This is a list of magicians/illusionists, prestidigitators,

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, escapologists, and other practitioners of stage magic. For the list of supernatural magicians, see

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. Magicians are listed by the most common name used in performance. Magicians' actual names, when applicable, follow in parentheses.

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* Aalto, Simo * Abbot, David * Acer, David * Ackerman, Allan * Adams, Curtis * Aich, Jewel * Alexander, C. A. (Claude Alexander Conlin) * Alexander, Jason * Alexander, Jay *

Amazing Johnathan John Edward Szeles (September 9, 1958 – February 22, 2022), better known by the stage name The Amazing Johnathan, was an American comedian and Magician (illusion), magician. His act was mostly composed of hijinks, interaction with one specifi ...

(John Edward Szeles) * Ammar, Michael * Amodei, Ivan * Anckorn, Fergus ("Wizardus") * Anderson, Harry * Anderson, John Henry * Andrus, Jerry * Andruzzi, Tony (Tom S. Palmer) * Angel, Criss (Christopher Sarantakos) * Annemann, Theodore (Theodore John Squires) * Archer, John * Aronson, Simon * Atkins, Jeffery

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* Baker, Al * Balducci, Ed * Baldwin, Samri * Ballantine, Carl (Meyer Kessler) * Bamberg II, David Tobias (Fu Manchu) * Bamberg, Tobias *

Banachek Banachek (born Steven Shaw; 30 November 1960) is an English mentalist, magician, and " thought reader". He first came to public attention as a teenager for his role in James Randi's Project Alpha experiment, which exposed the lack of objecti ...

(Steven Shaw) *

Barry and Stuart Barry Jones and Stuart MacLeod are a duo of Scottish BAFTA-nominated magicians and comedians whose work has been seen on television and on stage around the world. The double act are known for their comically dark performing style, for taking a ...

(Barry Jones & Stuart MacLeod) * Barry, Keith * Bartl, János * Bavli, Guy * Becker, Herbert L. * Ben, David * Berglas, David * Bertram, Charles *

Frank K. Berry Frank Kimball Berry (June 15, 1945 – June 6, 2016) was an American chess administrator with the rank of International Arbiter and Organizer. He was also a magician, historian, and banker from Stillwater, Oklahoma. He was best known for spons ...

* Biere, Arnold de * Black, Ariann * Blackstone, Gay * Blackstone, Harry, Sr. * Blackstone, Harry, Jr. * Blaine, David * Bobo, J.B. * Bongo, Ali (William Oliver Wallace) * Born, John * Branson, L. H. * Brodien, Marshall *

Dick Brooks (entertainer) Dick Brooks is a United States magician and entertainer. He began his career in show business at the age of 10, and since that time has worked in TV commercials, stand-up comedy, writing, children's entertainment, and army shows, and performed in ...

also known as Dick Brookz, Bravo the Great or Grate, and Ray Carter (John Bravo) * Brown, Derren * Brown, James * Brushwood, Brian * Buchinger, Matthias * Burger, Eugene * Burton, Lance * Burlingame, H. J. * Bux, Kuda (Khuda Bakhsh)

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* Cagliostro, Alessandro * Calvert, John (Elbern Madren Calvert) * Cameron, Charles *

Canuplin Canuto Francia (January 28, 1904 – September 4, 1979), 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 C ...

(Canuto Francia) * Carbonaro, Michael * Cardini (Richard Valentine Pitchford) * Carlyle, Francis (Francis Xavier Finneran) * Carnegie, Dean * Carney, John * Carter, Charles Joseph * Cassidy, John * Caveney, Mike * Chen, Juliana * Chen, Lu *

Shamsudheen Cherpulassery Shamsudheen Cherpulassery is an Indian magician from Kerala. He won the Kalasree award from Kerala Sangeeta Nataka Akademi in 2014. He is an expert in the "Mango Trick" magic. Biography Shamsudheen's father Hassan Sahib was a street magician. H ...

from Kerala, India * Christopher, Milbourne * Coby, Rudy * Cohen, Al * Cohen, Steve * Colombini, Aldo * Comte, Louis *

Comus In Greek mythology, Comus (; grc, Κῶμος, ''Kōmos'') is the god of festivity, revels and nocturnal dalliances. He is a son and a cup-bearer of the god Dionysus. He was represented as a winged youth or a child-like satyr and represents ana ...

(Ledru, Nicolas-Philippe) * Cook, Ali * Cooper, Tommy * Copperfield, David (David Seth Kotkin) * Corinda, Tony (Thomas William Simpson) * Cox, Chris * Crowley, Aleister (Edward Alexander Crowley) * Culpitt, Fred * Cunningham, Doc * Curry, Paul

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* Daniels, Paul (Newton Edward Daniels) *

Dante the Magician Harry August Jansen (October 3, 1883 – June 15, 1955) was a Danish-born entertainer who settled in the United States. He traveled the world as a professional magician under the name Dante the Magician. Biography He was born on October 3, 1883 ...

