swap_horiz Paul Daniels Alternatives

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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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Fred Kaps

Fred Kaps was a prominent Dutch magician renowned for his exceptional skill in close-up magic. He achieved significant r...

Stage Historical Dutch Close Up

9.7 Brilliant

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Penn & Teller

Penn & Teller is a long-running American television show and stage performance featuring the comedic talents of David Co...

Television Stage American Comedy

9.6 Brilliant

7

Tommy Wonder

Tommy Wonder is a celebrated Dutch magician known for his intricate close-up and stage illusions. His performances empha...

Stage Historical Dutch Close Up

9.6 Brilliant

8

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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Harry Kellar

Harry Kellar was a prominent figure in late nineteenth and early twentieth century American stage magic. He gained recog...

Stage American Traditional Historical

9.2 Excellent

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Johnny Thompson

Johnny Thompson, also recognized as The Great Tomsoni, was an American magician who achieved prominence in the late 19th...

Stage American Consultant Historical

9.2 Excellent

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Richard Ross

Richard Ross was a celebrated Dutch stage magician recognized globally for his exceptional skill with close-up illusions...

Stage Historical Dutch Close Up

9.2 Excellent

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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

13

Doug Henning

Doug Henning was a Canadian magician who revitalized the art of magic in the 1970s through his Broadway show The Magic S...

Television Stage Canadian Historical

8.7 Great

14

Mark Wilson

Mark Wilson was an American magician who pioneered magic on television with his 1960s series The Magic Land of Allakazam...

Television Stage American Historical

8.7 Great

15

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

16

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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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

18

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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Ben Hart

Ben Hart is a British magician who reached the finals of "Britain's Got Talent" in 2019, noted for his original, storyte...

Television Stage Contemporary British

7.6 Good

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Colin Cloud

Colin Cloud is a Scottish mentalist and forensic mind reader who gained international fame as a finalist on "America's G...

Television Stage Contemporary British

6.4 Fair