel, Cyprus, Mexico, North Pole and Japan. Teresa joined Murray in 1992 as a dancer and by 1995 had become his partner on stage...
  
  
• Henning, Doug
  Doug Henning
  Douglas James Henning was a Canadian magician, illusionist, escape artist and politician.-Early life:...
  
  
• Herrmann, Alexander
  Alexander Herrmann
  Alexander Herrmann was a French magician, better known as Herrmann the Great. He was part of the Herrmann family name that is known as the "first-family of magic". Those who witnessed Herrmann the Great perform considered him the greatest magician they ever saw...
  
  
• Hilliard, John Northern
  John Northern Hilliard
  John Northern Hilliard was the author of a best-selling book on magic, Greater Magic....
  
  
• Houdini, Harry
  Harry Houdini
  Harry Houdini was a Hungarian-born American magician and escapologist, stunt performer, actor and film producer noted for his sensational escape acts...
  
   (Erik Weiss)
• Hugard, Jean
  Jean Hugard
  -History:Hugard was born John Gerard Rodney Boyce in Toowoomba, Queensland, Australia. He was a masterful performer and one of the twentieth century's most gifted writers on magic. Through his writing he brought the literature of magic up to a new, professional level.Over the course of his life he...
  
  

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• James, Kevin
  Kevin James (magician)
  Kevin James is an award-winning French-born American magician, known for creating several unique magical effects, such as the "Floating Rose" which is performed by David Copperfield....
  
  
• James, Rob
  Rob James (magician)
  Rob James is an English magicianwho frequently appears on television programs in England and the United States, and has performed in hundreds of international venues, from the British House of Commons to the prestigious Magic Castle in Los Angeles, to a series of performances in...
  
  
• Jay, Joshua
  Joshua Jay
  Joshua Jay is an award-winning magician, author, and lecturer who has performed his show in over 59 countries. In 1998 he was crowned World Champion of Close-up Magic at the World Magic Seminar, and he has subsequently appeared on every major television network, including Good Morning America and...
  
  
• Jay, Ricky
  Ricky Jay
  Richard Jay Potash , better known by the stage name Ricky Jay, is an American stage magician, actor, and writer. He is a sleight-of-hand expert and is notable for his card tricks, card throwing, memory feats, and stage patter.-Life and career:...
  
   (Ricky Potash)
• Jennings, Larry
  Larry Jennings
  Larry Jennings, , was a magician. He is known for his card techniques and has eight books published by him or written about him. He is also known for being close friends with fellow magician, Dai Vernon.-Biography:...
  
  
• Jermay, Luke
  Luke Jermay
  Luke Jermay is an English magician, mentalist, and writer.-Early life:Jermay was born to a single mother, Jacqueline Jermey on March 7, 1985 in Essex, England. Jermay studied magic and magic theory, has written many books on his art and has performed magic since the age of 12...
  
  
• Jillette, Penn
  Penn Jillette
  Penn Fraser Jillette is an American magician, comedian, illusionist, juggler, bassist and a best-selling author known for his work with fellow illusionist Teller in the team Penn & Teller, and advocacy of atheism, libertarian philosophy, free-market economics, and scientific skepticism.-Early...
  
  , see also Penn & Teller
  Penn & Teller
  Penn & Teller are Las Vegas headliners whose act is an amalgam of illusion and comedy. Penn Jillette is a raconteur; Teller generally uses mime while performing, although his voice can occasionally be heard during their performance...
  
  
• Johnson, Kristen
  Kristen Johnson (escape artist)
  Kristen Johnson is an award-winning escape artist who works with her husband magician Kevin Ridgeway under the names Living Illusions, Ridgeway & Johnson and Breathless. She was the featured magician on the cover of the June 2009 issue of the magicians' magazine The Linking Ring.-Early life:Kristen...
  
  
• Jonathan, The Amazing
  The Amazing Johnathan
  John Edward Szeles , better known by the stage name The Amazing Johnathan, is an American stand-up comedian/magician. His act is mostly composed of hijinks, interaction with one specific audience member and a few legitimate magic tricks. Since 2001, he has been a year-round headliner in Las Vegas...
  
   (John Edward Szeles)
• Jones, Barry
• Jordan, Charles

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• Kaps, Fred
  Fred Kaps
  Fred Kaps , was a Dutch magician, famous for being the only magician to become FISM Grand Prix world champion three times. He was the creator of numerous original effects including his version of the color-changing silks. Another popular effect he often performed was the Long Pour Salt trick...
  
   (Abraham Pieter Adrianus Bongers)
• Katterfelto, Gustavus
  Gustavus Katterfelto
  Gustavus Katterfelto was a Prussian conjurer, scientific lecturer, and quack.Christian William Anthony Katterfelto arrived at Hull in September 1776 and traveled around Britain until his death in 1799. He performed in London from 1780-84...
  