(Harry August Jansen) *

Daryl Darryl is an English name, a variant spelling of Darell. Male variations of this name include: Darlin, Daryl, Darrell, Darryl, Daryll, Darryll, Darrell, Darrel. Female and unisex variations of this name include: Daryl, Darian, Dareen, Darell ...

(Daryl Easton, Daryl Martinez) * Davenport, Lewis (George Ryan) * Davenport, William Henry and Erastus, Ira *

Dedi Djedi (also Dedi or Djedi of Djed-Sneferu) is the name of a fictional 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 (pha ...

* de Vère, Clémentine * De Kolta, Buatier * Devant, David (David Wellington or David Wighton) * Diaconis, Persi * Dietrich, Dorothy * Dill, Dean * Dingle, Derek * Dinardi (Alfred Körber) * Downs, Thomas Nelson * Drake, Simon (Simon Alexander) * Draper, Paul W. * Dunninger, Joseph * Durham, Geoffrey *

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(Steven Frayne)

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* Eason, Doc * Eliason, Frank Eugene * Eliason, Oscar * Ellis, Tim * Elmsley, Alex * Erdnase, S. W. * Erkin, Sermet * Evans, Henry R. * Evans, Sophie * Evanswood, Terry

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* Fakir of Ava (Isaiah Harris Hughes) * Farla, Christian * Farquhar, Shawn * Ferguson, Rich (Richard Jeffrey Evans) * Ferré, Norbert * Finney, Michael * Finch, Jon * Firman, Pete * Fischbacher, Siegfried, see

Siegfried & Roy Siegfried & Roy were a duo of German-American magicians and entertainers, best known for their appearances with white lions and white tigers. It was composed of Siegfried Fischbacher (June 13, 1939 – January 13, 2021) and Roy Horn (born Uwe L ...

* Fitzkee, Dariel (Dariel Fitzroy) * Flom, Justin * Flosso, Al (Albert Levinson) * Foo, Ching Ling (Chee Ling Qua) * Fox, Imro (Isidore Fuchs) * Franco, Mat (Mat Franco) * Freedman, James * Freer, Winston * Frewin, Greg * Frischman, Dan

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Guimaraes, Helder * Ganson, Lewis * Garcia, Frank * Gardner, Martin * Gazzo (Gary Osbourne) * Germain, Karl * Gertner, Paul * Gibson, Walter B. * Giobbi, Roberto * Gladwin, Andi * Green, Lennart * Goldenberg, Haim * Goldin, Horace * Goldston, Will *

Gopinath Muthukad Gopinath Muthukad (born 10 April 1964) is an Indian magician and motivational speaker from Kerala. He employs magic as a medium to convey his messages to public. Muthukad founded the world's first magic academy, The Academy of Magical Science ...

* Gore, Steve * Gunawan, Hendra

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* Harary, Franz * Hamman, Br. John * Hammer, Virginia Edmunda * Hardeen (Ferencz Dezso Weisz) * Harris, Neil Patrick * Harris, Paul * Hatfield, Murray and Teresa * Haydn, Whit "Pop" * Heath, Royal Vale * Henning, Doug * Herrmann, Alexander * Hilliard, John Northern * Houdini, Harry (Erik Weiss) * Hugard, Jean * Han Ping Chien * Hyde, Timothy

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* Interrante, Scott * Işınbark, Ertuğrul

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* James, Kevin * James, P. (V. Kennedy) * Jarrow, Emil * Jay, Joshua * Jay, Ricky (Ricky Potash) * Jennings, Larry * Jermay, Luke * John George * Jillette, Penn, see also

Penn & Teller Penn & Teller, Penn Jillette and Teller, are American magicians, entertainers, and scientific skeptics who have performed together since the late 1970s. They are noted for their ongoing act that combines elements of comedy with magic. The duo ha ...

* Johnson, Kristen * Jonathan, The Amazing (John Edward Szeles) * Jones, Barry * Jordan, Charles

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* Kane, Peter * Kaps, Fred (Abraham Pieter Adrianus Bongers) * Katterfelto, Gustavus * Kellar, Harry (Heinrich Keller) * Kent, Michael * Kieve, Paul * King, Mac * Kio, Emil (Emil Teodorovich Girshfeld-Renard) * Kio, Igor (Igor Emilievich Renard Kio) * Klok, Hans * Knauss, Eric (The Great Zucchini) * Kole, André (Robert Gurtler, Jr.) * De Kolta, Buatier (Joseph Bautier) * Koran, Al (Edward Doe) * Milton Kort * Kredible, Justin (Justin Willman) *

The Amazing Kreskin The Amazing Kreskin (born George Joseph Kresge; January 12, 1935), also known as Kreskin, is an American mentalist who became popular on television in the 1970s. He was inspired to become a mentalist by Lee Falk's comic strip ''Mandrake the Mag ...

