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Robert Harbin

Robert Harbin, born Ned Williams, was a British magician and writer who significantly influenced the development of mode...

Stage Creator 20TH Century Illusionist

9.42 Excellent

2

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

9.11 Excellent

3

Alan Wakeling

Alan Wakeling was an American magician and illusion designer renowned for his innovative mechanical and optical stage cr...

Stage Creator 20TH Century Illusionist

9.07 Excellent

4

Fu Manchu

Fu Manchu was the stage name of David Theodore Bamberg (1904–1974), a stage illusionist who performed a grand illusion s...

Classic Stage 20TH Century Grand Illusion

8.86 Great

5

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

8.83 Great

6

Pop Haydn

Pop Haydn is the primary theatrical stage persona of American magician and sleight-of-hand artist Whit Haydn. The charac...

Stage American Contemporary Close Up

8.82 Great

7

Harry Blackstone Sr.

Harry Blackstone Sr. was a prominent American stage magician who achieved his greatest fame during the early to mid-20th...

Stage American Historical Golden Age

8.75 Great

8

Carl Ballantine

Carl Ballantine, born Meyer Kessler, was an American entertainer known for originating the genre of comedy magic under t...

Stage American Comedy Historical

8.75 Great

9

Pat Page

Pat Page was a Scottish magician, magic inventor, and actor who became a prominent figure in 20th-century close-up and s...

Stage Creator 20TH Century Close Up

8.72 Great

10

John Calvert

John Calvert was an American stage illusionist and actor whose career spanned over eight decades, noted for his large-sc...

Stage American Historical Illusions

8.72 Great

11

Jay Marshall

Jay Marshall was an American magician, ventriloquist, and comedian recognized for his sharp wit and distinctive stage pr...

Stage 20TH Century Comedy Ventriloquism

8.68 Great

12

Charles Joseph Carter

Charles Joseph Carter (1874–1936) was an American stage magician who performed under the name 'Carter the Great.' He was...

Stage American Historical Illusions

8.66 Great

13

Channing Pollock

Channing Pollock (1926–2006) was an American stage magician celebrated for his sophisticated and graceful stage illusion...

Stage American Historical Manipulation

8.65 Great

14

Larry Jennings

Larry Jennings (1933–1997) was a highly influential American magician who specialized in close-up card magic. He is wide...

American Inventor 20TH Century Close Up

8.65 Great

15

Harlan Tarbell

Harlan Tarbell (1890–1960) was an American magician, author, and illustrator who created the Tarbell Course in Magic. Or...

Stage American Author Historical

8.65 Great

16

Paul LePaul

Paul LePaul was an American stage and close-up magician active from the 1930s through the 1960s, recognized for his refi...

Stage American Author Historical

8.35 Great

17

Harry Blackstone Jr.

Harry Blackstone Jr. (1932–1997) was an American stage magician who continued the performance tradition established by h...

Television Stage American 20TH Century

8.15 Great

18

Jon Racherbaumer

Jon Racherbaumer is an American magician, writer, editor, and historian whose work focuses especially on card magic and...

American Contemporary Author Historian

7.85 Good

19

Tom Ogden

Tom Ogden is an American magician and author of instructional books on sleight-of-hand and stage performance. He wrote T...

Stage American Author Comedy

6.75 Fair

20

Bob Friedhoffer

Bob Friedhoffer is an American magician, author, and educator who performs under the stage name 'The Madman of Magic.' H...

Stage American Contemporary Author

6.75 Fair