  
• Kellar, Harry
  Harry Kellar
  Harry Kellar was an American magician who presented large stage shows during the late 19th and early 20th centuries....
  
   (Heinrich Keller)
• Kennerley, Drew
• Keith Barry
  Keith Barry
  Keith Patrick Barry is an Irish illusionist, mentalist, and close-up magician.-Early and personal life:Born in County Waterford, Ireland on 2 October 1976, Barry's interest in magic began at the age of fourteen when he purchased a book entitled Magic for the Complete Klutz.Barry's grandfather, 82,...
  
   (Keith Barry)
• Kieve, Paul
  Paul Kieve
  Paul Kieve is an English professional illusionist and whose consulting work for both stage and screen has contributed to changing how magical special effects in productions are approached...
  
  
• King, Mac
  Mac King
  Mac King is a comedy magician who has performed on television specials, often as a co-host. He has his own family-friendly show, "The Mac King Comedy Magic Show," at the Harrah's Las Vegas in the Clint Holmes Theater....
  
  
• Emil Kio
  Emil Kio
  Emil Teodorovich Kio, born Emil Teodorovich Girshfeld-Renard was Soviet illusionist, People's Artist of the RSFSR.His sons, Igor Kio and Emil Kio, Jr., had become famous Soviet magicians as well.-References:...
  
   (Emil Teodorovich Girshfeld-Renard)
• Kio, Igor
  Igor Kio
  Igor Kio was a Russian illusionist with the Russian Circus Association. A member of the International Brotherhood of Magicians, he won numerous awards including People's Artist of the Russian Federation and an Oscar from Belgium.Igor was born into a family of circus performers, to another noted...
  
   (Igor Emilievich Renard Kio)
• Klok, Hans
  Hans Klok
  Johannes Franciscus Catharinus "Hans" Klok is a Dutch illusionist and actor.-Biography:Hans Klok was born in Purmerend, the Netherlands....
  
  
• De Kolta, Buatier
  Buatier De Kolta
  Buatier de Kolta was a french magician who performed throughout the 1870s and 1880s in England and America. Buatier de Kolta was a contemporary of fellow French magician Jean Eugène Robert-Houdin...
  
   (Joseph Bautier)
• Kole, André
  André Kole
  André Kole is the stage name of Robert Gurtler Jr., an American magician and inventor of magical effects. He is also a committed Christian and is a public speaker for the evangelical group Campus Crusade for Christ International....
  
  
• Koran, Al
  Al Koran
  Al Koran was a British mentalist, author and inventor. He invented the Ring Flite as well as a special deck of cards known as the Koran deck. Al Koran was the stage name of Edward Doe, who was a former hairdresser that turned professional magician/mentalist. Al appeared many times on The Ed...
  
   (Edward Doe)
• Kredible, Justin
  Justin Kredible
  Justin "Kredible" Willman is an American actor, magician and entertainer. He currently hosts two Food Network series, Cupcake Wars and Last Cake Standing, and The Hub series, Hubworld,. and will also host the upcoming Scrabble Showdown for The Hub...
  
  
• Kreskin
  Kreskin
  The Amazing Kreskin , born George Joseph Kresge, is a mentalist who became popular on North American television in the 1970s...
  
   (George Joseph Kresge, Jr.)
• Kurts, Gary
  Gary Kurtz
  Gary Kurtz is an American film producer whose list of credits include American Graffiti, Star Wars and The Empire Strikes Back. He later produced The Dark Crystal and Return to Oz after departing from the Star Wars series...
  
  

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• Labero, Joe
  Joe Labero
  Joe Labero is a Swedish magician. Joe Labero is a stage name derived from his birthname: Lars Bengt Roland Johansson.- Illusionist career :...
  
  
• Laflin, Duane
  Duane Laflin
  Duane Laflin is a noted magician, teacher and innovator. He initially marketed and sold his props, effects and accessories within his company, "Laflin Magic" but eventually closed his mail-order business to focus strictly on performing and lecturing. Ownership and rights to his props were...
  
  
• Lavand, René
  René Lavand
  Héctor René Lavandera, usually known as René Lavand , is a magician from Argentina specialising in close-up performance...
  
  
• Lean, Owen: See Roadmage
  Roadmage
  Roadmage is a street magic act created by magician and entertainer Owen Lean.Since 2002, Roadmage has been a fixture on Dublin's Grafton Street, London's Covent Garden, Granville Island in Vancouver and at club and festival venues...
  
  
• Lee, Misty
  Misty Lee
  Misty Lee is an American professional magician. She has also worked as an improv comedian and a voice actress for several animated cartoons.Before becoming a magician Lee trained in dentistry...
  
  
• Leifer, Debbie
  Debbie Leifer
  Debbie Leifer was named 2006 Greater Atlanta Magician Of The Year by the International Brotherhood of Magicians and the Society Of American Magicians Atlanta chapters. Debbie is the first female corporate magician to receive that honor in the 35 year history of the prestigious award.She is one of...
  