(George Joseph Kresge, Jr.) * Kwong, David

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* Labero, Joe (Lars Bengt Roland Johansson) * Laflin, Duane * Lancaster, Lou (Louis Lancaster McClung) * Latimer, Jason * Lee, Misty * Leifer, Debbie * Lenert, Tina * Lenier, Minnette Gersh * Le Roy, Servais * Levi, Eliphas (Alphonse Louis Constant) * Levit, Jonathan * Lim, Shin * Lorayne, Harry * Lovell, Curtis II * Lovell, Simon * Lovick, John * London, Tom * Lal, K (Kantilal Girdharilal Vora)

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* MacGregor, John * Macleod, Stuart *

Magic Babe Ning Ning Cai (; born 16 October 1982) is a Singapore Literature Prize nominated author. She is best recognized for her illusionist/escapologist stage character Magic Babe Ning and was named by Channel News Asia as Southeast Asia's first professio ...

(Ning Cai) *

Mahdi Moudini Mahdi Moudini (born Mahdi Moammer; March 14, 1979) is an Iranian illusionist best known for his stage and close-up magic around the world. He has been described as the most commercially demanded magician in Malaysia and expat celebrity. Two of his ...

* Magic Christian (Christian Stelzel) * Majax, Gérard (Gérard Fater) * Malini, Max (Max Katz Breit) * Malone, Bill * Mandrake, Leon (Leon Giglio) * Marcy, Matt * Marlo, Ed (Edward Malkowski) * Marshall, Jay (James Ward Marshall) * Marvey, Peter * Maskelyne, Jasper * Maskelyne, John Nevil * Maskelyne, Nevil * Masklyn ye Mage: see

Tony Andruzzi Tony Andruzzi (born May 22, 1925 in Cheyenne, Wyoming – died December 22, 1991 in Chicago, Illinois) was the name adopted by professional magician Tom S. Palmer from the age of 45 to the end of his life. Changing Names Born to Fay and Tom McG ...

* de Matos, Luis *

Matt the Knife Matt the Knife (also called MTK; born 1988) is a magician and mentalist. He has broken a number of Guinness World Records. He began his career as a professional con man. Career Sometime around 2000 he began to perform magic. Since then, he has p ...

* Maven, Max (Phil Goldstein) * Mayne, Andrew (Andrew Harter) * McBride, Jeff * McComb, Billy * McKenzie, Doug * Méliès, Georges (Marie-Georges-Jean Méliès) * Menna, Lisa * Milner, John * Minkin, David * Money-Coutts, Drummond * Morgan The Escapist * Mulhern, Stephen * Mulholland, John * Mullica, Tom * Munoz, Oscar * Muthukad, Gopinath

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* Namboothiri, Vazhakkunnam * Neutert, Natias * Nicholson, Chris * Nixon, David * Nova, Aldo * Nu, Alain * Nyman, Andy

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* Ogawa, Shoot *

Okito Tobias "Theo" Leendert Bamberg (1875–1963) was a professional magician. Born in the Netherlands, Bamberg performed under the name ''Okito'' which is an anagram of Tokio (Tokyo). His father had been court magician to King William III of the Ne ...

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Tobias Bamberg Tobias "Theo" Leendert Bamberg (1875–1963) was a professional magician. Born in the Netherlands, Bamberg performed under the name ''Okito'' which is an anagram of Tokio (Tokyo). His father had been court magician to King William III of the Ne ...

) * Orleans, Danny * Ortiz, Darwin * Osterlind, Richard * Ovette, Great (Joseph Ovette) * Özdemir, İlkay * O.P. Sharma

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* Page, Pat * Palladino, Eusapia (Minerverno Murge) * Palmer, Johnny "Ace" * Paterson, Alex * Pearlman, Oz *

Pendragons Jonathan and Charlotte Pendragon were a husband-and-wife team of American illusionists who called their work "physical grand illusion". They are widely known due to numerous national and international television appearances. Performing partners ...

(Jonathan and Charlotte Pendragon) * Penn, David *

(see also

Penn Jillette Penn Fraser Jillette (born March 5, 1955) is an American magician, actor, musician, inventor, television presenter, and author, best known for his work with fellow magician Teller as half of the team Penn & Teller. The duo has been featured ...

and Teller) * Penrose, Scott * Philadelphia, Jacob (Jacob Meyer) * Pinetti, Joseph (Joseph Pinetti Willedall de Merci) * Polgar, Franz * Pollock, Channing * Potter, Richard * Presto, Fay (Letitia Winter, Oliver Winter) *

P. C. Sorcar Protul Chandra Sorcar (23 February 19136 January 1971) was an Indian magician. He was an internationally active magician throughout the 1950s and 1960s, performing his ''Indrajal'' show before live audiences and on television. Sorcar died of a ...

