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Harry Houdini

Harry Houdini was an American magician renowned for his daring escapology performances during the late 19th and early 20...

Stage American Historical Escapologist

9.9 Brilliant

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Jean Eugène Robert-Houdin

Jean Eugène Robert-Houdin (1857-1910) was a prominent French stage magician who significantly shaped modern illusionism....

Stage French Traditional Historical

9.9 Brilliant

3

David Berglas

David Berglas was a British stage magician and mentalist renowned for his innovative techniques and close-up work. He de...

Stage Historical British Mentalist

9.8 Brilliant

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Derren Brown

Derren Brown is a prominent British magician and mentalist known for his innovative performances that explore psychologi...

Television Stage Psychological British

9.7 Brilliant

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Cardini

Alfred “Dinky” Cardini was a British magician renowned for his elaborate and technically demanding stage illusions perfo...

Stage Historical British Manipulation

9.5 Brilliant

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Adelaide Herrmann

Adelaide Herrmann was a celebrated British stage magician known for her innovative and daring illusions. Following her h...

Stage Female Historical British

9.0 Excellent

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Harry Blackstone Sr.

American stage illusionist active in the early 20th century, billed as 'The Great Blackstone,' celebrated for his floati...

Stage American Historical Golden Age

8.8 Great

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Billy McComb

Billy McComb was an Irish magician and actor recognized for his witty stage performances and his popularization of the c...

Stage Comedy Historical British

8.7 Great

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Alex Elmsley

Alex Elmsley (1929–2006) was a British mathematician and card magician who invented the Elmsley Count, a foundational fo...

Inventor Historical British Mathematical

8.7 Great

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P.T. Selbit

P.T. Selbit was a British magician credited with inventing the iconic sawing a woman in half illusion, which he first pe...

Stage Historical British Illusionist

8.6 Great

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Paul Daniels

Paul Daniels was a British television magician who hosted the hugely popular "The Paul Daniels Magic Show" on the BBC fr...

Television Stage Historical British

8.5 Great

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Ali Bongo

Ali Bongo, born William Wallace, was a British comedy magician famous for his theatrical Shriek of Araby routine and lat...

Stage Comedy Historical British

8.5 Great

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John Nevil Maskelyne

British magician who co-founded the Egyptian Hall magic venue in London in 1873 and is widely credited with inventing th...

Stage Inventor Historical British

8.4 Great

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Maurice Fogel

Maurice Fogel was a prominent British mentalist and magician whose mid-20th-century stage show made him one of the most...

Stage Historical British Mentalist

8.3 Great

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Horace Goldin

Polish-born British-American magician who popularized the 'sawing a woman in half' illusion in the early 20th century an...

Stage Historical British Vaudeville

8.0 Great

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Carter the Great

Charles Joseph Carter (1874–1936) was an American stage illusionist known for globe-spanning full-evening shows and flam...

Stage American Historical Golden Age

7.8 Good

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Dante the Magician

American stage illusionist Harry August Jansen (1883–1955) who toured internationally for decades with his large-scale i...

Stage Historical Golden Age Danish American

7.8 Good

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David Nixon

David Nixon (1919–1978) was a British magician and television personality who became one of the most recognizable faces...

Television Stage Comedy Historical

7.7 Good

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Alan Alan

Alan Alan is a British escapologist and stage magician who became one of the UK's leading performers in the mid-20th cen...

Television Stage Historical British

7.4 Good

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Jasper Maskelyne

British magician and grandson of John Nevil Maskelyne who served in World War II applying stage illusion techniques to m...

Stage Wwii Historical British

6.7 Fair