  
• Minnette Gersh Lenier
  Minnette Gersh Lenier
  Minnette Ella Gersh Lenier was a teacher and professional magician who used stage magic to improve students' reading and learning skills.-Education and career:...
  
  
• Lorayne, Harry
  Harry Lorayne
  Harry Lorayne is an American magician and a memory-training specialist and writer who was once called "The Yoda of Memory Training" by Time magazine. He is well known for his mnemonic demonstrations and has appeared on numerous television shown including The Tonight Show with Johnny Carson...
  
  
• Lancaster, Lou
  Lou Lancaster
  Lou Lancaster was an American magician and author.His 1984 book Tricks Of The Trade: A Professional Looks at Commercial Closeup Magic OCLC 12995877 [edited by Phyllis Guggenheim; photos by Lancaster & Guggenheim] explained many techniques of close-up magic, and he appeared in several instructional...
  
  
• Lovell, Simon
  Simon Lovell
  This article does not meet basic standards of objectivity and reads, from the very first graf, like a hagiography at best, self-promotion at worst. Consider that a supposed prime reference is a review of one his books by the L.A...
  
  
• Levi, Eliphas
  Eliphas Levi
  Eliphas Lévi, born Alphonse Louis Constant , was a French occult author and purported magician."Eliphas Lévi," the name under which he published his books, was his attempt to translate or transliterate his given names "Alphonse Louis" into Hebrew although he was not Jewish.His second wife was...
  
  
• Luis de Matos
  Luis de Matos
  Luis de Matos is a Portuguese magician and was voted magician of the decade 2000-2009.-Biography:Luis de Matos was born in Portuguese Mozambique in 1970, a Portuguese overseas province until 1975. At the age of five he moved with his parents to Portugal where the family settled near the city of...
  
  

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• Magic Babe Ning
  Magic Babe Ning
  Ning Cai , better known as ‘Magic Babe’ Ning, is a Singaporean magician and entrepreneur. She has been recognised by Channel News Asia as "South East Asia's First Professional Female Magician" and when she first burst onto the entertainment scene, she was acknowledged as "Singapore's Only...
  
  
• Macleod, Stuart
• Magic Christian
  Magic Christian (magician)
  Magic Christian is the stage name of Christian Stelzel, a professional Austrian magician and author. Christian was born on July 17, 1945, and presently lives in Vienna.He studied industrial design at the University of Applied Arts Vienna....
  
  
• Majax, Gérard
  Gérard Majax
  Gérard Faier, known as Gérard Majax is one of the most famous French illusionist.He has appeared in many television programs, magic demonstrations, and movies....
  
   (Gérard Fater)
• Malini, Max
  Max Malini
  Max Malini was a Jewish illusionist who at his peak performed for several US Presidents, had command performances at Buckingham Palace, and received gifts from monarchs across Europe and Asia. Magicians are said to revere him for his skill and bold accomplishments.Malini's performance style was...
  
   (Max Katz Breit)
• Malone, Bill
  Bill Malone (magician)
  Bill Malone is an American magician who specializes in card magic, close-up magic and bar magic.Malone was raised in Chicago, Illinois and became interested in magic at the age of 17. He is a protege of Ed Marlo and a recipient of the Merlin Award from the International Magicians Society...
  
  
• Mandrake, Leon
  Leon Mandrake
  Leon Giglio , better known by his stage name Leon Mandrake, was an Italian-American magician, mentalist, illusionist, escapologist, ventriloquist and stunt performer known worldwide as Mandrake the Magician....
  
  
• Marcy, Matt
  Matt Marcy
  Matt Marcy is an American comedian-magician known for his original, comedy illusions. In 1997 Matt was named by the Academy of Magical Arts as its top ranking young magician when he was just 20 years of age. He was also a Master of Ceremonies at Wizardz Dinner Theater at Universal Studios...
  
  
• Marlo, Ed
  Ed Marlo
  Ed Marlo was a magician who specialized in card magic. He referred to himself and others of his specialty as "cardicians"....
  
  
• Marshall, Jay (James Ward Marshall)
• Marvey, Peter
  Peter Marvey
  Peter Marvey is a magician and illusionist best known for his combination of sleight of hand and large-scale stage illusions.-Biography:In his early childhood, Peter Marvey was fascinated with any form of flying, whether the flight of birds, stage "flying" or aviation. He expressed his passion by...
  
  
• Masked Magician: see Val Valentino
  Val Valentino
  Val Valentino is an Italian American illusionist, and actor, who gained fame by starring in four magic specials exposing magic secrets on the Fox network, using the stage name the Masked Magician.-Biography:...
  
  
• Maskelyne, Jasper
  Jasper Maskelyne
  Jasper Maskelyne was a British stage magician in the 1930s and 1940s. He was one of an established family of stage magicians, the son of Nevil Maskelyne and a grandson of John Nevil Maskelyne. He could also trace his ancestry to the royal astronomer Nevil Maskelyne...
  