Sr. (Indian magician, 1950s) *

P. C. Sorcar Jr. P. C. Sorcar Jr. (formal name Prodip Chandra Sorcar; born 31 July 1946) is an Indian magician based in Kolkata, West Bengal, India. He is the second son of Indian magician P. C. Sorcar. He is also the recipient of Merlin Award in Magic. He ho ...

and P. C. Sorcar, Young (Indian Magicians)

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* Qualter, Noel

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* Randi, James (Randall James Hamilton Zwinge) * Reveen, Peter * Reynolds, Charles * Robert, Étienne-Gaspard * Robert-Houdin, Jean Eugène * Robinson, William Ellsworth: see

Chung Ling Soo William Ellsworth Robinson (April 2, 1861 – March 24, 1918) was an American magician who went by the stage name Chung Ling Soo (). He is mostly remembered today for his accidental death due to a failed bullet catch trick. Early years Robinson ...

* Role, Brian *

Romany, the Diva of Magic Romany, the Diva of Magic is a magician. She was featured on the cover of ''The Linking Ring'' magazine in August 2007. She was mentored by magician and teacher Jeff McBride, who was quoted as calling Romany "a British Bette Midler." Life Ro ...

* Roth, David *

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(Ivor Parry) * Rowland, Ian

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* Sadowitz, Jerry * Salwak, Dale * Sam, Long Tack (Lung Te Shan) * Sankey, Jay * Saville, Ian * Saxe, Melinda * SawChuck, Murray * Scarne, John (Orlando Carmelo Scarnecchia) * Schindler, George * Schmidt, Pauline * Schwarzman, Howie * Scott & Muriel (Scott Nelson and Muriel Brugman) * Seeman, Baron Hartwig * Selbit, P. T. (Percy Thomas Tibbles) * Setteducati, Mark * Shaxon, Alan (Alan Arthur Howson) * Sheridan, Jeff * Shokyokusai, Tenkatsu (Madame Tenkatsu) *

(Siegfried Fischbacher and Roy Horn) * Silano, Rocco *

Silvan Silvan may refer to: * Saint Silvan, Christian martyr * Silvan (illusionist), Italian magician * Silvan Byggemarked, Danish chain store that sells building materials * Silvan Elves, woodland elves of J. R. R. Tolkien's Middle-earth legendarium * ...

(Aldo Savoldello) * Aaron Smith * Slydini, Tony (Quintino Marucci) * Solomon, Thomas * Soo, Chung Ling (William Ellsworth Robinson) * Sorcar, P. C. (Protul Chandra Sarcar) * Sorcar, P. C. Jr. (Prodip Chandra Sarcar) * Steinmeyer, Jim * Stone, David * Stone, Tom (Thomas Bengtsson) * Strebler, Morgan (Matthew Glenn Milligan) * Sum, J C (Sum Jan-chung) * Suhani Shah (India) * Sungur, Zati * Swiss, Jamy Ian * Sylvester the Jester (Daniel Sylvester Battagline)

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* Takayama, Cyril * Talma, Mercedes (Mary Ann Ford) * Tamariz, Juan (Tamariz-Martel Negrón) * Tarbell, Harlan * Thompson, Johnny (The Great Tomsoni) * Teller (Raymond Joseph Teller): see also

* Tempest, Marco * Tenko, Princess (Mariko Itakura) * Thurston, Howard * Timon, Margo (Margo Tucker) * Tobin, Neil *

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* Turner, Richard

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* Valentino, Val (The Masked Magician) *

Andrew Van Buren Andrew Van Buren is a British multi skilled performer, illusionist, plate spinner and showman who specialises in presenting large-scale illusions, plate spinning routines, magic, juggling and circus style skills in all type of performance venues ...

* Vernon, Dai (David Frederick Wingfield Verner) * Vincent, Michael (Michael Vincent Louis)

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* Walker, Val * Walton, Roy * Watson, Alan * Wayne, Matt (Matthew Wayne Tomasko) * Webster, Sue-Anne * Welles, Orson * Willard, Frances * Williams, Dick * Wilson, Gregory * Wilson, Mark * Wilson, R. Paul * Wind, Tommy * Witt, Wittus (Hans-Günter Witt) * Wonder, Tommy (Jacobus Maria Bemelman) * Wood, Dominic * Wood, Greg * Wyrick, Steve

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* Zabrecky, Rob * Zamloch, Anton *

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. Julius Zancig (1857–1929) – born Julius Jörgensen in Cope ...

* Zarrow, Herb * Zenon, Paul * Zimmer, Florian

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