  
• Maskelyne, John Nevil
  John Nevil Maskelyne
  John Nevil Maskelyne was an English stage magician and inventor of the pay toilet, along with many other Victorian-era devices. His door lock for London toilets required the insertion of a penny coin to operate it, hence the euphemism to "spend a penny".-Biography:Maskelyne was born in Cheltenham,...
  
  
• Masklyn ye Mage: see Tony Andruzzi
  Tony Andruzzi
  Antonio C. "Tony" Andruzzi was a professional magician. From the 1950s to the early 1970s his performances were comedy illusions. He adopted the name Tom Palmer and had his legal name changed to Thomas S. Palmer...
  
  
• Matt the Knife
  Matt the Knife
  "Matt the Knife" was born in Massachusetts and grew up in Boston, but now resides in Rhode Island. He is a magician and mentalist as well as the breaker of a multitude of Guinness World Records...
  
  
• Maven, Max
  Max Maven
  Max Maven is an American magician and mentalist. He often appears on television magic shows to perform "interactive" mind reading tricks that work for the television audience....
  
   (Phil Goldstein)
• Mayne, Andrew
  Andrew Mayne
  Andrew Mayne is a magician, illusion designer and filmmaker. He has written and produced over fifty books, DVDs and manuscripts on magic he's considered one of the most prolific magic creators of the last decade. He's the publisher of iTricks.com and host of the Weird Things podcast, one of the...
  
  
• McBride, Jeff
  Jeff McBride
  Jeff McBride is an American magician from Monticello New York. He is known for his sleight of hand skills and specializes in the manipulation of playing cards, coins, and other small objects. His stage performances blend elements of kabuki, a Japanese theater form, with traditional conjuring...
  
  
• McComb, Billy
  Billy McComb
  Billy McComb was a magician and comedian. He was one of the United Kingdom's leading magicians in the 1950s and 1960s, before taking up residence in Los Angeles, California in the 1970s.-Early life:...
  
  
• Méliès, Georges
  Georges Méliès
  Georges Méliès , full name Marie-Georges-Jean Méliès, was a French filmmaker famous for leading many technical and narrative developments in the earliest cinema. He was very innovative in the use of special effects...
  
  
• Menna, Lisa
  Lisa Menna
  -References:...
  
  
• Minkin, David
  David Minkin
  David Minkin is an American magician. He was a cast member on the MTV series "Room 401" produced by Ashton Kutcher. Among Minkin's other television appearances was a segment which aired on American Idol and which was filmed in Los Angeles with the show's contestants visiting the Magic Castle.In...
  
  
• Money-Coutts, Drummond
  Drummond Money-Coutts
  Drummond William Thomas Money-Coutts , also nicknamed "DMC", is an English magician and specialist card sharp. Money-Coutts is the heir apparent to the Latymer Barony.-Biography:...
  
  
• Moore, Alan
  Alan Moore
  Alan Oswald Moore is an English writer primarily known for his work in comic books, a medium where he has produced a number of critically acclaimed and popular series, including Watchmen, V for Vendetta, and From Hell...
  
  
• Morgan The Escapist
  Morgan The Escapist
  Morgan the Escapist is an award-winning magic performer specialising in escapology. She is based in South Plainfield, New Jersey, and often works with magician John Bundy. She has also had careers as a theatrical designer and script writer...
  
  
• Mulhern, Stephen
  Stephen Mulhern
  Stephen Daniel Mulhern is a British TV presenter, entertainer, and former magician. He began presenting in the studio on CITV in May 1998 and became a leading presenter until he left in August 2002. He has presented a number of shows, including SMTV Live, Holly & Stephen's Saturday Showdown and...
  
  
• Munoz, Oscar
  Oscar Munoz
  Oscar Munoz is an American magician, 1999 winner of the "Gold Cups" award from the International Brotherhood of Magicians organization. He is also a charter member and past head of "Ring 269" in Texas.-Awards:* 1999, IBM "Gold Cups" winner...
  
  
• Muthukad, Gopinath
  Gopinath Muthukad
  Gopinath Muthukad is a magician, escapologist, and stunt performer from Kerala, India. He employs magic as a medium to convey his messages to society....
  
  

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• Ogawa, Shoot
  Shoot Ogawa
  Shoot Ogawa is a magician from Tokyo, Japan who has been interested in magic from the age of 10. Ogawa has been featured on television in Japan and is a corporate entertainer....
  
  
• Okito (Tobias Bamberg
  Tobias Bamberg
  Tobias "Theo" Leendert Bamberg was a professional magician. Born in Holland, Bamberg performed under the name Okito which was an anagram of Tokio...
  
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• Oliver, David
  David Oliver (magician)
  David Oliver is an American born magician.Oliver is known for his neoclassic style of performing stage magic with Doves , the Floating Ball and Linking Rings, as well as his comedy and close-up magic. He also serves as adult director of the Society of Young Magicians #29, a youth non-profit...
  
  
• Orleans, Danny
  Danny Orleans
  Danny Orleans is an American magician, one of the top trade-show performers, corporate entertainers, and magical educators in the country....
  
  
• Ortiz, Darwin
  Darwin Ortiz
  Darwin Ortiz is a magician, who is an authority on gambling and card manipulation.Ortiz was born and raised in New York City where he had a keen interest in card tricks since childhood. In 1974, he dropped out of NYU Law School and pursued card magic full-time...
  
  
• Osterlind, Richard
  Richard Osterlind
  Richard Osterlind is a mentalist who has been performing for major corporations for more than 35 years. He has appeared at the Sheraton Great Wall in Beijing, the Hotel De Paris in Monte Carlo, the Casa De Campo in the Dominican Republic and many other luxury resorts around the world...
  
  

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• Palladino, Eusapia
  Eusapia Palladino
  Eusapia Palladino was a Spiritualist medium from Naples in the Kingdom of the Two Sicilies ....
  
   (Minerverno Murge)
• Palmer, Johnny "Ace"
  Johnny Ace Palmer
  Johnny Ace Palmer is an award-winning American close-up magician. He is famous within the worldwide magical community for his prodigious sleight-of-hand abilities.-Early life:...
  
  
• Alex Patterson
• Pendragons (Jonathan and Charlotte Pendragon)
• Penn & Teller
  Penn & Teller
  Penn & Teller are Las Vegas headliners whose act is an amalgam of illusion and comedy. Penn Jillette is a raconteur; Teller generally uses mime while performing, although his voice can occasionally be heard during their performance...
  
   (see also Penn Jillette
  Penn Jillette
  Penn Fraser Jillette is an American magician, comedian, illusionist, juggler, bassist and a best-selling author known for his work with fellow illusionist Teller in the team Penn & Teller, and advocacy of atheism, libertarian philosophy, free-market economics, and scientific skepticism.-Early...
  
   and Teller
  Teller (magician)
  Teller is an American magician, illusionist, comedian, writer, and the frequently silent half of the comedy magic duo Penn & Teller, along with Penn Jillette. He legally changed his name from "Raymond Joseph Teller" to just "Teller"...
  
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• Penrose, Scott
  Scott Penrose
  Scott Penrose is an English magician and magic consultant and is the son of magician John Penrose.Scott is the Vice President of The Magic Circle and a Gold Star member of the Inner Magic Circle. He was awarded the title The Magic Circle Stage Magician of the Year in 2000.He also works as a magic...
  
  
• Philadelphia, Jacob
  Jacob Philadelphia
  Jacob Philadelphia was a Jewish magician, physicist, mechanic, juggler, astrologer, alchemist, and Kabbalist.- Biography :He is believed to have been born on August 14, 1735 and given the name Jacob Meyer....
  
   (Jacob Meyer)
• Pinetti, Joseph
  Joseph Pinetti
  Giovanni Giuseppe Pinetti, was known in France as Chevalier Joseph Pinetti . He was born in Orbetello and died in Russia. He was known as The Professor of Natural Magic and was a complex flamboyant personage...
  
   (Joseph Pinetti Willedall de Merci)
• Polgar, Franz
• Pollock, Channing
  Channing Pollock (magician)
  Channing Pollock was an American magician and film actor.-Magician:As one of the most sophisticated and charismatic practitioners of his craft; strikingly handsome with an enigmatic stage presence, he was best known for an act in which he would elegantly produce doves out of thin air and he was...
  
  
• Presto, Fay
  Fay Presto
  Fay Presto is a British trans woman who is known as a magician and a member of The Inner Magic Circle. In 2001, Fay Presto played herself in ITV's Emmerdale. In 1998 she was voted ‘Party Entertainer of the Year’ by Tatler Magazine...
  
  

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• Randi, James
  James Randi
  James Randi is a Canadian-American stage magician and scientific skeptic best known as a challenger of paranormal claims and pseudoscience. Randi is the founder of the James Randi Educational Foundation...
  
   (Randall James Hamilton Zwinge)
• Reveen, Peter
  Peter Reveen
  Peter J. Reveen is a stage hypnotist and illusionist who performs mainly in Canada, and particularly Atlantic Canada. Originally from Australia, he first came to North America in January 1961, landing in Honolulu, Hawaii...
  
  
• Roadmage
  Roadmage
  Roadmage is a street magic act created by magician and entertainer Owen Lean.Since 2002, Roadmage has been a fixture on Dublin's Grafton Street, London's Covent Garden, Granville Island in Vancouver and at club and festival venues...
  
   (Owen Lean)
• Robert, Étienne-Gaspard
  Étienne-Gaspard Robert
  Étienne-Gaspard Robert , often known by the stage name of "Robertson", was a prominent Belgian stage magician and influential developer of phantasmagoria. He was described by Charles Dickens as "an honourable and well-educated showman"...
  
  
• Robert-Houdin, Jean Eugène
  Jean Eugène Robert-Houdin
  Jean Eugène Robert-Houdin was a French magician. He is widely considered the father of the modern style of conjuring.-Early life and entrance into conjuring:...
  
  
• Robinson, William Ellsworth: see Chung Ling Soo
  Chung Ling Soo
  Chung Ling Soo was the stage name of the American magician William Ellsworth Robinson who is mostly remembered today for his tragic death after a bullet catch trick went wrong.- Biography :...
  
  
• Romany, the Diva of Magic
  Romany, the Diva of Magic
  Romany, the Diva of Magic is a professional magician.She was featured on the cover of The Linking Ring magazine in August 2007.She was mentored by professional magician and teacher, Jeff McBride,...
  
  
• Role, Brian
  Brian Role
  Brian Rolè is an active international Maltese magician and illusionist. He was born on Malta's sister island Gozo in 1972 and became a full time professional magician in 2000. Currently Brian is one of the most popular magicians in Malta due to his regular grand scale illusion shows and various...
  
  
• Roth, David
  David Roth
  David Roth is an American magician.Roth is widely regarded as one of the world's greatest living coin magicians. Roth is known both for tremendous technical mastery and for playful and surrealistic formal performance pieces...
  
  

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• Sadowitz, Jerry
  Jerry Sadowitz
  Jerry Sadowitz is an American-born Scottish stand-up comic and card magician, known for his frequently controversial "sick humour". An accomplished practitioner of sleight of hand, he has written several books on magic and invented many conjuring innovations. He is widely acclaimed as one of the...
  
  
• Salwak, Dale
  Dale Salwak
  Dale Salwak is a professional magician, who resides in California. He is a regular performer at The Magic Castle and is known as the "The Gentleman of Magic". He has been the long-time director of the Chavez School of Magic...
  
  
• Sam, Long Tack
  Long Tack Sam
  Long Tack Sam, was a world renowned Chinese-born American magician, acrobat, and vaudeville performer.-Biography:Long Tack Sam, also known as Tack Sam Long and Sam Tack Long, was the stage name of performance artist Lung Te Shan. He was born in Wuqiao County, an area of Shandong Province in...
  
  
• Sankey, Jay
  Jay Sankey
  Jay Sankey is a Canadian close-up magician and creator of magic effects. He has been an active stage performer since the mid-1980s. David Copperfield performed Sankey's trick "Airtight." Sankey also develops tricks for Criss Angel....
  
  
• Saville, Ian
  Ian Saville
  Ian Saville is an English magician whose act incorporates ventriloquism and comedy. His performance is distinctive primarily for the fact that it is geared towards a comic form of socialist propaganda...
  
  
• SawChuck, Murray
  Murray SawChuck
  Murray John Sawchuck is a stage illusionist, magician, comedian, actor, and host. Based in Las Vegas, SawChuck has dubbed himself "The 'Dennis the Menace' of Magic," and his shows often consist of a blend of "comical mishaps" that result in illusions and magic tricks...
  
  
• Scarne, John
  John Scarne
  John Scarne was an American magician and book author who was particularly adept at playing card manipulation. He became known as an expert on cards and other games, and authored a number of popular books on cards, gambling, and related topics.-Early life:...
  
   (Orlando Carmelo Scarnecchia)
• Schwarzman, Howie
  Howie Schwarzman
  Howard Schwarzman is an American magician, card manipulator, sleight of hand expert, and trick inventor. Considered a "living legend" in the Eastern United States magician community, he is best-known as a columnist within the magician trade press, and an importer of very rare tricks from outside...
  
  
• Selbit, P. T.
  P. T. Selbit
  P. T. Selbit was an English magician, inventor and writer who is credited with being the first person to perform the illusion of sawing a woman in half...
  
   (Percy Thomas Tibbles)
• Shaxon, Alan
  Alan Shaxon
  Alan Shaxon is a professional magician and a former president of The Magic Circle. He specialises in cabaret performances and is billed as one of England's foremost magicians....
  
   (Alan Arthur Howson)
• Sheridan, Jeff
  Jeff Sheridan
  Jeff Sheridan is an American magician who started his career by specializing in street magic. Sheridan began working in New York City around 1967. He studied briefly at the School of the Visual Arts in NYC in the late 1960s. He authored the 1977 book, Street Magic, An Illustrated History of...
  
  
• Siegfried & Roy
  Siegfried & Roy
  Siegfried & Roy are two German-American former entertainers who became known for their appearances with white lions and white tigers....
  
   (Siegfried Fischbacher and Roy Horn)
• Silano, Rocco
  Rocco Silano
  - Biography :Silano was born June 12, 1962, in Paterson, New Jersey. Early on in his career, Rocco studied with and was managed by sleight-of-hand expert and Tony Slydini protege Bill Wisch. Later, Rocco was introduced to Slydini by Bill and Rocco took lessons with Slydini as well...
  
  
• Slydini, Tony
  Tony Slydini
  Tony Slydini , also known simply as 'Slydini', was a world renowned magician. Best known as a master of close-up artistry, he served as inspiration to a generation of magicians, including Doug Henning....
  
   (Quintino Marucci)
• Solomon, Thomas
  Thomas Solomon
  Thomas Solomon is an American escape artist and magician.Thomas Solomon began his career fascinated with mechanical devices . . . especially locks...
  
  
• Soma
  Soma
  Soma , or Haoma , from Proto-Indo-Iranian *sauma-, was a ritual drink of importance among the early Indo-Iranians, and the subsequent Vedic and greater Persian cultures. It is frequently mentioned in the Rigveda, whose Soma Mandala contains 114 hymns, many praising its energizing qualities...
  
  
• Soo, Chung Ling
  Chung Ling Soo
  Chung Ling Soo was the stage name of the American magician William Ellsworth Robinson who is mostly remembered today for his tragic death after a bullet catch trick went wrong.- Biography :...
  
   (William Ellsworth Robinson)
• Sorcar, P. C.
  P. C. Sorcar
  P.C. Sorcar was the stage name of Protul Chandra Sorcar , a famous Indian magician. He was an internationally active magician throughout the 1950s and 1960s, performing his Indrajal show before live audiences and on television...
  
   (Protul Chandra Sarcar)
• Sorcar, P. C. Jr.
  P. C. Sorcar, Jr.
  P. C. Sorcar, Jr. is an Indian magician based in Kolkata, West Bengal, India. He is the second son of legendary Indian magician P. C. Sorcar, and is today considered the most prominent magician in India...
  
   (Prodip Chandra Sarcar)
• Steiner, Robert
  Robert Steiner
  Robert 'Rob' Steiner is a retired footballer who played as a striker in his homeland and England. He also played for his Sweden national side.-Career:...
  
  
• Steinmeyer, Jim
  Jim Steinmeyer
  Jim Steinmeyer is an internationally respected designer of magical illusions and theatrical special effects. His best known illusions include Origami, Interlude, and Walking Through a Mirror. He is also an author, consultant and producer....
  
  
• Stone, Tom
  Tom Stone (magician)
  Tom Stone is the stage name of Thomas Bengtsson, a Swedish magician, editor and author.- Biography :Stone was born on October 28, 1967, and presently lives in Stockholm, Sweden....
  
  
• Sum, J C
  J C Sum
  J C Sum is a Singaporean illusionist and illusion designer. Nicknamed "The Thinking Man's Magician", J C is one of the most highly regarded illusionists and illusion designers from Asia. AsiaOne named him as "one of the most celebrated illusionists in Asia" and MagicSeen called him "The Ace in...
  
  
• Swiss, Jamy Ian
  Jamy Ian Swiss
  Jamy Ian Swiss is an American close-up magician who works primarily with cards.-Career as a Magician:Jamy Ian Swiss is world renowned as a sleight of hand performer specializing in close-up card magic....
  
  
• Sylvester the Jester
  Sylvester the Jester
  Daniel Sylvester Battagline, also known as Sylvester The Jester , is an American magician, best known for playing a cartoon character which comes to life...
  
  

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• Takayama, Cyril
  Cyril Takayama
  Cyril Takayama is an American-Japanese illusionist of Japanese and French descent. He is perhaps best known for his magic performances around Japan.-Early life:...
  
  
• Tamariz, Juan
  Juan Tamariz
  Juan Tamariz-Martel Negrón is a Spanish magician.He is an experienced cardician, a magician specializing in magic with playing cards, and well respected by his peers as an authority in the field of misdirection...
  
   (Tamariz-Martel Negrón)
• Tarbell, Harlan
  Harlan Tarbell
  Harlan Eugene Tarbell was an American stage magician and illustrator of the early 20th century. He was the author of the well-known Tarbell Course in Magic....
  
  
• Timon, Margo
  Margo (magician)
  Margo is the screen and stage name of Margo Timon a magic performer and actress who had a starring slot in the NBC network television special The World's Most Dangerous Magic II. She has also worked with the highly respected duo The Pendragons....
  
  
• Teller
  Teller (magician)
  Teller is an American magician, illusionist, comedian, writer, and the frequently silent half of the comedy magic duo Penn & Teller, along with Penn Jillette. He legally changed his name from "Raymond Joseph Teller" to just "Teller"...
  
   (Raymond Joseph Teller): see also Penn & Teller
  Penn & Teller
  Penn & Teller are Las Vegas headliners whose act is an amalgam of illusion and comedy. Penn Jillette is a raconteur; Teller generally uses mime while performing, although his voice can occasionally be heard during their performance...
  
  
• Tenko, Princess
  Princess Tenko
  Princess Tenko is the stage name of , a pop singer turned magician specialising in grand illusions. Her name is taken from , a male Japanese magician who was managed by the same person as Mariko and to whom Mariko was apprenticed in 1976. The older Tenko passed his mantle to her before he died at...
  
   (Mariko Itakura)
• Thurston, Howard
  Howard Thurston
  Howard Thurston was a stage magician from Columbus, Ohio.-Life:Thurston had the largest traveling magic show for the time, requiring more than eight entire train cars to transport his props across the country...
  
  
• Tobin, Neil
  Neil Tobin
  Neil Tobin is a performer of magical and psychic entertainment.Since his performance material often involves themes of spirit contact—in addition to demonstrations of telepathy, precognition, magic, and even divination—he often performs as "Neil Tobin, Necromancer."-Live Performance:Since Friday...
  
  
• Turner, Richard
  Richard Turner (magician)
  Richard Turner is an American playing card technician. Although an accomplished magician in his own right, Turner does not perform "magic tricks" in the true sense of the term - he has dedicated his life to mastering and demonstrating the moves used by cardsharps old and new to cheat the uninitiated...
  
  

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• Valentino, Val
  Val Valentino
  Val Valentino is an Italian American illusionist, and actor, who gained fame by starring in four magic specials exposing magic secrets on the Fox network, using the stage name the Masked Magician.-Biography:...
  
   (The Masked Magician)
• Vernon, Dai
  Dai Vernon
  Dai Vernon , aka The Professor, was a Canadian magician. His expert sleight-of-hand technique and extensive knowledge garnered him respect among fellow magicians. His influence was considerable in the magic world, and he was a mentor to numerous famous magicians...
  
   (David Frederick Wingfield Verner)

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• Walker, Val
  Val Walker
  Valentine Augustus Walker was an English magician, escape artist and illusion designer. He was born in Moseley, Birmingham to Joseph Walker. a landscape gardener and his wife Emma, worked as an electrical apparatus maker, later serving in the Royal Navy and was billed as the "Wizard of the Navy"...
  
  
• Walton, Roy
  Roy Walton
  Roy Walton is a card magic expert from England who currently lives and works in Glasgow, Scotland. First interested in magic at the age of eight, Roy Walton is a world-recognized card magician creating hundreds of card effects, including his most famous effect, Card warp. He has mentored numerous...
  
  
• Welles, Orson
  Orson Welles
  George Orson Welles , best known as Orson Welles, was an American film director, actor, theatre director, screenwriter, and producer, who worked extensively in film, theatre, television and radio...
  
  
• Willard, Frances
  Frances Willard (magician)
  Frances Louise Willard is an American magician.The daughter of magician Harry Willard , who performed as "Willard the Wizard", she began her career at age six as an assistant to her father. After her divorce from Texas newspaper editor Glenn Tucker, with whom she had three children , she...
  
  
• Wilson, Gregory
• Wilson, Mark
  Mark Wilson (magician)
  James "Mark" Wilson is an American magician and author. He is widely credited as becoming the first major "television magician" and in the process establishing the viability of illusion shows as a television format.-Early years:...
  
  
• Wind, Tommy
  Tommy Wind
  Tommy Wind is a magician from Staten Island in New York City. He has performed in many of his own original shows, combining illusion with rock and roll music, in New York City, Atlantic City, New Jersey, and Las Vegas, Nevada....
  
  
• Wonder, Tommy (Jacobus Maria Bemelman)
• Wyrick, Steve
  Steve Wyrick
  Steve Wyrick is an American magician from Garland, Texas who is best known for performing as a headliner in Las Vegas, Nevada at the Las Vegas Hilton beginning in August 2011. He was featured in The World's Greatest Magic series on NBC in the 1990s...
  
  

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• The Zancigs
  The Zancigs
  Julius and Agnes Zancig were stage magicians and authors on occultism who performed a spectacularly successful two-person mentalism act during the late 19th and early 20th centuries...
  
  
• Zarrow, Herb
  Herb Zarrow
  Herb Zarrow was an American magician influential in the profession for his inventions of unique sleight of hand and card tricks. His skills were held in the highest regard in professional magicians' circles....
  
  
• Zenon, Paul
  Paul Zenon
  Paul Zenon is an English magician and comedian, known for television shows across many genres; in particular his 'Street Magic' specials featuring him performing stunts and tricks in pubs and on the streets....
  
  
• Zimmer, Florian
  Florian Zimmer
  Florian Zimmer is a German magician.- Life :The International Magician's Society considers him as the most creative magician in the world and he is currently the only German magician ever to receive the highest award from Siegfried & Roy: the "Golden Lion Award". Florian Zimmer is the reigning...
  
  
• Zabrecky, Rob
  Rob Zabrecky
  Rob Zabrecky is an American songwriter, actor and magician. His career began as a musician while being the front man for the band Possum Dixon. He later found success as a magician and actor....